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   From: ws21@cornell.edu   
      
   In article <1180735370.923758.6740@q66g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>,   
    SFTVratings  wrote:   
      
   > I'm sitting here watching Episode II - where Senator Padme' is almost   
   > killed by an assassin.  And what does Jedi Master Obi-wan do?  He   
   > jumps through a window, grabs the assassin droid, and proceeds to   
   > almost get killed when the droid blows-up, and he falls to his death.   
   >   
   > But of course Anakin Skywalker saves Obi-wan from his own stupidity,   
   > by just barely arriving in time, and catching him Obi-wan with his   
   > floating car.   
   >   
   >   
   >   
   > Then Anakin jumps out.   
   > And he falls and falls and falls.   
   >   
   > So.   
   >   
   > Is Jedi synonymous with stupidty?  It would appear so.... these two   
   > men taking foolish risks with their lives.  Only pure chance saved   
   > them from death; else they'd be mere bloody splat-marks on the ground.   
   >   
   > I thought Jedi were more intelligent than to take foolish risks.   
      
   Jedi perhaps. Movie directors no. Foolish risks, followed by falls and   
   such and miraculous escapes, are what make a movie fun to watch.   
      
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