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Saw this in EW this weekend and thought it was pretty good. Here are the questions.

EW asks readers to answer our "Sith" questions

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EW asks readers to answer our 'Sith' questions -- Asking you to give us some answers about 'Star Wars' by Whitney Pastorek

So the Sith finally got their Revenge, and besides scoring a record-breaking worldwide four-day gross of $304.2 million, they also left us scratching our heads. Sadly, the nice folks at Lucasfilm were too busy rolling around naked in piles of money to help end our confusion, so we turn to you, loyal EW readers. Hold us like you did by the lake on Naboo.

1 How does Episode III — Revenge of the Sith's Ewan McGregor morph into Episode IV — A New Hope's Sir Alec Guinness in just 19 years? (Also, Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru look like WB teens in Sith — they're old and cranky in Hope.) Is it Tatooine's desert climate? The two suns? Bad skin care?

2 It takes 19 years to build the first Death Star but just four to make the second fully operational. Did they use a better contractor, or did they just already know where everything went?

3 Are there no books to help Padmé better utilize her free time? Why all the staring into space and brushing her hair?

4 Why doesn't Obi-Wan recognize R2-D2 in A New Hope? And in the later trilogy, R2 appears to have lost the ability to catch things and leap friskily out of spaceships. Droid arthritis?

5 Why'd it take Chancellor Palpatine like 26 separate shout-outs to tell the stormtroopers to kill the Jedi? Couldn't Mister All-Powerful just set up a conference call?

6 In a world of Qui-Gons, Obi-Wans, and Anakins, where'd Padmé come up with. . .Luke? General Hospital?


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"3 Are there no books to help Padmé better utilize her free time? Why all the staring into space and brushing her hair?"

Actually, Lucas has stated that there are no "books" in his universe.

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Good questions, i remember when "Menace" came out there were loads of questions that people asked.
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5 Why'd it take Chancellor Palpatine like 26 separate shout-outs to tell the stormtroopers to kill the Jedi? Couldn't Mister All-Powerful just set up a conference call?



LOL!
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The problem with people today is that they have no imagination. They can't think for themselves. The Emperor did issue order 66 only once. It just showed it over to show the audience the different environments. The reason R2 seemed so much more 'useful' was because Anakin was constantly 'tinkering' with him. After Anakin 'died' nobody really 'took care' of R2. etc. etc.
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What's funny is that they answer two of thier own questions.
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2 It takes 19 years to build the first Death Star but just four to make the second fully operational. Did they use a better contractor, or did they just already know where everything went?


Whenever you invent anything it takes a longer time to build it the first time. The second time around you already know what goes where. Plus, the first time that you try to invent something you have to find out where to get what you need. When, you know that then, you can go back to those people again.

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1 How does Episode III — Revenge of the Sith's Ewan McGregor morph into Episode IV — A New Hope's Sir Alec Guinness in just 19 years? (Also, Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru look like WB teens in Sith — they're old and cranky in Hope.) Is it Tatooine's desert climate? The two suns? Bad skin care?



Living in a world desert with two suns can't be good for anyone's looks. Plus, with Darth Vader and, the Emperor ruling it's doubtfull that they can take a vacation to anywhere(that explains the mood).

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1- I never really thought of that... Maybe he has that disease, like in "Jack". It's not that much of a plot hole though, let's asume he was on his what, late 30s early 40s on ROTS? Therefore on his late 50s early 60s on ANH...

2- My answer to that is simple: that particular scene takes a some years AFTER the twins are born. Notice how all the officials on the Super Star Destroyer bridge have uniforms, Palpatine wouldn't have thousands of uniforms just waiting for his plan to succeed.

3- Not really a plot hole or movie question so...

4- The first question: he does recognize R2D2, but he couldn't say anything to Luke just yet. The second question: obviously a plot hole caused by the excess of CGI on the prequels.

5- Apparently not. Not really a plot hole, so let's move on...

6- She wanted him to be named Luke, so what? Not a plot hole at all.
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Originally posted by: ricarleite

6- She wanted him to be named Luke, so what? Not a plot hole at all.


Leia, on the other hand, was a name she just pulled out of her ass.

(yeah yeah... she didn't know whether she was having a boy or a girl, so had both names picked out, etc, etc, etc, blah, blah, blah)
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Originally posted by: greencapt
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Originally posted by: ricarleite

6- She wanted him to be named Luke, so what? Not a plot hole at all.


Leia, on the other hand, was a name she just pulled out of her ass.

(yeah yeah... she didn't know whether she was having a boy or a girl, so had both names picked out, etc, etc, etc, blah, blah, blah)


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Originally posted by: greencapt
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Originally posted by: ricarleite

6- She wanted him to be named Luke, so what? Not a plot hole at all.


