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Why didn't Qui-Gon just TAKE Shmi?

Discussion in 'Prequel Trilogy' started by Darth Valkyrus, Jun 10, 2013.

  1. darklordoftech

    darklordoftech Force Ghost star 6

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    Even if you're returning the stolen item to its original owner? The Underground Railroad would be quite offended by your post.
     
  2. Reveen

    Reveen Jedi Knight star 3

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    Why should Qui-Gon give a crap about what is and isn't Watto's property? I don't think upholding the virtues of backrocket laws regarding chattel slavery legislated by giant slugs is high on the list of Jedi priorities.

    If Batman got boom tubed to medieval France should we expect him to respect droit du seigneur?
     
  3. Placeholder

    Placeholder Jedi Master star 4

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    It really boils down to what almost everything here ends up boiling down to. There is a subset of fans who will defend these characters no matter what they do. Yoda could commit cold blooded murder and someone here would defend it.
     
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  4. Crystalia

    Crystalia Jedi Grand Master star 4

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    Nevermind. :p
     
  5. Iron_lord

    Iron_lord Chosen One star 10

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    We've got an EU reference to Qui-Gon doing something, at least.
     
  6. SithStarSlayer

    SithStarSlayer Manager Emeritus star 6 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    Go back for her? Giant plot-hole?

    In case you missed it: a tiny little thing called death, got in his way.;)


    :p
     
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  7. Placeholder

    Placeholder Jedi Master star 4

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    She's not dead yet, she's getting better

    [​IMG]
     
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  8. Crystalia

    Crystalia Jedi Grand Master star 4

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    In case you missed it: a tiny little thing called death, got in his way.;)
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    everyone who is a Star Wars fan knows there is no such thing as death in this franchise :p

    they all turn it up in the next comic/novel/video game/movie/cartoon as healthy as ever :p
     
  9. SithStarSlayer

    SithStarSlayer Manager Emeritus star 6 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    I wasn't talking about Shmi. :p
     
  10. Placeholder

    Placeholder Jedi Master star 4

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    Ah, yes I suppose Maul did put a lightsaber through his gut.

    The problem with that is, he did go back to the capital of the republic first. And apparently, did nothing. And Padme spent a decade doing nothing, and Anakin spent a decade doing nothing,. and Yoda,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, and everyone.

    And force ghost Qui-Gon apparently didn't care either, like talk to Yoda and say maybe letting her rot in slavery isn't such a great thing to do?
     
  11. SithStarSlayer

    SithStarSlayer Manager Emeritus star 6 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    In fairness to Gui Gon, he was on a mission to escort/protect the Queen... and that kept him occupied until his death.

    The others; including Padme, have no excuse.
     
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  12. DRush76

    DRush76 Jedi Master star 4

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    Why do fans insist that Padme or the Jedi could have easily freed Padme with no consequences?
     
  13. Placeholder

    Placeholder Jedi Master star 4

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    I don't think so, they were on Coruscant for some time while the queen argued her case to the Senate. Take five minutes to do something? Yeah, he could have done something.

    The whole situation is just a gigantic plot hole.
     
  14. DRush76

    DRush76 Jedi Master star 4

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    The problem is not the plot. The problem is this argument that Qui-Gon could have done something with little consequence. It's like everyone is turning a blind eye to the circumstances of Anakin and Shmi's situations as slaves on Tatooine. Many are also ignoring the difficulty Qui-Gon had in setting up Anakin's possible emancipation.
     
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  15. Placeholder

    Placeholder Jedi Master star 4

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    pure nonsense. They should fear the great and powerful Watto? All they had to do was buy her. That;s all Lars did.

    They didn't even look into it, it was a surprise to Anakin that she was ever sold. Nobody cared.\

    Fans just like to pretend that these flaws don't exist. They will work hard to explain them away. That's what these conversations boil down to 99% of the time
     
  16. SithStarSlayer

    SithStarSlayer Manager Emeritus star 6 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    Tatooine wasn't in the Republic, it would take more than five minutes to get them a seat at the Senate's table.
    Qui Gon did the best he could, he cheated to make sure at least one of them could leave...

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    Dadgummit these films would have been WAY TOO long, if every fan-hole had to be filled.:oops:
     
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  17. Placeholder

    Placeholder Jedi Master star 4

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    He doesn't need to do that. He needs to spend five minutes telling Yoda that this boy's mother is a slave and we need to do something. The Jedi just simply don't care. They got their chosen one, to hell with her! No wonder he slaughters them.

    In fact, that probably should have been explored more, it would make his fall more believable.

    And these are not fan holes, they are a result of bad writing. You can write a tight story that does not suffer from these logic problems without it being long.
     
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  18. JoshieHewls

    JoshieHewls Jedi Grand Master star 4

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    It's not a flaw if it's intentional.

    Qui-Gon tries to save Shmi, but he couldn't get Watto to give her up. If he just takes her, she's dead.

    The Republic has no authority in Tatooine, so they can't just take her. Not only that, they would have no interest in bartering for her.

    The Jedi would not want to barter for her either, since they are taught to let go of their attachments. They would view Anakin's attachment to his mother as a bad thing.

    This supposed "plot hole" is more like people nitpicking just to nitpick. We're given every reason why Shmi does not go with Anakin, but it still isn't enough for people who want to push a real world agenda on a bit of fantasy.
     
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  19. THE PortmanLuvva

    THE PortmanLuvva Jedi Master star 2

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    I would have laughed if the chance cube cracked and one half landed blue and the other red!
     
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  20. Placeholder

    Placeholder Jedi Master star 4

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    Being a fantasy story is not an excuse for characters acting in illogical ways. To just leave her to rot is not in line with what we are supposed to know about the Jedi.

    I can buy that there wasn't anything Jinn could do at the time. That they did nothing after the fact is a plot hole the size of Tattooine.
     
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  21. JoshieHewls

    JoshieHewls Jedi Grand Master star 4

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    Again, why would they do anything? Attachment is forbidden, and if they save Shmi, where do they stop? Are they just going to jump from system to system freeing every slave in the galaxy?
     
  22. Placeholder

    Placeholder Jedi Master star 4

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    OK, maybe that's the answer. That they just accept that Anakin's mother will be a slave and that's the way it should be. It would certainly be in line with Jedi who accept the use of a slave army. It would not be in line with the Jedi being the good guys we are told by Lucas that they are. They probably deserved to get cut down.

    The ultimate balance to the force, kill all of them
     
  23. JoshieHewls

    JoshieHewls Jedi Grand Master star 4

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    If that's how you want to take it, that's fine. But it certainly shows that it's not a plot hole and that it's merely how not only the Jedi but how the Republic as a whole is characterized.
     
  24. Placeholder

    Placeholder Jedi Master star 4

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    It is a plot hole, unless we are meant to think that the Jedi are scumbags. We're supposed to think that they are all about compassion. Obviously, that's just a front they put up.
     
  25. JoshieHewls

    JoshieHewls Jedi Grand Master star 4

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    You're complaining about characterization. You don't like that the Jedi code would forbid them to save one slave to make their Jedi child apprentice happy. That's not a plot hole. In fact, the reason why they wouldn't save Shmi is shown through all three movies. "Mourn them do not, miss them do not."