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<blockquote data-quote="Jeremy Ackerman-Yost" data-source="post: 204490" data-attributes="member: 4720">Actually, the effective fall for Obi-Wan was pretty small.&nbsp; The angle of the shot made it tough to see, but the speeder was descending almost as fast as Obi-Wan was when he landed on it.&nbsp; Therefore the effective fall for him was insignificant.&nbsp; As for Anakin jumping out of the speeder, that one's tougher.&nbsp; He didn't actually hit Zam's speeder head on, so it wasn't an issue of falling.&nbsp; He grabbed it as it flew by him, so what should have happened is his arms should have been ripped out of their sockets while the rest of him kept falling.&nbsp; Perhaps the same Jedi muscle reinforcement that allows incredible jumps also allowed him to keep his arms attached.Sorry, that's probably more than you wanted to know, but I have a pet peeve about that particular issue.&nbsp; They did a great job dealing with Obi-Wan's fall, but really dropped the ball on Anakin's IMO.&nbsp; I don't mind breaking physics as long as you break it CONSISTENTLY.All that aside, the Emperor actually fell, and it had a lot of significance, both plotwise and emotional, that Boba Fett's death surely didn't.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jeremy Ackerman-Yost, post: 204490, member: 4720"] Actually, the effective fall for Obi-Wan was pretty small. The angle of the shot made it tough to see, but the speeder was descending almost as fast as Obi-Wan was when he landed on it. Therefore the effective fall for him was insignificant. As for Anakin jumping out of the speeder, that one's tougher. He didn't actually hit Zam's speeder head on, so it wasn't an issue of falling. He grabbed it as it flew by him, so what should have happened is his arms should have been ripped out of their sockets while the rest of him kept falling. Perhaps the same Jedi muscle reinforcement that allows incredible jumps also allowed him to keep his arms attached. Sorry, that's probably more than you wanted to know, but I have a pet peeve about that particular issue. They did a great job dealing with Obi-Wan's fall, but really dropped the ball on Anakin's IMO. I don't mind breaking physics as long as you break it CONSISTENTLY. All that aside, the Emperor actually fell, and it had a lot of significance, both plotwise and emotional, that Boba Fett's death surely didn't. [/QUOTE]

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