# Star Wars Ep. III: a poll (open spoilers)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-ep-iii-a-poll-open-spoilers/330511>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 11, 2005, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-ep-iii-a-poll-open-spoilers/330511 "2005-11-11T01:42:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2005, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-ep-iii-a-poll-open-spoilers/330511/41 "2005-11-13T19:59:16Z")

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> [@June](#):
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> Great suggestion. How simple it is to turn a cheesy scene into something haunting and powerful.

Because that would make Vader _evil._ Won’t someone please think about the children? We can’t have millions of kids idolizing Han unless he didn’t shoot first, and we can’t have millions of kids idolizing Vader unless he was only _temporarily_ turned to the dark side over his _despair_ about his beloved’s death.

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**Author:** ![TheOnlySaneOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@TheOnlySaneOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheOnlySaneOne)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2005, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-ep-iii-a-poll-open-spoilers/330511/42 "2005-11-13T20:02:00Z")

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> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#):
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> When Yoda finally hit the floor, I went into MST3K-mode:
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> “I’m gettin’ too old for this shit!”

My response of “Code Red: Kermit’s down! Kermit’s down!” nearly got me kicked out of the cheap show where we were watching the movie. But I digress.

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**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2005, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-ep-iii-a-poll-open-spoilers/330511/43 "2005-11-13T23:58:54Z")

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> [@Roland Orzabal](#):
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> 1. It was a coughing robot. A robot. That coughed. Yes, I know it had “biological components”. So did Data. Data did not cough. The prosecution rests.

I thought this was stupid when I saw the movie too, but I found out afterwards it’s actually continuity. Apparently, the last episode of the “Star Wars: Clone Wars” cartoon (which ended right before the start of Episode III) ended with Mace Windu attacking General Grevious, wherein Mace managed to Force-crush some of Grevious’ “biological components.”

Hence the cough. It’s not a silly gimmick, it’s a fresh-off-the-battlefield wound. I’ll give it a pass.

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