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gazzatrek
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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, 9:34 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.

ow,always enjoyed the scene…it’s just such a total contradiction to the one in ANH…'like the TFA myth idea…hadn’t thought of that! 👍