Originally posted by: Anchorhead
Sorry, I was hoping I wouldn't come across that way. I'm not shooting holes in anyone's theory at all, at least not intentionally. I was just mentioning that there are plenty of times where there just isn't enough story to actually rationalize a plot element. Lucas didn't rationalize it, so there's really no way we can. His stories weren't well thought out, so they have areas where they just don't make any sense. Nor are they ever. They aren't some sort of elaborate puzzle we can solve. They're just poorly written films. There's no big secret - no big reveal - no apocalypse.
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Sorry, I was hoping I wouldn't come across that way. I'm not shooting holes in anyone's theory at all, at least not intentionally. I was just mentioning that there are plenty of times where there just isn't enough story to actually rationalize a plot element. Lucas didn't rationalize it, so there's really no way we can. His stories weren't well thought out, so they have areas where they just don't make any sense. Nor are they ever. They aren't some sort of elaborate puzzle we can solve. They're just poorly written films. There's no big secret - no big reveal - no apocalypse.
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No offense taken man, I was just saying that you guys have exposed the plot holes, and it is really hard to argue those points against them.
The reason I will always be an OOT fan & SW'77 fan is the fact that ESB is nothing like SW is a true testament. I was never crazy about Vader being Lukes dad, nor Luke/Leia being siblings, but ESB is such a damn good movie to go with SW'77, I just kinda went with the story, even though I wasn't totally happy with the ultimate redemption angle. The bottom line is no matter what Lucas changed storywise for the OOT, you can still follow Han, Luke, and Leia around for 3 movies and root for the good guys, and just kinda take all the mythology stuff, some good some bad, with a grain of salt. I can't say that about the PT, cause there isn't one character I care about for those 3 movies, and in that sense they have no sense of drama.