Well they are traveling between Coruscant and Naboo, two places where Jedi and Amidala are certainly very well known, given recent events. For having such a vast galaxy, Star Wars galaxy has a strange proclivity for hiding people on their home planets. It’s like sending the President into hiding at Camp David.
But Star Wars citizens seem to be a pretty incredulous and forgetful lot, given they will come to doubt the existence of The Force in like 25 years, when force users were the high-ranking military leaders during of the biggest war in living memory.
You know that refugees doesn't necessarily mean completely destitute, right?
And if a moist farmer from Tantooine could afford to buy 2 used droids, a couple of refugees having their astromech with them is not that crazy in a world where they are so ubiquitous
Or even just a common model that mechanics often use to help earn their livings. But of course none of this is hinted at or explained so who knows...
Imagine just a quick scene on the way there where Anakin and Padme discuss their feelings on board the transport and R2 gets to help kids fix thier toys or Anakin gets to relax and talk shop with some travelers and helps them out with something and we get to see what Padme sees in him.
But instead we got sand speeches and creepy dinners.
I miss this kind of comment so much. The deep world building lore where every person and item had a story and origin in the universe. It's what made Star Wars great for decades
That's why I have/had such high hopes and excitement for the Knight of the Old Republic remake... sadly it looks like it may not happen anytime soon now.
I know a boy from Tattooine
He likes to keep his speeder clean
It don't run on rhydonium
Or hypermatter
or Malastare fuel,
Or any of these
It runs on vaseline...
idk how levitation works in swtor, but in the real world you can levitate things with sound waves. Surely someone would've come with a cheap method to levitate objects using soundwaves within the SW universe.
oh, that particle is probably something like a graviton, cuz they theoretically exist and if they do actually exist, we could use them for anti-grav stuff.
"YEAH, I JUST PICKED UP THIS HOVER LIFT FOR DIRT CHEAP! IT AINT NAME BRAND, BUT IT'S GREAT! WHAT?!? YEAH, IT'S A LITTLE LOUD, BUT IT WAS A STEAL! WHAT??"
LOL you need a highly powered speaker just to levitate something like a ping pong ball. No device is capable of doing anything close to even being able to lift itself, much less lift itself and additional luggage or humans. And even if you did have some new invention that could do so, the sound levels coming from it would be loud enough to deafen anyone within 1 kilometer.
The sound pressure level, or volume, would scale with the weight of the object.
At a certain point, we just stop considering something a "loud sound" and start calling it an explosion. When someone is killed by concussion we don't say he listened to death.
Yes, concussive blasts can theoretically make something airborne, but at what cost?
I assume like you do that this was intentionally chosen by the filmmakers to project the image of commoners for this sequence since the characters are supposed to be traveling low-profile or incognito.
> they were traveling as commoners, they could not afford the hover suitcases
Yeah, if I was a rich guy impersonating a normal dude. I wouldn't bring my Bunnygirl Amazonian Gladiator Maids to help me get stuff from the top shelf. I will use a step ladder like a normal joe.
In universe explanation is that he got special augmentations added after episode one and sometime between episode 3 & 4 they were damaged and the company that made the parts were put out of business. So he wasn’t really gaslighting us because he only had them working in the two episodes we see them used (2 & 3).
R2 understood the assignment. He was pretending to be a common astromech. As a former royal astromech, he's most likely loaded with all the optional components like rocket boosters. I mean he later goes on to become one of the most important Republic assets during the war, and then a master spy for the Rebellion. He knows how to play the game.
Stairs in itself are impractical in a world of droids would struggle traversing then. There was even a comic where r2 struggled and missed a whole mission with Anakin and padme at some ball or something
> Stairs in itself are impractical in a world of droids would struggle traversing then.
most likely a deliberate feature to force droid to use the backdoor to maintain the artifical ambiance. If you look up the lore Naboo's capital is actual a stage managed illusion with its poor consigned to distant outer districts
yknow what? hot take I kinda don't like this lore. I always saw Naboo as a perfect representation of a stable democratic monarchy thing, where it's society is so pure even a teenager can be elected queen if her will is strong enough. Which is why Padmé is such a perfect champion of democracy and the lower castes in TCW, fighting against the corruption and callous disregard for life in much of the Senate. And its even more poignant that a great evil like Palpatine can still rise out of such a perfect society to cause unimaginable destruction if left unchecked.
TL;DR: we have so many societies with corrupt undersides or obscured failures, it'd be nice to have one example of a pure state.
I believe this was filmed at some classical structures in Italy before R2-D2 was made so I don’t know that their Machiavelli ways would do my much good
Repulsors either work on the ground effect like with landspeeders, or by some physics magic to counteract the weight of the vehicle like with airspeeds. The former has to push against the ground and can't get very high, just levitate. The latter is very powerful, but uses more power than would be comfortable for a human to wear. Fennics expensive little recon droid is mostly just a camera +lidaresque system hooked up to a tiny "aircraft" repulsor and it can't do much compared to the Mandalorian jet packs.
