Darth Vader & Chewy (Good Buddies?)
Joseph Seboek
or that? Whatever? I have never heard so much analyzing in my life!! Did
ANH, ESB, RTJ, get so much play? Maybe they did? I must admit I am a bit
new to the news group scene. So, in an attempt to get away from the talk
about TPM let's talk a bit about ESB. The following is a question for you
experts to ponder?
Why is it, that in ESB, Darth Vader doesn't just off Chewbaca in the cloud
city segment? I mean Chewbaca is the exact opposite of Darth Vader. Chewy
is hairy, growling, and howling all the time, and who knows if he is even
house broken? While Darth Vader is sleek, smooth, and let's not forget,
kind of mean. I believe he wacks about two or three of his own officers for
their blunders, one of whom takes a special trip to apologize for his error!
Dumb move if you ask me?
So why is it that Darth Vader has the tolerance for Chewbaca and spares his
life? For example, in the scene where Han is about to be made into a human
popsicle, Chewy goes ape and starts hammering some of Darth's good old
stormtroopers. Darth doesn't command his troops to silence Chewy, instead
he even stops Boba-Fett from firing upon him. Now, maybe Darth knew
something we didn't? Maybe Boba Fett was a terrible shot and might have
accidentally waxed the princess? That would have been bad.
Now then after the drama of freezing Solo is over, he tells Lando to bring
the princess and the Wookie to his shuttle. Where does a Wookie fit in with
the Empire? Is there some Wookie slave mine that Darth knows about? Is the
Empire short on tall hairy help to clean those hard to reach high places on
the Death Star? Would Darth Vader put up with a howling dog like Chewy?
Don't get me wrong, Chewy is great, but best of pals with Darth, I just
don't see it? Did Darth, (A.K.A. Anakin) have a special affinity towards
Wookies? Who knows, if Anakin had a pet like Chewy to befriend and watch
over him as a child, he possibly would have turned out better?
Nonetheless, I do understand that the film would have taken a serious turn
for the worst if Darth had axed Chewbaca. After all, I shed a tear when the
Ewoks got stomped on a bit by the Empire in Jedi. Can you imagine if they
killed Chewy in ESB? That would be like killing Lassie or something? I
would have suggested that Darth say something more like, "Bring the princess
to my shuttle, and you can do whatever you want with the Wookie,
Calrision!--Oh, and dump that loud mouth droid strapped to his back too!"
Let's face it, C-3PO wouldn't have lasted a second in Darth's company
either. Even Princess Lea was ready to belt him one for talking too much in
the Asteroid scene.
But then I suppose, having only the Princess and Darth flying off in a
shuttle together would, well, you know. . .start all the rumors.
O.K. guys, you can see now that any one of these movies can be analyzed to
death, which is just plain silly. My entire analysis of ESB is silly!
Could it be that our expectations of TPM were so high that there was
absolutely no way this film could meet them? Now, that is something to
really ponder? Relax and enjoy the ride kids ! Star Wars is good fun, not
the eternal answer to life and why we are here?
I know some won't be able to resist responding to my satirical look at Star
Wars. A few stellar-die hard fans might even be offended.
"Well, bring em on, I'd prefer a fair fight, instead of all this sneakin'
around!" Get that one?
Respond to home...@worldnet.att.net
May the force be with you...
HG
>won't be on video until the whole series is complete is true or not, but
>if it is, at least I understand why.
This is all about money. There will be alot of money made on the sale
of the video. That has to be about the dumbest rumer I have ever heard.
>Lucas even tells us what he's up to, right in the film: "Your focus
>determines your reality."
>
>You have to watch the right characters to get beneath the surface.
You watch it over and over again and you start to see whatever you want
to see.
DasBastard
<jse...@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>I know everyone is having a frenzy about the new movie, TPM. It lacks this
>or that? Whatever? I have never heard so much analyzing in my life!! Did
>ANH, ESB, RTJ, get so much play? Maybe they did? I must admit I am a bit
>new to the news group scene. So, in an attempt to get away from the talk
>about TPM let's talk a bit about ESB. The following is a question for you
>experts to ponder?
>
>Why is it, that in ESB, Darth Vader doesn't just off Chewbaca in the cloud
>city segment? I mean Chewbaca is the exact opposite of Darth Vader. Chewy
>is hairy, growling, and howling all the time, and who knows if he is even
>house broken? While Darth Vader is sleek, smooth, and let's not forget,
>kind of mean. I believe he wacks about two or three of his own officers for
>their blunders, one of whom takes a special trip to apologize for his error!
>Dumb move if you ask me?
>
>So why is it that Darth Vader has the tolerance for Chewbaca and spares his
>life? For example, in the scene where Han is about to be made into a human
>popsicle, Chewy goes ape and starts hammering some of Darth's good old
>stormtroopers. Darth doesn't command his troops to silence Chewy, instead
>he even stops Boba-Fett from firing upon him. Now, maybe Darth knew
>something we didn't? Maybe Boba Fett was a terrible shot and might have
>accidentally waxed the princess? That would have been bad.
>
I would chalk this one up to the Force... perhaps Vader foresaw that
Chewie and Leia would rescue Luke (after their duel)... after all, it
wasn't Vader's mission to kill Luke, but to capture him so he could be
"turned".
An idea...
DasBastard
Derrick
DasBastard wrote in message <37498a0a....@news.direct.ca>...
of his childhood, and he doesn't even consciously shove Fett's gun away- he
just kind of does it because he has to. It's the "good" in him that he
isn't even quite aware of.