Well said. That would be my explanation as well.
Although I do agree that it would be unecessary footage, I just can't help but wonder where the fleet is when Luke is leaving the planet.
That's fine, but I still find it impossible to believe that Falcon went from zooming past the bridge to landing on the back of the control tower in less than 4 seconds.
That is true. But Boba Fett would have needed to follow the Falcon for a long ways in order to actually figure out where they were going. My explanation would be that as soon as Boba discovered they were in the garbage he contacted Darth Vader, and had the Executor follow closely behind. Once it was apparent that the only planet they would be capable of making it to was Bespin (through some process of deduction), then they would have gone into hyperspace and beat them there.
Fair enough.
Okay, I'll try to explain the scene more clearly. Luke and Vader begin fighting, but Vader uses the Force to start throwing objects at Luke. Eventually he sends some large object at him which hits the glass causing everything to fly out into the bottomless pit. We see Luke fly out the window, and Vader walks over to see what happened to Luke. From his viewpoint, Luke is climbing back up into the room. Once Luke finishes climbing, he lays on the ground and we can see that underneath the grate he is lying on there was absolutely nothing for him to have grabbed onto.
Yes, I have often wondered why Dooku didn't cut Yoda's head off while he was attempting to saving Anakin and Obi-Wan. That would have been the funniest scene in the entire Star Wars saga. Perhaps it was just respect for his old master that he would let him live.
I enjoyed the those three sets of duels at the end of AOTC for a few reasons.
1. Earlier in the movie Yoda makes note of how young and old Jedi are so sure of their abilities. Obi-Wan and Anakin getting their asses kicked by Dooku should be enough motivation for them to reconsider their abilities. I thoroughly enjoyed seeing the two of them half dead on the floor while Dooku just looks at them seemingly disappointed with how futile their dueling was.
2. Although Yoda is flipping and jumping around like crazy, he fails to ever gain any advantage in the duel. Dooku easily could have killed Yoda (I'm unsure of why he doesn't), and some may see this as an indication that none of the Jedi are any match for the Sith. It's also hilarious to see Christopher Lee, who was 80 years old when the movie was released, begin his battle with Yoda by doing a triple flip in the air. How many 80 year olds do you know that can do a triple flip in the air like that?
This post has been edited by Storm: 16 May 2005 - 04:51 PM