Let's face it. The continuity in star wars does not exist. — Page 2

Cthulhunicron said:

Darth Id said:

Cthulhunicron said:

Darth Id said:

I love that this thread is not centered on the absolutely nonsensical “I am your father” death-knell to any semblance of SW continuity, but instead to this bizarre obscurantist, interpretive trivia.

Huh? Darth Vader being Luke’s father is a continuity error now?

Not so much an error as a flamboyant abandonment.

Abandonment of what?

Think about it, professor. What’s the topic of this thread?
…ah…ah…aaaaaand
THERE you go!
Now that you’ve stumbled over that hurdle, you can start to think of whether it makes any sense that Vader like suddenly realizes that he’s Luke’s father, and wanted him to have the lightsaber that Ben had, and also killed Luke’s father, and was Ben’s pupil and also Ben’s peer, and…

andyw715 said:

flametitan said:

NeverarGreat said:

flametitan said:

HP. Lovecraft said:

DominicCobb said:

Galen didn’t construct the DS, only the laser.

Then how did he construct a convenient way for the rebels to destroy it???

That’s a common misconception. He didn’t. All he did was make an unstable reactor to set off the chain reaction. That’s why he wanted the rebels to steal the plans, so they could figure out on their own how to set it off. He didn’t have a clue how the rebels would do it. It’s entirely possible he was expecting an espionage mission than a bunch of snub fighters trying to make a one in a million shot.

So it would have been possible for, say, a 4 person crew to infiltrate the Death Star and sabotage the faulty reactor using the Death Star plans carried by R2? It’s a good thing there was never the chance for such a sabotage mission or the Rebellion wouldn’t have needed to give away the position of its base and send almost all of its fighters to their destruction.
😉
“SUPPLEMENTAL DATA: BATTLE STATION ENGINEERING NOTES

I am instructing my team to look into all options. To expedite matters, I must request the use of your droids in running several alternative scenarios.
This will be an inconvenience, I realize, but the safety of the battle station’s crew is paramount.

[Document #YM3884U (“Reply to Venting Shafts”), sent from Engineering Operations Manager Shaith Vodran to Galen Erso.]

Are the command sectors or officer quarters in the affected radiation zones?

[Document #YM3884V (“Reply to Venting Shafts”), sent from Galen Erso to Engineering Operations Manager Shaith Vodran.]

No.

[Document #YM3884W (“Reply to Venting Shafts”), sent from Engineering Operations Manager Shaith Vodran to Galen Erso.]

Send me your final plans. I’ll declare the droids in error.

This isn’t too far from real engineering reports I saw when I worked at an automotive assembly plant. Way to make the Empire ordinarily corporate.

Handman said:

andyw715 said:

flametitan said:

NeverarGreat said:

flametitan said:

HP. Lovecraft said:

DominicCobb said:

Galen didn’t construct the DS, only the laser.

Then how did he construct a convenient way for the rebels to destroy it???

That’s a common misconception. He didn’t. All he did was make an unstable reactor to set off the chain reaction. That’s why he wanted the rebels to steal the plans, so they could figure out on their own how to set it off. He didn’t have a clue how the rebels would do it. It’s entirely possible he was expecting an espionage mission than a bunch of snub fighters trying to make a one in a million shot.

So it would have been possible for, say, a 4 person crew to infiltrate the Death Star and sabotage the faulty reactor using the Death Star plans carried by R2? It’s a good thing there was never the chance for such a sabotage mission or the Rebellion wouldn’t have needed to give away the position of its base and send almost all of its fighters to their destruction.
😉
“SUPPLEMENTAL DATA: BATTLE STATION ENGINEERING NOTES

I am instructing my team to look into all options. To expedite matters, I must request the use of your droids in running several alternative scenarios.
This will be an inconvenience, I realize, but the safety of the battle station’s crew is paramount.

[Document #YM3884U (“Reply to Venting Shafts”), sent from Engineering Operations Manager Shaith Vodran to Galen Erso.]

Are the command sectors or officer quarters in the affected radiation zones?

[Document #YM3884V (“Reply to Venting Shafts”), sent from Galen Erso to Engineering Operations Manager Shaith Vodran.]

No.

[Document #YM3884W (“Reply to Venting Shafts”), sent from Engineering Operations Manager Shaith Vodran to Galen Erso.]

Send me your final plans. I’ll declare the droids in error.

This isn’t too far from real engineering reports I saw when I worked at an automotive assembly plant. Way to make the Empire ordinarily corporate.

