Or does he? Obi-wan responds to starwars. Obi-Wan casually mentions that R2-D2, "should be able to interpret the entire Imperial network," when he plugs him into the docking bay control room.
That's an insane thing to assume about a random astromech droid if you had never met him before. Honestly, it would probably have turned Luke off being a Jedi altogether and sent him back to the moisture farm. Therefore, I've moved this to the 'general' category. Firstly this is a very interesting post, I believe Ben didn't feel luke needed to know about the history of the droids as it was mostly irrelevant to luke and also may have had too much history with the Jedi, as you said potentially putting luke off becoming a Jedi.
Perhaps the most obvious reason for this is the OT came before the prequels. Obi-Wan does all this with good intentions, so it's not implausible that he'd fudge the truth for the sake of guiding Luke along what he perceives as the right path. But in this case, Obi-Wan was very clever with his wording, adeptly evading the question without stating too much. The subtle looks actor Alec Guiness gives also offer clues that wise old Ben knows more than he's letting on. In this tale, during everyone's ride to Alderaan which would end up taking them to the Death Star aboard the Millennium Falcon , Luke engages a training droid with his lightsaber.
Han watches, but also notices Obi-Wan fondly place a hand on R2's dome, quietly stating "it's good to fly with you again, my old friend". This was so quiet that Han wasn't sure he heard correctly, and he probably didn't think much of it, as he wasn't present when Obi-Wan falsely implied on Tatooine that he didn't know R2. This revelation firmly puts the matter to rest, but even without this little addition, Obi-Wan's vague words weren't really a contradiction—though it's nice to see a more obvious nod to his recollections.
But, how much did our other characters remember? Perhaps we should look at this from the other way around. How much does R2 actually remember about Obi-Wan? He clearly knows that he's supposed to find him, as per Leia's instructions, but does he possess his full memory of the Clone Wars? You'll remember that, in the conclusion of Revenge of the Sith , C-3PO's memory is wiped, so he loses his knowledge of the past.
R2's isn't stated to be erased, so he presumably maintains his memories; why does he never tell Luke about Anakin? Well, maybe he didn't want to. R2's always been surprisingly insightful; perhaps he, like the elder Jedi, understood that Luke should only hear about his father's past at the right time.
Additionally, exactly how much Artoo knows about Vader is uncertain. He was nearby when Anakin Force choked Padme on Mustafar he and Threepio brought her aboard the ship afterwards , but possibly missed the event itself—and thus may be unaware of Anakin's fall. Obi-Wan isn't the only character from the prequels who traveled with the droids. The bottom line is that you have to remember that the expanded story was evolving along with the movies. They didn't have a the complete Star Wars universe detailed before they started making these movies.
Therefore, you are going to find minor inconsistencies. Maybe he knew everything was going to happen the way it was happening and believed Luke needed to think it was all random? If he told Luke he let his aunt and uncle die so He would come with him Luke may have hated him. Sign up to join this community.
The best answers are voted up and rise to the top. Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group. Create a free Team What is Teams? Learn more. Ask Question. Asked 8 years, 9 months ago. Active 4 years, 11 months ago. Viewed k times. How is it that, per Jedi Grrrl As for Obi-Wan, he forgot all about R2-D2 and C-3PO after spending three whole movies with them I know people might say "well, would you remember a toaster you had 20 years ago" but really these robots have a personality, and C-3PO is probably fairly unique having been hand-built by Anakin.
Improve this question. The party line response is that he never says he doesn't know or remember them. His response is "I don't seem to remember ever owning a droid. Anakin may have built C-3PO, but based on his similarity to other protocol droids I'm guessing he built him from a kit or from spare protocol droid parts, not as an original creation.
Master Annie, does that name mean anything to you? I started thinking about it and realized that the first time 3PO and Obi-Wan even might see each other is on Geonosis.
They don't actually share a scene until Episode 3. So, saying that they spent "three whole movies together" is inaccurate. This is one of the many reasons why I dislike how the droids were handled in the prequels. Those movies would have been better with totally unrelated droids.
Show 10 more comments. Active Oldest Votes. Improve this answer. Particularly when you consider the almost mischievous gleam in Alec Guinness's eyes, it's a very believable explanation. Not to mention it was R2D2 who constantly insisted he belonged to Obi-Wan. That sly look may be him recognizing that the droid knows far more than it's letting on. Obi-Wan Kenobi lies. He changes his name, goes into hiding to keep an eye on Luke, and keeps Luke from learning anything significant about his only history.
He manipulates Luke for his own purposes, much like Dumbledore does to Harry. Also, Alec Guiness acts a lot more subtly than most people do under the direction of George Lucas. That makes it easy to miss stuff like this. The same goes for the whole "12 parsecs" thing, which was originally just supposed to be Han BSing. Are we sure he actually owned the astromech droids attached to his fighter?
The Jedi temple could be like a school or a library and loan out droids to members and thus he wouldn't really own the droid. Show 2 more comments. TL;DR: He does. From the new canonical novelization of A New Hope : Han was about to turn back to lock up the circuit panel when he saw the fossil wave the droid over.
Wad Cheber Wad Cheber 65k 58 58 gold badges silver badges bronze badges. Add a comment. I'm not sure why this got downvoted as it's factually correct. There are a lot of both astro and protocol droids. As for the names - there are only so many combinations of letters and numbers. If you saw a "Renault 4", then some years later saw another, even if it was the same colour as the first, would you have reason to suspect they were the same car? DarthSatan If I had an apprentice who built a Renault 4 as a kid and this car served him for years.
And then this kid betrayed me and murdered innocent people. And later I encountered a Renault 4 that claimed I'm his owner, I would certainly consider them being the same car. Especially if the car played a hologram SOS message from the kid's daughter.
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