The Weapon That Killed Aunt & Uncle - Page 2

General Solo · 01-21-2006, 12:33 AM

mhm, of course it was made up because we never actually saw what happened, so yea

zalcron · 02-24-2006, 11:40 AM

i dont think the skeletons were them, maybe they were the kind you find in doctors' offices and the stormtroopers thought it would be funny to make luke beleive it was them, whilst they took his aunt and uncle to Jabba's and sold them as dancers...

*Kurgan* · 02-25-2006, 01:02 PM

Lucas seemed to like TROOPS, maybe he secretly considers it canon.

It wouldn't be the first time.... remember his response to "CLERKS"? (even if he got the quote wrong, he was clearly influenced by it)

Then again, the Stormtroopers may have tried to put the blame on Scorpion, of Mortal Kombat fame, just as they put the blame for the Jawa deaths on the Sandpeople.

The plot thickens...

HUGOMAND · 03-04-2006, 04:50 AM

Didn't they just burn the place after they'd shot 'em?

*Kurgan* · 03-04-2006, 04:26 PM

We may never know...

TK-8252 · 03-04-2006, 04:56 PM

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Originally Posted by HUGOMAND

Didn't they just burn the place after they'd shot 'em?

Yes, that's what StarWars.com says.

*Kurgan* · 03-05-2006, 05:13 AM

Well, even if SW.com somehow was canon we can still speculate on what they shot them with and what they burned the place with!

Darth_Malak02 · 03-06-2006, 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by idle

It's a good enough excuse for me, I was just wondering if I had somehow missed out on some cool Imperial weapon through all these years.

Actually you may have missed a cool imperial weapon...I have read in multiple sources (of EU books) that it was an imperial artillery...

*Kurgan* · 03-07-2006, 05:24 PM

Like which sources?

Was it a vehicle? Portable device? I'm intrigued.

Darth_Malak02 · 03-07-2006, 10:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Kurgan

Like which sources?

Was it a vehicle? Portable device? I'm intrigued.

my sources arent very reliable...I read tales from mos eeisley cantina...and assumed it was right because there is arillery in swgb...so iassume there is in Star Wars Real Life. it sounded like a vehicle...

*Kurgan* · 03-07-2006, 11:34 PM

Interesting. I thought the "Tales from Jabba's Palace" and "Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina" were retconned as just being the kind of wild stories you'd hear some old drunken spacers tell around the glow lamp, considering some of the stuff is contradicted by the Special Edition changes.

I don't own that particular book so I can't say that I've read the particular story in question. Can you quote any relevant passages? I also am less than familiar with SWGB, not having really checked it out since the demo... though that would be nice supporting source, even if it is a game. I'm sure the device would exist, the question is, is it what was really used on the Lars homestead...

Darth_Malak02 · 03-08-2006, 05:39 PM

ok...this is a quote from the book...Davin Felth's commander issues these orders...(davin felth is a stomrtrooper)

"'Floating fortress, this house needs to be left as a reminder of what happens when quarter is given to the rebels. fire when ready."

it doesn't exactly say that it is an artillery, I suppose it could be some sort of atmospheric battleship, I just assumed it was a hover artillery...

Fate's Decision · 03-08-2006, 07:17 PM

!!
Perhaps there is much more to the Star Wars series than meets the eye...could this be the only clue Lucas left behind as to how Star Wars really went down? Maybe he tried to get the audience to concentrate on the petty things so they would miss the big picture...

*Kurgan* · 03-09-2006, 01:58 AM

Why would the Stormtroopers want to make an "example" of the Lars? And how did they "give quarter" to the Rebels (I thought "give quarter" meant to spare their lives by taking them prisoner, but in this case it sounds like they're using the term "quarter" as in "quartering troops in your home")? Luke wasn't a part of the Rebellion at this point, nor was Owen, or Obi-Wan that we know of. The Stormtroopers went out of their way to make their slaughter of the Jawas look like the work of the Tusken Raiders.

Plus, with what they left behind, how would anyone know that this is what happens to Rebel "quarter-givers"? What evidence would they have that this had to be the work of the Empire?

And why would an aerial (orbital?) weapon be so weak?

This story is fishy...

TSR · 03-20-2006, 05:13 AM

oh no! old peopel! call in the artillery! they'll kill us all! they smell of wee and death! burn them!!!!!

PoiuyWired · 05-03-2006, 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Wilshire

what kind of sadistic stormtrooper would sit there for hours shooting a human corpse until it turned into a smoldering skeleton haha

Its fun to be Evil!

