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From: jim%rand-unix@sri-unix.UUCP
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Subject: ANH/RotJ - C-3PO's story-telling capabilities
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Date: Fri, 17-Jun-83 21:48:00 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jun 17 21:48:00 1983
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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.