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R2/Yoda/Dagobah/Flashlight/Fighting....... Another Inconsistency.......

#1 Darth Player

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Posted 28 October 2005 - 08:45 PM

You know the scene in ESB where a silly being we later are told is Yoda fights with R2 over the flashlight in Luke's survival gear. Why would R2 put up a fight as he would recognize Yoda (who is a one of a kind being based on what we've seen throughout all the movies) and not had some form of respect for him as all the droids in the PT seem to have (the non-combat ones). The only explaination that comes to mind readily is that its 1980/81 and there was no definate plan in mind so the fight stays in.

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Posted 29 October 2005 - 12:04 AM

Nice point. I'm sure Jar-Jar would genuflect.

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Posted 29 October 2005 - 01:50 AM

That is another good reason why R2 and 3PO just shouldn't have been in the PT. (or could have at least been done better)

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Posted 29 October 2005 - 04:13 AM

Apart from Yoda trying to steal something that belonged to him, I suggest watching the films in order.

It looks as though Yoda has just lost it. R2 thinks the same?

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Posted 29 October 2005 - 04:05 PM

QUOTE (jariten @ Oct 29 2005, 04:13 AM)

Apart from Yoda trying to steal something that belonged to him, I suggest watching the films in order.

It looks as though Yoda has just lost it. R2 thinks the same?

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Still, R2 and Threepio have a subserviant approach to others as they're programmed to, and why R2 fights for the flashlight when according to the storyline (now) with a superior he's supposed to recognize is beyond me, especially when he's equipped with a flashlight within himself, not a big thing to fight over.

Unless (fanboy mode) he was programmed aboard the Tantive IV to put up a fight by Yoda to fool Luke, cheeky monkeys both!

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Posted 30 October 2005 - 04:49 PM

This post should be in the ESB thread. Anyway, I agree that Yoda is senile. There are just two many inconsistencies with the way the Jedi acted in the PT and Yoda's grandiose teachings!

It seems like everyone is over the nitpicking. Too bad.

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Posted 30 October 2005 - 05:22 PM

maybe yodas senility was so powerful it corrupted R2s memory circuits...

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Posted 30 October 2005 - 06:02 PM

QUOTE (georgelucas4greedo @ Oct 30 2005, 04:49 PM)

This post should be in the ESB thread.

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I thought about that a bit before posting and posted it in the ROTS thread for a couple of specific reasons. First, more folks frequest the ROTS part than the ESB one, and I have to plead guilty to wanting the point to be seen and discussed. Second, before the PT/ROTS, ESB and what went on in it was pretty much flawless from a number of points like this, so the events in the PT and specifically ROTS give one a migraine without really delving too deeply into the material. When i viewed ESB before, R2's actions seemed reasonable, after the PT, and supposedly knowing what we all know now, something like this seems bizarre and illogical. Its almost as if there's a switch thrown to turn any sense in the films on and off at Lucas's whim. Moreover, why not reinsert another ESB special edition where R2 uses all the doo dads like the rockets to escape from the Dagobah water beast w/out any problems? He has an array of more than abundant features in one series, and they're not used in the other.

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Posted 31 October 2005 - 10:29 AM

QUOTE (barend @ Oct 30 2005, 06:22 PM)

maybe yodas senility was so powerful it corrupted R2s memory circuits...

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Posted 31 October 2005 - 06:00 PM

you can do worse than that!

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Posted 31 October 2005 - 06:14 PM

Lame excuse:

When R2 fell from the X-wing, his brain was damaged so he couldn't recognize Yoda.

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Posted 31 October 2005 - 07:01 PM

Maybe he just really liked that flashlight. And never liked Yoda. Maybe they competed for attention. And hated each other.

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Posted 31 October 2005 - 07:17 PM

i never liked you and hated that flashlight....i just thought i'd, you know, put that out on the table and if you don't like it you can send it right back....

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