Brain Fertilizer

Oh you're just upset because there weren't any Ewoks after ROTJ. :-P

If I'm depressed about anything concerning Ewoks, it's that Anakin's mother wasn't enslaved by them instead of Sand People.

"When I first knew him, your father was already a great pilot."

This is accurate. Analkin was a pod racer and figured out a completely alien fighter craft instantly and destroyed a spaceship with it.

"But I was amazed at how strongly the Force was with him"
Obi-GYN was convinved that Analkin was the chosen one. I would suspect the chosen one was strong with the force.

"I thought that I could instruct him just as well as Yoda. I was wrong."

He tried. He didn't do as well as Yoda.

Don't get me wrong, I'm under the impression that Lucas had a vague idea of what happened and that was about it. Continuity of EPs I II & III leaves a lot to be desired. However, I think this paragraph is safe.

Now, Owen not recognizing C3PO or R2D2 still bugs the poop out of me.

An 8-year old winning a pod race does not a great pilot one make.

Nor does "accidentally" blowing up the reactor core of a starship. Or thinking a spin move would be "neat".

"But I was amazed at how strongly the Force was with him." Not a bit there about how his mentor thought he was the Chosen One. Not one hint of "Metachlorians". And I don't remember him even quirking an eyebrow at Anakin's ability with the Force, much less being "amazed" by it.

And the whole "I thought I could teach him better than Yoda". The whole 4-6 set implies that Jedi are taught individually. No hints of Jedi Councils or Jedi Training Temples. Obi-wan thought he could teach Anakin because of Anakin's ability. Nothing like that in the prequels at all. Yoda was just a senior professor helping out with the younglings in between faculty meetings where they decide to try a coup against the Dean.

Bah. Lucas was seduced by the dark side of profits away from the light side of quality story-telling.

He was a 'natural pilot' is what I'm saying. Anyone who could have just hopped in a cockpit and gotten the thing to do a cool spin must have some sort of talent. Besides, he commented to Padme that he was a good pilot. So piloting was not a far stretch.

Jedi knights take on a padawan learner on a one on one basis. They learn from watching their master. This too, is not much of an oversight.

Another thing is that just because you weren't shown something doesn't mean it didn't happen. Obi may have written in his diary about how amazed he was, we don't know.

Besides, you have to cut Obi-Wan some slack. The guy aged 40 years in less than 18. That has to mess with one's memory. Besides, you have to cut Obi-Wan some slack.

LOL!

But, no: I can no longer accept George Lucas' destruction of my favorite movie. I accept nothing he made after the end of The Empire Strikes Back.

Besides, you have to cut Obi-Wan some slack.....