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Re: Another one of those 'what's wrong with TPM' posts
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Thu, 1 Jun 2000 19:17:21 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Eric Joslin writes:
> In lugnet.starwars, Erik Olson writes:
> > When the truth about Luke's father comes out, us fans had to do the same kind
> > of
> > back-tracking and apologizing. Did Lucas foresee that revelation when trimming
> > the first movie's contents? I've never seen any statement that it was planned
> > that far back.
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> Err, it was, though. The first three movies were one story originally. Vader
> was always Luke's father. What makes you think otherwise?
I said I'd never seen any statement to that effect--from an official source like
Lucas or Kurtz talking about the early story (and I've seen a few of those types
of interviews.) Besides, Obi-wan made everybody think otherwise, and that's the
kind of hole-to-be-dug-out-of that I was talking about.
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| (...) I've seen and read several interviews with Lucas where he says that the original trilogy was written as one story (there was only one Death Star, though). Obi-Wan has his own reasons for lying to Luke. They should be obvious, if you think (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
| | | Re: Another one of those 'what's wrong with TPM' posts
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| I just want to state that based on Obi-Wan's reaction when Luke asks him how his father died that we can assume that Lucas always intended Vader to be Luke's father. He kind of has that "searching-for-an-explanation" look on his face. Obi-Wan KNOWS (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| (...) I didn't say that he planned it that far in advance, nor do I beleive that. I was merely repeating what Lucas said. I *do* think it was a bit of a retcon. I do like it because it lets him have more exciting lightsaber battles now. (...) Err, (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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