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Hey it's me.
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ROTJ is the best Star Wars film... discuss!
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3-May-2013, 2:08 PM

CatBus said:

Puggo - Jar Jar's Yoda said:

Lord Haseo said:

And until ROTJ:R comes out I have to be constantly reminded of the gaping plot hole concerning Leia's true mother.

What plot hole is that?

I assume he's talking about the plot hole in ROTS (not ROTJ) where Padme dies before Leia could have had memories of her.  Continuity with the existing films wasn't given a lot of consideration in the PT.  Obviously this plothole could have been avoided by having Padme live for a few more years after giving birth.  But I'm not sure how Adywan could swing that sort of change.

EDIT: I guess he could be saying that this bit in ROTJ could be edited out in ROTJ:R to effectively remove the plothole from ROTS if you're watching them as a complete saga.  But editing one movie as a way to fix continuity problems in another movie seems a little backward to me.

The other plot hole which arises due to the sloppy writing in the PT is the way Anakins prior relationship with Owen is told. In Star Wars Obi Wan tells Luke that his Uncle thought he shouldn't have got involved in following him in some damn idealistic crusade. Beru even tells Owen that he can't stop Luke, he has too much of his father in him. 'Thats what I'm afraid of' comes the reply. Now this dialogue portrays a sense that there was a formed relationship there in the past. But come AOTC? They saw Anakin briefly when he comes searching for his mother and all he was was pissed off.