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skoon · 16th April 2003, 08:36 PM

maybe becaue there's so many arms flying here there & everywhere usualy, no one knows whos are is who's so they opt for a new prosthetic one?

imported_polymath · 23rd April 2003, 03:21 PM

Or maybe it's 'cos they think if you're dumb enough to get your arm chopped off by a lightsabre once, then you are just going to do it again, so why bother sticking it back on? With a prosthetic they can just keep soldering on a new one every time...

skoon · 23rd April 2003, 06:14 PM

hee hee, I like that explanation

timdgreat · 23rd April 2003, 07:38 PM

hmm i cant decide if i should laugh or get mad, oh well mabye thats true, but i think its actually impossible to reatch limbs cut off by a lightsaber:rolly2:

tokyogirl · 5th June 2003, 06:34 PM

maybe the gold just accessorized better with pad-me's wedding dress....

timdgreat · 7th June 2003, 11:48 PM

lmao yeah thats it, or mabye he just decide to steal C-3pos arm

:rolly2:

tokyogirl · 8th June 2003, 07:12 AM

Dave · 8th June 2003, 11:24 AM

Seriously, maybe it really was C3PO's arm. I think that is a good idea. Maybe that was all that was available at the time, (they were in the middle of a battle, on the outer reaches of the Republic.)

Luke, on the other hand

, was able to get hospital treatment with a new arm very quickly after Vader sliced his off, before the amputated limb began to heal over and it was too late.

I had always believed that Luke's arm was a synthetically grown organic arm, but I've read that it was also meant to be mechanical, just with new skin grown over the top (think: 'Terminator').

Maybe this skin takes longer to grow -- so in Ep. III we will see Anakin with a more lifelike arm.

I've also read that because of the difficulty of filming a mechanical arm in every shot, his arm would be more likely to be gloved or normal. Somehow, I doubt that is actually a real constraint on the film considering that almost every shot already has some CGI in it.

timdgreat · 9th June 2003, 09:38 PM

well dave from my knowledge of the star wars universe growing a new arm isnt possible, i dont think, i may be wrong. there is cloning and im sure that could be used to great effect to make new limbs, that is if the ability hadnt been lost to all but a few.

I actually dont think Lukes hand was ever meant to be something that was grown, i think it was always supposed to be mechanical so there would be that similarity between luke and vader:rolly2:

Dave · 10th June 2003, 10:25 AM

I think you're right. Only the Kamino's would be able to grow a new arm.

It was only what I had assumed at the time of ROTJ. Between watching the original trilogy and TPM I never read any Star Wars books and only watched the films again a couple of times so I'm not an expert at all. I think it was the fact that Luke had complete movement and feeling in the arm that lead me to believe that.

I've now read since that that was deliberately done in order to show how technologically advanced an artificial limb could become. If so then it was totally lost on me when I watched ROTJ.

timdgreat · 12th June 2003, 10:49 PM

something to remember though although the caminos may have been able to grow new limbs there are several reasons why it wouldnt work in the case we are talking about, first the caminos would only do it for lots of money, and it wouldnt have been available for luke cause cloning was a art that was lost during or right after the clone wars, and basicly was only realy available to the emperor during the rebellion years:rolly2:

Dave · 2nd October 2003, 09:32 PM

I want to discuss Arm loss in general.

Watching the original trilogy again makes me wonder whether Lucas should see a psychiatrist:

We have Anakin losing an Arm from a lightsabre.

We have Luke losing an Arm from a lightsabre.

We have 'Walrus Man' losing an Arm in the Cantina from a lightsabre.

We have the Ice Wampa losing an Arm from a lightsabre.

timdgreat · 3rd October 2003, 02:30 AM

lol im not so sure that hes obbsessed as such, but just that, at least as far as i can reason, the arm or hand is the easyest appendage to cut off that and still keep the scene from getting to gory, like say cutting some ones head off might do:rolly2:

ray gower · 6th October 2003, 12:22 AM

and people keep waving their arms around to stop other folks chopping theit heads off.

Besides the film isn't all about chopping folks appendages. They managed to chop a few in half too!

timdgreat · 9th October 2003, 03:58 PM

yeah its all about blowing stuff up

:rolly2:

2nd October 2003, 09:32 PM	#27 (permalink)
Dave Wherever I Am, I'm There Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Greater London Posts: 11,531	George Lucas is obssessed I want to discuss Arm loss in general. Watching the original trilogy again makes me wonder whether Lucas should see a psychiatrist: We have Anakin losing an Arm from a lightsabre. We have Luke losing an Arm from a lightsabre. We have 'Walrus Man' losing an Arm in the Cantina from a lightsabre. We have the Ice Wampa losing an Arm from a lightsabre.

