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Thruster packs like what the spacetroopers in A New Hope wore, plus magnetic grapples to anchor the fighter. It's really not that hard, you know.
Besides, that's just one version of events. Another has it that Lieutenant Solo stopped his superior officer from abusing his wookiee slave, and that cost him his commission and earned him the life-debt, etc. *shrug* The basics are the same, the details don't really matter.
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Er...that's officially recognised as a Tie-Bomber, pallie. not that the bombs employed in ESB should have fallen onto the asteroid anyway, space having no gravity and all, but I digress.
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How do you know they fell? All the bomber would have to do is give them a shove in the right direction, and they'd keep going until they hit something.
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quote:Originally posted by Jason Abbadon: Er...that's officially recognised as a Tie-Bomber, pallie. not that the bombs employed in ESB should have fallen onto the asteroid anyway, space having no gravity and all, but I digress.
If you read the article, you'll see it was designed as the boarding craft for ANH, but never built (see the official article here). So the TIE Bomber was adapted from this design, you even see it being used as a shuttle in ESB. I think the only outward difference is the boarding craft & shttle have no bomb chute and the Bomber & Shuttle lack the laser cutters of the Boarding Craft.
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Maybe they just use the Bomber's launcher as a passenger exit with attitude...
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Getting back to the original topic, I just finished watching ANH when I noticed that what the guy says
quote:R2 and 3PO bail out in an escape pod, landing in vaguely the right area of Tattoine, where R2's first priority is transport. He arranges to be captured by a group of Jawas and, once on board their transport, he makes a deal with them (possibly using emergency funds stored about his person) to take him where he wants to go. The Jawas refuse to go directly to Kenobi for fear of marauding Sandpeople but they agree to R2's second request : transport to the Skywalker farm. They even get to keep the purchase price if they can sell R2 and 3PO there. The Jawas shake on it and go through with the plan.
Seeing 3PO fail to recognise the farm where he worked for 10 years gives r2 a moment's amusement but, as soon as possible, he gets away and heads for Kenobi. Luke and 3PO follow, which may or may not have been part of the plan.
I don't deny that R2 might be actively working for the Rebellion. But when R2 and 3PO landed on Tatooine and went thier seperate ways, 3PO was the first to get picked up by the Jawas. R2 was picked up sometime in the evening. My guess is that 3PO, not having much experience with Jawas, told them that R2 was out there. The pit stop at the Skywalker homestead was probably more of a coincidence. R2 escaped at the first chance he got, implying his only goal was to reach Kenobi.
One thing I did notice that's completely off topic, but anyways, when I went to see the Extended Star Wars movies in the 90's, I swear I saw a Sentinel Landing Craft in the corner of the screen during the Stormtrooper landing scene. But when I watched the same movie on VHS it was missing. And it's still missing in the DVD version of the movie.
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I think it's more likely that Jar-Jar is a Sith than R2.
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Yes because
quote:Hey yo, Daddy, Captain Tarpals. Mesa back.
is such a scary and evil Sith catchphrase...
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It's all an act- everything he did was at palpy's command- just look how hard he works in Episode II to undermine everything the old Republic stood for. I secretely think it was his brain inside General Grievous' mechanical shell. Only an evil genius with amazing hand-eye coordinatin (like Jerry Lewis) could effect so many obviously intentional pratfalls without incurring serious bodily injury- which would serve him later with the lightsabres.
Palpaltine had him cloned so as not to raise suspicion (explaining his appearance at Padme's funeral).
There- I've made up something easily more believable than the goofy R2 theory, while still being total bullshit.
Besides, do Sith really have catchphrases?
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Hmm, good question. I suppose anything similar to "My plans are going according to plan" or something. Maybe "Do not underestimate the power of the Force" while choking some poor schlub. Hmm, if Vader can choke you with a thought or crush your heart on a whim, I wonder what else the Force could be used for? Scratching that spot on your back that you can't quite reach, or scratch yourself in public and no one would know.
Which brings up another interesting question, does Vader still have his little saber? He must, otherwise he'd sound like an asthmatic Princess Leia.
Yeah, and Jar Jar being under the control of the Emperor the whole time doesn't fly with me. I think Jar Jar is just too stupid to be affected by the Emperor. Sure he can be knocked out by Qui-Gon, but he probably does that to all the woodland creatures just for shits and giggles.
And Obi-wan and Yoda totally used Luke as a pawn. Just like Anakin was Palpatines, those crafty Jedi.
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I thin Palpy uses the Force to masterbate- it explains why he's so old and withered- and why he needs to sit in that chair all damned day. He's too drained to move- all that larger than live holographic porn (like he has fuck else to do up there in that bizarro throne room).
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Palpatine's old and withered because he's too lazy to make his hand into a fist and jerk it in an up and down motion.
Besides, he's the freakin emperor. He could have any woman in the galaxy. Twi-lek strippers and Rodian hookers. I knew those mouth/sucker/tube things were good for something.
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