I feel a pretty firm obligation to defend Chefelf's decisions, so here goes.
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Did you ever consider the fact that the Jedi Starfighters may be equipped with some sort of spring device which propels R2 out of the ship? Maybe the X-Wing isn't equipped with this accessory.
Also, how does R2 get out of the X-Wing on Degobah? I actually can't remember, but there definitely weren't any cranes or suction pumps there."?
During that particular scene, R2 used some kind of elevator that in his housing to get out... only to fall into the swamp a few moments later and freak Luke out.
I would say that it would take quite a bit of time for an astromech droid like R2 to be able to get off whatever fighter he's on (such as an X-wing) and get back on it.
I didn't watch the movie yet, so I don't really know what happened over there other than that.
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Grievous' ship is capable of specifically identifying life forms. As you will recall, the bridge is capable of tracking the Jedi and placing a ray shield around them. I don't see it being unrealistic for R2 to tap into the same sensor system and locate the Chancellor's life "signal".."
Sad to say but Chef has a point. While the folks over in the Str Wars universe may be able to detect lifeforms, how can they be sure that they are following Palpatines exact signal? Are they locked in to his genes and are capable of finding him instantaniously? If that's the case, then I would have to say it's pretty stupid on part of the speratists because they could easily have duplicate his signature and placed it all over the ship, thus thwarting any attempt to rescue him.
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I recently viewed the script of ROTS and found this:
SUPER BATTLE DROID 1: What's that?
SUPER BATTLE DROID 2: Get back to work. It's nothing.
And yes, droids do makes stupid decisions. That is probably why Palpatine chose to make a clone army rather than a droid army.
The very fact that they even speak to each other in such a manner is pretty lame to begin with. Along with Barend, the 'super' battle droids should have at least invetigated the source of the noise or even should have a radar or motion detector of some sort to detect things around them.
Rememer this: In ANH, R2 managed to detech several Tusken raiders from a considerable distance, and I think he did this again in the later movies.
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What would you prefer, a more original idea? A center eye seems like a logical point for a weakness to be, considering how the eye is most likely where the droid interprets its surroundings. Would you rather have Obi-Wan say "R2, zap the buzz droid in its mechanical penis"?
What is logical or what isn't in this case would depend on the design of the droid. Having R2 simply zap them without some lame 'weak' point would have done for a better battle scene in my opinion. Stuff like 'weak points' in a zapping droid fight should be left for video games, not serious sci-fi movies... of course, Star Wars may even fail that description, too.
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Personally, I don't like R2's antics or new abilities. However, since Lucas introduced new abilities for R2 in AOTC it would be another contradiction for him to suddenly eliminate them. Again, these scenes are just meant to get a laugh out of people. Most people laughed in the theatre laughed at this, so evidentally Lucas accomplished his objective.
I would think the the problem with this is that Lucas was devoting too much time on cheap gags and less on furthering the story. Wouldn't it have been better if the humour would be along the actions that carry the plot forward? Rather than waste time on silly little antics?
Further more, hearing about R2's 'cell phone' sounds prettysilly seeing that he should not need any audio sounds to hear the message. Rather, it should have been Obi-Wan sending spoken messages to R2 that would appear as text on his HUD or go directly into his CPU and have him quickly figure out what to do next without alerting any nearby enemies.
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It really isn't that difficult to follow the Jedi Star Fighters if you actually try.
And it's not difficult to follow the Mellinium Falcon, either. The whole issue is not following one or two ships, but rather the mainstream of the battle that's going on. the battle in ROTJ (which is one of my favorite space battles) would have been pretty confusing and all around uninteresting if I didn't know who was who.
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3. Airplanes were originally biplanes which had two wings on each side. Today we see airplanes with one wing on each side and a jet engine. Maybe there is some engineering explanation as to why two wings are better than three.
I have difficulty understanding the remainder of what you are complaining about. Are you whining about the fact that the X-wing precursors are attempting to link us to the OT and fail? How do they fail? By having an extra two wings?
Forgive me, but comparing airplanes to spaceships is not exactly appropriate. You see, flying and fighting in outer space is fundamentally different than doing it in the atmosphere of a planet. But I digress, let's get back on topic.
It wasn't just the tri-winged fighters that seemed out of place or too advanced, it was more or less everything else in the whole universe as well. While I've never flown a six-winged X-wing before (but I did fly an X-wing in several video games) I have this nagging sensation that the former six-winger would defeat the X-wing. Technology should advance through the ages, not retard.
That being said, one should take into account another fighter... the Z-95 headhunter that first appeared in the TIE fighter game and became flyable later on in X-wing VS. TIE fighter. The Z-95 looked a lot like a monoplane version the X-wing but as clearly inferiro in every way. I would really think that it would just be better if a bit of internal consistancy was there to say the least.
But as Barend said... the apparent redundancy of the wings (two with guns and four for nothing) sounds like a big waste to me. There are plenty of starfighters in the Star Wars universe with no wings and even more effective!
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