r/StarWars • u/Tanis8998 Jedi • Oct 31 '24

Well, that’s interesting. Movies

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u/Know_Nothing_Bastard Oct 31 '24 edited Oct 31 '24

And here I was, thinking it was perfectly obvious that Obi-Wan reacted to his name that way because he hadn’t used it in twenty years.

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u/kevinraisinbran Oct 31 '24

Doesn't he say "Of course I know him, he's me"?

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u/ItsWillJohnson Oct 31 '24

He also says “I don’t recall ever knowing a droid such as this” when he’d been on lots of adventures with him.

I think prequels would have been better if they added a bunch of instances of obi forgetting about r2.

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u/Viscount1881 Grand Moff Tarkin Oct 31 '24

I think it was "I don't recall owning a droid. So Obi-Wan was telling the truth, from a certain point of view.

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u/AsthislainX Oct 31 '24 edited Oct 31 '24

No, the one who lied was R2 saying he had to find his original owner. He was manipulating Luke the same way it said that Luke had to remove the restraining bolt to play the full message. Obi-Wan saying that he didn't recall owning a droid was just him calling out R2's lies, the same way 3PO was saying that his previous owner was Captain Antilles.

Edit: Changed to the correct term of the restraining bolt.

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u/Amaakaams Oct 31 '24

In all likelihood C3PO was likely Antilles protocol droid. Organa has already wiped his memory at the end of Revenge of the Sith. Likely left both of them to watch over Leia while doing work with Captain Antilles. But C3PO might only have known himself as owned by Antilles.