- Obi-Wan doesn’t remember owning a droid, despite having owned a droid for at least 3 years
- During the Clone Wars he has a very low opinion of droids and thinks they can be easily replaced.
Considering a droid replaceable and never owning a droid are different things
Not necessarily. He could have such a low opinion that he couldn’t care less for remembering their names or having one.
That’s a really insane stretch man
Mental gymnastics and insane stretches have always been required by Prequel fans when in discussion with others who did not enjoy these films or point out the discrepancies between the two trilogies. I am surprised many Prequel fans themselves rarely seem to question why Lucas’ poor writing for the later Trilogy created so many needless plot-holes and contradictions, and still look to use such gymnastics and stretches instead.
Or you know trying to understand why George made the choices he did. Sometimes it could be perceived as stretching with certain issues like Obi-Wan possibly experiencing PTSD but it’s only because we don’t know exactly what he was thinking with x and y sometimes. Star Wars is just as much participation of the audience as it is George’s answers. It’s part of the experience with Star Wars that you can have your own explanation of the way things are until George gives concrete details that adds to the mythos he already created with say the Whills and Midi-Chlorians connection to the Force. It’s almost certainly all been there in some shape or form from the very beginning but it took time for the story to develop and evolved a lot in the span of nearly forty years. He always did what served the story first. It’s like The Clone Wars eventually giving a probable definitive answer to why Obi-Wan doesn’t really remember ever owning a droid. He had a low opinion of them. It’s probably not what fans envisioned or some wanted the answer to be but that’s his explanation and at the end of the day that’s where fan explanation stops and you understand author’s intention. You should ask how and why instead of what. Episodes I-VI, The Clone Wars series, and his Sequel Trilogy treatments are the definitive final word in what is and isn’t Star Wars. Anything that comes afterwards is fanfiction. We can’t be spoon fed every little detail or even know everything. Some things must remain a mystery for audience and creative alike. There’s no fun in knowing everything and he recongised that as all the greats do. These are his stories and at the end of the day that’s Star Wars for better or worse depending on who you ask. Now it’s run though by a corporation who pays fanfiction writers. Some of it might actually be good but it’s unlikely it will ever be consistently good or in line with George’s values.
That is a lot of words attempting to justify mental gymnastics and stretches, that somehow veers off into something else which has nothing to do with what I posted. Like many other fans I am only interested in what happens on screen, and this is the subject of the Opening Post of thread between the Original and Prequel Trilogies.
I am not interested in George’s thoughts, his intentions, or what happened outside the two trilogies many years later. Or what you think is his definitive Sequel Trilogy treatments are. Nor your thoughts on modern-era Star Wars or other grandstanding in your post. Just what happened onscreen. I know you do not like or agree with this because of your posts to the last person who stated a similar viewpoint resulted in you apologising for insulting them when they were only interested in what occurred on screen.
Your writing style and prowse are very good, interesting to read and you are obviously passionate about what you believe. I enjoy your posts, even the twists and interpretations you put into them after others here prove you are mistaken with facts.
Yet many people are only interested what happens on screen. If many fans find some of the attempts to explain the discrepancies between the two Trilogies onscreen to be an insane stretch, or to be yet more of the mental gymnastics provided for other discrepancies between the two trilogies, then it likely means they are still waiting or looking for a better answer for these discrepancies than has been provided so far.
Being pointed to looking at George’s intentions, additional materials and content, or grandstanding on the “definitive final word in what is and isn’t Star Wars”, or “George’s values” just doesn’t cut it.
It’s all right there on the screen and not just what I’ve learned years later. Everything that is essential to understanding the films is within them. The problem I find is the unwillingness of some outright refusing to look pass their own personal viewpoints and attachments to the series. Isn’t it just as good to challenge ourselves than merely looking at things only how we want to see it? I don’t find there’s as many plotholes between the two trilogies as many want to claim there to be. Just as I think there’s things the audience can think are important but aren’t actually in the grand scheme of things to being needed to understand the greater whole. There’s plenty of things that can happen off screen. I don’t blame people themselves despite how I may have come across but more so how they’re taught. A very important skill I find is visual literacy but it’s not taught in our culture. The most glaring example where this is an issue that I can think of within Star Wars is the fight between Anakin and Obi-Wan on Mustafar. Some fans will complain it runs too long, it’s all spectacle and no substance, and that Obi-Wan never backups later claims that he once thought as Luke did. The thing is it’s not about runtime as if a sequence is meant to go on, let it. Secondly when we see the volcano erupt it represents Anakin’s inner turmoil erupting and equally when we see him and Obi-Wan swinging with the ropes it could be seen as representing the blurring reality of the situation as not long after Obi-Wan says he has failed Anakin. Most importantly Obi-Wan fights nearly the entire fight in defence. He’s looking to protect and bring Anakin back the entire time. Unfortunately many tend to miss these nuances because they’re not taught to look out for them. Ironic people claim George can’t tell his stories without some melodramatic dialogue but here he is illustrating his skills and prose as a visual filmmaker and communicator.
This is no different to what you have already posted in the Prequel Trilogy thread. And it certainly is not “there on screen”, as people wouldn’t be still talking about the large number of discrepancies between the two Trilogies some 20 years later.
You may say it is “unwillingness of some outright refusing to look pass their own personal viewpoints” - but they are actually discussing these discrepancies still. The willingness and openness is there. Because you do not like or agree with what they think (some call it mental gymnastics and stretches) this does not mean they are unwilling to look for answers. Or have already looked for “deeper dives” as others put it on here, but have still not found answers to their sanctification.
“Visual literacy” also has no impact on explaining the many discrepancies between the two trilogies, no matter how many times you mention this, or want others to give the films more consideration than you assume they have not already given. Perhaps you should start a thread on “visual literacy” instead of derailing other threads with this off-topic deflection away from what others are discussing.
Your example of “Anakin’s inner turmoil erupting and equally when we see him and Obi-Wan swinging with the ropes it could be seen as representing the blurring reality of the situation as not long after Obi-Wan says he has failed Anakin.” is, as you state, “a could be”, an interpretation. It also could not be. It is also nothing to do with the discrepancies being discussed.
“He’s looking to protect and bring Anakin back the entire time.” Such exaggeration is not what occurred on screen. Yes, Kenobi is trying to make see Anakin the error of his ways, to bring him to the light, but your claim is not true:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onRnL6MBunU - at 1 minute and 28 seconds into the video - Kenobi brings his blade down on Anakin and would have killed him if not for Anakin’s quick defensive move. There may be other examples too.
“Did Lucas forget that Obi Wan served Bail Organa in the Clone Wars?” Yes, he did. As many others have stated. Is it a big thing? This depends on your point of view and everyone’s opinion is different, maybe. To me this is a small discrepancy when compared to others. As another example of the large number of strange, needless or lazy discrepancies between the trilogies? Yes. But some people may not be concerned by the discrepancies and still dislike the Prequels from what they saw onscreen. All different opinions, all valid. Not lazy or showing “unwillingness of some outright refusing to look pass their own personal viewpoints” because they do not agree with yours.
It is disappointing to see you think so low of peoples’ opinions when they do align with yours. And that you insult others and dismiss the opinions of those who are critical of George and Prequels in this manner. But at least your opinion on people who think differently is clear.