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Date: Fri, 3-Jun-83 13:43:05 EDT
Article-I.D.: watmath.5349
Posted: Fri Jun 3 13:43:05 1983
Date-Received: Sat, 4-Jun-83 00:10:42 EDT
Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario
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Well, it's time to start the roaring discussions going.
ROTJ was a fine film, but not as good as the other two. First, it was
too busy getting all the things done it had to, and second, it was not
nearly as imaginative. There were no surprises. So it's Leia - whoopdedo.
So Vader told the truth - tralala! I may not have predicted these things,
but the reason I didn't was because they were too obvious, and from TESB
I got the impression Lucas liked the "Big Surprise".
So here are some questions/comments
1) Was it really the way of a Jedi to do what Luke did to the lovable
Jabba the Hut? There are many other ways he could have rescued Han,
the simplest being going in at night with his Jedi mind powers, taking
Han and leaving a suitable ransom. Instead, he confronted Jabba
directly, knowing this would very probably lead to a battle to the death.
Instead of destroying his ships and killing Jabba personally, Luke could
have had a ship ready to take them out, or just flown them out with the
force. Regardless, what he did smacked of revenge, and revenge is not
the way of a Jedi, or else the movie would have had a different title.
2) Until you get to their city, the Ewoks are pure, 100% Fuzzy. They even
look like the fuzzies on the cover of my copy of Little Fuzzy. They carry
the same weapons, and the only difference is that their voices are not
high enough in pitch. Somebody suggested they were the characters from
"Earthman's Burden", but I don't agree.
3) Why does a standard Imperial Throne Room include a conveniently located
reactor shaft?
4) What extra power does the Emporor have that he can shoot blue bolts from
his fingers? We have never seen the force ever do anything like that
before. Just who is the emporor anyway? Is the force strong in his
family? Is he a member of the Skywalker Clan? Are the Skywalkers like
the Amber family? What about Obiwan's family. I guess that Uncle Owen
and Aunt Beru were not truly related to Luke.
5) It's not hard to see how Vader killed the Emporor. Young those he was,
Luke was no spring chicken with the force, and he was able to beat Vader
in a fair fight. Thus it probably was quite an effort for the old emp
to put the blue bolts into Luke. It sure took him long enough to kill
him. Some might say he was doing this for drama, but I doubt it. I bet
a normal man would be dead instantly with one blue bolt. The emporor
thus became weak enough that his iron control over Vader broke. Vader
was then able to cast him into the convenient reactor shaft.
6) Why did vader die? what killed him? Surely not the lost of his
mechanical hand. (Like father, like son!) Nothing else visibly was done.
Perhaps the emporor was truly struggling with Vader as he carried him.
7) Of course if Vader had not died, then all kinds of neat things could
have happened. Now good, and with the Emporor gone, he would be the
acting emporor. He could have managed the rebellion single-handedly,
turning the great power of the empire and the death star over to the
Jedi for peaceful use. Instead, they blew up the death star, which
was quite a waste of equipment and otherwise innocent lives.
8) Where was Leia at her pappy's funeral?
9) Will Han and Leia have a kid, and will that kid be the new top Jedi?
I bet the force is with Han to some degree, he's such good pilot and shot.
--
Brad Templeton - Waterloo, Ont. (519) 886-7304