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Re: Yet another EP1 nitpick
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Wed, 26 May 1999 13:56:43 GMT
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On Tue, 25 May 1999 16:17:27 GMT, "Richard Hrynyszyn"
<rhrynyszyn@NOSPAMmcdinvest.com> wrote:
> Ok, i found another tiny little nitpick with the movie. When Qui-Gon
> first visits Watto to buy parts for the ship he tries the Jedi mind trick on
> Watto, who laughs at his feeble attempt. Yet later on in the film Watto rolls
> his "chance cube" to decide which slave would be freed if Anakin won the
> race. Did Watto so soon forget about Jedi powers? So after the race when
> Watto says that Qui-Gon tricked him, he was right "from a certain point of
> view" :-p - Rich
Better yet, who told everybody about the Jedi Mind Trick? And if it's so
well known, why hasn't anyone figured out a defense against it? And if
there's no defense against it, why aren't Jedi reviled everywhere?
Better yet, why are the good guys routinely using mind control?
It's also interesting to compare the skill levels of young Obi-Wan, Gui-Gon
and old Obi-Wan.
Steve
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| (...) rolls (...) I also thought about that. It seems to me that Jedi are very self serving. They are definately not Paladins, with a strict code of morality or chivalry. It seems that they work towards achieving 'good' but with a 'by any means (...) (25 years ago, 26-May-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| Ok, i found another tiny little nitpick with the movie. When Qui-Gon first visits Watto to buy parts for the ship he tries the Jedi mind trick on Watto, who laughs at his feeble attempt. Yet later on in the film Watto rolls his "chance cube" to (...) (25 years ago, 25-May-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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