Registered: Jul 2004
Location: On the fringe of lunacy
One or Two Probe Droids?
In the opening scenes of ESB we see a probe droid enter the atmosphere of Hoth. It ultimately crashes down and the droid emerges. A few moments later when Luke is seen on his Taun Taun he spots another (Meteorite/Probe Droid) crash in the distance. My question is is this the same Droid that we see first or is it a second one? or does Luke just see a Meteorite?
Your thoughts?
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Registered: May 2004
Location: Perth, Western Australia
I think there was only one probe droid, its possible that they were showing the shots out of sequence and Luke actually saw the probe droid hit, but more likely it was simply a meteorite (as it was said to be very common)
It was the same one. I think they were making it out that if Luke hadn't been attacked by a wampa, he would have discovered the probe droid and the rebels would have had time to escape before the Imperials showed up.
Registered: May 2004
Location: Perth, Western Australia
Also i would imagine the probe droid to have done some sort of scan then come down near any civilisation it discovered, as simply dropping a robot at random in the middle of a planet would have been rather pointless.
yes, they were showing the shots out of sequence.
its not the first time either.
notice when the ATAT blows up the main generator on hoth,
the scene cuts to han and leia walking through the tunnel, and then
what seems to be another explosion which rocks the place.
it was in fact the same explosion from two different perspectives.
Nov 8th, 2004 12:26 AM
