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

Well, that’s interesting. Movies

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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/whitehusky Oct 31 '24

I like this explanation for that line!

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u/AsthislainX Oct 31 '24

Yeah, R2 is overall a good-natured droid so people don't think a lot about it, but between receiving Leia's message until it's delivering to Obi-Wan he basically didn't stop lying and wasn't above using an innocent farmer boy just to deliver the message.

I would not be surprised if it's revealed that he somehow sabotaged the other R2 unit that was going to be purchased instead of him.

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u/darthjoey91 Oct 31 '24

Nah, Skippy did that because he had a vision of what would happen if R2 didn't go with Luke.

Or if you want a different point of view, R5 did that to himself because R2 told him how important R2's mission was.

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u/Haywoodjablowme1029 Oct 31 '24

I still have the star wars card game from forever ago, the one that was a magic the gathering type game.

I have the R5 card and in the description of the Droid it says it blew the motivator on purpose to help.

Not sure if that's supposed to be cannon but it matches what you said.

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u/Tripping-on-E Nov 01 '24

Star Wars CCG, and I have practically all of the cards.

Back in 1995, before the Special Edition, Decipher Inc. who made the game said that the lore on the cards are officially licensed Lucasfilm lore. You can find this source in the original rule book if you can find it.

Fun fact: the Owen Lars card states that he is the brother of Obi-Wan.

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u/Haywoodjablowme1029 Nov 01 '24

I do have the original rulebook. I have the original starter box set, I'll have to dig it out.