General Star Wars Random Thoughts Thread — Page 309

SilverWook said:

The concept must at least exist, as Luke mentions it.

                              *THREEPIO
                     Is there anything I might do to help?

           Luke glances at the battered robot. A bit of his anger drains 
           and a tiny smile creeps across his face.

                                 LUKE
                     Well, not unless you can alter time, 
                     speed up the harvest, or teleport me 
                     off this rock!*

I’m pretty sure everyone here on Earth has wished at some point that time could be altered or they could be teleported somewhere else.

MathUser said:

Wouldnt’ it be sad if there was a offical Star Wars/Star Trek crossover?

Yes, unless it was a non-canon comic book miniseries written by people who don’t take it seriously at all, then maybe not.

SilverWook said:

The concept must at least exist, as Luke mentions it.

                              *THREEPIO
                     Is there anything I might do to help?

           Luke glances at the battered robot. A bit of his anger drains 
           and a tiny smile creeps across his face.

                                 LUKE
                     Well, not unless you can alter time, 
                     speed up the harvest, or teleport me 
                     off this rock!*

I’ve always taken that as proof that those things don’t exist in the SW galaxy. Luke said it jokingly, knowing it was impossible. The concept of those things exists, but in a sci-fi/fantasy way. That’s my reading/canon anyway.

Exactly. I can imagine telepathic communication that transcends languages and also the living/dead divide, but that doesn’t mean I can actually do it.

ray_afraid said:

SilverWook said:

The concept must at least exist, as Luke mentions it.

                              *THREEPIO
                     Is there anything I might do to help?

           Luke glances at the battered robot. A bit of his anger drains 
           and a tiny smile creeps across his face.

                                 LUKE
                     Well, not unless you can alter time, 
                     speed up the harvest, or teleport me 
                     off this rock!*

I’ve always taken that as proof that those things don’t exist in the SW galaxy. Luke said it jokingly, knowing it was impossible. The concept of those things exists, but in a sci-fi/fantasy way. That’s my reading/canon anyway.

Yes, but IIRC, Threepio’s answer in the novel implies the technology does exist, or at least the study of it…
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Transatomic_physics

SilverWook said:

ray_afraid said:

SilverWook said:

The concept must at least exist, as Luke mentions it.

                              *THREEPIO
                     Is there anything I might do to help?

           Luke glances at the battered robot. A bit of his anger drains 
           and a tiny smile creeps across his face.

                                 LUKE
                     Well, not unless you can alter time, 
                     speed up the harvest, or teleport me 
                     off this rock!*

I’ve always taken that as proof that those things don’t exist in the SW galaxy. Luke said it jokingly, knowing it was impossible. The concept of those things exists, but in a sci-fi/fantasy way. That’s my reading/canon anyway.

Yes, but IIRC, Threepio’s answer in the novel implies the technology does exist, or at least the study of it…
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Transatomic_physics

I’d imagine if the tech existed, Threepio would have at least elementary knowledge of it.

Beaming people down to the surfaces of planets doesn’t seem to be a done thing in the SW universe. Luke’s probably been watching too many Star Trek reruns.

DuracellEnergizer said:

EXT. NABOO – NABOO PUBLIC CEMETERY – EVENING

Deep in the silent, empty cemetery, working alone under the cold evening light of Naboo’s three moons, DARK LORD OF THE SITH DARTH VADER is busy exhuming a months-old grave.

With the SCRAPE of metal against wood, Vader realizes he has finally reached the coffin. Clearing earth away with his shovel, he uncovers the lid of the casket. Then wedging the blade of the shovel under the lid, he pries it open. White moonlight falls into the open casket, illuminating the pale form of PADME AMIDALA’S WORM-RIDDEN DECAYING CORPSE.

Tossing the shovel aside, Vader reaches down and takes hold of his dead wife. Hefting the cadaver out of the hole, he begins to waltz about the cemetery grounds with the limp figure in his arms.

DARTH VADER: Dance with the dead in my dreams. Listen to their hallowed screams. The dead have taken my soul. Temptation’s lost all control.

PADME’S CORPSE: This is no dream! This is real happening!

DARTH VADER: NOOOOOOOOOO!

“^He’s embraced the absurd. Don’t expect to gain any conventional understanding from his posts.”

-Duracell

The circle is now complete.

But that’s where writing goes to die.

Not a slight to your writing, that place just feels like the Dagobah tree. And I say that as someone who has written a few things there. 😃