Some things about the beginning I never understood...

3.Why did Luke put his new light saber inside R2-D2 instead of just bringing it in himself?

4.When Luke first comes to Jabbas palace, we see him use the force choke on the two pig guards. Why then does Luke never use the force choke on Jabba?

1. My guess is the Rebellion didn't want the Hutt's to be furious at the Rebels for attacking Jabba's palace, which is probably why it's just Luke, Lando, Leia, and Chewie that move in to rescue Han.

2. I doubt Luke would have left R2 and C3PO with Jabba if he had accepted the deal, definitely an interesting question though, but then again maybe Luke would have left the droids there until the Empire was dealt with.

3. Plot device. If Luke brings the lightsaber with him, we can't see the cool scene over the sarlacc later that shows Luke jumping down, springing up, and catching the lightsaber mid-air with some weird time delay that allows this to happen.

4. Luke actually uses force sleep on the Gamorrean Guards, and puts them back to rest. My guess is Jabba was immune to Luke's miniscule knowledge of force abilities, much like Watto.

Luke didn't care for the droids that much? What would he have done if Jabba had agreed to the trade?

Perhaps Luke chose the option that would result in the least loss of life.

Perhaps the rebel soldiers declined to risk their lives for Han Solo, bacause there were more important issues at stake. Maybe nobody was willing to go but those closest to Han.




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2.What was the deal with Luke offering the droids to Jabba in exchange for Han? I guess maybe Luke was hoping to get Han back without a fight, but...really, Luke didn't care for the droids that much? What would he have done if Jabba had agreed to the trade? Would Luke really have left R2-D2 and C-3PO behind with Jabba?

3.Why did Luke put his new light saber inside R2-D2 instead of just bringing it in himself?

Luke just had a crazy plan and they went for it. :)

This is how the planning went down:


Luke: "Okay so, first we get Lando Calrissian posing as a guard inside Jabba's Palace."

You: "How do we do that?"

Luke: "We just get him a costume and he--just walks in."

You: "Um, okay, say it's that easy. So then Lando gets Han out of the carbonite and we pick them up and get away?"

Luke: "No. What happens next is that I put my lightsaber in a hidden compartment in R2-D2 and send R2-D2 and C3PO to Jabba the Hutt as gifts."

You: "Wait, why-"

Luke: "Just listen. Next we have Leia pose as a bounty hunter arriving at Jabba's palace with Chewbacca captured. She's going to hand over Chewbacca to Jabba."

You: "Wait, why? Wouldn't that mean we would now have to rescue Han Solo, Chewbacca, R2-D2 and C3PO? That just makes it more difficult, right?"

Luke: "Just go with me here. Next, Leia is going to sneak around at night and get Han Solo out of the carbonite, but get captured."

You: "What? Why would we get everyone captured like that?"

Luke: "Now I'll show up, use my Force powers to get in to Jabba's fortress, get past the guards to an audience before Jabba and then use my Jedi mind trick to get Jabba to release everyone. If that doesn't work, then I'll get captured."

You: "Okay, if you can just use your Force powers to get in to the palace and all the way to Jabba, then let's just have you go in right now and get Han out."

Luke: "No, that's stupid. I'm going to get myself captured. Because then you see, we'll be taken to the sarlacc pit and then, when we're on the skiff, I'll get sent out first and then R2-D2 will manage to get to the top of Jabba's sail barge and shoot out my lightsaber, and then with Lando's help, we'll just--rescue everyone and then everything will be fine!"

You: "That is the stupidest plan I've ever heard of."

Luke:"I've thought of everything."

You: "Clearly you didn't."