Stevetrooper said:
Is anyone a little frusterated at the prequels faliure to answer questions? If Padme died right after childbirth, why does Leia have vague memories of her? She didn't have any more time with her mother than Luke did. I would have thought that Padme would have gone into hiding with Leia on Alderaan and then was killed two or three years later.
One of the greatest inconsistencies to be sure. Lucas had a major problem. As long as Padme lived, Anakin would have no reason to turn completely to the dark side. Losing Padme was the final straw, and put him over the edge 100%. It also adds to dramatic tragedy. From a 'Vader' standpoint, it made the most sense to have Anakin kill Padme in ROTS. Lucas probably considered that more important than a 30-second scene where Leia has recollections. I suppose it could be explained by pictures of Padme, which the Organas were sure to have around. I heard one theory that Leia had dreams of Padme growing up, but that sounds like a cop-out to me.
Stevetrooper said:
Why is Luke sent to be with Lars and Beru, who are not really even related to him, when he has actual blood relatives on Naboo? It's sensless to send him to Anakin's home planet, have him keep his last name, and live in a place where there are only two people to protect him.
Actually, the Lars' were directly related to Luke (and Leia). Owen's father married Anakin's mother, which made Owen and Anakin step-brothers. That meant that through marriage, Luke and Leia were indeed Owen and Beru's nephew and niece. Sending either baby to Naboo would be dangerous. Anakin would associate Naboo with Padme, and if a child survived, then the first place to look would be their mother's home planet. Anakin did NOT want to return to Tatooine. He spent his childhood as a slave on the desert planet, and witnessed the native Tusken Raiders kill his mother, one of the only situations to cause Anakin extreme anguish. Why would Anakin want to return to a horrible planet with so many bad memories attached to it? That makes it the perfect hiding spot for Luke.
Stevetrooper said:
Also, they never answered the riddle of the mysterious tree cave on Dagobah. Why was it "a domain of evil?" I figured maybe Yoda and Tyrannus were going to have a final showdown there or something. No such type of revalation.
I have read an explanation for this in one of the novels, but forget right now. I believe it was just set up that way by Yoda, as a Jedi test. It was 'Dark Side' but in a controlled way. Why else would Yoda have sent Luke in? He even said to Luke that he had failed at the cave. Failed what? A test, of course.
Stevetrooper said:
Why did they never follow up on the whole Sifo Dyas thing? The movie never really explains it. I suppose it is just Tyrannus using the dead Jedi's name, but they could've addressed it somehow. And no one in the movie ever really finds out.
Yes, this is frustrating. Not explained in the movie, but in plenty of EU material, Sifo Dyas was a Jedi that Dooku had convinced to order the clones on behalf of the Jedi Council. He then killed Dyas before he could tell the Council what he had done. An alternate for this is that Dooku still killed Dyas, but placed the order afterwards while posing as the dead Jedi. Either way, Dyas was just the method used to order the clones, and wasn't really a major plot point that needed to be fleshed out. I don't read, or even care for, the EU, but this story has gotten out everywhere.
Stevetrooper said:
Tyrannus plays at being Palpatine's enemy right to the end.
This was all a ruse, to fool Anakin. Palpatine had convinced that he would turn Anakin by having Dooku push him, but Dooku believed right to the end that Anakin would not be able to actually defeat him. Palpatine also never told Dooku he was going to kill him when Anakin had been turned sufficiently. You could see the look of betrayal on Dooku's face when Palpatine tells Anakin to 'Kill him'.
Stevetrooper said:
Also, they never really answered the question of why Yoda and Obi-Wan were the only Jedi to disappear when they died.
They do in the ROTS novelization, and cut alot of it out in the film. Yoda tells Obi-Wan that he has established contact with Qui-Gon, and that he has training for him on Tatooine. What the film left out was a conversation between Yoda and Qui-Gon's spirit. Qui-Gon tells Yoda he has figured out the mystery of immortal life. It's a state of meditation so strong that the life force remains after the body is killed. As Obi-Wan and Yoda are the only two to survive after Qui-Gon's revelation, it stands to reason they are the only two to be taught how to accomplish the spirit appearances. You'll notice that in ANH, Obi-Wan pulls his lightsaber up and appears to go into a trance just before Vader cuts him down.
Stevetrooper said:
Why doesn't Ben train Luke to be a Jedi from childhood? (and Leia with Yoda for that matter) Ben is living on the same planet with him and yet wastes all that valuable time. Any thoughts?
Obi-Wan was way too busy learning the meditation required to become a spirit after his death. Besides, look at the problems with training Luke as a child. Owen disapproved of the Jedi lifestyle. Remember, Obi-Wan tells him that Owen did not want him to be like his father. Proper Jedi training facilities did not exist on Tatooine, and even if they did, Vader or Palpatine may have sensed the amount of Force being used on Tatooine, and led them there. Obi-Wan would not have been strong enough to defend himself alone with a child padawan. Besides, what would be the rush? If Luke had been fully trained at say 14 years old, they still couldn't take on the Empire at that point. They were waiting for the right time. Perhaps that right time was waiting to find a weakness in the Death Star, which was in full construction at the end of ROTS. All Obi-Wan needed to do was make sure Luke grew up with good ideals. As for Yoda, Dagobah was no place for a baby girl, and besides, Bail had volunteered to take Leia as soon as the question came up with what to do with the babies. Perhaps Yoda had the foresight that with the position the Organas were in, Leia would be born into a political future, one which would give her insight into the Empire's political ways.
Hope that explains a few things.
Barada