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nhoj3
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STAR WARS: EP VI -RETURN OF THE JEDI "REVISITED EDITION"ADYWAN - ** PRODUCTION HAS NOW RESTARTED **
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19-Sep-2017, 9:07 AM

Jani-wan said:

Oh, my.
It does not have to be 2 weeks.
It can be 3 weeks, 4 weeks. can be anything that is reasonable.
It can not be 6 month. That is not reasonable.

Can not sacrifice common sense for actors aging, that is barely recognizable, and the character’s aging could be easily chalked up to effects of resent events.

Jabba is probably on Tatooine. That is his headquarters, at least in the movies.
But for the sake of this argument let’s assume that he can be anywhere.
You do not go to every single place Jabba owns, and infiltrate and etc…
I lay it out for you, how would I find Luke the easy way if Im Lando.
I hire someone to negotiate my deal with Jabba, probably an old acquaintance, who can be trusted with this for the right amount of money, and merely provide escort as a ‘mercenary bodyguard’.
Contact Jabba’s nearest ‘representative’ and present an offer with one condition, that I only make deals with Jabba himself. Make the offer irrefusable, success is guaranteed. You can always count on greed.
Now I have Jabba’s location, and free pass, and don’t have to travel around the galaxy planet to planet and infiltrate and etc…
When deal is completed, ask Jabba for a job. With good credentials Im in.
Call Luke.
How long does this takes?
Couple of days, a week maybe, depending on travel distance, since we only know where Tatooine is but we don’t know where the fleet is.
Searching the galaxy for months is just stupid.

You’re pretty absolute with your opinions. I’m willing to at least entertain the idea of more flexibility in life (and interesting storytelling). For arguments sake I’m willing to throw out all other “what ifs” and go with your plan above.

  1. Finding an old acquaintance- maybe one day, maybe weeks, maybe months. Perhaps your acquaintance is on a smuggling run. Perhaps he’s laying low from the Empire. Perhaps he’s imprisoned by the Empire and needs to be liberated to buy the goodwill to set up the Jabba deal. Who’s to say?
  2. Arrange a meeting with Jabba - maybe one day, maybe weeks. A good negotiator doesn’t want to seem desperate. Who’s to say?
  3. Travel time - pretty flexible on the Star Wars galaxy. Who’s to say?
  4. Initial deal and infiltration- Jabba would have to be the most gullible slug in the galaxy to hire on your schedule. We’ve already seen from Boushh that he’s smarter than that. Donnie Brasco went undercover for 6 years. John Sherwood went undercover for 3 years. Do you honestly think Lando would be hired as a palace guard, holding a lethal weapon only feet from Jabba in a few days? Months (at a minimum) is more likely, and only after Lando had proven himself by doing some pretty awful things. Again, who’s to say?

I keep saying “who’s to say” to drive home the point that opinions aren’t absolutes. Life doesn’t always take the straight path from A to B. I think that it’s more than “reasonable” that “months” have expired. Much more so than “weeks”.