Originally posted by queeq
Still makes me wonder why she would go to Tatooine? And why not go to light speed somewhere... Kinda weird to think why and how she ended up on normal speed over Tatooine...
Bail sent her to call on Obi-Wan for help. That's actually why she was out and about. Because he told Mon Mothma that he'll send her to do that before they even had the DS plans.
Yeah, but now she flees Vader and got him chasing her. I don't care what others said... this would be the right time to haul a$$...
And she wasn't out and about. That call by Bail was made on Yavin 4... What was she doing at the battle of Scarif??? It would endanger her entire status of Senator... and it did of course, if she was found out she sided with the Rebels. But then... why join a battle of this magnitude?
Originally posted by queeq
Still makes me wonder why she would go to Tatooine? And why not go to light speed somewhere... Kinda weird to think why and how she ended up on normal speed over Tatooine...
I think your concern is legit but there is an equally legit reason: Obi Wan Kenobi.
Who is Obi Wan Kenobi? The last Jedi. And not just any Jedi, a Jedi badass. One of the most powerful Jedi in Jedi history.
And it just so happens that he is the Jedi Master that defeated Darth Vader.
But who is Darth Vader? Darth Vader is the terror weapon used by the Emperor. The Executor. The enforcement arm of the Empire. A holy solider. And the Emperor has been quite successful in executing all of the Jedi.
What do the Jedi represent? A hope for the galaxy. And what the Rebel Alliance needs at that moment is a miracle to take down the Death Star. It is the most powerful super weapon the galaxy has seen.
Also, do not forget that Leia is a force sensitive and was probably guided by the force. The Force is trying to bring balance back to itself. So it sets in motion a chain reaction that eventually leads to the defeat of the Emperor.
So Leia's options are to go anywhere and be chased down by Vader and defeated or to go to the last known location of Obi Wan Kenobi and beg for help before getting chased down by Vader and defeated. Also, my assumption is, Vader interrogated the rebel scum to find out where the Princess was headed.
Originally posted by dadudemon
My comment had to do with you stating you would be equal parts of piss and vinegar in 5-10 years about...7 years ago?
Oh I got the reference, yeah, 7-8 ago sounds about right.
Originally posted by dadudemon
Also, I thought CGI Leia looked good. Just the same as Tarki Warki.
I was impressed with both, more so with Tarkin.
Originally posted by queeq
But knows what he is talking about. Krennic may be the bus driver of the DS... but he has no power at all, that's clear from R1. All he does is try to prove himself. At which in the end, he fails.
👆
Orson failed, that should have been clear to everyone who watched the film and didn't fall asleep.
Originally posted by Robtard
Oh I got the reference, yeah, 7-8 ago sounds about right.
Living in a world where everyone forgets everything, it still surprises me that you remember so much because you posted this on "Mar 19th, 2008 12:35 PM" CST
Originally posted by Robtard
Even though it's cliche', the older I get, the more I am. I think in another 5-10 years, I'll be equal parts piss to vinegar.
Originally posted by Robtard
I was impressed with both, more so with Tarkin.
Yeah, I think it is easier to make a CGI character look more realistic if it is an old man with lots of wrinkles as opposed to a young woman with a smooth complexion. It is the lighting and how it reflects...a smooth surface reveals more of the non-realistic lighting scatter and slightly off surface textures.
Originally posted by dadudemonYeah, I think it is easier to make a CGI character look more realistic if it is an old man with lots of wrinkles as opposed to a young woman with a smooth complexion. It is the lighting and how it reflects...a smooth surface reveals more of the non-realistic lighting scatter and slightly off surface textures.
Ah that makes sense.
Star Wars is once again breaking ground in special effects.
Originally posted by dadudemon
I think your concern is legit but there is an equally legit reason: Obi Wan Kenobi.Who is Obi Wan Kenobi? The last Jedi. And not just any Jedi, a Jedi badass. One of the most powerful Jedi in Jedi history.
And it just so happens that he is the Jedi Master that defeated Darth Vader.
But who is Darth Vader? Darth Vader is the terror weapon used by the Emperor. The Executor. The enforcement arm of the Empire. A holy solider. And the Emperor has been quite successful in executing all of the Jedi.
