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From: christe%Rand-Unix@sri-unix.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Princess Who?
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Date: Wed, 11-Apr-84 13:44:00 EST
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Posted: Wed Apr 11 13:44:00 1984
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C3PO knows all about the princess, the Rebellion, and Captain Antilles, by
the time the 'droids are sold to Luke's Uncle Owen Lars.  He mentions
Antilles by name, and he sees R2D2 and the princess together during the
battle when she is giving R2 his mission.

C3PO lacks a certain amount of discretion in the scene in question. Luke,
cleaning up R2D2, remarks on the amount of "carbon-scoring" on R2D2's
body, and C3PO replies that he is not surprised, given what the 'droids
have been through in the Rebellion.  Luke swings around to C3PO and
says "You were in the Rebellion?", but before C3PO can reply, R2D2 gives
a long warning whistle.  Presumably he is telling C3PO to shut up, because
C3PO then makes the excuse that he doesn't know much and isn't any good
at telling stories (which is totally false; he is the one who tells the
Ewoks at length about the Rebellion and Luke in "Return of the Jedi").

You gotta listen to what R2D2 says.  I am convinced that the crooning whistle
he gives when entering the long desert canyon (in "Star Wars", just before
the jawas get him) is "I have a bad feeling about this".


--Christe