Leia, on the other hand, was a name she just pulled out of her ass.

(yeah yeah... she didn't know whether she was having a boy or a girl, so had both names picked out, etc, etc, etc, blah, blah, blah)


Wouldn't it be funny as hell if she had another son, she had triplets, and it was called Wedge, and left with capt. Antilles? I would probably get up and leave the theater...
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Originally posted by: Mr.Coffee
The problem with people today is that they have no imagination. They can't think for themselves. The Emperor did issue order 66 only once. It just showed it over to show the audience the different environments. The reason R2 seemed so much more 'useful' was because Anakin was constantly 'tinkering' with him. After Anakin 'died' nobody really 'took care' of R2. etc. etc.



But Palps gave the Order 66 to Commander Cody by name first!!


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Originally posted by: HotRod
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Originally posted by: Mr.Coffee
The problem with people today is that they have no imagination. They can't think for themselves. The Emperor did issue order 66 only once. It just showed it over to show the audience the different environments. The reason R2 seemed so much more 'useful' was because Anakin was constantly 'tinkering' with him. After Anakin 'died' nobody really 'took care' of R2. etc. etc.



But Palps gave the Order 66 to Commander Cody by name first!!


their clones...maybe all the Commanders were named Cody I mean, do you really think they would take the time to name each Clone Trooper when they are producing them by the thousands.
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Originally posted by: ricarleite
1- I never really thought of that... Maybe he has that disease, like in "Jack". It's not that much of a plot hole though, let's asume he was on his what, late 30s early 40s on ROTS? Therefore on his late 50s early 60s on ANH...

2- My answer to that is simple: that particular scene takes a some years AFTER the twins are born. Notice how all the officials on the Super Star Destroyer bridge have uniforms, Palpatine wouldn't have thousands of uniforms just waiting for his plan to succeed.




But the Star Destoyer scene takes place before we see the twins being handed over.
I'd say it was more like a month or two!

I love this film. I can't believe there's so much hate towards it. Man, it's just so good.
It's made me love Star Wars all over again.
It was like watching Jedi for the first time when I ws 12...All those years ago

IMO of course

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Originally posted by: Darth Simon
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Originally posted by: HotRod
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Originally posted by: Mr.Coffee
The problem with people today is that they have no imagination. They can't think for themselves. The Emperor did issue order 66 only once. It just showed it over to show the audience the different environments. The reason R2 seemed so much more 'useful' was because Anakin was constantly 'tinkering' with him. After Anakin 'died' nobody really 'took care' of R2. etc. etc.



But Palps gave the Order 66 to Commander Cody by name first!!


their clones...maybe all the Commanders were named Cody I mean, do you really think they would take the time to name each Clone Trooper when they are producing them by the thousands.


Actually...Geek time....The commanders do have different names.

From TF.Net#

# Commander Cody - Clone 2224 (Utapau) [Orange]
# Commander Bly - Clone 5052 (Felucia) [Yellow]
# Commander Gree - Clone 1004 (Kashyyyk) [Green]
# Commander Neyo (Saleucami) [Similar to Target clone, with different helmet]
# Commander Baccarra - Clone 1138 (Mygeeto) [see figure]
# Commander Thire / Shock Trooper (Coruscant) [Red Shock Trooper]
# Commander Fox - Clone 1010 (Coruscant) [unknown]
# Commander Appo - Clone 1119 (501st Legion) [Blue Trooper at Jedi Temple]
# Commander Cody's Legion Grunt (Utapau) [2 styles, standard Clone helmet, one with three ridges on side]
# Commander Bly's Legion Grunt (Felucia)
# Commander Gree's Legion Grunt (Kashyyyk) [BARC speeder style]
# Commander Neyo's Legion Grunt (Kashyyyk) [Target clone]
# Commander Baccarra's Legion Grunt (Mygeeto) [snowtrooper style, with red lower mask]
# Commander Thire's Legion Grunt (Coruscant)
# Commander Fox's Legion Grunt (Coruscant)
# Commander Appo's Legion Grunt / 501st Legion Clone Trooper
# ARC-170 Pilot (Battle of Coruscant)
# V-Wing Pilot (Cato Neimodia)
# BARC Trooper (Camo - Kashyyyk)
# BARC Trooper (Clean - Saleucami) [see Cmdr Neyo above]
# Turbo Tank Driver (Kashyyyk)
# AT-TE Gunner (Felucia)
# AT-RT Driver (Kashyyyk)
# Swamp Speeder Pilot / Sergeant (Kashyyyk)
# Clone Shock Trooper (Coruscant Security)

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Originally posted by: ricarleite
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Originally posted by: greencapt
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Originally posted by: ricarleite

6- She wanted him to be named Luke, so what? Not a plot hole at all.


