C3PO's silver leg...?
M.Bloom
This may be an old question, but I haven't heard the answer, or been able
to extract it from any FAQ... so, does anybody know why C3PO has a silver
leg, from the right knee joint down? I've noticed it in all three films,
and just thought it was because someone had run out of gold paint/metal...
Any contributions?
Mark Bloom
AU...@asuacad.bitnet
beginning of Sw when the(forgot proper names) small,brown-robed dudes with the
black skin and electric orange eyes captured them and fixed and powerered them
up (C3Po and R2D2) to sell to Owen and Luke at the Skywalker farm.
I may of course just be loony.
Michael du Ammant
Eternal newbie
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No doubt because as far as droids go, C-3P0 seems both clumsy and unlucky.
Probably this is a replacement to a section damaged sometimes in the
episode I-III timeframe. This would be kinda nice to see. Kinda like how
Indy got is scar, whip, Fedora, etc in Indy III.
Regards,
Tom Rogers
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The Evil One
>Are you sure? Coming from memory C3PO 's leg is knocked out of joint in the
>beginning of Sw when the(forgot proper names) small,brown-robed dudes with the
>black skin and electric orange eyes captured them and fixed and powerered them
>up (C3Po and R2D2) to sell to Owen and Luke at the Skywalker farm.
The little guys are Jawas and I don't remeber C3PO's leg being knocked
out of joint in ANH, although he did lose his arm during the escapade with
sand people. Other than that I don't know why his leg is silver.
The Evil One
L. Eduardo Romo III
the reason is given in _The JEdi Master's Quiz Book_. I don't have it here, so
I can't look it up, but if anyone out there has it, they can find it for ya,
unless you have the book. Blah, blah, blah...
I would just like to tell everyone that my views have changed a little on the
ideas of collecting the toys in their "MINT" conditions. Someone posted, or
mailed me how impressive it looks when you have a full wall covered with the fi
gures in their packaging. My mouth began to water. As of this moment, I
solemly swear to not only buy loose figures and toys to knock around, but will
also purchase unopened things (reasonably priced) as well. I think I'll sell
some of by Baseball cards to help finance this. Anyoone interested in an '84
Fleer Update Kirby Puckett?
Since I've seen that people leave quotes from the movies, I guess I'll put in
one of my favorites:
"Where are you taking this...THING?"
Hasta Luego,
L. Eduardo Romo III
st20...@brownvm.brown.edu
Joe Stremick
>In <25...@eagle.ukc.ac.uk> m...@ukc.ac.uk (M.Bloom) writes:
>>
>>This may be an old question, but I haven't heard the answer, or been able
>>to extract it from any FAQ... so, does anybody know why C3PO has a silver
>>leg, from the right knee joint down? I've noticed it in all three films,
>>and just thought it was because someone had run out of gold paint/metal...
>>
>
>Probably this is a replacement to a section damaged sometimes in the
>episode I-III timeframe. This would be kinda nice to see. Kinda like how
>Indy got is scar, whip, Fedora, etc in Indy III.
>
end of, I'd be amazed if they had *any* original parts left.
Given the number of references to modern life in ANH(such as
the dice in the Millenium Falcon and the facing the wrong way in
the elevator), I think the silver leg fits right in: it reminds me of a car
with a different color door or fender.
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Steve Stelter
His leg is probably a component of the Wikkit Gate. It was given to C-3PO
so as to hide it from the lethal Krikkit robots. (Sorry, couldn't resist.)
--Steve Stelter
sjs2...@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
Vilkata TDK
Come to think of it, he _does_ have a lot in common with Marvin. Brain the
size of a planet, and they make me carry out the trash! Nobody appreciates me!
In fact, the only real difference I see between them is that C3PO _does_ seem
quite a bit more cheerful than Marvin. Sure, he worries about everything, but
that's not quite the same as moping and saying everyone hates you. Maybe his
leg _was_ part of the Wikkit Gate....
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CHRIS MICH GEORGOULIAS
In article <1g68ef...@cat.cis.Brown.EDU>, ST20...@brownvm.brown.edu (L. Eduardo Romo III) writes:
|>
|>I would just like to tell everyone that my views have changed a little on the
|>ideas of collecting the toys in their "MINT" conditions. Someone posted, or
|>mailed me how impressive it looks when you have a full wall covered with the fi
|>gures in their packaging. My mouth began to water. As of this moment, I
|> solemly swear to not only buy loose figures and toys to knock around, but will
|> also purchase unopened things (reasonably priced) as well. I think I'll sell
|>some of by Baseball cards to help finance this. Anyoone interested in an '84
|>Fleer Update Kirby Puckett?
|>
Ahh, we've got another one hooked. 8-)
Welcome to the ranks.
-chris
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+ North Carolina State University +
+ cmg...@eos.ncsu.edu +
+ +
+ "Aah... who cares about school...who cares about life...who cares about +
+ me. Not me, that's for sure! Look!...(punches himself in the head).. +
+ ...I just don't care!" +
+ -Vyvian, The Young Ones +
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M.Bloom
Oh, I agree... the silver leg fits right in brilliantly... however, can
anyone confirm whether the leg was deliberatly made to look silver for
this "knocked-about" reason, or was it due to a lack of a gold leg when
filming/creating Threepio?
Mark
Ronald J. Rickard Jr
I doubt it has anything at all to do running out of paint, because all they
would have to do is buy some more. Surely by the second movie they could
have afforded to buy more. 8^)
I believe it goes with George Lucas' vision of a used universe. Spaceships
weren't clean and perfect and neither was C-3PO. Maybe in the first
trilogy we'll see how C-3PO got the silver leg, ala Indiana Jones getting
the scar, whip, etc.
Ron
Ronald J. Rickard Jr
Okay, I have one question and a wish for the future movies. My question is
does anyone know of any reference besides the Ewoks and C3PO to there being
a god/gods in the Star Wars Trilogy? It seems to me that the Jedi are
religious in nature, much like a monk or druid, and they would have a purpose
to go out and defend civilization. Any thoughts? Off the top of my head,
I cannot think of any references though ...
I think it would be kind of cool if the first Trilogy had some element in
it that made us think about the Star Wars Trilogy in a different light.
Something that would make it necessary to have the final Trilogy to
answer the questions the element raised. What I am thinking of is
something like the Emperor having died and been brought back cloned in
the first Trilogy. This would get everybody thinking that he really didn't
die in Return of the Jedi, so ... But it doesn't necessarily have to be
this. It could be anything. Like Leia and Luke really weren't brother
and sister or Boba Fett was a droid, or anything. Do you know what I
am trying to say? I just think this would be kind of cool.
But I'd also like to have an understanding of why thier are Jedi and they
do what they do. Any thoughts?
Ron