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Compactor_3263827  481 posts
Registered: Nov '03
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Date Posted: 2/1 2:27pm Subject: RE: Why doesn't Luke recognize Obi-Wan's name?
Regardless of his perception of "Ben" Kenobi, my point was why he didn't recognize "Obi-Wan Kenobi"'s name after watching Leia's message.

 

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Qui-Gon_Reborn  5538 posts
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8038_Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan
Date Posted: 2/2 12:33am Subject: RE: Why doesn't Luke recognize Obi-Wan's name?
vaders_cape posted:
The perceptions of the young towards the old can be narrow-sighted.


raised_brow

 

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morpha2  744 posts
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Date Posted: 2/3 12:32pm Subject: RE: Why doesn't Luke recognize Obi-Wan's name?
Kenobi was one of many generals on many sides of a complicated, galactic-scale war that concluded 20 years before Luke was born. Just because the movies tend to focus on Kenobi and a few others doesn't necessarily mean that the rest of the galaxy is as familiar with them as we are.

 
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Master_Starwalker  17414 posts
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Date Posted: 2/3 12:42pm Subject: RE: Why doesn't Luke recognize Obi-Wan's name?
Qui-Gon_Reborn posted:
vaders_cape posted:
The perceptions of the young towards the old can be narrow-sighted.


raised_brow


I don't see what's so outrageous about that.

 

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Daft-Vader  6209 posts
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Date Posted: 2/3 3:01pm Subject: RE: Why doesn't Luke recognize Obi-Wan's name?
morpha2 posted:
Kenobi was one of many generals on many sides of a complicated, galactic-scale war that concluded 20 years before Luke was born. Just because the movies tend to focus on Kenobi and a few others doesn't necessarily mean that the rest of the galaxy is as familiar with them as we are.


I agree, especially since the Movies were rather Kenobi-Orientated, and Tatooine was not vastly involved with the Clone Wars, so it would be more tales coming in from pilots/tourists/visitors.

One small query:

a complicated, galactic-scale war that concluded 20 years before Luke was born.

Are you sure...? raised_brow thinking

 

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morpha2  744 posts
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Date Posted: 2/3 3:57pm Subject: RE: Why doesn't Luke recognize Obi-Wan's name?
Of the length of time? Not quite.

 
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Master_Starwalker  17414 posts
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Date Posted: 2/3 9:58pm Subject: RE: Why doesn't Luke recognize Obi-Wan's name?
The war concluded just before Luke was born as it only ended with the deaths of the Separatist Council at the hands of Vader.

 

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Qui-Gon_Reborn  5538 posts
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Date Posted: 2/3 11:18pm Subject: RE: Why doesn't Luke recognize Obi-Wan's name?
Master_Starwalker posted:
Qui-Gon_Reborn posted:
vaders_cape posted:
The perceptions of the young towards the old can be narrow-sighted.


raised_brow


I don't see what's so outrageous about that.


I never said that it was outrageous, I just think that it's a generalization that is not necessarily true.

 

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Master_Starwalker  17414 posts
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Date Posted: 2/4 9:35am Subject: RE: Why doesn't Luke recognize Obi-Wan's name?
I didn't take it as a generalization, but merely that they can be, but I can see your point.

 

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morpha2  744 posts
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Date Posted: 2/4 10:35am Subject: RE: Why doesn't Luke recognize Obi-Wan's name?
Master_Starwalker posted:
The war concluded just before Luke was born as it only ended with the deaths of the Separatist Council at the hands of Vader.

doh!
Ha ha, I was way off.

 
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vaders_cape  142 posts
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Date Posted: 2/4 1:52pm Subject: RE: Why doesn't Luke recognize Obi-Wan's name?
My observation about youth and perceptions of the old was not a generalisation of all young people, but it does happen to be true for many. That's why so many old people (in the West at least) feel as though they are treated by younger folk as irrelevant and "on the scrap heap of life". Such observations of behaviour should not be perceived as personal attacks on all individuals.

Besides, getting back to what I was saying, Luke had only known Ben to be a hermit, a recluse, with his Uncle Owen's off-hand remarks about Kenobi being a bit crazy. Therefore in his young and immature state of mind (which Luke has before he sets off on his hero's journey), he could easily not picture Kenobi as being a one-time dashing general and Jedi warrior, etc, etc.

My point is that it's about seeing it from Luke's point of view at that point in time.

 

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goraq  2370 posts
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Date Posted: 2/4 4:24pm Subject: RE: Why doesn't Luke recognize Obi-Wan's name?

,,Besides, getting back to what I was saying, Luke had only known Ben to be a hermit, a recluse, with his Uncle Owen's off-hand remarks about Kenobi being a bit crazy,,
Kenobi could be a common name among Tatooinians.He might tought he has nothing too do with the famous general.

 

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Master_Starwalker  17414 posts
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Date Posted: 2/4 7:46pm Subject: RE: Why doesn't Luke recognize Obi-Wan's name?
morpha2 posted:
Master_Starwalker posted:
The war concluded just before Luke was born as it only ended with the deaths of the Separatist Council at the hands of Vader.

doh!
Ha ha, I was way off.


I think you were closer to the original plan though. tongue

 

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Qui-Gon_Reborn  5538 posts
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Date Posted: 2/6 6:00pm Subject: RE: Why doesn't Luke recognize Obi-Wan's name?
Master_Starwalker posted:
I didn't take it as a generalization, but merely that they can be, but I can see your point.


Ahh, I was having an off day when I commented on it. tongue

 

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