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Re: Yet another EP1 nitpick
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Wed, 26 May 1999 15:30:19 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Eric Lind writes:
> In lugnet.starwars, Richard Hrynyszyn writes:
> > In lugnet.starwars, Eric Lind writes:
> > > After QGJ tries the mind trick, Watto says "Do you think you're a Jedi or
> > > something?"  I don't think he was really picking up on Qui-Gon's Jedi-ness.
> > > QG's statements weren't blatantly wierd, they could have been interpreted as • a
> > > person trying to push for his own side.  I noticed this little quibble when • I
> > > saw the movie, but upon further reflection, I don't think it's a nit.
> > > 
> > >     Okay, but right after Watto says that, doesn't he say something along
> > the lines of: I'm a (XXX), jedi powers don't work on me, only money.  XXX
> > being whatever race he is which i can't recall.  I took this to mean that
> > Watto realized that QGJ was a jedi and was telling him that his powers would
> > not work on his race.  Besides that doesn't everyone know that lightly waving
> > your hand in front of someone as you speak is the universal calling card of
> > the jedi mind trick?  ;-)     -Rich
> 
> While he did say that, I got the impression that Watto was inferring "Just in
> case you happen to be a Jedi, I'm immune, but I don't think you're a Jedi,
> because you strike me as being rather stupid and reckless."  As to the waving
> of the hand thing, I've been trying that for years, and the only person it
> works on is my dog, who tends to be distracted by moving objects, anyways :-)

     Point taken.  I guess you could see it either way.

> To bring this back to lego, I think a minifig of Watto, or almost any of the
> other alien characters would rock.  The Sebulba plastic lump was a travesty.
> They could have used longer than minifig arms, but with the standard minifig
> sockets and roundish 1 stud connectors so the hands could connect.  The legs
> would have standard minifig hands to replicate the prehensile feet.  Watto
> could be a normal minifig torso with a neck connector to attach the wings. • His
> head would be non-standard (ala Jar Jar) and the feet would be an extra plate
> or something like that.  Having only seen the movie once, I don't recall what
> his feet looked like.  I'd love to see Jabba the Hutt done in LEGO, but • getting
> bricks to look that blobby would be hard.

     Sebulba really does suck.  They should have made him in a style similar
to the monkey from the old pirate sets.  It would be great if they would
release a SW figure pack.  They could put a sebulba type alien, a watto fig.,
a couple of gungans and a couple of battle droids.  They really should make a
greedo type head, it would just fit over a regular minifig torso and legs.  As
far as Jabba goes, he would probably be a one piece hunk of ABS like a rounded
BURP.  I would be satisfied if they made him in a style similar to the
dragons.  One main head and body piece with 2 movable arms and a movable tail
section.      - Rich



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(...) a (...) While he did say that, I got the impression that Watto was inferring "Just in case you happen to be a Jedi, I'm immune, but I don't think you're a Jedi, because you strike me as being rather stupid and reckless." As to the waving of (...) (27 years ago, 25-May-99, to lugnet.starwars)

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