He seemed to care if Greedo shot first and other silly things though.
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Why does Obi-Wan not recognize 3PO and R2?
- Thread starter Uzumaki Goku
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He seemed to care if Greedo shot first and other silly things though.
Because if George Lucas didn't retcon a bunch of OT lore, the prequels would have turned out bad.
I believe in the New Hope novelization released way, way back, Obi Wan actually acknowledges he does know R2. But idk, could be wrong.
Personally I think it's just a retcon by GL who didn't think that through when writing IV
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One thing to remember. Lucas was considering having Han show up as a kid in Episode 3, but decided against when he realized it didn't make sense.
Personally I think it's just a retcon by GL who didn't think that through when writing IV
Obi didn't really spend that much time with them, did he? Like, they were Anakin/Padme's. I'm sure he worked with dozens of other droids too, there's some added significance to them due to Anakin, but he's only with them again briefly and it's kind of an info dump to just start explaining it.
Plus, for all we know, he and R2 chatted in private aboard the Falcon.
Plus, for all we know, he and R2 chatted in private aboard the Falcon.
R2 units and protocol droids are a dime a dozen. All different colors. There's no reason for him to recognize them. Other protocol droids might even have 3PO's voice.
Nah, it's coherent to the point that there's even a wiki entry for denim material because Aunt Avery's actress was wearing standard denim jeans instead of anything that screamed scifi
Alec Guinness performed those lines with enough of a twinkle in his eye that we can plausibly read the scene in retrospect as Obi-Wan just being coy/hiding the truth from Luke.
Luke, Anakin, Ahsoka, Poe and Rey are some of the few Star Wars characters that see droids differently than how we see everyday machinery
Why would he assume they were the droids he knew? They didn't remember him and droids of the same model all look the same/similar.
Even if he recognised them, what would be the point in mentioning it? Luke bought them at random from jawas. He'd just sound crazy and it's a boring story anyway.
Even if he recognised them, what would be the point in mentioning it? Luke bought them at random from jawas. He'd just sound crazy and it's a boring story anyway.
It'd be funny if, in the show, Obi-Wan starts calling Anakin "Darth" in a mocking way. "Sure, whatever "Darth". Haha!", and he carries that same snark with him, even up to their final encounter.
That's exactly what they'll do. I pictured something similar myself
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Well yeah, the answer is Darth Vader wasn't Luke's father at the time.
Of course that's the real world answer, but I'm talking about in-universe explanations for things like this.
One and done!
Obi Wan is a liar. First he turned Padme against Anakin and then he poisoned Luke against Vader. Obi the true bad guy in the Skywalker Saga.
To the people saying he's lying; why?
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Because George Lucas didn't plan out the prequel trilogy in details before making the OG trilogy and didn't intend for Obi-Wan to have previously adventured with them so much.
why does yoda have to remind obi wan that "there is another" in empire and then in return of the jedi, obi wan again says to luke "you were our only hope".
the dude is losing his memory. its evident across the entire trilogy.
the dude is losing his memory. its evident across the entire trilogy.
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His name is Obi-Wan because when he boarded the shuttle to the Jedi Temple as a youngling they asked for his name and how many bags he had to declare. "Obi, one."
Book it!
Because in the film that was written and released in 1977, he'd never seen them before.
I will at least say in the prequels and The Clone Wars, Obi-Wan was written as someone who didn't get attached to droids or regard them as anything other than temporary tools.
I will at least say in the prequels and The Clone Wars, Obi-Wan was written as someone who didn't get attached to droids or regard them as anything other than temporary tools.
From a certain point of view, Obi wan is correct. He did not "own" the droids. He just interacted with them.
If the neighbor boy you've been absent mindedly watching over, and hoping to recruit to your revenge scheme, comes over with a washing machine or some gateway pc tower, first word out of your mouth is going to be "those are mine"?
He's been cooped up in an igloo on a desert planet -desert planet with two suns- ran by slug. His neighbors are raiders and swindlers.
Further, he's in hiding. He doesn't know what's with the line of questioning. Deny. Deny. Deny.
What really need though, is a special edition where they deep fake a conversation between Guinness and a digital R2 aboard the falcon. Maybe in 5 years 🤞
He's been cooped up in an igloo on a desert planet -desert planet with two suns- ran by slug. His neighbors are raiders and swindlers.
Further, he's in hiding. He doesn't know what's with the line of questioning. Deny. Deny. Deny.
What really need though, is a special edition where they deep fake a conversation between Guinness and a digital R2 aboard the falcon. Maybe in 5 years 🤞
Because Lucas was never a great writer, and by the time of the prequels was a totally shit writer.
