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Re: Another one of those 'what's wrong with TPM' posts
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Thu, 1 Jun 2000 16:47:38 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Eric Joslin writes:
> In lugnet.starwars, James Simpson writes:
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> > Why, for example, did Vader not recognize R2 & C3PO when in ANH when
> > everyone was rushing across the docking bay floor to make it to the Falcon
> > (when
> > Vader killed Obi Wan, and was walking toward the docking bay as the blast
> > doors
> > closed in on him)?
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> How about because Threepio looks like every other protocol droid of the same
> make and model in the Star Wars universe? There was one on Bespin, there was
> one on the Nemoidian ship at the very beginning of TPM...
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> Droids are just another appliance.
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> eric
Ok. I concede that point. It does seem strange to me that neither Vader nor
Obi Wan seem to register their prior acquaintance with the droids, but I know
that it can be argued that Obi Wan realized that his old acquaintances had come
full circle, and that Vader put 2 & 2 together later. I truly hope that Lucas
does have a great master plan in mind, and that my suspicions will be wholly
defeated once EP3 is concluded. But, because Lucas has included so much silly
nonsense over the course of the last 2 movies (Ewoks, Jar Jar, and the Padme/
Amidala & Palpatine/Sidious "disguises"), I'm just losing some faith in Lucas'
story-telling ability. I just don't think that Lucas is trying very hard to
produce a credible saga with due regard for the AFOSW in mind.
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| (...) Hmm. Vader I'm not so surprised about.. he doesn't exactly sit down and chat with Threepio or Artoo at any point. Obi Wan... well, Artoo claims to belong to Obi Wan, and all Obi Wan says is "I don't remember owning any droids". It's very (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| (...) How about because Threepio looks like every other protocol droid of the same make and model in the Star Wars universe? There was one on Bespin, there was one on the Nemoidian ship at the very beginning of TPM... Droids are just another (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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