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<blockquote data-quote="mmu1" data-source="post: 197193" data-attributes="member: 319">Of course, a much simpler explanation for everything is that Lucas has no qualms whatsoever about re-writing history, and that, because he doesn't seem to mind screwing up continuity (R2D2's thrusters, anyone?), the droids' history just doesn't make any sense.&nbsp;&nbsp; He hasn't gone to any trouble to smooth out the rough edges on something as huge as Anakin and Padme's courtship, so I really doubt there's much to look forward to in the droid department. Yeah, there are many ways in which their horribly mangled story (the level of contrivance reminds me of some D&amp;D games gone bad I've played in... and a few I ran <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />) could be put right, but it's not going to happen.&nbsp; The fans have been doing a hell of a better job of explaining Star Wars plot holes than Lucas was ever interested in doing. Oh yeah, by the way, the whole&nbsp; R2D2 'creation story' - I'm sorry, but if anyone thinks that it makes sense that the same people (as in same culture, not same three engineers) who designed the hood-ornament Naboo starships, the Naboo royal regalia, the guns the guard and the princess use, etc. also designed R2D2... Please, you have to promise me to get an interior decorator and get someone else to pick your clothing for you, because your sense of aesthetics is likely warped beyond recovery <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />&nbsp; These people DON'T do simple an utilitarian... An R2 unit might go well with an X-Wing, stuck into a Naboo starfighter it looks out of place. (Speaking of stuck into a starfighter - if R2's can fly, why is getting them in and out of fighters such a pain in the ass in Episodes IV-VI? Eh?)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mmu1, post: 197193, member: 319"] Of course, a much simpler explanation for everything is that Lucas has no qualms whatsoever about re-writing history, and that, because he doesn't seem to mind screwing up continuity (R2D2's thrusters, anyone?), the droids' history just doesn't make any sense. He hasn't gone to any trouble to smooth out the rough edges on something as huge as Anakin and Padme's courtship, so I really doubt there's much to look forward to in the droid department. Yeah, there are many ways in which their horribly mangled story (the level of contrivance reminds me of some D&D games gone bad I've played in... and a few I ran :)) could be put right, but it's not going to happen. The fans have been doing a hell of a better job of explaining Star Wars plot holes than Lucas was ever interested in doing. Oh yeah, by the way, the whole R2D2 'creation story' - I'm sorry, but if anyone thinks that it makes sense that the same people (as in same culture, not same three engineers) who designed the hood-ornament Naboo starships, the Naboo royal regalia, the guns the guard and the princess use, etc. also designed R2D2... Please, you have to promise me to get an interior decorator and get someone else to pick your clothing for you, because your sense of aesthetics is likely warped beyond recovery ;) These people DON'T do simple an utilitarian... An R2 unit might go well with an X-Wing, stuck into a Naboo starfighter it looks out of place. (Speaking of stuck into a starfighter - if R2's can fly, why is getting them in and out of fighters such a pain in the ass in Episodes IV-VI? Eh?) [/QUOTE]

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