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Star Wars prequels were mapped out in 1981, only nothing like the way they turned out — Page 7

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Han Solo was mapped out to shoot first but he changed that too.

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YodaFan67 said:

Came to this through the index thread.

"Lucas: Well, he is a teacher, not a real Jedi. Understand that?

Kasdan: I understand what you’re saying, but I can’t believe it; I am in shock."

THis made me laugh for some reason

As I see it, the idea was that Yoda and Palpatine are “masters” while Vader and Obi-Wan are “knights”. “Knights” use lightsabers and tend to join the action while “masters” prefer giving orders and don’t need lightsabers because they can use The Force itself.

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darklordoftech said:

YodaFan67 said:

Came to this through the index thread.

"Lucas: Well, he is a teacher, not a real Jedi. Understand that?

Kasdan: I understand what you’re saying, but I can’t believe it; I am in shock."

THis made me laugh for some reason

As I see it, the idea was that Yoda and Palpatine are “masters” while Vader and Obi-Wan are “knights”. “Knights” use lightsabers and tend to join the action while “masters” prefer giving orders and don’t need lightsabers because they can use The Force itself.

Kind of like a Feudal Lord and their vassals?

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flametitan said:

darklordoftech said:

YodaFan67 said:

Came to this through the index thread.

"Lucas: Well, he is a teacher, not a real Jedi. Understand that?

Kasdan: I understand what you’re saying, but I can’t believe it; I am in shock."

THis made me laugh for some reason

As I see it, the idea was that Yoda and Palpatine are “masters” while Vader and Obi-Wan are “knights”. “Knights” use lightsabers and tend to join the action while “masters” prefer giving orders and don’t need lightsabers because they can use The Force itself.

Kind of like a Feudal Lord and their vassals?

You might onto something considering that Lucas initially saw the Jedi and Sith as Samurai serving rival Feudal Lords.

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NeverarGreat said:

The idea was that masters were gurus who were entirely separate from the military aspect of the Jedi. This is why Yoda never trains Luke with the lightsaber, whereas this is the first thing Obi-wan covers.

Another part of the idea was that the masters are the secret rulers of the galaxy, with Yoda being the secret mentor of the more famous Obi-Wan and Palpatine secretly being a dark side master.

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darklordoftech said:

As I see it, the idea was that Yoda and Palpatine are “masters” while Vader and Obi-Wan are “knights”. “Knights” use lightsabers and tend to join the action while “masters” prefer giving orders and don’t need lightsabers because they can use The Force itself.

That’s how I always imagined it, actually.

Do they not see the birds controlled in the atmosphere of the sky? none holds them up except Allah. Indeed in that are signs for a people who believe. – Quran (16:79)