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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fenros" data-source="post: 208412" data-attributes="member: 975">I'm just guessing of course, but here's my theories:1.> The Destroyer Droids probably didn't have shields because there were already to many things Lucas was trying to 'show' you during the end battle. There were probably lots and lots of stuff Lucas probably wanted to get across in that battle, but just really had to economize down to what was really important. The Destroyer Droid shields were probably on that list of things to get 'ignored'.Imagine being in the storyboard/effects meeting: "Yeah, we gotta show Kit Fisto do this", "Oh and these Geonosians should be flying here.....", "....gotta show the recoil action on the arm blasters for those new droids....", "gotta show this......", ".......make sure this is in the background.......", etc, etc.Maybe Lucas thought we already knew how Destroyer droids worked so he didn't feel he needed his effects team showing them use those shields. Which in lies the mistake, some one did notice.Or maybe they just plain forgot. Maybe with the huge list of things to get down the storyboarders, the effects supervisors, and George just plain forgot to put them in. Hate to shatter anyone's notion that big budget film-makers are free of such minor mistakes. It happens. I've seen in tons of times. Believe it or not, sometimes even the lowest guy on the studio ladder notices this too. One night a production assistant is photo-copying some storyboard sheets or lists of effects, or recording raw footage, and notices the shields missing. He goes , "Hey...uh guys I know this is a small thing, but I noticed that........"Then the supervisors or director assistants say, "Don't worry." But they're thinking in their heads, "yeah whatever, like you know what should or shouldn't be in the movie.........stick to photo-copying and let us do our thing okay?"Then guess what never gets around to being done? That's right, those shields........But to me, I imagine George going through every frame with a fine tooth comb. So it probably isn't because he forgot. Its probably the first reason. He just probably thought that they appear so little to begin with, why even show the shields eh?2.> Yeah, the smarter route might've been to stay in the stands (where they first appear) where there was more cover, and the opportunity to weave in and out of the hallways behind them, taking out targets close quarters.But instead I think Lucas thought it would just be visual cool to see all the Jedis inside the arena where they eventually end up standing together back to back. Some directors like to bend reality a bit just so 'cooler' stuff can happen.Canis wrote:Those are some cool ways to explain it Canis. But in the end, none of that was in the movie.  You and I could B.S. all day and come up with reasons that are realistic, but really.....the most likely answer is that these things are just little mistakes. Its funny that the 'extra' material (RPGs, Novels) have to try to explain the stuff and make it sound like its not a mistake.</blockquote>

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