Sideshow 1/6 R5-D4

[bmarz1000]

True. If his motivator wasn't on the "fritz" we'd have a totally different story!

 

[Pixelpiper]

R5 is the hero of the saga. He sacrificed himself for the good of the Galaxy.

You're thinking of Darth Vader. If he hadn't captured the Tantive IV and droid hadn't escaped, Luke would have never been part of the story at all. Leia may never have found Obi-Wan, and if the rebels did get the Death Star plans, they would have likely failed. I heard that was an alternate treatment Lucas played around with for a while.

 

[TonTon]

True. If his motivator wasn't on the "fritz" we'd have a totally different story!

R2 would still do his thing. Couldn't stop that feisty little one. He'd find Kenobi. Kenobi would find Solo. But Luke would just farm and whine about it and then eventually be killed when the sandtroopers found 3PO.

 

[Asta]

The word on the street is that Artoo sabotaged R5-D4 in the sandcrawler.

 

[furystorm]

You have your opinion pixel, and I have mine.

 

[Mike86]

The word on the street is that Artoo sabotaged R5-D4 in the sandcrawler.

Nice. I never read the full biography for R5. Kind of interesting.

 

[The Mike]

R5 is the hero of the saga. He sacrificed himself for the good of the Galaxy.

That works for me. Bought.

 

[WWEJedi]

The word on the street is that Artoo sabotaged R5-D4 in the sandcrawler.

Never knew that....

Thanks for posting.

 

[Travis Baumann]

The word on the street is that Artoo sabotaged R5-D4 in the sandcrawler.

You know... sometimes the mystery is way more exciting than a huge spiel of exposition... Handicapped the Prequels from being awesome and in this case is just too much to buy into for me. It was a piece of crap droid that luck/the force would have malfunction at an opportune time so that the droids could stay together and meet Luke.

To me, the whole serendipity thing of Luke growing up on the same planet as Anakin but Vader never actually revisiting the planet after his mother's death or putting two and two together after all these years is just too much. Just as Vader seeing C3pO numerous times over the OT and never letting on that he built the M.F'n guy - come on. I hated that connection. Or that Chewbacca knew Yoda? are F'n kidding me?... lets not drag our secondary droid characters into this over-told, over-expanded crap.

 

[The Mike]

Ordered with this month's code

 

[Pixelpiper]

Travis, IOU rep.

 

[WWEJedi]

You know... sometimes the mystery is way more exciting than a huge spiel of exposition... Handicapped the Prequels from being awesome and in this case is just too much to buy into for me. It was a piece of crap droid that luck/the force would have malfunction at an opportune time so that the droids could stay together and meet Luke.

To me, the whole serendipity thing of Luke growing up on the same planet as Anakin but Vader never actually revisiting the planet after his mother's death or putting two and two together after all these years is just too much. Just as Vader seeing C3pO numerous times over the OT and never letting on that he built the M.F'n guy - come on. I hated that connection. Or that Chewbacca knew Yoda? are F'n kidding me?... lets not drag our secondary droid characters into this over-told, over-expanded crap.

Vader did revist the planet, he assumed the children died with Padme.

Vader did know he built C-3PO, he told an imperial to give the droid back to Chewbacca, now if he didn't know 3PO he would have just had him destroyed......

I would love a statue of that last panel.

 

[Pixelpiper]

Umm, that be a drawring. Not Star Wars. So unless it was drawn by Simon, it doesn't count.

 

[epitaph04]

I have a dream that one day people will stop complaining about everything that isn't the OT.

 

[Pixelpiper]

I have a dream that one day people will stop complaining about everything that isn't the OT.

Yeah, it starts in December.

 

[Mike86]

Yeah, it starts in December.

Definitely. I'm banking on The Force Awakens putting those bad Prequel Trilogy memories behind us.

 

[WWEJedi]

Umm, that be a drawring. Not Star Wars. So unless it was drawn by Simon, it doesn't count.

So when Chewbacca has the parts in the cell, why didn't the imperials just take it from him and destroy them?

Because Vader told them not to.

It is also assumed that when Chewbacca tries to forcefully save Han and Boba goes to shoot, Vader stops him worrying he might shoot 3PO instead.

 

[WWEJedi]

I have a dream that one day people will stop complaining about everything that isn't the OT.

To bad nostalgia clouds judgement.

 

[Pixelpiper]

Because Vader told them not to.
It is also assumed that when Chewbacca tries to forcefully save Han and Boba goes to shoot, Vader stops him worrying he might shoot 3PO instead.

If you think Lucas, or anyone else, conceived those explanations at any time prior to or during the production of the original movies, I have a bridge to sell you.

Is there a comic to explain away Kenobi's "I don't recall ever owning a droid"

 

[epitaph04]

Yeah, it starts in December.

But but...people are already complaining about the new stuff.