Leia, on the other hand, was a name she just pulled out of her ass.

(yeah yeah... she didn't know whether she was having a boy or a girl, so had both names picked out, etc, etc, etc, blah, blah, blah)


Wouldn't it be funny as hell if she had another son, she had triplets, and it was called Wedge, and left with capt. Antilles? I would probably get up and leave the theater...


Dear god... that would have been horrible. It would be like, the biggest practicle joke ever.
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Originally posted by: HotRod
But Palps gave the Order 66 to Commander Cody by name first!!


And for that matter- why NAME the bloody clones anyhow?!??!

As for Commander Cody...

was *I* the only one who could only think of

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or

B)



http://www.commandercody.com/
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Looks like that guy on IMDB didn't like Commando Cody all that well.

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"The Emperor did issue order 66 only once. It just showed it over to show the audience the different environments."

Not true. The command that he gave to Commander Cody was different from the command he gave to the fighter pilot. Apparently, "thinking for ones self" means ignoring what was in the films so that they make sense.

Oh, looks like Hot Rod beat me to it, and greencapt.....well, he got something.

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Not true. The command that he gave to Commander Cody was different from the command he gave to the fighter pilot. Apparently, "thinking for ones self" means ignoring what was in the films so that they make sense.




Either way, what's the big Deal? Why does everything have to have a proper answer? Why does everyone need to have an official answer from Lucas? Holy crap! Who really cares? Think what you want. Fill in the plot holes anyway you want. I don't know the movie inside out. I was making a suggestion. Why does it seem that everyone always finds the negative in things and has to put blame on someone for their unhappiness?

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Either way, what's the big Deal? Why does everything have to have a proper answer? Why does everyone need to have an official answer from Lucas? Holy crap! Who really cares? Think what you want. Fill in the plot holes anyway you want.

Amen. Seriously.

By the way, Amused to Death is one of my favorite albums ever.

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But the Star Destoyer scene takes place before we see the twins being handed over.
I'd say it was more like a month or two!



Yes, and THAT's why I've said that the fan edit should switch the Owen Lars / Star Destroyer scenes. to me, it is clear that the SD scene happened waaay after the events on ROTS. Apparently GL and Ben Burtt missed "editing 101" while in college.



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Yes, I knew I've seen a character named Commander Cody before! There were these crappy matine shorts with Commander Cody and his crappy adventures, I've seen those on MST3K

("A new character: Commander Cody" appears on screen)
Crow: "Hey look, it's a new character!"
Joel: "No, it's the same old character..."
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By the way, Amused to Death is one of my favorite albums ever.


Yes indeed. It is one of my favorites as well. The title and the basic idea came from a book titled (I think) "We are amusing ourselves to death". But I don't know the author. I have never read it and would like to. Do you have any info?
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"Either way, what's the big Deal? Why does everything have to have a proper answer? Why does everyone need to have an official answer from Lucas? Holy crap! Who really cares? Think what you want. Fill in the plot holes anyway you want. I don't know the movie inside out. I was making a suggestion. Why does it seem that everyone always finds the negative in things and has to put blame on someone for their unhappiness?"

So we don't need answers, but you gave one anyways, and now you are upset because your answer doesn't jive with the film? LOL.

You're sounding a but negative yourself, and I don't think this thread is the cause of it, either. Perhaps you should steer clear of threads that discuss unpalatable material. You might live longer.

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So we don't need answers, but you gave one anyways, and now you are upset because your answer doesn't jive with the film? LOL.


I'm not upset that the 'answer' I gave doesn’t jive. I tired of everything having to be perfect around here. Why does everything have to be justified? You totally missed my point. Every little thing needs to be explained and discussed. Why doesn’t anyone enjoy things for what they are and not for what they could or should be.

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You're sounding a but negative yourself, and I don't think this thread is the cause of it, either. Perhaps you should steer clear of threads that discuss unpalatable material. You might live longer.


Yes I have become negative. This whole message board is negative. All some of you do is criticize, complain and say how much better you could do.

I think I have turned a corner...

may not come back.
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I wish you luck finding a board lacking in negativity.

<span class=“Italics”>MeBeJedi: Sadly, I believe the prequels are beyond repair.
<span class=“Bold”>JediRandy: They’re certainly beyond any repair you’re capable of making.</span></span>

<span class=“Italics”>MeBeJedi: You aren’t one of us.
<span class=“Bold”>Go-Mer-Tonic: I can’t say I find that very disappointing.</span></span>

<span class=“Italics”>JediRandy: I won’t suck as much as a fan edit.</span>