These are not the droids you are looking for.
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Originally posted by HorseradishTree
-Obi-Wan is senile, as in the original trilogy he doesn't recognize C-3PO or R2-D2.
I thought about that when I cracked the original tapes shortly after watching ROTS. (Ha! "ROTS" HAAA!)
Droids are pretty forgetable, and he had more important things to focus on. Would you remember your old toaster fifty or sixty years later?
I found that the modern trillogy added a layer of depth to the original trillogy. There were so many things that Obi Wan wanted to tell Luke, but couldn't. "Darth is your Father" was only the tip of the iceberg.
When R2 D2 finds his old master in "A New Hope", Obi-Wan tells Luke "I don't seem to recall ever owning a droid..."
He knew damned well that he had owned droids in the good ol' days, but he didn't want to let on. At the time, there was no point in rushing Luke in to Jedi training and it seemed like Obi Wan was intentionally not exciting him so as to keep him on Tatouine with Uncle Owen for a while, ease him in to the process.
Naturally, that would make for a boreing Space Epic, so The Empire offed the Mom & Pop farming opperation to create some drama and urgency.
Bonus droid recollection question: Wouldn't Darth Vader have remembered 3po? He did make him...
Re: These are not the droids you are looking for.
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Originally posted by Raoul
Droids are pretty forgetable, and he had more important things to focus on. Would you remember your old toaster fifty or sixty years later?
When R2 D2 finds his old master in "A New Hope", Obi-Wan tells Luke "I don't seem to recall ever owning a droid..."
He knew damned well that he had owned droids in the good ol' days, but he didn't want to let on. At the time, there was no point in rushing Luke in to Jedi training and it seemed like Obi Wan was intentionally not exciting him so as to keep him on Tatouine with Uncle Owen for a while, ease him in to the process.
Bonus droid recollection question: Wouldn't Darth Vader have remembered 3po? He did make him...
In response to your bonus, I don't think Darth ever had a scene with the droids in the original trilogy.
However, for Obi-Wan, after seeing young Anakin construct C-3PO and referring to R2 by name and utilizing his abilities in the third film, I just can't buy it.