So Basically Shmi Skywalker was..... a feeble minded gambling whore who was no good with money?
#1
Posted 27 July 2006 - 12:47 PM
Anger at Mom would have been a more logical reason for Anakin to become Vader, maybe if Lucas didn't kill the old gal off in ATOC, Palpatine could have said "join me or I'll send you back to Tattooine to live with Mommy! Bantha burgers every night with no end in sight, this I have forseen!!"
What a waste of a character.......
#2
Posted 27 July 2006 - 12:56 PM
A Jedi (Qui-Gon? Who knows) was probably in Tatooine one day, got drunk, and had sex with Shmi. And Shmi doesn't remember. That's the most logical and believable explanation. For me.
It is a waste of character; she could have been used for so much. But instead, she was killed off, and only used in a half-assed way, if even that.
#3
Posted 27 July 2006 - 01:13 PM
I think it was Hammerhead, I don't know why I failed to pick up on the oh so obvious resemblance before.
Shmi has the kind of 'old lady thief liar whore' vibe that the old Rose character had in Cameron's Titanic. Sure, just go ahead and toss the emerald necklace over the ship's railing in the midst of a multi million dollar expedition, no worries......
#4
Posted 27 July 2006 - 01:42 PM
#5
Posted 27 July 2006 - 02:12 PM
A Jedi (Qui-Gon? Who knows) was probably in Tatooine one day, got drunk, and had sex with Shmi. And Shmi doesn't remember. That's the most logical and believable explanation. For me.
It is a waste of character; she could have been used for so much. But instead, she was killed off, and only used in a half-assed way, if even that.
Yeah, Shmi was a waste, and she looked nothing like her son (I would have had an easier time believing she was the mother of Natalie Portman's character). Of course, Qui-Gon & Jar Jar were also a waste.
I'd like a qui-gon jinn please with an obi-wan to go.
#7
Posted 27 July 2006 - 10:26 PM
Seriously, though, Chef made a great point - her situation, her "plight" if you will, was ridiculous. Neither a rich planet like Naboo, nor a powerful, influential order like the Jedi could be bothered with taking a few moments out of their busy schedules to free her.
There was a lot more that could have been done with this character. Palpy could have manipulated Anakin even more directly, by making it seem the Jedi were out to get her, or something like that. Considering how inane even Palpatine was in the PT, I am surprised this DIDN'T happen.
#8
Posted 28 July 2006 - 08:18 AM
Seriously, though, Chef made a great point - her situation, her "plight" if you will, was ridiculous. Neither a rich planet like Naboo, nor a powerful, influential order like the Jedi could be bothered with taking a few moments out of their busy schedules to free her.
There was a lot more that could have been done with this character. Palpy could have manipulated Anakin even more directly, by making it seem the Jedi were out to get her, or something like that. Considering how inane even Palpatine was in the PT, I am surprised this DIDN'T happen.
Agreed. Her "plight" was ridiculous, as were many things in the prequels.
I'd like a qui-gon jinn please with an obi-wan to go.
#9
Posted 15 August 2006 - 02:21 PM
Shmi became a slave because she and her family were captured by Pirates when she was a child, and they were all sold into slavery. She was a pretty girl when she was young and she was used as a servant, but as she got older and her beauty faded, she was made to do more menial labours. She was nearly freed several times in her life, but her dreams never materialized and she accepted her fate as a slave.
#11
Posted 17 August 2006 - 10:45 AM
Shmi became a slave because she and her family were captured by Pirates when she was a child, and they were all sold into slavery. She was a pretty girl when she was young and she was used as a servant, but as she got older and her beauty faded, she was made to do more menial labours. She was nearly freed several times in her life, but her dreams never materialized and she accepted her fate as a slave.
"You're Breaking My Heart!" Maybe the wide eyed indifference of the role by the actress who played her is at fault. She seemed to have the same expression and passivity on the Sandpeople torture rack seen in ATOC as she did in the kitchen in TPM.
"There was no father...." Sleeping with legs apart wide open and just accepting a kid showing up one day is as surprising as being on the aforementioned rack. "Oh my, how did I find myself in this predicament?"
#12
Posted 17 August 2006 - 01:10 PM
Shmi became a slave because she and her family were captured by Pirates when she was a child, and they were all sold into slavery. She was a pretty girl when she was young and she was used as a servant, but as she got older and her beauty faded, she was made to do more menial labours. She was nearly freed several times in her life, but her dreams never materialized and she accepted her fate as a slave.
Actually, she's the little girl from Waterworld, all grown up.
After that adventure, Shmee never wanted to be around water again which is quite understandable.
Kevin C. flew her to Tattooine (Because of her tattoo) and then ran into a female Calamari, who subsequently gave birth to Admiral Ackbar. Shmee's commenting every now and then "I hate Water" had cheery slave son Annie start saying "Well, I hate Sand" to try to wrest a smile from her cold and usually clamped lips.
#13
Posted 17 August 2006 - 03:04 PM
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#14
Posted 17 August 2006 - 05:38 PM
Shmi became a slave because she and her family were captured by Pirates when she was a child, and they were all sold into slavery. She was a pretty girl when she was young and she was used as a servant, but as she got older and her beauty faded, she was made to do more menial labours. She was nearly freed several times in her life, but her dreams never materialized and she accepted her fate as a slave.
It's still ridiculous that no one even tried to free her (or even thought about it, from what we can see).
Incidentally, what kind of 'labours' was she doing while she was young and pretty?
- J m HofMarN on the Sand People
#15
Posted 18 August 2006 - 10:49 AM
Incidentally, what kind of 'labours' was she doing while she was young and pretty?
More importantly, what 'labors' was she performing for Watoo, a 'slave master' she could easily take out with a swing from a broom......