azerty, on Apr 2 2006, 08:30 AM, said:
Lando says that the Falcon is the "Fastest hunk of junk in the galaxy", yet Solo claims to have made "a lot of special modifications" himself.. Who is telling the truth? (Ok maybe they were partners and Solo did the modifications and Lando did the flying or something.)
It has been modified both
before Lando won it and
after Han won it from Lando in a sabaac tournament. It
is the fastest hunk of
junk in the galaxy. Solo taught Lando how to pilot the Falcon. They
were partners around the time of the Battle of Nar Shaddaa.
azerty, on Apr 2 2006, 08:30 AM, said:
How about CHEW-Backa's name changing to Chew-BAH-cah for no apparent reason, (I think his name is only ever spoken twice, once by Kenobi in the cantina and once by Lando on Bespin, both pronounced correctly), so which EU tosser decided to change it?
Lando can't even pronounce Han's name correctly. Besides, it's a fictional name! Who cares how it's properly pronounced?
azerty, on Apr 2 2006, 08:30 AM, said:
or the rebel blockade runner somehow acquiring the ultra lame name Tantive 4, (more EU crap)
So, Captain Antilles doesn't have the right to name his own flagship?
azerty, on Apr 2 2006, 08:30 AM, said:
or Princess Lia somehow deciding that her name is Princess Laya, (more yet again)
Again... a fictional name.
azerty, on Apr 2 2006, 08:30 AM, said:
or "Imperial Curisers" becoming "Star Destroyers"?
They are the same thing. Always have been.
azerty, on Apr 2 2006, 08:30 AM, said:
The Extended Universe has a lot to answer for. Gushers take the smallest and most obvious things and make up utterly boring and predictable stories about them, and somehow it becomes incorportated into the story. Take "Clone War" as an example. It's just a name, spoken only once in the original film, that has now taken over the whole damn story. Who is to say that it wan't just a shortened form of "Cyclone War", like "Tractor Beam" being shortened from "Attractor Beam" or "Droid" being short for "Android" or "Vaporator" or "Speeder"? Maybe it is just a name by itself, and never had anything to do with cloning. Nope, to a gusher, clone must be about clones, obviously...
Yeah, that's it... the "Cyclone War"! They must have had a bunch of tornadoes fighting on the Republic's side... no... it's about clones.
azerty, on Apr 2 2006, 08:30 AM, said:
And maybe Mon Mothma's 60 seconds of screen time in Return of the Jedi doesn't somehow give her the right to a name, a history, and a claim to be the leader of the entire rebel alliance. Nope, to a gusher, she ordered that attack on Endor, so she must order all attacks everywhere, and therefore must be the leader, and in fact she must have actually started the rebel alliance too...
She did start the Rebel Alliance, along with Bail Organa, Bria Tharen, and a long list of former Senators of the Republic. Why is this considered an inconsistency?
azerty, on Apr 2 2006, 08:30 AM, said:
And Bothans got the info for the second death star, so they must be masters of disguise, changelings, daring ninja types from the planet of Cunning, obviously...
Actually, they are masters of espionage.
azerty, on Apr 2 2006, 08:30 AM, said:
I'm sure Thgaron will make every effort to correct me, but he would be missing the entire point.
I missed the point... were you trying to point out inconsistencies? I haven't seen one on your list, yet.
azerty, on Apr 2 2006, 08:30 AM, said:
As for Uncle Owen not remembering the droids, I like that one. He seemed totally disinterested in Star Wars, (but that was back when droids were zero class citizens) so why should he remember? I don't remember every washing machine I've ever owned.
Maybe he doesn't want to act like he's ever seen C3PO just to be on the safe side... naw, that couldn't be it. Who's gonna actually take the five minutes it would take to track down somebody with the last name Skywalker?
Anyway this isn't meant to be a thread derailment, but when you have 25 years of story, and the films only choose to show about week of that time in total, nearly any inconsistancy can be glossed over by saying that the answer lies in the 99% of the story we never get to see
Every inconsistency the majority of people complain about are covered in the movies and have zero to do with the EU. There may be further explanation in the books, but they are not the important part of the SW universe.