How about this: The death Star came out of hyperspace on the far side of the planet because at that time the moon was between the planet and its sun, and we all know you can't come out of hyerspace between a planet and its sun. Is this belied by the film itself? Someone take a look at it for jariten, and see whether the rebels were flying on the night side or the daylight side of the moon. If it's night when they take off, then yippee! But if it's daylight, then they're flying away from the Death Star (unless they fly all the way around the moon and the planet; any evidence of anything in background shots? Chef; I know you watched the moves recently )
I agree that the insane heroics of Padme and Anikin require suspension of disbelief. Too bad the heroics of Luke and Ben created no precedent for superheroism like that. Sure, Luke controlled his leap from his speederbike so he wasn't hurt, and sure Leia didn't die when she crashed. But he never did much more than that, and Leia did lose consciousness. Add to which this nonsense occured in JEDI, when the rot was already setting in (love the scene in that Ewok movie where the Ewok hang-glides down to catch a girl who is FALLING!). Before JEDI, there's none of ths casual disregard. And hang on! She fell out of the ship so we could see Anikin torn between love and duty? That's the best Lucas can do? That's just stupid.
Love your observation about the bathrooms. I wondered that about the Falcon as a kid, when I put together a 1/72 model of it (complete with lights in the cockpit!). No toilet. I wondered "do they really think I can't handle a toilet?"
This post has been edited by civilian_number_two: 06 October 2004 - 05:41 AM