SW question... (possible ep3 spoilers?)

[Skorixor]

it was never shown why qui-gon didn't "fade away" like other jedi deaths have been shown to do

you think this will be answered in ep3 or remain a mystery?

[Jaminos]

I find it odd in the cartoon series he takes Anakin to Degoba when he never had time to even train him.

[Dasumi]

you think this will be answered in ep3 or remain a mystery?

There have been scenes in Episode 3 that answered that question, but most probably they were cut.
As far as i know it is still in the novel though.

(could be spoiler from here on)

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It's not exactly answered why he doesn't fade away, but mor like why he (as far as i understood, haven't read the novel yet, want to save it until after the movie) is (most probably) the first jedi who remained as a kind of sentient being in the force and that the remaining jedi (Yoda and Obi-Wan) learn about how to do it from him.

[Skorixor]

ok if that's true, and we know yoda and obi-wan don't die in ep3, then how do they figure it out in the movie?

it just doesn't seem to fit in, if that is the case

although at this point, it's the most logical reason I've seen

[Skorixor]

but thinking about it for a little bit, it could be tied to when anakin gets his lava bath, and that's part of how he survives or something like that...

[Sai'nu]

Lucas hints at and so does McCallum in the May 2005 copy of Premiere magazine that a lot of these issues are trying to get tied up in the movie. For instance, one line of dialogue spoken near the end of the movie is suppose to wind up explaining why C-3PO and R2-D2 don't recognize Tatooine and also why the name Skywalker and Kenobi don't ring any bells to them. He more or less admitted that there were things that would need to be cut out in interest of moving the story along though.

He also finally states that the reason E1 and E2 were geared more toward kids and even the possibly rated PG-13 E3 was because it was a 'kid's' story about the father. So all this happy, joy, joy play leads to the mess that their kids will have to clean up in the next generation.

We can only hope he does explain this too though. But speculation seems to persist that it'll wind up having something to do with the fewer and fewer Jedi their were the more in tune the Force was with them; Which could go a great deal into explaining the blue glowie thing. Of, course, we can expect Mr. Lucas to turn anything that might sound reasonable completely on it's head from experience now.

Midi-what? No Father? C'mon now... it was one of those good looking Smugglers, wasn't it, Miss Skywalker? Solo-kin perhaps? ((just to add more kink into the Han and Leia theme))

[Dasumi]

Lucas hints at and so does McCallum in the May 2005 copy of Premiere magazine that a lot of these issues are trying to get tied up in the movie.

Just about a week ago it's been officialy stated, that one important revelation of the movie was cut, most people think it will be the scenes of Yoda and Qui-Gon (or Qui-Gon's voice, like in Episode 2) and the explanation of the blue glowie thing.
Most probably Yoda will still refer to this matter while he talks to Obi-Wan, but that could be the only hints the movie gives on that subject. But still no one knows for sure if the scenes are in or out.

For instance, one line of dialogue spoken near the end of the movie is suppose to wind up explaining why C-3PO and R2-D2 don't recognize Tatooine and also why the name Skywalker and Kenobi don't ring any bells to them.

Spoilers have it, that R2-D2 still has his memories and still knows about the happenings of Episode 1-3 during all of the original trilogy.
C-3PO, he just talks to much to keep all the knowledge about what happened in the prequels.

even the possibly rated PG-13 E3

Why possibly, it has been rated PG-13 ^^

But speculation seems to persist that it'll wind up having something to do with the fewer and fewer Jedi their were the more in tune the Force was with them

Actually (judging from all the spoilers there are) it seems that the explanation is more about the differences of the teachings of the jedi order about the unifying force and Qui-Gon's teachings about the living force and life itself.
Much more a mythic explanation than a scientifical one like midichlorians or how many jedi there are.

Midi-what? No Father? C'mon now... it was one of those good looking Smugglers, wasn't it, Miss Skywalker? Solo-kin perhaps? ((just to add more kink into the Han and Leia theme))

In the first version of the Episode 3 script, parts of it where recently released in the "Making of Star Wars: Episode 3" book, it has been Palpatine who altered the midichlorians to create Anakin.
But Lucas did good when he dropped that idea in the later versions of the script :P

[X'an Shin]

I think it has everything to do with the fact that both Yoda and Obi-Wan were *prepared* for their deaths. They both willingly chose to die at those exact moments.

Qui-Gon was cut down unexpectedly.

I'm sure preparation has everything to do with the fade-outs.

Also: The droids have no memory because, at the very least, the Jawas wiped their memories when they captured them. Standard Operating Proceedure of buying and selling used PC equipment (or Droids, I'd imagine) is wipe the drives.

No doubt every owner between Anakin and Uncle Owen did the same.

[Dasumi]

Also: The droids have no memory because, at the very least, the Jawas wiped their memories when they captured them. Standard Operating Proceedure of buying and selling used PC equipment (or Droids, I'd imagine) is wipe the drives.

But they remember being on board of the Tantive IV and their mission and everything else from before they were captured by the Jawas, so no memory wipe here ^_^

[X'an Shin]

Also: The droids have no memory because, at the very least, the Jawas wiped their memories when they captured them. Standard Operating Proceedure of buying and selling used PC equipment (or Droids, I'd imagine) is wipe the drives.

But they remember being on board of the Tantive IV and their mission and everything else from before they were captured by the Jawas, so no memory wipe here ^_^

Well, it's not my fault the Jawas don't know how to do their job. But no memory wipes for 20+ years? Not very likely.

[Skorixor]

ok then what happened to r2's now infamous rocket boosters that pop out of his legs?

ummm, jawas took em too?

[Krusshyk]

Well, Jango's jet pack got busted. Maybe R2's have frozen hydraulics and he doesn't remember he has them. You wipe a hard drive enough times, and you get some weird functioning don't you?

[Skorixor]

or maybe he operates on MS Windows 3000xp

[X'an Shin]

or maybe he operates on MS Windows 3000xp

Actually it would be Windows 2000 BC. "Long time ago..."

[Ekade]

or maybe he operates on MS Windows 3000xp

Actually it would be Windows 2000 BC. "Long time ago..."

Good call. People often forget that little tidbit.

*instructs Skor to re-acquaint himself with the trillogy*