I’m glad to see it wasn’t just me it got to.
It struck a nerve with me, too, but primarily because they kept using it. “I love democracy more than anything.” “Don’t you care about democracy?!” “Obi-Wan, Democracy and I are getting married and you can’t stop us!”
Yeah, Lucas may have wanted the characters to have more formal, higher-ideal type of speech, but nobody talks about democracy like that in actuality.
snap I got it. It allows the leader to keep his screens on double front to withstand the gun turrets in the trench. Actually what happens is as they approach the Death Star they’re told to switch to double front. The first guy in the trench says he’s switching all power to the front deflector screens. If you did this in the game you had no rearward facing shields. Therefore you need to have guys behind you with normally adjusted shields to block the shots from the TIEs so they don’t hit the undefended back of the leader. Especially if they hang back far enough.
Which raises an interesting question. Why were the gun turrents only facing one way? As if they expected people flying in the trench to be going a particular way. At least in the movie all shots only go one way. I just watched it in slo-mo to make sure. They do that in the game too.
P.S. The only way I could complete that mission was to blast it straight towards the portal high enough above the Death Star to avoid the laser blasts. I also did this to leave the TIE advanced in the dust. Then shortly before the portal I’d shoot straight down into the trench, pull up hard and fire my rockets. Never could make it the right way.
I don’t know about that. When Luke revealed to Leia that they were siblings, she said something like “I’ve always known.” But that didn’t stop her from laying a big kiss on him to make Han jealous. And Luke sure was pretty happy about it.
It’s worse if you watch the original trailers on the bonus disc of the DVD set. The trailers are pretty bad, to begin with. For both the original and Empire, the narrator keeps emphasizing the “romance” of the movies. As he says that on the Empire trailer, it shows Leia kissing Luke, but in slow motion.
It made me squeal and cover my eyes.
This is not really a plot hole, but more like an unanswered question. Okay, you know what? It’s not even a question, it’s just something that cracked me up.
In the most recent movie, Yoda gives some long speech to Anakin about how it’s wrong for a Jedi to miss anyone. Life moves on, people leave, people die, Jedi get over it, blah blah blah.
Later, when taking his leave of the Wookies, Yoda pops out with “I’ll miss you, Chewie!” I realize it’s probably just a figure of speech, but it seemed to me to be merely a way of saying Chewie’s name just in case the audience hadn’t figured out that he was in fact Chewbacca.
I felt the same way. I think I was watching some movie about the Roman Empire and they use the word “Coup de’tat” and it bugged me, because it’s a french word, yet french doesn’t exist yet.
I don’t know why, considering all the characters are speaking English instead of Latin, but for some reason, it still bugged me.
Minor correction–yes, I know there is a romance between Han and Leia in the original movies. But the trailers always were pairing Luke with Leia.
I was watching Empire again and two things bugged me. I don’t know if’s a plot hole, but here goes…
- Okay, the Falcon is supposed to be the fastest ship around. It’s mentioned in the entire original trilogy.
Yet, there are several shots of Empire that start with the Falcon fleeing from a star destoryer, just ahead of it. Wait a second? I thought the Falcon is supposed to be fast? And yet it’s shown on several occasionally going just barely outrunning a star destoryer. I don’t normally think of Cap ships as being that fast, certinaly not fast enough to keep pace with “The fastest Hunk of Junk in the Galaxy”.
What’s going on here? You’d think the falcon would running rings around those star destroyers, not barely outrunning them.
- At the end of Empire, Captain Piett tells Vader his troops have deactivated the hyperdrive on the Falcon. Then the Falcon goes into Hyperspace. Vader just walks off.
Yet eariler, Captain Needa loses the Falcon in a way that was beyond his control, then decides to take full responsibility for the loss and apologize in person. Needa is choked for his trouble.
You know, if that’s how the Empire treats officers, I’m surprised more didn’t join the rebellion. At least, isn’t it a bit wierd Needa gets choked but Piett just gets a dirty look?
I think it’s fastest in hyperdrive.
In that case, why does Han mention “It’s the fastest ship in the fleet” just prior to the battle of Endor. A fast hyperdrive isn’t going to help much in assulting the death star.
