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Check this out! Finally evidence for Anakin losing his right arm!

Awesome pic!, but we have a thread already for pictures.

THis is clearly a spoiler, not so much just a pic. Mind you, this is one of the biggest spoilers for a long time. The fact that Anakin would loose his right arm has been rumoured for over a year. This is the first time that it is confirmed by very concrete evidence.

Oh really?


http://forums.killermovies.com/attachment.php?s=&postid=140290

Hey, I saw a close up of the pic, without the arms being visible.

But okay.... now we know who did it though.

The scene is also in the graphical novel. But beautiful picture queeq.

super-nice pic!

Craphical novel? What the heck is that?

Don't get me wrong, it is a great picture.

I didn't make it though.

But why is there yellow stuff squirting out of his stump???

Shoudln't there be nothing comeing out?

that's burned flesh

But it's bright yellow. Is Hayden a Simpson's character or something?

his secret! nooooooooooooooo!

Why is it a nooooooooooooooo? It would be great if Anakin was one of them.

Great Picture!

The yellow stuff is burnt clothing, I think.

I wonder why Dooku is using a double-handed blow for that? Rather unnnecessary.

Maybe so he doesn't lose his grip. Or maybe to make it look all the more devestating?

Nah. he'd keep his grip easily. He's either showing off, as you say, or he's fighting two-handed at that point for some reason.

Maybe it's his default stance and the pics of him using one hand are special stances.

Well, it's a one-handed handle and he fights one-handed in the trailer... but we are pretty sure hs is using a variety of styles.

I'm sure he likes to gloat about his techniuques.

Maybe he needs a bit more power to cut off a whole arm. I never saw a fencer do that.

I thought he lost his hand . And now we see it is half of his arm. Cool pic dutchy

You've seen a fencer with a lightsabre, queeq??!!

The Anakin losing his arm at the elbow spoiler has been known for sooooooooooo long. It wasn't a surprise.

well it was a surprise for me, I dont care if others have known it for a looooong time http://www.egri.co.uk/smileys/starwars.gif

And I don't care if you were surprised.

So why did you reply to it

Yes, indeed. If you don't care then don't post.

Nah, I think I will continue to post, but thanks for the advice.

who said it was advice

Whatever it is, I think I will continue to post.

Not that we want you to.

Darn, my feelings are so hurt

Who cares

Not me, that's for sure.

Then why did you post it in the first place?

I think that you just want to get your post count up to where everybody else's are. But it takes time and dedication. I've been here for nearly a year and most of the other people here that post regularly have been here for a year or more.

I'm so proud of you. I could care less about post count. By the way, from what I've noticed, post counts certainly don't reflect knowledge, which is what I care about.

Knowledge??? Is that what you call that dribble that you post?

OK genius.

What three number course did the falcon set when heading into the asteroid field?

Personally I would call that trivia rather than knowledge...

That's because you don't know the answer.

It's not knowledge because you don't need to know that to watch the movie. It really is trivia,, and trivia is for those fans who pay close attention to the movies. I pay close atention but not that close. Who cares.

Try to come up with something better than that crap.

Agreed. It would only take me two seconds to look it up anyway.

But in any case, this subject has gotten hugely off-topic, and this argument is going nowhere useful, so let's cut this out.

It just shows I pay a little closer attention. By the way the course was 2-7-1.

Ok, let's cut it out...

Alright one last message. I already said that you paid closer attention. Read posts before you type what you have to say.

On topic: I never knew that Anakins arm was going to be cut off above the elbow. All I knew was the hand being cut off. The reason for that is because I saw a picture from the AOTC Visualisation and all it showed was Anakins cybernetic hand. Nothing else.

That's your problem.

It's not my problem if I was just posting what I knew. That's all

Maybe a couple thousand more posts will help you out.

Look, what did I just say about this? Move it on.

Where to?

I was seriously trying to keep it on topic by getting back to Anakins limb.

Ha-be-bloody hah, Helmet. You know full well what I meant. Cut out the sniping.

Ok ok ... cool down guys. 10 deep breaths and a drink of cool water all around should do the trick !

Okay, draaaaaaaaaaaaaaaggging this back on topic.

My point, Ush about the fencing was that you see no point why he should use two arms to cut off Anakin's arm. We know he fences with a lightsabre (see trailers) and we don't know the exact cutting abilities of a lightsabre. How easily would it cut bone? I don't know. All I meant to say was, I wonder if one could actually cut off an entire arm by just slinging a lightsabre at someone's limb. Or would it require a bit more strength? What I know from ANH and from the the Diner in AOTC is that OB1 needed both hands to cut off an arm. But then, that is alos his style of fighting.

He is using 2 hands because Anakin's abilities take him by surprise and causes him to have to. Because he uses a fencing style doesn't mean he constantly has to use one hand. These styles they use aren't 100% what you know from what happens in the real world. I wish you guys would realize that.

