Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!genrad!decvax!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!jim@rand-unix From: jim%rand-unix@sri-unix.UUCP Newsgroups: net.movies.sw Subject: ANH/RotJ - C-3PO's story-telling capabilities Message-ID: <2289@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Fri, 17-Jun-83 21:48:00 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.2289 Posted: Fri Jun 17 21:48:00 1983 Date-Received: Sun, 19-Jun-83 17:47:30 EDT Lines: 7 In ANH C-3PO is talking to Luke, who asks him about the Rebellion. Just before he delivers his famous line, R2-D2 gives a whistle like we would use to attract someone's attention (high-low-higher). Suddenly C-3PO gets a lot dumber. I claim that he is intentionally dissimulating here, in response to an untranslated warning from R2-D2. He is quite articulate throughout the series, so there is no particular reason to believe that he was telling the truth about his story-telling in ANH.