tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338557.post8164572293847632658..comments2023-08-18T04:37:47.001-04:00Comments on Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: Bad feelings, and the people who have themKelly Sedingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10704114189919711467noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338557.post-81278329719009634822011-06-29T13:07:12.822-04:002011-06-29T13:07:12.822-04:00I remember thinking about the droid recognizing qu...I remember thinking about the droid recognizing question too, I had attributed it to the fact years had past and living as a hermit (and an old hermit to boot) Obi Wan wasn't what he used to be.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17390184801964500564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338557.post-20566986209728780842011-06-28T17:49:29.363-04:002011-06-28T17:49:29.363-04:00It's harder for me to rationalize why they let...It's harder for me to rationalize why they let Luke keep his last name, growing up a few yards from his grandmother's grave and one of the few spots in the galaxy Vader might be reasonably expected to visit (either to pay his respects to Ma or to blast some memories of Anakin away - sort of a Dark Jedi reverse 12-step process - or to come back and finish wiping out the Tusken Raiders; I can see any of those being Things He Might Do). Not that I'm trying to hop on your comment thread and wear the anti-prequel hat, but I do think Lucas's insistence on reusing Tatooine makes the transition more awkward than it needs to be.Charliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10951502100229391697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338557.post-55415688252536067782011-06-27T23:23:44.864-04:002011-06-27T23:23:44.864-04:00Never heard that one either. I don't remember ...Never heard that one either. I don't remember what I thought the Clone Wars were when I first saw the movie or caring, particularly. As for Obi-wan not recognizing R2, you're right, there's no reason for him to. One R2 unit looks like another and our R2 spent all his time with Anakin, who, we know, did not spend all his time with Obi-wan even when he was his apprentice. And the look Alec Guinness gives R2 when he says he can't remember ever owning a droid can be interpreted as him thinking, "I wonder..." Presumably he stops wondering and knows it's Anakin's R2 but if he tells Luke that, Luke's going to start asking more questions about his father Obi-wan doesn't want to answer. <br /><br />Like you I also figured that Kenobi is that galaxy's equivalent of Jones. He seems to be known far and wide as just Obi-wan.Lance Mannionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08063296489181466628noreply@blogger.com