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16th April 2003, 08:36 PM	#16 (permalink)
skoon Official keeper of Narim! Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: British Columbia, CANADA Posts: 4,342	maybe becaue there's so many arms flying here there & everywhere usualy, no one knows whos are is who's so they opt for a new prosthetic one?

23rd April 2003, 03:21 PM	#17 (permalink)
imported_polymath trust me, I'm a scientist Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: here, where else? Posts: 22	Or maybe it's 'cos they think if you're dumb enough to get your arm chopped off by a lightsabre once, then you are just going to do it again, so why bother sticking it back on? With a prosthetic they can just keep soldering on a new one every time...

23rd April 2003, 06:14 PM	#18 (permalink)
skoon Official keeper of Narim! Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: British Columbia, CANADA Posts: 4,342	hee hee, I like that explanation

23rd April 2003, 07:38 PM	#19 (permalink)
timdgreat For the Emperor Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Alexandria VA, USA(Washington DC u idiots) Posts: 3,093	hmm i cant decide if i should laugh or get mad, oh well mabye thats true, but i think its actually impossible to reatch limbs cut off by a lightsaber:rolly2:

5th June 2003, 06:34 PM	#20 (permalink)
tokyogirl krycek's love slave Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: TEXAS!!! Posts: 2,098	maybe the gold just accessorized better with pad-me's wedding dress....

7th June 2003, 11:48 PM	#21 (permalink)
timdgreat For the Emperor Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Alexandria VA, USA(Washington DC u idiots) Posts: 3,093	lmao yeah thats it, or mabye he just decide to steal C-3pos arm :rolly2:

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8th June 2003, 11:24 AM	#23 (permalink)
Dave Wherever I Am, I'm There Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Greater London Posts: 11,531	Seriously, maybe it really was C3PO's arm. I think that is a good idea. Maybe that was all that was available at the time, (they were in the middle of a battle, on the outer reaches of the Republic.) Luke, on the other hand , was able to get hospital treatment with a new arm very quickly after Vader sliced his off, before the amputated limb began to heal over and it was too late. I had always believed that Luke's arm was a synthetically grown organic arm, but I've read that it was also meant to be mechanical, just with new skin grown over the top (think: 'Terminator'). Maybe this skin takes longer to grow -- so in Ep. III we will see Anakin with a more lifelike arm. I've also read that because of the difficulty of filming a mechanical arm in every shot, his arm would be more likely to be gloved or normal. Somehow, I doubt that is actually a real constraint on the film considering that almost every shot already has some CGI in it.

9th June 2003, 09:38 PM	#24 (permalink)
timdgreat For the Emperor Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Alexandria VA, USA(Washington DC u idiots) Posts: 3,093	well dave from my knowledge of the star wars universe growing a new arm isnt possible, i dont think, i may be wrong. there is cloning and im sure that could be used to great effect to make new limbs, that is if the ability hadnt been lost to all but a few. I actually dont think Lukes hand was ever meant to be something that was grown, i think it was always supposed to be mechanical so there would be that similarity between luke and vader:rolly2:

10th June 2003, 10:25 AM	#25 (permalink)
Dave Wherever I Am, I'm There Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Greater London Posts: 11,531	I think you're right. Only the Kamino's would be able to grow a new arm. It was only what I had assumed at the time of ROTJ. Between watching the original trilogy and TPM I never read any Star Wars books and only watched the films again a couple of times so I'm not an expert at all. I think it was the fact that Luke had complete movement and feeling in the arm that lead me to believe that. I've now read since that that was deliberately done in order to show how technologically advanced an artificial limb could become. If so then it was totally lost on me when I watched ROTJ.

12th June 2003, 10:49 PM	#26 (permalink)
timdgreat For the Emperor Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Alexandria VA, USA(Washington DC u idiots) Posts: 3,093	something to remember though although the caminos may have been able to grow new limbs there are several reasons why it wouldnt work in the case we are talking about, first the caminos would only do it for lots of money, and it wouldnt have been available for luke cause cloning was a art that was lost during or right after the clone wars, and basicly was only realy available to the emperor during the rebellion years:rolly2:

3rd October 2003, 02:30 AM	#28 (permalink)
timdgreat For the Emperor Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Alexandria VA, USA(Washington DC u idiots) Posts: 3,093	lol im not so sure that hes obbsessed as such, but just that, at least as far as i can reason, the arm or hand is the easyest appendage to cut off that and still keep the scene from getting to gory, like say cutting some ones head off might do:rolly2:

6th October 2003, 12:22 AM	#29 (permalink)
ray gower Registered User Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Gwynedd Posts: 3,579	and people keep waving their arms around to stop other folks chopping theit heads off. Besides the film isn't all about chopping folks appendages. They managed to chop a few in half too!