why didnt obi wan recongnise R2 D2?

Originally posted by queeq
OB1 did meet R2... on the ship with Padme in TPM, it was Anakin's fighter droid... they fought together in the Outer Rim and both had their droids with them. OB1 even sends Anakin off with Padme in AOTC with R2 as third companion... OB1 sure met R2.

No he didn't. It didn't happen. Not once until Obi-Wan saved Luke from the Tusken Raiders.

Nope. It never happened. LaLaLaLaLaLaLaLaLaLaLa

I don't think it was a plothole. I honestly believe that he did recognize the droid, but lead-on that he didn't. He was indirect and misleading about everything else, including Luke's geneology and Yoda's identity (at first).

I don't think it was a plothole. I just think Lucas didn't care. That's also why he used the prequels as an opprurtunity to play six degrees of galactic seperation with everyone.

That sounds about right.

Originally posted by Quiero Mota
I don't think it was a plothole. I honestly believe that he did recognize the droid, but lead-on that he didn't. He was indirect and misleading about everything else, including Luke's geneology and Yoda's identity (at first).

Agreed.

And he could have been speaking the truth with the "I dont seem to remember owning a droid" bit.

I guess for that to be, all the starfighters and their accompanying astromechs would be, if anything, property of the Jedi Council etc rather than being property of individual Jedi.

I really wish people didn't misread Obi-wan's line to mean that he had no memory of R2. When he said, "I don't seem to remember owning a droid", he's saying that he doesn't recall being the owner of that droid.

Agreed, he's just being evasive.

Originally posted by queeq
Agreed, he's just being evasive.

Just like when he told Luke his father wanted him to have his lightsaber when he was old enough.

Exactly.

Originally posted by queeq
Exactly.

What do you think Obi-Wan did during that whole time in his little Adobe house in the desert? Did he have a broadband connection...cable TV, anything?

Prolly... or he ran a secret nightclub for Tusken Raiders.

Originally posted by queeq
Prolly... or he ran a secret nightclub for Tusken Raiders.

Hahaha, the name of the club would be that ever popular yell or roar the Tusken's do...how would you spell that?

In EU or I suppose even in the movies, the Tusken's can't strip off their outfits becuase they will be killed...reminds me of something in the Middle East lol That Lucas...

Maybe OB1 thinks the sexual performance of the Tusken ladies outweighs their smell.

Originally posted by queeq
Maybe OB1 thinks the sexual performance of the Tusken ladies outweighs their smell.

Hahaha. Isn't there a deleted scene when Luke first walks into Ben's Adobe and says "Why does it smell like masturbation in here?"

That's classified.

Originally posted by queeq
That's classified.

Hahaha. Maybe Luke slipped it into the Jedi Archives after he got the temple back...the adult (Jedi Master) section!

haha this is the oldest question in the book, it might be because george lucas did not write the prequel trilogy before the originals or because of <insert random explanation> (!!)

Errr....... yeah.... I guess.

glad you agree =)

I do?