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Showing posts with label droid. Show all posts
Showing posts with label droid. Show all posts

Monday, June 25, 2018

Star Wars Episode IV Glitches - A New Hope

New glitches added for the first, the original, the best Star Wars film:

Luke struggles to pry out something that's jammed inside R2, setting off Leia's message. Is that supposed to be the death Star plans hidden in the droid? Because that's not where Leia put them.

First Owen says he doesn't know what R2 is talking about when he mentions Obi-Wan Kenobi. Then he says that Obi-Wan is dead. Is Luke buying any of this? More...

Monday, August 1, 2016

Wastin' Time Online: Where's Wall-E?

The familiar game with a twist: Wall-E is hiding among dozens of famous robots and androids. Can you spot him? More...

Monday, April 6, 2015

Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith Glitches

Before the new Star Wars film premieres, let's take a look at some bloopers from the past:

Most of the things Obi-Wan tells Luke about his father in Episode IV turn out to be true, at least from a certain point of view. Except for that business about Skywalker Sr. wanting Luke to have his lightsaber when he was old enough. If Anakin had any such wish, he couldn't have told it to Obi-Wan since the latter didn't even learn about Anakin's pending fatherhood until after the two Jedi were beyond the point of making friendly small talk.

On a space ship, "down" is determined by artificial gravity. Therefore, if the ship is damaged and begins to tilt, those inside would not begin to slide across the floor; gravity would keep them oriented to the floor, no matter what position the ship was in. The only way our heroes could experience the "Poseidon Adventure" effect would be if the artificial gravity controls malfunctioned. And what a strange malfunction, as the gravity continues to shift a millimeter at a time until everything is upside-down!

"Only a Sith deals in absolutes," cries Obi-Wan, although his statement is itself an absolute.

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