Guest Darth Smaug Posted July 26, 2002 Share Posted July 26, 2002 I'll cut right 2 it! Why in the name of smeg, does R2-D2 have rockets..... Its beyond my thinking Gorge Freaking lucas put that poo in an otherwise brilliant movie?! Thunk of all the times he could helped Luke and Leia offing imps An they can't fix this! If they break his rockets in Ep3 they will have to fix em! Who can affor not to? And why does none of the R2 units (In my knowlegde the R4 unit in Obi Wan's Ep2 Starfighter is a R2 unit? i donno.... ) have them???? Well, i could be wrong. So why don't you tell us the truth. HI MOM! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old_Ben Posted July 26, 2002 Share Posted July 26, 2002 That's what I was thinking when I watched AOTC. IT was like 'Where did those come from'. I didn't remember them in the OT, but GL will have some way of explaining that in EP 3. OR mabey not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotionMan Posted July 26, 2002 Share Posted July 26, 2002 Whats wrong with the rockets? You must unlearn what you have learned. Just cause the original trilogy didnt have some things doesnt meant it wasnt there or possible. The OT trilogy movies didnt have time to explain everything to the viewer. R2D2 is an old droid by the time ep. 4 takes place. Maybe some of his "features" dont work as well or anymore as they used to. I thought the rocket boosters were cool:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ET Warrior Posted July 26, 2002 Share Posted July 26, 2002 I thought they were pretty neat. i mean, if everyone was limited by how the preformed in the OT, then Neither Obiwan nor Anakin can use force jump....because they never did that in the OT. Stop and think of the OT.....there was maybe one time in the entire thing where having jets would have helped R2.....maybe not even one time....so it bothers me not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaTT[-FcG-] Posted July 26, 2002 Share Posted July 26, 2002 Remember... Artoo is an astromech droid who's purpose is to fix and repair spaceships!!! A pair of Rocket boosters would be rather helpfull in a zero g environment wouldnt you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norin Radd Posted July 26, 2002 Share Posted July 26, 2002 (SIGH) I don't understand why people are complaining over something so trivial. So R2-D2 used rocket boosters. I thought it was a nice touch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgentSmith Posted July 26, 2002 Share Posted July 26, 2002 Actually they were planning on having R2-D2 use his rocket boosters in Episode I already, but that scene was eventually cut. When they replaced the Attack on the Droid Control Ship with the Droid Foundry scene for Episode II they added this feature back in. The R4 unit in Obi-Wan Kenobi's Jedi Starfighter is an R4 model, not an R2 model, they're both astromech droids but a different model. (The R4 is a later model, it comes after the R2 model.) The R4 units in the Delta 7 Aethersprite Jedi Starfighters are actually built in to the ship, they can't detach themselves from the ship. (Unlike the astromech droids in a Naboo N1 fighter or an X-Wing.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mez1109 Posted July 26, 2002 Share Posted July 26, 2002 I liked the rocket boosters on R2, but if R2 has rocket boosters, why does it not use them to get into the R2 droid slots on top of the spaceships, but is lowered down into it. A bit stupid isn't it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surfnshannon Posted July 26, 2002 Share Posted July 26, 2002 the rocket boosters was one my favorite parts of the movie. It was halarious. I mean...you really didn't expect to see him through off 3PO and fly around everywhere did you. That's what made it awesome. At least George is being original and keeping us on our toes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kryllith Posted July 26, 2002 Share Posted July 26, 2002 Originally posted by Darth Smaug I Thunk of all the times he could helped Luke and Leia offing imps An they can't fix this! If they break his rockets in Ep3 they will have to fix em! Who can affor not to? And why does none of the R2 units (In my knowlegde the R4 unit in Obi Wan's Ep2 Starfighter is a R2 unit? i donno.... ) have them???? Well, i could be wrong. So why don't you tell us the truth. First of all, the other R2 units probably do have them, we just haven't seen them use them. Secondly, given the limited resources of the Republic, maybe they felt the fuel required to power the rockets was better served powering their fighters than their astromechs... Kryllith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mez1109 Posted July 27, 2002 Share Posted July 27, 2002 No one really knows, GL just thought of it, as it was not seen in any of the old SW series. Or GL didn't have the technology to do that, NO he could actually do that in those days. Still, a very practical idea, now R2D2 can actually go up stairs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ET Warrior Posted July 27, 2002 Share Posted July 27, 2002 actually, R2 walks up stairs....we see him walkin down the stairs just before anakin and padme load onto the refugee ship, and when they are walking on naboo R2 climbs some stairs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Darth Smaug Posted July 29, 2002 Share Posted July 29, 2002 No no no no no! He can't have Rockets! Why is he the only one who have them?! And The fix him all up and brand new, with better tecnology in Episode 4...... so they have done this and fixed his rockets? Chewie can fix a hyperdrive engine, but rebel engineers can't fix r2's boosters? And remark 2 force powers. Don't the Jedi have more power in the first movies because there are more than 2 - 3? Think of how strong the dark side must be! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Darth Smaug Posted July 29, 2002 Share Posted July 29, 2002 Well.... A bit down the lines in my previous entry I wrote this... Rebel ingeneers fixed him and him rockets!?.... I meant: Rebel ingeneers fixed him and not his rockets!? Tjek it out!!!!! A reek! