Anakin's arm..

I always kinda thought that Anakin's prostetic arm in AOTC looked familiar.

Then it hit me, is it a gold Endoarm?

T2 anyone?

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I didn't think Lucas and Cameron we're buddies. Maybe just I'm reading into things too deeply.

 

You're right. They do look very similar. I had actually thought about this too a while ago, but I didn't make anything of it.

 

But we never see Anakin's arm. He's got a glove over it in RotS. If your refering to what it looked like in the Clone Wars cartoon, then you may be right. But as for the films, there is no conclusive proof.

 

Actually you're forgetting the wedding scene at the end of Attack of the Clones. Anakin's arm is visible then and I agree they do look similar. Although I think you may be over analyzing the similarity.

 

Actually, you see the hand at the end of AOTC during the wedding scene, and the full prostethic (which I think is different from the one in AOTC) in ROTS when Anakin wakes up after the first nightmare.

 

I'm sure this has been asked and answered before, but why is Anakin's fake hand so obviously fake, while Luke's is so life-like?

 

I'm not sure if there has ever been an official answer but I believe the general consensus is that technology has developed since Anakin needed a prosthetic hand/arm then when Luke did. You actually see the technology progress in between AOTC and ROTS if you look at Anakin's hand/arm. In AOTC it seems delicate and not fully functional. However in ROTS it has been upgraded and now can be used for full combat.

 

Good call on that guys, you do see it in the end of AotC and in the begining of RotS. As for the difference between Anakin's and Luke's hand, I would also agree that technology has progressed. Isn't that the reason why Palpatine didn't throw Vader into a bacta tank?

 

I've thought as much, it just seems to me the OT is about a run-down Rebellion and a society in general that has been perverted and is now in decay. A technology leap in the 25 or so years from AOTC and TESB whilst there is rebellion and Empire seems counter the themes of the saga.

I suspect the real answer is a practical, special effects issue, and not plot related.

 

I suspect the real answer is a practical, special effects issue, and not plot related.




Maybe the cheapskate Jedi thought the skin covering would be an extravagant expense, something that might get damaged again anyway.

 

It's also possible that Anakin didn't want it. He's the type that stews in his anger and frustration, and maybe the mechanical arm was a reminder of his past failures. Also there may not have been enough time, for whatever reason. After AOTC the wars moved forward very rapidly.

 

Didn't we also see his arm in ROTS right after he had his first nightmare regarding Padme? He's sitting there on the edge of the bed and he puts his hands to his face?

 

Yeah, we see something that looks a lot more complex and mobile.

Personally I prefer to think that, after finding the prosthetic he'd been fitted with unsatisfactory, Anakin went and built his own prosthetic forearm. Until they give us a reason for the different arms, anyway. If they do.

 

Actually, the Clone Wars cartoon reveals as much; Anakin builds his RotS arm to replace his original, which was destroyed on Nelvaan.

 

Aha! I knew he built the new one himself! I never watched the Clone Wars toon, outside of the first episode (didn't like it). Thanks for the info!

 

We do see Anakins other arm in the end of aotc,and its worthy enough for a mention in the visual dictionary for Episode II.

http://starwars.wikia.com/images/thumb/d/d5/Anakin_robo_arm.jpg/190px-Anakin_robo_arm.jpg

It does have a resemblence, but I don't think it's any little mention to terminator. Just think it kinda looks like it.

 

In making any skeletel metal arm that resembles human form, they are all going to have to look very similiar. Especially if they choose to use a shiny metal.

Yeah, but it seems like technology went very, very backwards in a lot of cases. For example, Padmes elegant magic red button to fly the ship versus Han and Chewie having to flip hundreds of switches, calculate coordinates, bang the dash, etc, just to get off the ground.

 

Yeah, it's definately skinless because Anakin didn't want to have it look human. It represents his fall from grace. Luke wasn't that way and so he took a moment to be a bit vain. This then allows the two of them to wear gloves and thus set up the paraells between them.

 

Plus one of the main defences of Anakin is making the opponant fear before fighting. A big robotic arm tells you Anakins been doing some dangerous stuff and shows the fact that he's becomming more robot than man. Maybe the technology was around the same area, which I doubt, and Anakin chose to keep it metal to bring about a dangerous look about him.

But I personally think that the technology did progress seeing as its been almost a good 30 years since AOTC during ESB.

 

I like his metal arm not being covered in skin. It looks cool. Anyways he built his arm to be more powerful than his organic arm, not to look like he never lost it. Also, it fits with him becoming "more machine than man".

Anakin's 1st cyborg arm
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Anakin's 2nd and and cooler looking cyborg arm.
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http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Mechno-arm

 

Great pics! That 2nd arm is a serious upgrade.

 

Thanks..

 

That happens when you smash your arm and have to replace it on the fly.

 

Could Be..I'm not sure,

 

Han: Cheiwe! Calculate the coordinates to Tatooine! (Flips dozens of wtiches)

(Ship starts and fails)

Cheiwe: *growl* (Bangs dashboard)

Han: (Bangs wall of cockpit to get ship running again)

Padme: (In Jedi afterlife) Amatuers....

LOL! Good one.

Back to topic: Well, i assumed Anakin wanted a more cooler looking robotic arm instead of a simple golden skeleton.