tkdguy Posted April 9, 2010 Report Share Posted April 9, 2010 Re: Parallel Universe Star Wars What if the Stormtroopers had found the Jawas before Owen bought the droids? And why didn't he recognize C3PO? And Obi Wan didn't recognize R2D2 either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austenandrews Posted April 9, 2010 Report Share Posted April 9, 2010 Re: Parallel Universe Star Wars What if that idiot Imperial officer would have shot the droids' escape pod just in case with or without life forms aboard? Death Star plans get destroyed and Luke/Han/Obi-Wan don't get sucked into the story. Alderaan still gets blown to smithereens, but without tracking the Millennium Falcon, Tarkin doesn't find the rebel base. So it's the status quo from the start of the movie, more or less, but with the Rebellion quickly losing support against the threat of the Death Star. The destruction of Alderaan might have stirred Obi-Wan out of his hibernation, though. Maybe he could coax Luke away from home and take him to meet the rebels anyway. Obi-Wan could serve as the Rebellion's Force-guided counter to Vader. Good thing too, because the Death Star would have blown Hoth to dust in the time it took to land the walkers.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haerandir Posted April 9, 2010 Report Share Posted April 9, 2010 Re: Parallel Universe Star Wars And why didn't he recognize C3PO? And Obi Wan didn't recognize R2D2 either. Several possibilities: A) The galaxy is full of protocol droids and astromech droids. If you don't actively interact with one on a regular basis, they kind of blend into the background. It's been 20 years since Obi-wan gave either of them a moment's thought. Obi-Wan is old. Old people forget things. Even Jedi old people. C) He did recognize them, he was just being inscrutable per Jedi union rules. D) He did recognize them, but he knows that droids get their memories wiped routinely, so he didn't expect them to be functionally different from a brand-new droid with whom he's never interacted in the past. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted April 12, 2010 Report Share Posted April 12, 2010 Re: Parallel Universe Star Wars Several possibilities: A) The galaxy is full of protocol droids and astromech droids. If you don't actively interact with one on a regular basis, they kind of blend into the background. It's been 20 years since Obi-wan gave either of them a moment's thought. Obi-Wan is old. Old people forget things. Even Jedi old people. C) He did recognize them, he was just being inscrutable per Jedi union rules. D) He did recognize them, but he knows that droids get their memories wiped routinely, so he didn't expect them to be functionally different from a brand-new droid with whom he's never interacted in the past. Obi-Wan was just a pathological liar. (not a fan of the droids in the prequels) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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