the difference in plating might explain Owen's lack of recognition come Ep4....the easiest & most plausible explanation is it's just a right major cock-up on GL behalf...he thought it would "cool" & "zany" to have Anakin make 3PO & have him stay with his mother....probably innocently forgetting Ep4's contradictions (or not really giving a shit)
but then it might not be...its IMO...
as for the Stormtroopers......the EU will always contradict the OT/PT & to be honest I think it's a given that the EU is to be disregarded in any way shape or form when it comes to the movies...
I don't think the Stormies were originally meant to be clones I think thats just a neat cunning idea GL came up with in the time that passed between the OT & making the PT....& now he's trying to pass it off as gospel..
i distinctly remember arguing the hell out of this with Jimbo over a year or so ago....hahahaha
anyways...if all the Stormies are clones why are all the officers different? & if they're different becuase they are conscripts isn't it fair to suggest that there might be conscripts amongst the Stormies ranks?
btw.....we really do have too much time on our hands if we are discussing this