Red Five didn’t destroy the Death Star, Red Tape did!

doubleofive said:

Cthulhunicron said:

Darth Id said:

Cthulhunicron said:

Darth Id said:

I love that this thread is not centered on the absolutely nonsensical “I am your father” death-knell to any semblance of SW continuity, but instead to this bizarre obscurantist, interpretive trivia.

Huh? Darth Vader being Luke’s father is a continuity error now?

Not so much an error as a flamboyant abandonment.

Abandonment of what?

Of any of the original concepts pre-3rd(?) draft of ESB.

So?

Darth Id said:

Cthulhunicron said:

Darth Id said:

Cthulhunicron said:

Darth Id said:

I love that this thread is not centered on the absolutely nonsensical “I am your father” death-knell to any semblance of SW continuity, but instead to this bizarre obscurantist, interpretive trivia.

Huh? Darth Vader being Luke’s father is a continuity error now?

Not so much an error as a flamboyant abandonment.

Abandonment of what?

Think about it, professor. What’s the topic of this thread?
…ah…ah…aaaaaand
THERE you go!
Now that you’ve stumbled over that hurdle, you can start to think of whether it makes any sense that Vader like suddenly realizes that he’s Luke’s father, and wanted him to have the lightsaber that Ben had, and also killed Luke’s father, and was Ben’s pupil and also Ben’s peer, and…

There’s no need to be rude or condescending. The original post says that there is no continuity between the Star Wars films, a statement with which I disagree.

Making Anakin and Vader the same person is a retcon, but it’s not a continuity error.

Cthulhunicron said:

Darth Id said:

Cthulhunicron said:

Darth Id said:

Cthulhunicron said:

Darth Id said:

I love that this thread is not centered on the absolutely nonsensical “I am your father” death-knell to any semblance of SW continuity, but instead to this bizarre obscurantist, interpretive trivia.

Huh? Darth Vader being Luke’s father is a continuity error now?

Not so much an error as a flamboyant abandonment.

Abandonment of what?

Think about it, professor. What’s the topic of this thread?
…ah…ah…aaaaaand
THERE you go!
Now that you’ve stumbled over that hurdle, you can start to think of whether it makes any sense that Vader like suddenly realizes that he’s Luke’s father, and wanted him to have the lightsaber that Ben had, and also killed Luke’s father, and was Ben’s pupil and also Ben’s peer, and…

There’s no need to be rude or condescending.

Id is nothing but rude and condescending. Just ignore him.

DuracellEnergizer said:

Cthulhunicron said:

Darth Id said:

Cthulhunicron said:

Darth Id said:

Cthulhunicron said:

Darth Id said:

I love that this thread is not centered on the absolutely nonsensical “I am your father” death-knell to any semblance of SW continuity, but instead to this bizarre obscurantist, interpretive trivia.

Huh? Darth Vader being Luke’s father is a continuity error now?

Not so much an error as a flamboyant abandonment.

Abandonment of what?

Think about it, professor. What’s the topic of this thread?
…ah…ah…aaaaaand
THERE you go!
Now that you’ve stumbled over that hurdle, you can start to think of whether it makes any sense that Vader like suddenly realizes that he’s Luke’s father, and wanted him to have the lightsaber that Ben had, and also killed Luke’s father, and was Ben’s pupil and also Ben’s peer, and…

There’s no need to be rude or condescending.

Id is nothing but rude and condescending. Just ignore him.

I don’t know, I’d probably give him a 20% humor rate.

TV’s Frink said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

Cthulhunicron said:

Darth Id said:

Cthulhunicron said:

Darth Id said:

Cthulhunicron said:

Darth Id said:

I love that this thread is not centered on the absolutely nonsensical “I am your father” death-knell to any semblance of SW continuity, but instead to this bizarre obscurantist, interpretive trivia.

Huh? Darth Vader being Luke’s father is a continuity error now?

Not so much an error as a flamboyant abandonment.

Abandonment of what?

Think about it, professor. What’s the topic of this thread?
…ah…ah…aaaaaand
THERE you go!
Now that you’ve stumbled over that hurdle, you can start to think of whether it makes any sense that Vader like suddenly realizes that he’s Luke’s father, and wanted him to have the lightsaber that Ben had, and also killed Luke’s father, and was Ben’s pupil and also Ben’s peer, and…

There’s no need to be rude or condescending.

Id is nothing but rude and condescending. Just ignore him.

I don’t know, I’d probably give him a 20% humor rate.

Although that seems modest at first, once you realize that Frinkle has an 80% margin of error, well, you do the math!