Couple silly things I noticed about Star wars.

Daliman · #1 05-17-2005, 03:18 PM

I recently bought the first three,(second three?) movies on DVD, and there's a couple of things I noticed that are pretty incongruous from the first Star wars;

- Early on, Obi-Wan mentions that the shots fired against the Jawa trading vehicle are too accurate, yet Luke and Company get fired at hendreds of times, often from under 30 feet, and are never even scratched.

- Why the hell are 6 or so Stormtroopers running from Han solo when he runs after themwhen they are armed and looking for him?

-How is Luke pulled under by the garbage monster when it is pretty apparent the water(?) in the disposal is less than 2 feet deep?

-The new footage placed in with Jabba was obviously scrapped because of animatronic limitations of the day, but it pretty obvious the scene with Greedo was a replacement, not an ncillary scene to it, as almost the eact same lines of dialogue are used by Solo in each.

- How much more obviously gay can C3PO be?

- How does R2D2, a robot on rollers, get around rough terrain so well?

Also, what has George Lucas ever said publicly regarding his initial thoughts of this series. Did he only plan on making the first one, but had always hoped he could go further with it? Was It always in the cards that Darth was Luke AND Leia's father,( I would guess not both) because if so, there's a few scenes that are pretty off then;

-Leia appearing as a love interest for Luke, albeit weakly.
-Darth torturing his own daughter,(yeah, Dark side and all, but doesn't he show mercy later on in the series toward Luke?).

Either way, still a great movie. Planning on wathing the other 4 this week, mainly since I hear #6 is the best of all of them. Hopefully there are no more annoying characters like those jawas, though.....

Sponger15SB · #2 05-17-2005, 03:20 PM

Dough: In episode 2F09, when Itchy plays Scratchy's skeleton like a xylophone, he strikes the same rib twice in succession, yet he produces two clearly different tones. I mean, what are we to believe, that this is some sort of a [the three nerds chuckle] magic xylophone or something? Boy, I really hope somebody got fired for that blunder.

June: Uh, well, uh...

Homer: I'll field that one. Let me ask you a question. Why would a man whose shirt says "Genius at Work" spend all of his time watching a children's cartoon show?

Doug: [embarrassed pause] I withdraw my question. [starts eating a candy bar]

Shajen · #3 05-17-2005, 03:22 PM

Daliman · #4 05-17-2005, 03:31 PM

While not as minutae-driven as you and the other poster suggest, it's not that I'm ripping it for tiny things. Other than that, this is a discussion forum, and I thought maybe there could be some discussion, along with an answer or two.

Shajen · #5 05-17-2005, 03:34 PM

I know dude, I just thought it was a funny and fairly appropriate pic.

pshreck · #6 05-17-2005, 03:37 PM

Also, what has George Lucas ever said publicly regarding his initial thoughts of this series. Did he only plan on making the first one, but had always hoped he could go further with it?

This is somewhat controversial, as Lucas claims to have written it all up, but it doesn't seem to be true. One of the original producers said him and Lucas wrote up Empire and ROTJ after the first one did so well, but of course was blackballed after making the claim. Lots of people don't realize that Star Wars wasn't released as "Episode 4" when it first came out, it was just "Star Wars".

daryn · #7 05-17-2005, 03:37 PM

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Darth torturing his own daughter,(yeah, Dark side and all, but doesn't he show mercy later on in the series toward Luke?).

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wasn't leia hidden from vader by obi-wan? aren't you a star wars nerd? shouldn't you know this?

chaas4747 · #8 05-17-2005, 03:41 PM

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Darth torturing his own daughter,(yeah, Dark side and all, but doesn't he show mercy later on in the series toward Luke?).

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wasn't leia hidden from vader by obi-wan? aren't you a star wars nerd? shouldn't you know this?

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If he is so powerful then why when he is standing right in front of her, does he not detect she is his daughter, or at least some sort of "disturbance in the force"?

soah · #9 05-17-2005, 03:42 PM

To the best of my knowledge... George Lucas began writing the story for Star Wars with the intention of making a single film, but as he continued to develop the storyline he realized it was too long. So much of the material was set aside, and once Star Wars became a success, he was able to return to that material to use for the sequels.

samjjones · #10 05-17-2005, 03:47 PM

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Darth torturing his own daughter,(yeah, Dark side and all, but doesn't he show mercy later on in the series toward Luke?).

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wasn't leia hidden from vader by obi-wan? aren't you a star wars nerd? shouldn't you know this?

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If he is so powerful then why when he is standing right in front of her, does he not detect she is his daughter, or at least some sort of "disturbance in the force"?

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Because she wasn't using the Force. Note that Darth Vader only discovered Luke when Luke began using the Force in a serious way to help him aim the Death Star torpedo shot.