Star Wars: Vader Wasn't Always Luke's Father?

Today Ben ventures into the Star Wars Galaxy to explain how many of their most famous and inspiring moments were NOT planned from the beginning!

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[lclark]

Technically, obi wan didn’t lie when he said he doesn’t remember owning a droid
He never OWNED R2, he’d met him but never owned him

[nathancolley]

I wish Han had said "I love me too."

[Deleted-acccc]

In early rehearsals, George Lucas wanted to keep th Vader/Luke twist a secret so that the actors would legitimately react to him being likes dad, so during rehearsals, Vader would actually say “no, obiwan killed your father” so that the actors didn’t know the truth. Like this so that everybody can see

[bonclay]

I’ve seen each Star Wars so much I cannot remember how old I was when I first watched it. It’s the type of movie you can watch as a kid and love it but then watch again as an adult and love it even more

[technicaldifficulties]

Kylo: I killed my father
Luke: No I am your father
Kylo: WTF

[Digedon]

I honestly don't remember a time I didn't see Star Wars. I grew up with Star Wars

[jenna]

"I killed my father!"
"No, I am your father!"

[Vercopaanir]

I know this is late 😂 but my dad actually brought Star Wars to the hospital because he wanted it to be my first movie. (It wasn’t because something else was playing but he planned it.) So “literally born an hour ago” is a good age to show Star Wars to your child... and then wait to show it again so they can understand it a little more.

[thebendalorianbricks]

Obi-Wan: I don’t remember owning a droid. R3: DO I MEAN ANYTHING TO

[snuffles]

I don't think there's really an "appropriate" age for Star Wars. I know kids who can't remember NOT being a fan of Star Wars (myself included, actually), and understanding every twist and detail isn't super important when you're that young. It just leaves you with things to discover as you grow up and rewatch the movies a bazillion times.

[phelisejoy]

I grew up knowing what Star Wars was, and I don't believe there was a time where I didn't know about it. I knew all of the major plot points, like "No [Luke], I am your father", thus spoiling everything. This doesn't make me a Star Wars nerd, far from it actually, I don't even think I've seen all the movies. That's just how it was for me.

[lissaphillips]

I first watched star wars when I was 3 or 4, so I can't remember a time without it. I love this, as I was able to appreciate different parts of the movies as I grew up, and it was a great way for me to bond with my dad.

[bobless]

That comment about how R2-D2 should've been the one Anakin built confuses me.

Both of you do DEEP research into fandoms and lore, and yet you managed to miss a very, VERY basic fact about R2-D2 - he's an ex-maintenance droid, mass-produced to fix problems on spaceships (and only spaceships) in hazardous or dangerous locations where living beings couldn't survive. He became Padme's droid because he managed to fix an issue on her spaceship after 3-4 other maintenance droids died, saving the lives of everyone on the ship. He's a cookie-cutter machine who has spent so long active his code has created malfunctions that form his "personality".

C-3PO, on the other hand, is a personal translator droid, which requires AI capabilities in order to translate dialects and grammar issues between languages effectively. This means that even if translater droids are mass-produced, they make far fewer of them than maintenance droids. Each droid must have a hand-tooled control center, giving the system it's quirks that prevent a "perfect AI", something that is defended against at all costs.

A translator droid would be most useful somewhere like Tatooine, where there is a prolific (and often less than legal) trade economy, something that communication (via, in this case, C-3PO) would facilitate. I assume that C-3PO was intended to be either sold or rented out as a translator for deals, and may have been before Kenobi & team got there, with a required data-wipe after every deal.

TL;DR: R2 = Maintenance droid for spaceships = no use for Anakin, C-3PO = translator droid = VERY useful for Anakin.

[Apple_Slices.]

5 or 6 is when you should watch Star Wars, I started when I was 12 though because of my friends

[GypsyCe]

My answer to your question is old enough to not be scared by any of it. The joy is watching it repeatedly as you grow up and learning something new whenever you do.

[corygrant]

Since you did jar jar I am so mad that you didn’t do how Han was supposed to die in episode 5

[willbrownman]

I would say that between seven and ten would be the best age. They would likely have some cognition of the more serious events, but it would be early enough for them to might not be spoiled.

[hazelhickey]

I showed my sister the films at the age of 6 and it blew her mind, now star wars is her favorite and we love it together

[noonewillwatch]

I first watched Star Wars when I was 6 or 7 I think I understood mostly everything, but the first time I watched episode 1 I fell asleep.

[samsmoyer]

I personally watched Star Wars for the first time when I was nine or ten and my sister was seven or eight and we both understood it pretty well so I'd say somewhere between the ages of seven and ten.