Star Wars Episode III official thread

**gamevet** · 29 May 2005, 05:14 AM

Originally Posted by MechDeus

Take into account how many times Jedis were able to force jump while hanging off a ledge: twice. And what were the circumstances during both those situations? Obi-Wan (TPM) and Anakin (RotS) had their feet propped up against walls (which I believe is more force-pushing with their feet than it is affecting gravity, which is also why they can't cushion their own falls). They can affect most everything around them to some degree but there's very little shown about how they can use the force to affect themselves. Unless you're counting the videogames (which generally regard the force solely as telekenetics) they never use the force to heal, tear open flesh, and they have a hard time manipulating free-will creatures to any great degree. They can push a body with enough force but they never manipulate someone's arm against their own will or anything, the best they can do is suggest.

I believe in AOTC, that you see Obi and Anakin jump down the side of a cliff from a height that is around 30 feet. They must have used the force to break the fall somehow.

Originally Posted by Dolemite

Shit...I didn't even think of that. Dooku smacked around Obi-Wan like he owed him money both times they fought. How the fuck could Obi have even held his own against Anakin, let alone beat him??

Because Obi trained him. He knew alot about how Anakin fought, so he knew his weakness. Compare it to a boxer. Just because boxer C beat boxer A and Boxer B lost to A, doesn't necessarily mean that boxer B will lose to C.

**Space Pirate Roberts** · 29 May 2005, 06:04 PM

Originally Posted by MVS

Unlikely, given that it's apparently a genetic trait (M word), given that Anakin's kids have it, as well as the fact that there is some screening (a la TPM) where a child has to show some inherient ability (without any training) to become a Jedi.

Of course, the above makes it seem completely stupid to not allow Jedi's to marry, given that they are willingly keeping their numbers low.

Just FYI, when Lucas was asked about this, he said Jedi are allowed to have casual sex for the purpose of procreation.

**Drewbacca** · 29 May 2005, 06:21 PM

I don't know if anybody has heard anything about this (and i'm not going back through 40 pages of nerdy banter about the logic of this movie) but the new Adam Sandler movie is rumoured to have beaten Star Wars at the box office by a small margin.

It's probably close. It's 5:30 on Sunday and nobody has the numbers posted yet (which is usually a sign that it's a close race).

**Opaque** · 29 May 2005, 06:29 PM

I saw this last night, and I liked it ok I guess.

Today I'm going to watch the old special edition ESB and RotJ that came out back in 97, because I hardly remember what happened in them anymore.

**EvilMog** · 29 May 2005, 07:05 PM

Originally Posted by LordPerrin

Just FYI, when Lucas was asked about this, he said Jedi are allowed to have casual sex for the purpose of procreation.

I wonder when Lucas will flip on on a fucking nerd that asks him questions like these.

"OMG! ITS JUST A FUCKING MOVIE! THESE BEINGS ARE NOT REAL!"

**Diff-chan** · 29 May 2005, 07:12 PM

I saw this today, and I thought it was fantastic.

**Tommy Tallarico** · 29 May 2005, 07:25 PM

It was good. I'm confused about the whole immortality thing at the end though. Someone explain that. Is that why Obi Wan disappears in the first movie rather than actually dying?

**MarsVolta** · 29 May 2005, 07:39 PM

Originally Posted by Kano on the Phone

It was good. I'm confused about the whole immortality thing at the end though. Someone explain that. Is that why Obi Wan disappears in the first movie rather than actually dying?

Yea. There was a scene that was cut from the movie where Yoda is meditating and Qui-Gon appears and he teaches Yoda how to make his body become one with the Force. Yoda learns this and tells Obi-Wan how he must train himself to do this in his exile.