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Re: A couple stupid SW questions...
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lugnet.starwars
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Tue, 13 Jun 2000 16:56:59 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, John Radtke wrote:
> In lugnet.starwars, James Simpson writes:
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> > It's always bothered me that Chewie didn't get a medal placed around his neck • by
> > the Princess. He risked his his life also. What's up with that!?
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> I want to say I remember the novel mentioning that Chewie got his later
> because nobody could reach over his head to place it around his neck. It's
> not just Carrie Fisher that would be at a disadvantage. I'm 5'10" and I can't
> reach and easily maneuver as high as 7'2" (or was he 7'4" in costume?
> Whatever, it was up there.)
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> The medal ceremony is a brief, formal scene without dialogue. R2 adds a
> little lightheartedness, but dragging out a chair or having Chewie get down on
> one knee probably would have broken the solemnity of the scene. There is a
> good chance that they tried these things. Realistically, I have to say Chewie
> not getting his medal was done for reasons of practical cinematography and has
> nothing to do with Wookie rashes, dignified Princesses or anything else
> pertaining to the characters themselves.
Has no one ever heard of a bow? Chewie bends over a bit, the princess
stretches, and the medal is bestowed.
Oh, well. The scene more-or-less worked the way it was intended.
Lucas never did understand the dynamics of the little group of characters
he created.
Steve
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| (...) by (...) I want to say I remember the novel mentioning that Chewie got his later because nobody could reach over his head to place it around his neck. It's not just Carrie Fisher that would be at a disadvantage. I'm 5'10" and I can't reach and (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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