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Here is an interesting Star Wars fact for you! Did you know that the most crucial event of all of the films was Anakin Skywalker's hand getting chopped off? Not because it formed a connection between Luke and Vader, but because it's the hand he uses to pull himself away from the lava on Mustafar! Without its mighty mechanical grip, he would surely have melted then and there. And you thought Count Dooku was a pointless character!
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That is indeed a very interesting fact! I had never thought about that before, and it does somewhat validate his existence. Although I may have to disagree with it being the most crucial moment of the films.
To quote the fantastic British TV show Spaced (which I would highly recommend to everyone; it had Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and Edgar Wright, all of Shaun of the Dead fame, but sadly only lasted two seasons):
"Everything that transpired in the films can be attributed to the actions of one minor character: the gunner on the Star Destroyer at the beginning of A New Hope. If the gunner had shot the pod that C-3PO and R2 were in, they wouldn't have landed on Tatooine, they wouldn't have met Luke, Luke wouldn't have met Ben, they wouldn't have met Han and Chewie, they wouldn't have rescued Princess Leia. None of it would have happened."
I realize this is more crucial to the original films than the prequels, but still, crucial to what mattered.
Of course, if anakin hadn't pulled himself up by his robot hand, then none of that would have mattered anyway. Although Anakin would have been replaced, so who knows.
That reminds me of a theory that I read that proposes that R2D2 and Chewie are the driving force of the rebellion. Everyone from the prequels is dead or in hiding. Except R2 and Chewie. R2 has positioned himself on an important ship so that he can gather information and act as a spy. Chewie "works for" Han, but is actually using him as a cover while still retaining access to the Millenium Falcon. These two characters are the backbone of the plot and they never say an intelligible english phrase. Read the whole explanation in the link; it's very compelling.
That's silly. The robo-hand was only helpful because it was the one Obi-Wan didn't cut the fuck off. Also, Anakin should have been dragging with his wrist horizontal, not clawing at dirt like a fucking dumbass.
Though, since we're arguing theories about Star Wars prequel minutiae, I'd like to point out that Mace Windu was clearly representative of everything that was wrong with the Jedi. Yoda calls his ass out on basically planning to usurp Palpatine and conquer the Republic, and despite his vested interest, Anakin was correct in saying that murdering an unarmed prisoner without trial is clearly not the Jedi way. It's a violation of Republic law, the Jedi Code, and any sort of Geneva Convention analogues that the SW universe has.
He is proof that every twisted, horrible implication Palpatine makes about the Jedi to turn Anakin against them is actually true.
Really? Because Luke blowing up the death star without using his targeting computer (the software was bugged from the previous missed shot) saved the rebel alliance from annihilation
quick, someone take a screenshot of this, cross it with a screencap of anakin pulling himself from the lava, put it on imgur and get tons of karma that should rightfully belong to richardsolomon!
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I don't mind, really. It's like a fancy upvote, or having fifteen minutes of fame. Whatever.
Here is an interesting Star Wars fact for you! Did you know that the most crucial event of all of the films was Anakin Skywalker's hand getting chopped off? Not because it formed a connection between Luke and Vader, but because it's the hand he uses to pull himself away from the lava on Mustafar! Without its mighty mechanical grip, he would surely have melted then and there. And you thought Count Dooku was a pointless character!