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Post #883033

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The Golden Idol
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STAR WARS: EP V "REVISITED EDITION"ADYWAN - 12GB 1080p MP4 VERSION AVAILABLE NOW
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1-Dec-2015, 4:18 PM

Don’t think this was ever mentioned, and this might be an unpopular suggestion as it has to do with ESB’s dialogue rather than visuals, but here goes. I always thought it was really odd that after he’s been rescued by Leia and Lando, moments after Vader reveals himself to be Luke’s father, Luke responds to Vader’s telepathic communication by saying, “Father?”

Wouldn’t the reveal be such a shock to him that he’d be in denial for at least a short while? Especially since a year later, in ROTJ, he’s still in disbelief when he asks Yoda if it’s true that Vader is his dad. That moment in ESB always just rang false to me. I feel like if he wordlessly acknowledged Vader calling to him and just have his first line in the scene be “Ben, why didn’t you tell me?,” that scene would work a lot more naturally and emotionally true.

But cutting dialogue from what is arguably the best movie of the OT is a touchy subject and I’d totally understand if Ady doesn’t want to go there.