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Re: Another one of those 'what's wrong with TPM' posts
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Wed, 31 May 2000 23:52:28 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Dave Schuler writes:
> In lugnet.starwars, Christopher Tracey writes:
> > Lorbaat wrote:
> > > In lugnet.starwars, Christopher Tracey writes:
> > > > I guess a case could be made for Artoo and Threepio meeting and getting to
> > > > know one another.
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> > > I don't know. They didn't spend a whole lot of time together...
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> > Yeah, but their consverations in the pod racer hanger seem to show that
> > they are getting to know one another... It will be interesting to see how
> > they meet up again.
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> I'm not entirely comfortable having C3PO built by Darth Vader; it seems a
> little too contrived, even for Lucas. On a more universe-specific note, • didn't
> 3PO in one of the myriad books indicate that he'd never had him memory wiped?
> If so, it seems odd that he didn't have some reaction to Obi-Wan in Episode • IV,
> or even to Tattooine itself.
> I'm just fishing for info here--I really don't know.
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> Dave!
But, you must remember that the ONLY thing that holds water when it comes to
the SW movies is the movies themselves. Books mean nothing, and nothing in
them should be accepted as fact.
-Chris
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| (...) This anti-expanded universe attitude does not hold much water. Every book ever written in the Star Wars universe must first pass through several "continuity editors." These guys work directly for Lucasarts to ensure that no authorized (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
| | | Re: Another one of those 'what's wrong with TPM' posts
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| (...) Oh, I know. Likewise, I'll believe the Vader-in-the-volcano bit when I see it. For that matter, I've never read more than a few pages of any of the books, other than a few West End Games odds-n-ends. Still, it strikes me as hokey that Anakin (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| (...) I'm not entirely comfortable having C3PO built by Darth Vader; it seems a little too contrived, even for Lucas. On a more universe-specific note, didn't 3PO in one of the myriad books indicate that he'd never had him memory wiped? If so, it (...) (24 years ago, 31-May-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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