Post your real Star Wars : Revenge of the Sith commentary here ( with spoilers )

[Imran Siddiqui]

What'd ya know, Guiness was in his early 60s at the time of ANH... he looked older than that. So I guess that Obi-Wan's aging could have worked.

Though Beru and Owen have some explaining (their actors were around 60ish at the time of the first movie) .

[Drake Tungsten]

What about Yoda? He went from spry to dead in 20 years, which is nothing for someone who is over 800 years old.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Well Yoda ain't human .

Who knows how the.. um... green muppet alien things age?

[Lancer]

Yoda was only spry when he used the force, and unlike Annikin he only used the force when he had a 'good' reason. So he hobbled around with a cane... and was 20 years from death.


My question is how did they bring him back to life to do the last three flicks?

[Lancer]

In the AotD Yoda did use the force to pick up his cane after his big fight sceen. I thought that was a bit out of character...

[Vince278]

Originally posted by Agathon
My favourite one was the one about how the Imperial troops managed to get onto Hoth if it was supposed to be shielded.

They walked from just outside the shields. Remember Naboo?

[Kuciwalker]

Or the shield didn't touch the ground...

[Drake Tungsten]

Wasn't it just a deflector shield? I took that to mean it could stop blaster bolts and the like, but not slow moving troops and AT-ATs.

[Kuciwalker]

As I understood it, it was a normal shield, but it wasn't a dome like in Ep. I, just a big flat plate protecting from orbital bombardment.

[:) Smiley]

WTF kind of physics would generate something of that nature from a point source?

[Drake Tungsten]

Looking for plausible physics in Star Wars is pretty stupid.

[Winston]

I also didn't get the part at the end about Yoda telling Obi-Wan that he had found a way to make contact with Qui-Gon's spirit.

What kind of significance does that have that it should be one of the very last things Yoda says in the movie, especially considering the range of very important events that had just taken place?

If it was just in reference to Qui-Gon's voice allegedly appearing in one scene in Ep. II AotC, then I think it was idiotic to include Yoda's mentioning and trying to "explain" it. Qui-Gon's voice appearance wasn't even picked up by most people, and even then, it was insignificant IMO.

In general, I think RotS tries too hard to be a "filler" episode explaining things in the other films. It kind of gives the impression of having been made not as a movie in its own right, just a link between the others, and that's a shame I think.

[Imran Siddiqui]

What kind of significance does that have that it should be one of the very last things Yoda says in the movie, especially considering the range of very important events that had just taken place?

It provides explination as to why Obi-Wan can still converse with Luke after he dies in the original trilogy.

[Geronimo]

Originally posted by Winston
I also didn't get the part at the end about Yoda telling Obi-Wan that he had found a way to make contact with Qui-Gon's spirit.

What kind of significance does that have that it should be one of the very last things Yoda says in the movie, especially considering the range of very important events that had just taken place?

If it was just in reference to Qui-Gon's voice allegedly appearing in one scene in Ep. II AotC, then I think it was idiotic to include Yoda's mentioning and trying to "explain" it. Qui-Gon's voice appearance wasn't even picked up by most people, and even then, it was insignificant IMO.

In general, I think RotS tries too hard to be a "filler" episode explaining things in the other films. It kind of gives the impression of having been made not as a movie in its own right, just a link between the others, and that's a shame I think.

I figure this was Yoda thinking that soon all the jedi would be dead and the only way to guide new learners to the path of a jedi would be from beyond the grave.

[Winston]

Hm, maybe that's it Geronimo. It still seems a little "thin" to me.

As for explaining how Obi-Wan could give advice to Luke, nah. That never required explanation I think. It was readily accepted as part of the way of the force by all who saw the original movies.