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   C'Pi to SFTVratings   
   Re: STAR WARS PREQUEL - so the moral is    
   08 Jun 07 21:32:03   
   
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   From: nospam@yahoo.com   
      
   SFTVratings wrote:   
   > C'Pi wrote:   
   >> SFTVratings wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> But with the Jedi, it's pretty obvious if you jump out of a moving   
   >>> speeder, you're going to die.  It was only "the luck of fools" that   
   >>> saved Anakin.   
   >>   
   >> No, it was good aim and timing.  He didn't just randomly jump out of   
   >> a speeder.  He obviously knew what he was doing, since he'd done it   
   >> before.   
   >   
   >   
   >   
   > (1) He almost missed.  (2) And once on the ship, he almost fell off,   
   > because he couldn't properly grasp the slippery metal (bit like trying   
   > to hang-on to a NASCAR at 170 mph).  And most importantly:   
   >   
   > (3)  What if the pilot had suddenly made a left turn & gone in a   
   > different direction?   
      
   1.  But he didn't.  2. But he didn't.  3. But she didn't.   
      
   >Then what would Anakin have done???  He'd have   
   > no ship to land on!   
      
   The sky was full of ships.  It would have been impossible NOT to have caught   
   at least one.   
      
   > Foolish risk.   
      
   For you.  But then you're not a Jedi.   
      
   C'Pi   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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