I’ll do you one better. They had The Queen and her handmaidens onboard the siver SR71. How many handmaidens? 5? 6? They were all tall, slender, 14-17 year old girls who looked just like Natalie Portman & Kiera Knightly. On a planet where slavery is legal. I bet they could have gotten all the parts they needed… hell, they could have gotten a whole ship for one of those girls.
“Handmaiden, your queen, your planet and your people require you to make this sacrifice. Remember, this is for the good of all Naboo. We will send someone to bring you back as soon as we can. Now, say hello to Mr. Jabba.”
I never thought of Qui Gon wanting to get little Ani alone. I never considered him the Michael Jackson type.
That actually makes it a more valuable collector’s item. Not only is it an Anikin Skywalker lightsaber, it’s the one he used to kill children.
Don’t say that! I wanted to get Qui Gon alone. :o
I wouldn’t asume that Cap ships are slow. I was shocked to discover the other day that aircraft carriers are more or less the fastest ships in any given fleet- and this seems to be true from WWI on. With naval vessels, the bigger ships are usually the fastest. Why not the same for SW spacecraft?
He just wasn’t angry anymore. Just dissapointed. But actually, I think this was one of the most powerful moments in the movie. Vader isn’t acting evil anymore. He’s just acting like a concerned father. And you see Piett bug out thinking he’s about to die a painful, painful death… and he gets off scott-free!
Because the Falcon would probably be the equivalent of a boghammer or cig boat. If you take the Enterprise booking it at 50 knots at top speed flat out , the smaller boat would still be booking around 70 knots.
Declan
Why do you hate Athens, Miller? 
The whole “no nookie” for Jedis business is a bit odd, IMHO. Luke was apparently aware of Jedis when Kenobi says, “Your father was a Jedi.” Imagine, if you will, your weird old uncle telling you, “BTW, your dad was a Catholic priest.” :eek:
How did Sigmund the Sea Monster end up in the trash compactor on the DS? Are they the Empire’s version of NYC sewer 'gators? And how was it able to survive repeated compactings? How did it avoid getting dumped into space (since presumably that’s what the DS with it’s trash)?
Next, we have one old dude, sneaking around in the bowels of a giant space station, deactivating the tractor beam, and nobody looked down at their console and said, “Hey Bob! I’ve got this little symbol in the taskbar on my PC, what’s it mean? Is this the one that says somebody’s shut off the tractor beam? We probably ought to get someone down there to check it out, before Vader hears about it and chokes us.”
Also, why was Leia looking up Kenobi to get him to run the plans to her daddy? I mean, if you just snagged the best hope for smashing the Empire’s greatest weapon, are you going to head to some backwater planet to give them to an old geezer who hasn’t seen combat in ages? Doesn’t exactly strike me as the best idea. I mean, yeah, the old guy might make a good courier in the sense that the idiot clone troopers wouldn’t suspect him, but you know that if he’s going to be out galavanting around the cosmos, he’s going to insist that they stop at every Country Kitchen Buffet, so he can use his AARJ discount card.
Why does Jabba pay a visit to Han before they leave? Jabba’s got a lot of ass to haul around, so I can’t imagine he’d take Han’s statement, “Hey, Jabba, I’ve got a gig, so I’ll be able to pay you as soon as I get back.” as truth. Especially after Han steps on his tail. Also, if Han’s Jabba’s bitch, I’d think that Jabba wouldn’t take too kindly to Han finding jobs on his own.
R2 can apparently jack into and hack every computer he encounters, but 3PO can only nag them into complying with his requests. (Actually, he just beats the crap of R2 until R2 does something.)
But he has a hard time discerning the difference between an electrical outlet and a computer terminal… :dubious:
Come on, we’ve all done that. Haven’t we?
Haven’t we?
This actually does make sense. The Rebellion had a severe leadership shortage, and having one of the last of the Jedi onboard would be a huge gain. And even if he was old, Kenobi had a lot of experience. Moreover, think about it: if Organa was sending for Kenobi, it probably meant that it was time for Luke to come out of hiding, too.