| 4) Questions
of Conflict With the Original Trilogy
Hopefully,
with the release of Episode II and III we will
have some decent answers to these questions.
A.
How come Obi-Wan doesn't "seem to remember
ever owning a droid" in ANH?
Simple.
He never did. Why he failed to recognize R2-D2,
since he saved the ship he was on in TPM is beyond
me.
There
are only three possible explanations for this: 1)
Artoo's design was so common, he wouldn't think
that droid was really Artoo. 2) He didn't want
Luke to know about Artoo's history, which would
bring up a lot of questions. 3) His memory
is bad despite his Jedi training (yeah, right.)
The
true answer: 4) George Lucas probably didn't care
enough to fill in that bobo.
(Note:
At no point in TPM does Obi-Wan ever see C-3PO.)
B.
Who trained Obi-Wan? Qui-Gon or Yoda?
In
ESB, Obi-Wan's 'spirit' tells Luke to seek out
Yoda, the Jedi Master that trained him. It's clear
in TPM that Qui-Gon Jinn is the Jedi Master that
trained him. Once again, Obi-Wan has caused some
confusion.
There
are only two possible answers to this question: 1)
He didn't want to tell Luke the whole story
(including that of his father) 2) Yoda DID train
Obi-Wan before Qui-Gon did.
The
most probable answer: 3) George Lucas hadn't
created Qui-Gon Jinn at the time.
C.
How come Darh Vader doesn't recognize Artoo/Threepio?
At
first I thought Lucas had thought this one out,
but after Episode II, nothing makes sense. Anakin,
as a child, built C3PO himself. Artoo helped
Anakin finish the pod. You
could chalk forgetting after all those years, but
then 10 years later, he is reintroduced to Artoo
and Threepio (along with Jar Jar and Padme)
Considering that Anakin created C3PO, it seems
strange that he doesn't recognize him in Cloud
City in ESB. Of course, Threepio does look VERY
different in both movies, doesn't he? In
ESB, he's in pieces hanging from Chewie's back.
Keep
in mind that there seem to be plenty of droids
that look like 3PO. In
the original trilogy, there are a few droids that
look like C-3PO, notice that they are Imperial
droids. Perhaps Vader felt a bit homesick? :)
<<Special
thanks to jk286.>>
D.
Fine. How come Threepio doesn't recognize Vader OR
the fact that 'Master Luke' and his creator share
the same last name?
This
one's more complicated. Once again, Threepio was
left incomplete in more than just his appearance
in TPM. His programming had yet to be completed.
If this plays any part in his not remembering his
creator's name (ie. memory rewrite,) it will be
explained in either Episode II or III.
As
for Threepio not recognizing Vader, besides the
obvious fact that he wears a mask, it's clear that
Vader's identify was not known to many (it even
looks as though Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru only know
that Luke's father was some kind of
hero/adventurer... Beru didn't seem to mind very
much that Luke had "too much of his father in
him" in ANH.)
E.
Considering what a popular kid Anakin becomes in
Episode I, how come nobody considered the fact
that he might be related to Luke?
Not
only does Anakin Skywalker, the slave boy from
Tatooine become a famous hero, but Luke Skywalker,
farmboy from Tatooine ALSO becomes a hero in
similar fashion. Why didn't people put two and two
together? It's obvious Darth Vader did between ANH
and ESB, when he discovered Luke.
One possible explanation is that 'Skywalker' is a
popular name in Tatooine.
(Still,
how many Skywalkers have single-handedly destroyed
large space stations, defeating the overwhelmingly
large odds? Come ON, George! Give us something to
work with here...)
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