What do the Jedi represent? A hope for the galaxy. And what the Rebel Alliance needs at that moment is a miracle to take down the Death Star. It is the most powerful super weapon the galaxy has seen.
Also, do not forget that Leia is a force sensitive and was probably guided by the force. The Force is trying to bring balance back to itself. So it sets in motion a chain reaction that eventually leads to the defeat of the Emperor.
So Leia's options are to go anywhere and be chased down by Vader and defeated or to go to the last known location of Obi Wan Kenobi and beg for help before getting chased down by Vader and defeated. Also, my assumption is, Vader interrogated the rebel scum to find out where the Princess was headed.
Wow, thank you for the lesson in SW mythology. That's a lot of conjecture and yes, the Force is a good excuse to smoothen silly plot twists. Deus ex machina and all that. It's as if the ancient Greeks have returned.
Okay, two things:
1.What about a jump to light speed? And then another and then another. The Falcon escaped a Star Destroyer at the end of ESB? Other ships have as well. That whole thing you can't outrun a SD doesn't make sense when it comes to light speed anyway. You need to match the trajectory.
2. Why would OB1 be able to save her from a SD? He's an old man living somewhere in the desert, no one even knows where. In ANH she says her ship has fallen under attack and now OB1 is her only hope. I'd say that would be when she'd gotten herself in an unexpected pickle. This wasn't that. In this scenario she actually creates the pickle by gently cruising down to Tatooine with a raging Vader on her butt. It doesn't make sense.
If she got such important plans in a battle like that, with the entire Empire knowing that, the smart thing to do is go somewhere where the data can be duplicated, transmitted (like they just did) so a weakness can be found. After all, OB1 was not supposed to analyse the data... he was her only hope to get the tapes to the Rebellion. She could have done that herself seeing what happened in R1... why this weird detour?
By trying to answer unnecessary questions of the past or by shedding a light on what happened in a past we could all imagine for ourselves, all these prequel movies create more problems than they solve. First they ruined the OT Darth Vader in the PT and now they make Leia look utterly stupid.
Thanks for so much "explaining"... great.
Originally posted by Robtard
👆Orson failed, that should have been clear to everyone who watched the film and didn't fall asleep.
Tarkin owned him. He was Vader's b**** and Galen made a total fool out of him.
He's actually the reason the Empire fell. All down to that one cuck's incompetence.
Imagine people jumping wagon on him over Vader or Tarkin before the film came out thinking he was gonna be bad ass 😂
SW ships travel faster than light speed. Han Solo mentions that the MF can go ".5 past light speed" (whatever that means) and that it can outrun SDs. Presumably Lelia's ship, the Tantive IV, can not.
As for duplicating the plans, clearly she doesn't have the time. She barely had enough time to get the plans and a message to Kenobi off the ship before she was captured.
Originally posted by Darth Thor
Tarkin owned him. He was Vader's b**** and Galen made a total fool out of him.He's actually the reason the Empire fell. All down to that one cuck's incompetence.
Imagine people jumping wagon on him over Vader or Tarkin before the film came out thinking he was gonna be bad ass 😂
Director Cuckrennic just couldn't catch any breaks.
Remember when Orson was supposed to turn out to be Snoke. :0
Originally posted by ares834
SW ships travel faster than light speed. Han Solo mentions that the MF can go ".5 past light speed" (whatever that means) and that it can outrun SDs. Presumably Lelia's ship, the Tantive IV, can not.As for duplicating the plans, clearly she doesn't have the time. She barely had enough time to get the plans and a message to Kenobi off the ship before she was captured.
But why would OB1 be a solution? She doesn't know him and she has to find the guy first on a big sandy planet.
Besides, light speed is light speed. You still need a trajectory if you want to follow someone to his destination. You can't just blindly follow them or you run into a star or bounce off a supernova. And from ESB we learn that Vader wants them to calculate the last known trajectory of the Falcon. So to me, this doesn't make sense at all.
I think the .5 past light speed of the MF means no more than that he's very fast and that he could the Kessel Run in less that 12 parsec instead of 15. But even a .2 past light speed is past light speed and really damn fast.