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Jani-wan
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STAR WARS: EP VI -RETURN OF THE JEDI "REVISITED EDITION"ADYWAN - ** PRODUCTION HAS NOW RESTARTED **
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2-Sep-2017, 9:03 AM

topdawg193 said:

gazzatrek said:

  1. 'not sure if this is even ‘fixable’ but it has ALWAYS bothered me:
    in ANH Threepio says he’s
    "just a translator,and not very good at telling stories…'or at least at making them interesting…"
    yet in ROTJ he regales the Ewok village with stories of our heroes adventures to date-with sound effects and everything! did he get a 'storyteller upgrade?? 'As I said I’ve not a clue how you’d fix this but it’s always stuck out as a huge contradiction…(?)

Ah, that has always been my favourite moment in ROTJ! I read that scene as deliberately harkening back to Threepio’s line in ANH. This reference serves to illustrate just how much the droid has experienced since ANH - far beyond typical protocol! - and at the same time mythologises our heroes; cementing their exploits in legend. Witnessing the Ewoks rapt, enthralled by Threepio’s tale, reinforces the exceptional journey of our heroes; and this makes plausible Rey’s regard of Luke Skywalker as “myth”, in The Force Awakens.

I love that storytelling part too. It’s brilliant.
And to be honest Threepio was lying about virtually everything to Luke and his uncle in ANH, except maybe that he speeks Bocce, that the oil bath feels good, and that little doid can cause a lot trouble.
So I guess no fix needed here.

There is nothing plausible in TFA. That is a mess.