Why didn't Luke ask about his father's physical condition?

After all, Obi-wan tells him that he is more machine now than man!

It would have been silly to give it all away, but he could have given a vague hint, perhaps?

 

Maybe some kinda tragic accident where Anakin losses his body parts and gives up on humanity.Which kinda actually happens,really.

 

In the ROTJ novelization, Obi-Wan tells Luke a bit about their first duel.

 

I'm not sure I understand the question. Everyone who saw Vader (or heard him) knew he was on some sort of machinery to keep him alive. Are you saying Luke should have known that it was Obi-Wan who had put Vader in that state?

 

OBI-WAN: He's more machine now than man. Twisted and evil.

LUKE: Really?

OBI-WAN: Yes. Without his walking life-support unit, he would die.

LUKE: And all this time I thought he wore it to be a badass.

OBI-WAN: Nope. Dead without it.

LUKE: How did it happen?

OBI-WAN: Heh... You know the old saying. "Don't **** with Kenobi!"

LUKE: Gee...

OBI-WAN: You must face Darth Vader again.

LUKE: I can't kill my own father!

OBI-WAN: Of course you can! Just have the high ground!

LUKE: No, I meant I'm morally opposed to killing my father.

OBI-WAN: Really? He wasn't morally opposed to killing yo momma!

LUKE: Eh?

OBI-WAN: Don't mind me. I'm just an old man who rambles on. Well if you won't kill him, at least chop off a limb? He's pretty used to that. It's win/win.

LUKE: I'd rather actualy try to save him from the Dark Side.

OBI-WAN: A Jedi who'd rather help someone than kill them? *sigh* Then the Emperor has already won...

LUKE: Yoda spoke of another...

OBI-WAN: The other he spoke of is your twin sister.

LUKE: But I have no sister! The only other girl in the galaxy who's even close to my age is Leia!

OBI-WAN: Funny you should mention that...

LUKE: Aww ****.

OBI-WAN: Yup. Don't worry. You were raised on a farm, and Leia was raised in the Southern Mountains of Alderaan. It's natural for you both.

LUKE: I feel dirty... yet somehow... arousing...

OBI-WAN: ...Moving on... To protect you both from the Emperor you were hidden from your father by Yoda and I when you were born. To protect Yoda from the Clone Troopers, he was hidden by Chewbacca when he was old. To protect me from my drinking problem, I was exiled to a planet with no liquid. The Emperor knew, as I did, that I was a man drunk. He also knew, that if Anakin were to have any offspring, they would be a threat to him. How he came to the conclusion that Anakin loved family or children I'll never know. That is the reason why Leia remained safely anonymous. That, and we're Jedi. We like to mess up childrens' lives.

LUKE: The Dark Side is sounding pretty good about now actually...

OBI-WAN: Your insight serves you well! Bury your common sense deep down, Luke! It does you credit, but it's really inconvenient for Yoda and I. Remember, have the high ground. If that doesn't work, get him to whine about something and then stab him when he's throwing a tantrum. You know all about whiney tantrums don'tcha Converter Boy? Well, I'm outta here. Good luck with that whole patricide thing.

 

that is fantastic

 

No, no. But I would have been inclined to ask how my father ended up a Cyborg!

ROFL!


TLJ Edit: a) Fullquotes are ugly, b) especially if you just reply with 4 letters and c) in an extra post. Spammylicious.

 

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That was pretty sweet.

 

Hey, That_Wascally_Droid - that was just awesome! And somehow, very fitting with my view of Obi-Wan (sometimes I just forget I love that guy...)

 

Well thanks, everyone

 

So, uh... does he -- does he need to shave, or what?

 

Well, if you really want to know about the shaving habits of big DV - this thread will provide you with more answers than you could possibly imagine.

 

LUKE: So, Ben, how did my father end up a cyborg?

OBI-WAN: I, uh, I don't know, Luke. He was perfectly healthy the last time I saw him. I certainly had nothing to do with it. Probably the Emperor's fault.

LUKE: I suppose he was injured, somehow.

OBI-WAN: I certainly did not leave him screaming in pain with third degree burns all over his body where the Emperor could easily find him!

LUKE: What?

OBI-WAN: Hm?

LUKE: What'd you say?!

OBI-WAN: I said if you don't get going, you're going to miss the assault on the Death Star.

 

Ah yes, back when this forum had more people with a SENSE OF HUMOR.

 

*nods sadly* Before the dark times... before the bashing...

 

I'm going to miss the funny that TWD brang to the forums.

 

That post made me laugh and cry.

 

He will be missed.

 

I still check his posts from time to time...and silly me, just as I would watch RotS for the 5th, the 10th, the 12th, the 25th, the 30th the 38th time, hoping things would work out differently so I still come here thinking a mistake has been made.

 

lol,wow! that was sum funny stuff!

 

That was so funny Great job Droid.