Star Wars Question (1 Viewer)

[Saint by the Bay]

Trailers used to be terrible.

 

[Sun Wukong]

Trailers used to be terrible.

Yeah they were.

They don't start to become coherent marketing devices until like the mid 90's. Before that they're basically just a random assemblage of clips cut together very haphazardly.

 

[Scorpius the Allfather]

Yeah they were.

They don't start to become coherent marketing devices until like the mid 90's. Before that they're basically just a random assemblage of clips cut together very haphazardly.

I bet they didn't give away the plot of the movie like they do nowadays.

 

[DaveXA]

I bet they didn't give away the plot of the movie like they do nowadays.

Well, sometimes they put fake or alternative scenes in trailers to throw people off. So there's that too.

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

I bet they didn't give away the plot of the movie like they do nowadays.

I think it’s probably more they didn’t have the entire movie processed by the time they were cutting the trailer
You’d want to show the stars and probably the vibe or tone

 

[Optimus Prime]

The Anakin/Padme romance has to be the least convincing love story I’ve ever seen in a movie

https://va.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_rkj5pcjZqE1wvt7ot.mp4

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

https://va.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_rkj5pcjZqE1wvt7ot.mp4

I mean…

 

[Sun Wukong]

https://va.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_rkj5pcjZqE1wvt7ot.mp4

On their first "date" he literally starts espousing the merits of dictatorships and then tries to play if off as a joke. As we later saw, it was no laughing matter.

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

On their first "date" he literally starts espousing the merits of dictatorships and then tries to play if off as a joke. As we later saw, it was no laughing matter.

‘Sand causes autism, do your own research’
- Qanakin

 

[Optimus Prime]

On Jabba's Sail Barge Luke gets shot on the hand. On his HAND, which he was holding high in the air. And he was shot by someone standing 6 feet behind him. Dude! How do you miss that shot?! What were you aiming at?! Even Stormtroopers aren't THAT bad

So I'm reading From A Certain Point of View - An anthology of short stories from the point of view of major, minor and unknown characters. Three volumes, one for each movie

The one for Return of the Jedi has stories about Max Rebo, Salacious Crumb, the droid that tells R2D2 he's needed on the sail barge, Ewoks, rando guards on the Death Star and Star Destroyer, etc.

And one from the guy who shoots Luke on the Sail Barge that explains this.

Basically there is a rumor/myth that like a Hogwarts Wizard without his wand a Jedi without his lightsaber is powerless. Hence the hand shot

So this guy doesn't have horrendous aim, he actually has good aim, that's probably a hard shot to make

What he has is bad luck

1. A Jedi isn't powerless without a lightsaber

2. Because of Luke's robotic hand he doesn't drop his lightsaber when shot which is why this guy gets cut in half by it

** One of the stories is a first person story from the Sarlacc (which in the audiobook is in a California surfer dude voice. Pretty wild)

 

[Optimus Prime]

Agreed.
R2 would have known that Luke was Anakin's son but I don't think R2 would make the connection between Anakin and Vader...

Where was R2 during the attack on the Jedi temple? Is it possible he was there and saw the whole thing?

 

[Buickman]

Where was R2 during the attack on the Jedi temple? Is it possible he was there and saw the whole thing?

After the attack he was in Anikan's small ship going to Mustafar. No idea before that.

 

[Optimus Prime]

The original is kinda rough

another modern trailer

 

[Sailorsaint]

Where was R2 during the attack on the Jedi temple? Is it possible he was there and saw the whole thing?

Anakin visited Padme after going to the Jedi Temple. R2 was in his socket outside. I’m thinking R2 was at the Temple but outside in the fighter.