More obsessing about Star Wars as I sit here sick.

[gridlore]

More proof that George Lucas can't write his way out of a wet paper napkin.

OK, we start "Episode IV" with Princess Leia being chased down by a Star Destroyer with Darth Vader aboard. Knowing hse's about to be captured, she gives R2-D2 the plans and a message for Obi-Wan Kenobi, and shoot him and the gayest robot ever off to Tattooine.

Which means she knew several things. Obi-Wan survived. Obi-Wan is hiding on Tattoine. R2-D2 was once once associated with Obi-Wan. And Darth Vader picks up on none of this. Does the Empire not have intelligence officers? did nobody ask "why did she run here?" "Who lives here?" Hell, you thinbk maybe Darth Vader might have wondered why, out of all the star systems in the galaxy, she chose to come out of hyperdrive in his old home system? Hell, several times in the films Darth and Leia with face to faceplate and he never grokked the connection?

But let's move on. Obi-Wan looks everyone in the eyes/optical sensors and flat out lies about the droids. Why? Meanwhile, stormtroopers are shooting up Jawas and the Skywalker residence. Now back in my Army, we did a little thing called reporting.

"Lord Vader, we determined there were two droids in the escape pod. Both droids were acquired by an indigenous races known as Jawas. Examination of records show the two droids were sold to the Skywalker famil.. *urk*"

"Who? There were sold to who?"

"Sky..walker.. s..sir.. There were two adults at the residence.. they resisted.." *snap* *thud*

"Subcommander, access the planetary census. How many people lived at the Skywalker holding?"

"Three, my Lord. Owen Skywalker, Beru Skywalker, and a nephew named Luke."

"Captain! Send out a priority signal! Summon the fleet! Nothing leaves this world!"

Of course this could have been avoided if anyone with brains existed inside the Jedi Temple. At the end of Episode III, we have the infant twins, Senator Organa, Obi-Wan, and Yoda, the centuries old utter master of Jedi training. Why not send Obi-Wan and Yoda off with the twins to Dagobah so they can be trained from birth? When the time is right, move them to Alderan for further training.

But I think logically.

Comments

[lizzibabe.livejournal.com]

But what about the number of times R2D2 was referred to as an "Artoo unit"? I think that the first two characters are the series number and the last two are the identifier.

[chaotic-nipple.livejournal.com]

Still only 1,296 two-character combinations available. If every droid has a unique designator, they'd have to be a lot longer than 4 characters, unless droids are extremely rare. Or maybe the Star Wars galaxy is less populous than we've been led to believe.

[lizzibabe.livejournal.com]

I posit that there are other droids with names that are longer than 4 characters.

[gridlore.livejournal.com]

Or that the commonly used "names" are shortened forms of the longer Series/Model/Modification/Serial Number that is normally just broadcast by droids as a low-powered radio signal.

[chaotic-nipple.livejournal.com]

Then why did all the droids we see on-screen have the short designators? Seems statistically unlikely.

[crankyoldgoat.livejournal.com]

but easier on the writers and actors

writing/saying C3PO is much simplier than
C3P0-1239482/BH239/333A9X222567801-399B