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Originally posted by masetodd
I love the way we are all looking at the original trilogy and saying things like "why didn't Vader recognize C3PO?"

Now I'm not trying to be a party pooper, but the obvious reason (which has been stated hundreds of times before) is that the PREQUELS DIDN'T EXIST THEN!

The best we can do is look at the original trilogy and ask ourselves how it fits with the new trilogy. If Lucas can make it all fit nice and tidy, then good for him. But we honestly can't expect the decisions he made 25 years ago to match with his current "Ultimate Vision".

One way to think of it is instead of saying "Vader should have recognized the droid he built as a boy (who can forget their first dog after all?)" we should say "here's a plothole that Lucas needs to address".

I think a lot of people haven't come to grip with the fact that Lucas has been making them up as he goes along.

birrman54

Thats the thing - he HASNT been making it up as he goes. Oh, the details certanly - somehow I dont think Jar-Jar was in his master plan - but the overall arc has been laid down from day one.

Go read The Annoted Screenplays. There you get a good look at the evolution of the story, and how it went from the Adventures of the Starkiller to what we see today. In specific terms, no, its not the same. But overall - yeah, I'd say we're right on track.