In A New Hope, Owen buys C3P0 and R2D2, whom he's obviously never seen before. And in AOTC, I guess maybe 20 years earlier, both of the droids were at his place. Kind of hard to believe that he'd forget them.
And why does Yoda walk with a cane and appear so nimble? He can obviously move like a monkey if he needs to. Probably just takes a lot of effort, I suppose.
Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :
Well, let's remember that C3PO changed appearance between then and then. Also, how many droids do you think Owen has seen in his time on Tatooine? Lots. Besides, its very possible that "C-3PO" is a common name for a droid.
And he barely saw R2 in AoTC ... R2 only came out of the Naboo ship for a few minutes, and only on one occasion.
It's no big deal.
As for Yoda ... it either requires a lot of energy to move like a cat on crack, or he wants people to think he CAN'T move fast. Underestimating Yoda is a good point in his favor if it comes to a fight.
[ May 26, 2002, 13:30: Message edited by: Malnurtured Snay ]
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
I thought the same thing until I watched ANH again. It turns out that Owen never heard the names of the two droids he bought. And the name "C-3PO" would have been the only distinguishing feature he could have recognized, since 3PO changed color, and there are plenty of protocol droids in that configuration.
Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :
^ Good point ...
Posted by The Ulcer Mongoose (Member # 239) on :
Don't tell me you've started with the whole ^ thing. It's relatively obvious that you're acknowledging TSN's post. It's just silly. Like a baby in a stroller that the mother let go of, and is careening into the path of a giant clown. A GIANT CLOWN!
Posted by Obese Penguin (Member # 271) on :
Yoda uses his size to his advantage, he appears so small and so old that an enemy could easily under estimate him.
Remember in the ESB Luke writes Yoda off pretty quickly after judging him by his first impression of a silly alien.
Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :
^ ^You can be a serious dick, UM.
Posted by The Mighty Monkey of Mim (Member # 646) on :
Yeah, did you ever kind of notice that ALL THE DROIDS LOOK ALIKE???
A protocal droid is a protocal droid, an R2 unit is an R2 unit. They're all uniform. For Christ's sake, Threepio wasn't even the same COLOR in AOTC as he will be in ANH! How can you expect Owen to recognize them???
-MMoM Posted by WERUreo (Member # 662) on :
Not to mention that in the very first scene of ANH, there is a droid that looks EXACTLY like 3PO walking right behind him and R2... I'm sure Owen has seen many droids in the time between AOTC and ANH.... Not to mention that 3PO probably came along with the deal when his father bought Shmi, so for all we knows, he never knew that the protocol droid his father bought was even called C3PO...
Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :
There are two protocal droids in Empire, too -- a white one in the Hoth Command Center, and a silver one on Bespin. I don't think they're all that uncommon ... it's very reasonable to assume Owen has seen (if not owned) quite a few of them ...
Posted by Obese Penguin (Member # 271) on :
The droid that greets Obi Wan and Qui Gon to the Trade Federation Command Ship in Ep1 is a 3PO type aswell.
Posted by thoughtychops (Member # 480) on :
*Activates Inner Geek*
The whole thing with Yoda is good fun. Watching him tear Count Dracula a new one made the movie for me.
His little Kung Fu pose before becoming Connor McCloud was sweet. Crouching Yoda, Hidden Jedi, indeed.
Although I can fully appreciate the snickering I heard all around at that part too. Mumbles of scorn: "A muppet's gonna throw down, baby. Dis ought to be good."
Ah, shit. It was pretty funny looking.
Posted by WERUreo (Member # 662) on :
There was this really irritating guy behind me that kept yelling "Yoda's a pimp!" right in my ear... Very annoying, especially since that guy once took my girlfriend on a date a long time ago...
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