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Star Wars Glasses

Discussion in 'Star Wars Saga In-Depth' started by dan-yoda, Jun 19, 2004.

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  1. dan-yoda

    dan-yoda Jedi Padawan star 4

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    Does anyone know if there are anyone in the SW films who wears glasses or contact lenses (not the actors- the characters themselves). I've always wondered what people in the SW universe do if they have bad vision.
     
  2. Keeper_of_Swords

    Keeper_of_Swords Jedi Master star 5

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    They probably wear lenses or have their eyes improved.

    (Of course it's all fantasy, but that's the most logical answer I could come up with as no character in the movie have glasses)
     
  3. Latorski

    Latorski Jedi Master star 4

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    Lasik surgery is very cheap in the GFFA. Even Outer Rim slaves can afford it.
     
  4. Juke Skywalker

    Juke Skywalker Force Ghost star 5

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    Much like their counterparts in the [face_sick]
    Star Trek universe, they can cure blindness but
    as yet have no cure for baldness. ;)
     
  5. Emos-Edud

    Emos-Edud Jedi Padawan star 4

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    Christopher Lambert of Highlander and Mortal Kombat fame is legally blind. He rehearses his blocking between takes with his powerful glasses on and then takes them off when the cameras roll, doing the scene blind!
     
  6. Go-Mer-Tonic

    Go-Mer-Tonic Jedi Youngling star 6

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    And all this time I thought he was being contemplative... ;)

    One of the slave kids on Tatooine has braces.
     
  7. JediKnightOB1

    JediKnightOB1 Jedi Grand Master star 5

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    I think Jorgy LaForge wears glasses... oops, wrong forum.
     
  8. mixza

    mixza Jedi Padawan star 4

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    "Much like their counterparts in the
    Star Trek universe, they can cure blindness but
    as yet have no cure for baldness."

    LOL! Actually, I think they do have a cure for baldness, but people in the Star Trek universe are supposed to be so "evolved" that they don't mind being bald.

    Anyway, I think people in the SW universe can just have surgury to fix bad vision. I guess the slaves just have to squint. I always wondered why Captian Typho didn't have a fake eye.
     
  9. Krash

    Krash RSA Emeritus star 5 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    Bacta eye drops? it's possible!

    It's one of those things fantasy movies figure fans will not think about...that'll show them :D

    There was that old guy from the second Ewok TV movie, He wore glasses...so maybe they expect us to accept old people with glasses?
     
  10. Blackout

    Blackout Jedi Grand Master star 4

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    I've wondered about this myself before. And the answers are all EU I'm afraid ;)

    Noa from Ewoks: The Battle for Endor wore them:
    [image=http://www.psychoengine.com/images/autographs/starwars/misc/wilfordbrimley.jpg]

    Saundan from The Holiday Special wore them:
    [image=http://www.timewarptv.com/site/programs/Star_Wars_Holiday_Special/images/111778e.jpg]

    and Admiral Screed from The Great Heep had a kind of digital/mechanical eye-thing going on:
    [image=http://www.lucasfan.com/images/mb05.jpg]

    But I think that's about it. Generally speaking there's no need for Dolland and Aitchison in the GFFA ;)

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  11. Guinastasia

    Guinastasia Force Ghost star 6

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    A Bith female member of Rogue Squadron (from the X-Wing comics) wore spectacles, I believe.

     
  12. Blackout

    Blackout Jedi Grand Master star 4

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    Really? Cool!
    Here, do Bith pilots still have to wear helmets? Off topic I know, but I've got a bizarre image in my head now... [face_laugh]

    EDIT: Actually, does this constitute glasses?

    [image=http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/6818/nabrun_leids.jpg]

    I know it's a full breath-mask, but it has got two lenses for the eyes, as opposed to a single visor. Maybe Nabrun's a little short sighted too ;)

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  13. EmpireForever

    EmpireForever Force Ghost star 8

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    I always wondered why Captian Typho didn't have a fake eye.


    because eyepatches are the coolest. duh.
     
  14. Blackout

    Blackout Jedi Grand Master star 4

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    And yet, bizarrely enough, when you wear two, you don't look twice as cool! :confused:

    How does that work?

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  15. Guinastasia

    Guinastasia Force Ghost star 6

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    Actually, I think Captain Typho's patch IS a fake eye-it's an optical prothetic eye, like Anakin's and Luke's hands.

     
  16. JediKnightOB1

    JediKnightOB1 Jedi Grand Master star 5

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    Actually, I think Captain Typho's patch IS a fake eye-it's an optical prothetic eye, like Anakin's and Luke's hands.


    Sure, but does it have the digital night-vision with x-ray vision and the ability to see through walls and clothing?
     
  17. plutoneam

    plutoneam Jedi Youngling star 3

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    I just got contacts.

    Now I won't look as weird dressed up as a Jedi.

    People with glasses dressed up like Jedi look stupid, IMO.
     
  18. Blackout

    Blackout Jedi Grand Master star 4

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    People with glasses dressed up like Jedi look stupid, IMO.

    I was going to say something then. Then I remembered that I actually had Jedi-hair when I had my hair cut from long to short for two years.

    So I won't say a thing [face_laugh]

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