And being a Sadist is tons of fun.

Either that, or the stormies are out of rations.

I mean, those bones are picked clean, and charboiled... you don't get that skeletal look from a burning body out in the (relatively) open.

St. Jimmy · 06-06-2006, 09:41 AM

Cannible Stormtroopers that didn't get to finish their meal?

Davinq · 07-28-2006, 12:49 AM

Yeah, um, there were some Rebels defending the Lars' as the Stormtroopers attacked, a Bothan struck with an incinerator and missed - sort of.

Nedak · 07-28-2006, 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by HUGOMAND

Didn't they just burn the place after they'd shot 'em?

What would be the point of burning the place anyways?

TK-8252 · 07-28-2006, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by han sala

What would be the point of burning the place anyways?

To hide the evidence?

Nedak · 07-28-2006, 03:03 PM

Yea that’s true. So then what would have happened is the Troopers stormed the building most likely, interrogated Uncle, and Aunt Owen, Searched the place, killed them and put their bodies right next to each other outside and burned them to make it look like an accident.

PoiuyWired · 07-28-2006, 05:48 PM

Come to think of it, it might be some kind of high powered microwave gun... either that or a really friggin huge oven. (Think, a easy-bake oven and a hamster, only in a larger scale)

Nedak · 07-28-2006, 06:24 PM

But then how did they get outside?

Davinq · 07-29-2006, 01:49 AM

They were interrogated Daala style (muscle dystrophy) and dragged outside, where they were... *insert burn theory here*

PoiuyWired · 07-29-2006, 06:23 PM

I think the only logical reason would be them getting roasted INSIDE the house, then dragged out. kinda like what you do after your food in the oven is overdone.

Otherwise its hard to have that damage done outdoors.

Either that or dewbacks actually spout fire like dragons.

MachineCult · 07-29-2006, 10:10 PM

I always thought it looked like they had been trying to run away.

St. Jimmy · 07-29-2006, 11:23 PM

The Stormies could have been going to move the bodies and then recieved new orders or just couldn't be bothered anymore... so left them were they had already got them to... Just another possibility.

PoiuyWired · 07-30-2006, 07:50 PM

Maybe they expact the Wamp Rats (or other critters) to come and eat the roasted bodies, but Luke & Crew arrives too early.

Great Scott! · 08-10-2006, 11:09 PM

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Originally Posted by TK-8252

R5 unit technically

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Originally Posted by Luke Skywalker

This R2 unit has a bad motivator, look!

I think Luke knows a little more about droids.

**coupes.** · 08-10-2006, 11:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Nintendork

I think Luke knows a little more about droids.

Yet, his name is R5-D4.

Great Scott! · 08-10-2006, 11:19 PM

I know, but in some way "R2 unit" must make sense if Luke is going to call it that...

PoiuyWired · 08-11-2006, 03:01 PM

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Originally Posted by coupes.

Yet, his name is R5-D4.

I thought he is called skippy the Jedi Droid or something XD

Dagobahn Eagle · 08-11-2006, 08:07 PM

They just burned the place and them down. Plain and simple. Although I like Troops' theory

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Well, even if SW.com somehow was canon we can still speculate on what they shot them with and what they burned the place with!

Right. Starwars.com is as inaccurate as they get.

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I know, but in some way "R2 unit" must make sense if Luke is going to call it that...

Luke is wrong. Plain and simple.

Great Scott! · 08-12-2006, 12:32 AM

Yeah, I thought he might just be wrong, but I think he should've been R2-D4 or something just so it would've been right. But whatever.

**coupes.** · 08-12-2006, 12:49 AM

Only Star Wars geeks can turn the smallest detail into a full blown argument

...well maybe trekies too

**Jan Gaarni** · 08-12-2006, 03:39 AM

And if you put those 2 together .....

Total mayhem.

PoiuyWired · 08-12-2006, 12:59 PM

now... if you put them against each other at a con... Priceless.

Jediking12 · 04-29-2009, 01:03 PM

The House was on fire so they were incenirated

Blix · 05-01-2009, 02:18 AM

I think a disintegration blaster is what turned Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru into KFC original recipe...

M@RS · 05-01-2009, 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Jediking12

The House was on fire so they were incenirated

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Originally Posted by Blix

I think a disintegration blaster is what turned Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru into KFC original recipe...

Guys, this thread is nearly 3 years old. Let it R.I.P.