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Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab
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There went the validity of Chaltab's snide remark.

Snide? Who uses that word anymore?

Anyway, Mothma, Leia, and Luke are just cameos. Obviously the Skywalker twins won't have any dialogue, and Mothman probably won't have a whole lot.

I don't understand why having some OT characters hurts the PT anyway. I think it boosts continuity, which seemed pretty weak after TMP.

Actually, thats exactly why I personally see it as a problem. Thats all these cameos are there for, to boose the very weak continuity...the only characters that need to be in the prequal are Yoda, Obi-Wan, Anakin, Palpatine.

sure your gonna have small overlaps like Bail Organa (but its those small ones that just occur that actually boost the continuity, as apposed to ones like Fett Chewbacca tha are more like, "See, no really, it is Star Wars. It has every character you could possibly think of from the OT that we could jam into it"

Ok, i can kinda see the droids, but their introduction seemed very very forced. Plus it actually added a lot of continuity errors. Sure the droids could get a memory wipe. but Obi-Wan? also how did the droids end up with Captain Antillies on the Tantive IV. wouldnt a logical place for them to end up be with bail Organa. I mean based on statements from the OT by Leia we are led to believe that Padme actually survived for a period of time because Leia remembers her (images mostly). but yes, the way the droids are in could be worked out...though it shouldnt need to be, they should flow.

But cameos that could have been left out (not including the droids)
Fett - lame if you ask me...was better left with his past as a mystery.
Greedo - forgot about that didnt you...probably a self defense mechanisme to retain your sanity
Chewie - ugh, any wookies for that matter...honestly it doesnt fit (i can go into why in a seperate post if people need it explained)
Jabba - again, just another brief appearance to say, see its Star Wars, this character was in Star Wars
Owen and Beru - again more forced "See more characters you know", ideally in my opinion tatooine would have been left out, would have explained (or actually
eliminated the need to explain a lot of continuity errors)

Mon Mothma, Tarkin, and probably Ackbar - again..why? just more forced look, see star wars characters.
Luke and Leia...ok, kinda of needed depending one where episode III actually goes...but could easily be left out, and have it left with Padme pregnent...maybe in a situation where its like...did she get out...it sure seemed like it, but they didnt actually show...i dont know how well that would work, id have to think about it in the context of the story

then we get all the wonderfull, look, these planets are the same too.

Coruscant - this one was needed, but could have been left out of the SE's ending
Tatooine - forced
Alderaan was mentioned, this is actually how i think more of the references should have been made (when talking about Chancellor nominations, "Bail Organa from Alderaan" )

did i leave anything out?

i guess we could go into the forced vehicle inclusions...ok, the resemblence of the ships to the ships in the OT was done fairly well, but i did have a problem with Anakin on a speeder bike on Tatooine, a lot of people here read the EU books, he should have been on a swoop, from Shadows of the Empire i got the impression that was what was used on Tatooine, not speeder bikes, kind of like the Tatooine model of the bikes.

think that covers most of the forced continuities vs ones that flowed easily.

-Darth Simon