All that matters is that he uses both. What fencers do, is irrelevant. Also fencers normally don't face power swings by someone using both hands. The techniques used in these films, don't follow the rules you think exist.

Rules I know exists

Rules that don't exist in the SW Universe.

maybe

No, definitely. Have you not looked at the pictures?

Great pic baby !

It would seem the medical technology would not have evolved in the SW universe at the time of AOTC that would enable his arm to be replaced as was Luke's hand. Or do they replace it ?

I guess they do, at least he s got it as Vader, or else he have to be a one handen fencer

Vader does use one hand a lot in the OT. But yes, they do replace his arm in AOTC, but without the flesh covering.

Sabres seem to cut through anything easily enough.

My point is that a hand severing blow would be much easier to perform one-handed, so long as the weapon is 'sharp' enough to do it.

Helmet, we realise PERFECTLY well that these are not exact copies of real-life fighting techniques, but a mixture. This has been much discussed and if you read our posts properly you would realise that.

But whatever stlye is being used, they DO follow real-world rulkes, because THAST IS HOW NICK GILLARD WANTS IT! Ok?

Vader takes Luke's arm off the same way Dooku takes Anakin's. With a 2 handed upward strike.

Indeed he did.

If you all remember, Anakin fights with two lightsabers at one point, so Dooku's probably fighting with two hands to block them easier. Then he cuts off Anakin's arm and makes his escape. Then Yoda enters the scene and fights Dooku and so on and so forth.

I didn't know it was his arm! I though it was going to be his hand or nothing.

It wouldn't actually be any easier to block two sabres using two hands, but it doesn't really matter.

Okay, then Dooku's showin off again.

They mean Dooku uses one hand on the hilt of his lightsaber, but when he cuts off Anakins arm he uses two.

Did Vader "choke" the imperial in ANH with his right robo-arm or his left normal arm? Not important just wondering whether you could channel the force through non organic material.

well in ESB he choked one through a transmission

Isn't the Force mostly a mind thing? Where you control them with your mind? The hand gestures are just for show?

Well, I always assumed the hand gestures acted as a focus. Filmatically speaking, of course, they just compliment the efect we see.

In any case, we know that Dooku fights with two sabres at one point as well.

I thing that he atracts objects through the force and take it with their hand (right or left). Is not his hand who controls the force, but his mind

BTW, in ESB Han fires and Vader STOPS THE BLASTS with their mechanical hand!!! and then summon the force to take the weapon from han's hand (tricky phrase! i've mistaked 3 times!!!)and make it fly to their right hand.

That doesn't make any sense when using the Force to PUSH though, does it?

I remember a lot of argument about whether that's the Force or his armour stopping he blast... it's a very dull argument, though.

Quite.

hmm you take a lot for granted gospel here fernando

Indeed. No-one has ANY good idea about those events.

He deflects the bolts with the Force. You will see other Jedi do this in AOTC.

Certainly a neat way to solve THAT argument... phew!

He still has to wield his sabre with his arms, like anyone else.

the force is his aid

The Force doesn't move his limbs.

Indeed. The force MAYBE can suggest instinctively what moves to do, but I firmly believe that the force is a MIND matter, "think, then I do exist" stuff or whatever it spells on english)

This one can be a very long discussion. I quit.

If Jedi could wield sabres with the Force with the same capability as with their arms, they would do it all the time.

You have to remember that 90% of the time the Force is a very subtle thing.

The Force is strong, but not strong enough to have two floating sabers in the middle of a battle arena. Then it'd be a creepy version of Pokemon.

NO BLOOD!!! Sorry Guys, I'm new on your thread.

Well of course not, I guess, because of the heat of the saber would cauterize.

I like the pics especially the action one with Dooku doing the slicing! :O

So he looses his arm before the "lava" roast. :O

Any more nice pics?

What lave roast? I really hope you don't think that's going to happen.

Lava stew maybe....

I highly doubt he is going to use an idea for this sequence that has already been read about in EU sources.

I think it was an original Lucas idea.

I honestly don't know who came up with it, all I know is that he will come up with something entirely new.

The lava would be very cool, but I agree with our Emperor here... Lucas isn't going to use that. Hope he comes up with something even cooler.

Well it was the original idea of Anakin fighting with Obi Wan Kenobi and falling into a lava pit and thus the bio-suit he wears later in the original three movies as Darth Vader. Messy

You know maul's woman you don't need to fill out the subject line every time you post right?

I know...I know, but I love typing too. Pay no attention.

Well, I just hate to prove people wrong (NOT).

I don't know why you think it's just some fanboy creation, Emperor Helmet-Hair, but it said this on the official site. The Lava scene was thought up by GL. It said so in the Classic Moments.

I gotta go.

An incredibly detailed description of REAL Darth Vader injuries.
http://www.theforce.net/swtc/injuries.html

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http://www.theforce.net/swtc/

the novelization for AOTC had the part where Anakin loses his arm.....the end was really quick