consistencey....

here, i thought i'd make some changes to make the prequels match up a little more with the originals...

first one:
in ANH obiwan says to luke: "here, you father wanted you to have this when you were old enough but your uncle wouldn't allow it."
(obi wan also describes anikan as a "good friend" in that scene)

so here

that makes things fit a little better...

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It would only be assumed that, as a fatherly figure, Anakin would've wanted that. Or, Obi-Wan could've told a little white lie. I see no continuality issue here.

I'v already had this argument....

i just put this up for a laugh...

but obiwan should have said 'your father would have wanted you to have this'

the other sugguest some sort of conversation was had about it.
(which we now know never happened)

obis a bit of a dirty liar...

I don't see it as a consistency issue. Before Anakin became Darth Vader I think he would have wanted his son to have it. And they may have had a little 'falling out' (i guess you could call it that), but they were good friends. I mean, he fights Darth Vader at the end doesn't he? Not Anakin?

Originally posted by Bar-en-Danwedh
I'v already had this argument....

i just put this up for a laugh...

but obiwan should have said 'your father would have wanted you to have this'

the other sugguest some sort of conversation was had about it.
(which we now know never happened)

obis a bit of a dirty liar...

not from his "point of view", and from my "point of view" i'm a genius

That wasnt a consistency error, that was a moment when he simply couldnt tell Luke the truth.

well, I admit it would have been counterproductive to say, "oh, by the way, after your dad slaughtered a bunch of children and choked your mother i chopped of his legs and stole his saber while he burned, I thought you might want it."

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Originally posted by astrofan428
That wasnt a consistency error, that was a moment when he simply couldnt tell Luke the truth.

i thought old ben was a lieing bastard 😎

If Ben had told him the truth there is no way Luke would have gone with him to Alderan.

i think the biggest inconsistancy is Obiwan... "yoda was my teacher" that and the medicholorians

this is the biggest inconsistency people can find to argue about? a little white lie told to help Luke?

how about what Leia tells Luke in RotJ, or what Obi-Wan tells Luke for that matter, concerning their mother and who knew what and who was related to whom?

Originally posted by astrofan428
That wasnt a consistency error, that was a moment when he simply couldnt tell Luke the truth.

oh man I like your sig......................................kind of sadcry

or leia saying what she remembers about her mother in ROTJ, even though she dies giving birth to her...

hmmm...

hey man, maybe leia was using the force to manifest memories of her mother. yeah that sounds like star wars logic to me.

This was mentioned in another thread:

There was a war going on. Anakin probably said to Obi Wan sometime "if I ever die in battle, give this to my son". Wait... no. Obi Wan never knew Anakin was the father... never mind.

So he told a white lie. Apparently everyone in the OT are chronic liars... so, no big deal. 😉

and they forget meating eachother too 😉

Hell there's no reason not to believe that Obi and Ani had a conversation offscreen at least at one point, maybe he even told Padme who passed it on to Obi at some point

Originally posted by Lord Yoda
i thought old ben was a lieing bastard 😎

Would you get off my back. 😠

It was a lie, but it was needed. So I can still call him an old lying bastard. 😛

obi found out that ani had kids on the way just before leaving to kill him.
padme left after he found out. obi snuck on board.

all that what was said on the subject between the three was what you saw onscreen...

watch it again...

there was no time for any such conversation...

Indeed. Ben just told a lie. I dunno... maybe he was senile. It is what Anakin would have wanted.

But come on... it's much easier to just say "Your father wanted you to have this..." instead of "This was your fathers. After I cut his arm and legs off I took it. Here, take it."