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DarthBoba Registered: Jun '00	Date Posted: 8/21 9:45am Subject: What unanswered questions do you still have about the OT?
	Well, as the movie doesn't show it, and the canon relationship between the movies & novels is something along the lines of "if there's a contradiction between the two, the movie wins" I think we can safely relegate that to only happening in Independence Day. -----signature----- Only a Prime can defeat Vader and his Emperor.
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Arawn_Fenn Registered: Jul '04	Date Posted: 8/21 10:10am Subject: What unanswered questions do you still have about the OT? - Date Edited: 8/21 10:12am (2 edits total) Edited By: Arawn_Fenn
	TwiLekJedi posted: However, in the RotJ novel (and I believe an early script, not sure) a starfighter flies into the Death Star's shield and goes kaboom IIRC, essentially the same thing happens at one point in DE. It's why in ROTJ all craft had to "pull up" in the first place ( and why Anakin and Obi-Wan had to get the Invisible Hand's hangar shields down before they could fly in ). -----signature----- "Just when you think the amount of fail cannot possibly increase, the Internet keeps on giving." - SalvorHardin "Let's see them argue with nature and persuade the nonexistent polar bears not to eat them." - crownarmourer
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celera Registered: May '02	Date Posted: 8/21 6:17pm Subject: What unanswered questions do you still have about the OT?
	I just started to wonder if Vader sensed that Leia was lying about the Rebel base location through the Force.
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darth-sinister Title: Manager Emeritus Registered: Jun '01	Date Posted: 8/23 2:30pm Subject: What unanswered questions do you still have about the OT?
	Darth-Ghost posted: Anything that was never sufficiently answered, left hanging in the air? Let's try and compile a complete list... Some of my questions: -Did Yoda and Obi-wan come to abandon the old "attachment" rules, such as forbidding marriage? They already seemed to have made an exception regarding age with Luke, and Luke goes on to marry and have a son: Ben Skywalker: No, they did not. They let the twins grow up with families since Qui-gon said it was just as perferable as being raised by the Jedi. Luke gives up his attachment, but still loves his father and sister and friends. Attachment is when a Jedi cannot let go of someone when the time comes. A result of selfish love. Compassion, which is selfless love, is looked upon by the Jedi. The two Jedi have no say in what Luke will do, which is why all they do before they went away for good was to tell him to rebuild the Jedi Order. Darth-Ghost posted: -Did Palpatine have any good in him? Young Palpatine: We're all born as empty vessels, waiting to be filled based on how we are raised. Sidious was raised from birth to be a Sith. Any good in him was gone by the time of TPM. Darth-Ghost posted: -Did Owen and Beru know the truth about Luke's father? They knew that the attack had to do with the droids. They didn't know that Vader was Anakin and that he had no problem with their deaths. -----signature----- Stewie: "Oh, this is an even bigger jackpot than when the Emperor came up with the formula for great Star Wars dialouge." Palpatine: "Something, something, something. Dark side. Something, something, something complete."
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celera Registered: May '02	Date Posted: 8/23 5:56pm Subject: What unanswered questions do you still have about the OT?
	We don't know how much Owen and Beru knew about Anakin. It all depends on how much Obi-Wan told them. But personally, it would make more sense for them to know he went dark. It's also interesting to note that Yoda judged Luke to be too old for training even though he sent him to be raised on Tatooine. Some people on other threads said this behavior doesn't make sense but I think Yoda was just second-guessing his decision.
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Arawn_Fenn Registered: Jul '04	Date Posted: 8/23 6:06pm Subject: What unanswered questions do you still have about the OT?
	celera posted: But personally, it would make more sense for them to know he went dark. Why, exactly? I've always been a fan of half-seriously reading too much into the ANH line "That's what I'm afraid of", but in the end isn't it at least equally likely they assume he was killed along with the other Jedi? -----signature----- "Just when you think the amount of fail cannot possibly increase, the Internet keeps on giving." - SalvorHardin "Let's see them argue with nature and persuade the nonexistent polar bears not to eat them." - crownarmourer
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darth-sinister Title: Manager Emeritus Registered: Jun '01	Date Posted: 8/24 3:20pm Subject: What unanswered questions do you still have about the OT?
	celera posted: We don't know how much Owen and Beru knew about Anakin. It all depends on how much Obi-Wan told them. But personally, it would make more sense for them to know he went dark. Not really. Obi-wan left him to die and outside of the eu, he doesn't know that Vader survived. They'd take Luke in based on not knowing that the Empire and Vader in particular, could come looking. And as noted, he might've backed up the lie that the Empire had about the Temple massacare. celera posted: It's also interesting to note that Yoda judged Luke to be too old for training even though he sent him to be raised on Tatooine. Some people on other threads said this behavior doesn't make sense but I think Yoda was just second-guessing his decision. It is. Luke's a disappointment which is why he says that he has watched him and determined that he's not ready. -----signature----- Stewie: "Oh, this is an even bigger jackpot than when the Emperor came up with the formula for great Star Wars dialouge." Palpatine: "Something, something, something. Dark side. Something, something, something complete."
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celera Registered: May '02	Date Posted: 8/24 9:46pm Subject: What unanswered questions do you still have about the OT?
	Arawn_Fenn posted: Why, exactly? I've always been a fan of half-seriously reading too much into the ANH line "That's what I'm afraid of", but in the end isn't it at least equally likely they assume he was killed along with the other Jedi? Good point. It just depends which theory you like better. "Not really. Obi-wan left him to die and outside of the eu, he doesn't know that Vader survived. They'd take Luke in based on not knowing that the Empire and Vader in particular, could come looking." It could be that Obi-Wan later told Beru what happened to Anakin after finding out. And it was highly unlikely Vader would come back to Tatooine anyway. I have to visit my ROTS novel again to see if Obi-Wan knew Vader was still alive or not.
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Arawn_Fenn Registered: Jul '04	Date Posted: 8/24 9:53pm Subject: What unanswered questions do you still have about the OT?
	The ROTS novel doesn't indicate that he knew, but Dark Lord has him finding out at the end of the book. -----signature----- "Just when you think the amount of fail cannot possibly increase, the Internet keeps on giving." - SalvorHardin "Let's see them argue with nature and persuade the nonexistent polar bears not to eat them." - crownarmourer
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darth-sinister Title: Manager Emeritus Registered: Jun '01	Date Posted: 8/25 3:26pm Subject: What unanswered questions do you still have about the OT?
	On the other hand, Owen and Beru could be refering to Luke becoming a Jedi and being killed by the Empire, for being a Jedi. It's no secret that the Jedi were killed for being part of an assassination attempt on Palpatine. -----signature----- Stewie: "Oh, this is an even bigger jackpot than when the Emperor came up with the formula for great Star Wars dialouge." Palpatine: "Something, something, something. Dark side. Something, something, something complete."
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TwiLekJedi Title: Classic Trilogy Manager Registered: Jun '01	Date Posted: 8/26 5:29am Subject: What unanswered questions do you still have about the OT?
	Why even go that far? He could just be "afraid" of Jedi, period. He doesn't trust Obi-Wan and Anakin wasn't exactly the nicest guy. If becoming/being a Jedi is even what they referred to -----signature----- We do what we must Because we can For the good of all of us Except the ones who are dead
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