Random Star Wars Thoughts

[ithekro]

3PO than starts to sound like Popeye and swears like a sailor.

[Darth Logos]

What if this the bird and not a thumbs up?

[ithekro]

In some counties the thumbs up is the equivalent of the Bird.   But it was the "thumbs up/are we good" gesture in context of the story.

[Darth Logos]

In some counties the thumbs up is the equivalent of the Bird.   But it was the "thumbs up/are we good" gesture in context of the story.

Well he is an astromech. And the most notable specimen has a record of an attitude.

I think the expression you're referring to it biting one's thumb at someone. Apparently the Italians still practice this.

[Taegin Roan]

Where is Boss Nass in TCW? He is in ROTS?

[Rapine]

This just in:

The previously yet to be titled Han Solo movie will be called "The scruffy lookin' nerf herder."

(kidding)

[Taegin Roan]

I also just realized that the Grand Inquisitor is from Utapau.

[Darth Logos]

I also just realized that the Grand Inquisitor is from Utapau.

WOW!

So a friend of mine either marathoned SW over the weekend or just watched TFA. She was left with 3 resounding questions:

1) Why did they leave Rey with only 1 guard?

2) How the hell do you target a planet from another solar system?

3) How did R2 know when to wake up?

I only had answers for the first 2.

[Rapine]

Yeah - that R2 one is a good one.

Perhaps he wasn't fully out of it, and only "woke-up" when it mattered?

I'm reminded of the part when he fixes the hyper-drive on the Falcon.  Nobody else knew about it...

[Darth Logos]

Yeah - that R2 one is a good one.

Perhaps he wasn't fully out of it, and only "woke-up" when it mattered?

I'm reminded of the part when he fixes the hyper-drive on the Falcon.  Nobody else knew about it...

But that was only because nobody else talked to the CCC.

[Rapine]

But that was only because nobody else talked to the CCC.

No, I know.  It's weak at best.  I really have no answer for that one either.

[Darth Logos]

No, I know.  It's weak at best.  I really have no answer for that one either.

I'm telling ya. The unsung story tellers of this forum could have written a 50X better story.

[Rapine]

I'm telling ya. The unsung story tellers of this forum could have written a 50X better story.

I don't doubt that.

I watched TFA three times in a row the other day, and each time it felt a bit more like ANH retold.

[Taegin Roan]

3) How did R2 know when to wake up?

This is the easy one. Everyone has asked this. The last person R2 was with was Luke. When Han was killed, and all the planets were destroyed, Luke felt it through the Force. Then also through the Force he activated R2, but because of the distance that his thoughts had to travel, R2 didn't wake up till exactly the right time for everything to be convenient. It was Luke who told R2 to wake up, and give them the map. He realized that it was time for him to come back and help defeat the new threats.

I want to know your answers to the first 2 questions.

[Darth Logos]

I don't doubt that.

I watched TFA three times in a row the other day, and each time it felt a bit more like ANH retold.

I was just weak. Like weaker than Taegin in the Force.......oh, hi Taegin.

This is the easy one. Everyone has asked this. The last person R2 was with was Luke. When Han was killed, and all the planets were destroyed, Luke felt it through the Force. Then also through the Force he activated R2, but because of the distance that his thoughts had to travel, R2 didn't wake up till exactly the right time for everything to be convenient. It was Luke who told R2 to wake up, and give them the map. He realized that it was time for him to come back and help defeat the new threats.

Then why, with his interstellar Force abilities, didn't he simply sabotage SKB on a FUBAR level and wipe their forces out, and therefore saving the galaxy?

I want to know your answers to the first 2 questions.

1) Stereotypical bad guy tactics, underestimating the hero/heroine. "It's just one little girl." Despite KR knowing she was Force sensitive with powers on the rise. Derp-eh-der. How the Republic couldn't fight these idiots is yet more proof of how epically poor the script was.
2) They used a map. That was easy. Same basic principle as charting a course through hyperspace.