Is Star Wars Episodes 1, 2 and 3 worth watching?

[GoktimusPrime]

i thought the hutts don't wanna deal with the imperial/republic?

Well I guess discovering that the Jedi had rescued Jabba's son convinced him to allow the Republic to have safe passage through the Hutts' space lanes. It doesn't mean that they'll be active allies of the Republic - after all, the Hutts are criminals - but it does mean that the Hutts have agreed to not harass or attack Republic forces as they move through their territories. And they pretty much have a similar understanding during the time of the Empire too - the Empire has no interest in claiming Tattooine (which makes it an ideal hiding ground for Luke and Kenobi). In the original trilogy we never see the Hutts and the Empire ever interfering with each other's business. The only time the Empire ever set foot on Tattooine is to search for the Death Star plans, and they absolutely steered clear of the Hutts' business. Jabba and his agents were able to freely move about Mos Eisley even though it was under Imperial lockdown.

[jacksplatt11]

one thing ive always wondered, c-3po can speak billions of languages because of the fact he's a protocol droid.. yet r2-d2 and all the other astromech droids only speak in beeps.. couldnt they just install the same langauge chip that c-3po and other protocol droids have into astromech droids, so they can still speak in beeps but also speak english/other languages to humans/other species? battle droids etc speak english... just a thought

[Paulbot]

This is kind of becoming the all Star Wars thread!!!

It's probably a good thing R2-D2 can't talk Basic or else he would have had his memory wiped like C-3P0 to keep the babies' secret.

[jacksplatt11]

ahh good point paulbot, didnt think of that..

so it was a plot device that george lucas thought of back in the 70s that would be applicable to the movies made in the 2000s.. haha.. perhaps perhaps

[Paulbot]

IMHO it's more an excuse to allow C3P0 to deliver exposition when he translates. (The scene that comes to mind is when C3P0 explains what the plan is aboard the Death Star after R2D2 brings up the maps showing where the prision cells and tractor beam generator are)

[GoktimusPrime]

There's also the fact that Astromech droids aren't really intended for frequent contact with sentient beings. They're mechanics - that's it! Nobody cares about what droids have to say anyway and certain droids are given speech modulators only if it suits their function. Threepio has speech because he obviously needs it as a translator.

The droids was something that Lucas apparently got from Kurosawa Akira - the idea of telling a saga through the eyes of the lowliest members of society. In Kurosawa's 隠し砦の三悪人 ("The Hidden Fortress") we see the tale through the eyes of two comical peasants, the lowliest class in feudal Japan (especially compared to samurai warriors and princesses etc.). In the Star Wars universe droids have the lowest station in society - arguably even lower than slaves because they're not even living and absolutely nobody cares about their welfare or opinion whatsoever!

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