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mez1109 Posted July 29, 2002 Share Posted July 29, 2002 It's just probably that GL just put the rockets into R2D2, just to make that scene in the movie. It is very difficult to make prequels, as some of your ideas from the previous movies can not be improved, and when you do improve them, it mixes the viewers up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kryllith Posted July 29, 2002 Share Posted July 29, 2002 And as I mentioned before, the Rebels might have felt that the fuel might have served better in their fighters. Certainly it was more important to have as many x-wings/y-wings for the Battle of Yavin than to have a bunch of astromechs flying around... Kryllith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ET Warrior Posted July 29, 2002 Share Posted July 29, 2002 Don't the Jedi have more power in the first movies because there are more than 2 - 3? Think of how strong the dark side must be! If only i understood what that meant..i might be able to form a response to it........ As for the rocket boosters.....perhaps one of R2's owners after anakin and amidala (Captain antilles) Had them removed as he thought they were unnecessary, and he wanted to replace them with something else, perhaps removing the fuel tank with a hidden compartment that is big enough to hold many things....including a lightsaber. (RotJ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Darth Smaug Posted July 29, 2002 Share Posted July 29, 2002 Ok.... In the old movies all the Jedi we have is Yoda, Old Ben Kenobi and wannabe Luke. Yoda feels it is important for us to know that the Dark side clouds the good. Perhaps the darkside is so strong in the old movies that they can't those tall jumps and ####..... Good "lead away" with the fuel by the way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coupes. Posted July 30, 2002 Share Posted July 30, 2002 How about when Luke jumps out of the carbon freezing pit while fighting with Vader in ESB, that's no ordinary jump! And i think i also remember Vader making a big jump of his own, during this same duel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kryllith Posted July 30, 2002 Share Posted July 30, 2002 Originally posted by Darth Smaug Good "lead away" with the fuel by the way Lead away? I thought it was pretty on target, since if R2 didn't have any fuel to burn then it's not likely he's going to bother pulling out his thrusters. This would certainly explain why we never see him use them in the OT (other than the fact that George probably didn't have the technology to make it look good). Or am I just misinterpreting what you said? Kryllith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Darth Smaug Posted July 30, 2002 Share Posted July 30, 2002 I forgot that jump!!! You are right that is no ordanary jump! I think the fuel consompisons of an X-Wing is astronomic compared to r2's thrusters.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mez1109 Posted July 30, 2002 Share Posted July 30, 2002 Most people on this forum call Luke a wannabe Jedi, and I thought you people were right and I believed it myself. Most people I know under this thread said so in many different posts. The reality, Luke IS a Jedi, he has not been accepted by the Jedi council as it was erased by Vader, but Yoda and Obi teching hi is good enough. Still not convinced, then fire up you VCR or put you VCD version of ROTJ, and watch the part near the final father son battle, ther Luke will say: " You failed you highness, <deep breath> I AM A Jedi. This part if for those of you that fergot: The whole reason Darth wanted Luke dead or on his side, as he is the Son of the greatest Jedi, that make Luke a great Jedi too, and a threat. Obi Wan the unsung hero, he knew that Luke was the key, well done Obi you save the SW universe and helped put balance in the force. For those of you who want to see the clip, here is the little avi file, it is only 942Kb here is the link: http://mysite.freeserve.com/conan/IAMAJEDI.AVI DON'T WORRY, IT IS NOTHING TO BE ASHAMED OF, EVERYONE FERGOTS, I SAW THE MOVIES THOUSAND OF TIMES, BUT I FERGOT ABOUT IT UNTIL NOW (MOST OF YOU WILL NEVER ADMIT IT THOUGH) I can feel that after this post Conan The Libarian(Me), will be listed under most peoples death list, and listed twice on others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kryllith Posted July 30, 2002 Share Posted July 30, 2002 Originally posted by Darth Smaug I forgot that jump!!! You are right that is no ordanary jump! I think the fuel consompisons of an X-Wing is astronomic compared to r2's thrusters.... All the more reason to not fuel the R2's. Better to save the fuel in reserve for the fighters (or transports). Never know when the miniscule amount of fuel is going to mean the difference between being able to get an attack run on the Death Star and drifting in space as the Yavin moon is blasted to smithereen. Kryllith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kryllith Posted July 30, 2002 Share Posted July 30, 2002 The reason people call Luke a wannabe Jedi is because he lacks the years of formal training that the original Jedi undertook. Luke has limited training and limited time. He was a Jedi to the best he could be given the circumstances. Compared to the Jedis of old, however, he probably would have been considered an amatuer... Kryllith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ET Warrior Posted July 30, 2002 Share Posted July 30, 2002 Just saying I am a jedi....does not make you a good jedi. I can say that i'm a jedi......but it doesn't make me as tough as mace windu, obiwan kenobi, yoda, plo koon, or even Bariss ofee! I never said he was a wanabe jedi....i mean, he IS a jedi...Yoda told him that...."no more training, do you require" and then luke says "Then i am a jedi" And i think yoda nodded.......or something along those lines, yoda said them to luke as he was dying. most of us just say that he wasn't a very talented jedi. He had a lot of power, but he didn't know how to use it very well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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