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Posted 06 June 2005 - 11:54 PM

I re-watched "A New Hope" after ROTS (and it is gold in comparison), and I noticed that too ... however, I'm going to let it slide. Obi-Wan has a good reason to be vague, and if he said, "I changed my name to Ben shortly after you were born," it would bring up one question he doesn't want to answer, namely, how he knows when Luke was born.

And he's been sitting in the desert for twenty years. I think it affected his head somehow. I mean, he calls Darth Vader "Darth," which is like calling someone "Mister." (Or Grand Moff Tarkin "Grand." Just "Grand.") He's forgotten all his lightsaber tricks.


I thought the line was, "I haven't gone by the name of Obi-Wan since, oh, before you were born."
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Posted 07 June 2005 - 02:33 AM

given all the things obi wan has supposed to have forgotten... i'm suprised he doesn't talk more like yoda...

Obiwan: you father i knew, hmmmpf, good friends we were, hmmpf, betrayed by vader he was....
his sabre you have he wanted when old enough you were!!!


Luke: uh... what?

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Posted 07 June 2005 - 12:38 PM

QUOTE (The Other @ Jun 6 2005, 10:14 AM)
He is not exaggeration for any sort of effect.  In fact he isn't exaggerating at all.  He is simply saying he hasn't gone by the name of Obi-wan since before Luke was born.  His name has been Ben for the last twenty odd years it's that simple and Lucas STILL screwed it up no two ways about it.

I'm pretty sure he is exaggerating.

BEN: Well of course, of course I know him. He's me! I haven't gone by
the name Obi-Wan since oh, before you were born.

The usage of the word "oh" indicates he is guessing an approximate time frame.
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Posted 07 June 2005 - 03:38 PM

As for the "Darth" thing, I will not treat that as a title in my rewrites. I know that'll drive people crazy, but that's the way i want to do it. My disappointment began with ROTJ, so that's where I'll start with my illustrated rewrites. Don't worry, it'll still be identifiable for the most part.

Oh, for the record, the prequels will have elements which Lucas has in his prequels, but I'm going to match it to what the OT says (or at least ANH/ESB says).

Anyway, I'm going to shut up and put up now. I'll talk to you folks later.

This post has been edited by CowboyCurtis: 07 June 2005 - 03:40 PM

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All I know is I haven't seen the real prequels yet.
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Posted 07 June 2005 - 07:15 PM

QUOTE (barend @ Jun 7 2005, 02:33 AM)
given all the things obi wan has supposed to have forgotten... i'm suprised he doesn't talk more like yoda...

Obiwan: you father i knew, hmmmpf, good friends we were, hmmpf, betrayed by vader he was....
his sabre you have he wanted when old enough you were!!!


Luke: uh... what?


his sabre you have he wanted when old enough you were!!!

that was a direct throw to yoda's:
"not if anything to say about that i have"
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