Think it’s great, and would have opened up some interesting storylines (“Why is this droid so good at flying an X-Wing?”). My own pet theory holds that Obi-wan is Luke’s father, and Darth killed him during the Clone Wars after turning to the Dark Side. From the moment we meet him in New Hope, Obi-wan is a Force Ghost, but this doesn’t become apparent until he fights Vader.
Been a fan of SW since it premiered in the 70s. I interacted with literally thousands or more SW fans before the 90s. I heard theories but, never heard this one. It sounds like something someone made up and claims dates back to the beginning. I’ve written three books about the cultural impact of the franchise during the period where OT was released and SE versions were released, for context.
Fandom around SW changed completely in the late 90s when the bad CGI was added, and then became polarized with PT. It’s unrecognizable as a fandom vs where it was in the time period this article references and I don’t know if that’s something you would understand fully if you didn’t live through it.
SW changed everything. There has been nothing that has had the level of cultural impact since then and the way people speculate about it now vs then is completely different. So no, R2D2 was not widelly speculated to be Luke’s father.
I also was there at the beginning. Even before the movie was released I was a fan. (Mark Hamill!) When my mom and I got home from the 1stc2 viewings we were talking and I remarked that Darth Vader translates to dark father in Dutch. I was not surprised by the scene in TESB at all. As to ythe odd theory of R3D2. Nope. Not from that time at all. Matter of fact nobody cared who Luke’s father was. We just wanted to continue the saga.
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MuTru
Think it’s great, and would have opened up some interesting storylines (“Why is this droid so good at flying an X-Wing?”). My own pet theory holds that Obi-wan is Luke’s father, and Darth killed him during the Clone Wars after turning to the Dark Side. From the moment we meet him in New Hope, Obi-wan is a Force Ghost, but this doesn’t become apparent until he fights Vader.
Roger
Been a fan of SW since it premiered in the 70s. I interacted with literally thousands or more SW fans before the 90s. I heard theories but, never heard this one. It sounds like something someone made up and claims dates back to the beginning. I’ve written three books about the cultural impact of the franchise during the period where OT was released and SE versions were released, for context.
Fandom around SW changed completely in the late 90s when the bad CGI was added, and then became polarized with PT. It’s unrecognizable as a fandom vs where it was in the time period this article references and I don’t know if that’s something you would understand fully if you didn’t live through it.
SW changed everything. There has been nothing that has had the level of cultural impact since then and the way people speculate about it now vs then is completely different. So no, R2D2 was not widelly speculated to be Luke’s father.
Colleen M McAllister
I also was there at the beginning. Even before the movie was released I was a fan. (Mark Hamill!) When my mom and I got home from the 1stc2 viewings we were talking and I remarked that Darth Vader translates to dark father in Dutch. I was not surprised by the scene in TESB at all. As to ythe odd theory of R3D2. Nope. Not from that time at all. Matter of fact nobody cared who Luke’s father was. We just wanted to continue the saga.
Kelly Blackie
I just looked it up on Google translate, and “Darth” is not the Dutch word for dark.
Kelly c Blackie
I just looked up “Darth” on Google translate. There are many words for “dark” in Dutch, but “Darth” is not one of them.
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