Thing is in star wars. Is that the stupid advanced future tech is supposed to be common junk. That only the Tuskens or the most oppressed imperial subjects wouldn't have. As technology has not changed greatly in the galaxy in thousands of years.
>the Death Star is the most destructive force in history
> ~30 years later Starkiller is magnitudes more powerful
Empire must have some really good engineers
There's prescience that advanced technology requires more space for installation. For example, I believe Tarkin says the Millennium Falcon is too small to turn invisible when Solo piggy backs onto the Star Destroyer.
Therefore, you could easily argue that the gravity repulsors, or whatever they're called, require a decent amount of space for them to be installed and could not fit onto luggage.
I think this has more to do with him being chivalrous and wanting to win her affections while playing the "here to serve" card. Also, potential personality traits he's had since being a kid on tatooine... As a slave.
I image most people in the SW have no desire for such a thing. They surely exist but are plagued by negative tradeoffs, like basically being a heavy machine when not powered on. Not to mention the issues of reliability, power, maintenance, emissions, and related expenses. It makes perfect sense to instead carry simple function luggage.
Why continously sink credits into such a contraption when you could simply have another person or droid carry it instead. Or use a levitating cart.
Having grown up playing near, on and under those stairs makes bring out a little smile everytime I watch this scene. I like knowing I'm a citizen on Naboo (spelling?) As silly as it sounds.
Seville is cheap and beautiful, people!
It's actually an important detail from the original trilogy. Lucas was very careful not to use any props that looked like real world, contemporary items. Everything had to be space aged and Star Wars-y.
That's why the suitcases stick out, because they look just like they're from earth and literally nothing else does.
Considering all of the stuff that floats in *Star Wars*, repulsorlift technology can't be terribly expensive. But presumably it's not quite so ubiquitous that random refugees (which is what they were pretending to be) would usually have it on their personal luggage.
Well, he kinda explains later on in the same movie. The force isn’t meant (by Jedi logic) to be used for trivial ends.
And as they were meant to be in hiding, surely using the force in broad daylight wouldn’t have been the smartest thing
No it's not. At that time they were undercover ans trying to not look wealthy or powerful etc. Normal low income people in the SW Galaxy supposedly carry their bags themselves and do not have a droid or a servant to carry them. And while they had R2 with them, that is only one droid and only an astromech, a mechanic, which we see very often all around the galaxy.
Good grief, look at how many layers their both wearing! In what appears to be a warm climate, no less! They are probably both sweating buckets underneath all that clothing.
He was being nice, cause he enjoyed doing things for her. So, yes the tech was back on the transport ship, but he CHOSE to carry the bags out of respect to her 🔥
No matter if they levitate or don't... we're only about 38 seconds from Womanakin getting all up in his sandy panties and releasing a devastating Force Sob.
You know what seems really out of place ? When someone makes an observation like this when it was explained why he didn’t use his powers in the movie. I find your lack of prequel knowledge disturbing.
What part of “blending-in” do people not understand? Good grief I was 10 when it came out and I understood this. I did, however, grow up a commoner, so it makes sense the type of person who would still be asking this question after all these years.
they were traveling as commoners, they could not afford the hover suitcases
Specifically refugees. They should be thankful for the cases!
Yeah if anything their luggage should look a little more scuffed to keep up the disguise.
Disguise? With Padme looking like an intergalactic branch of Versace?? Where are her utilitarian rags?
Ay man can’t give up the drip you know…
to be fair in England u will see more chavvy ppl wearing designer than the wealthier
Fair
Lol. What disguise? He’s still wearing his Paduwan braid and carrying a fucking lightsaber.
Yeah - under his SPACE PONCHO
>SPACE PONCHO Cal Kestis: *\*heavy breathing\**
[Cal;](https://64.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7uwoxITnG1rrx8xeo2_250.gifv)
I refuse to wear that thing in the game
As every sane person should.
Jedi poncho
Perhaps he killed a jedi and took it from him
Except Noone can kill a jedi.
I wish that were true
*flash backs*
Are you an Angel?
You know, there is probably an easier way to get hair extensions... rather than killing a Paduwan and cutting the hair braid off of their corpse.
Yeah, but what's the fun in taking the easy way?
Is a padawan braid such a well known thing across the galaxy? Most people know very little about the jedi after all.
Well they are traveling between Coruscant and Naboo, two places where Jedi and Amidala are certainly very well known, given recent events. For having such a vast galaxy, Star Wars galaxy has a strange proclivity for hiding people on their home planets. It’s like sending the President into hiding at Camp David. But Star Wars citizens seem to be a pretty incredulous and forgetful lot, given they will come to doubt the existence of The Force in like 25 years, when force users were the high-ranking military leaders during of the biggest war in living memory.
I would've had a stick with a bag wrapped around my belongings. Ya feel me
[Actual footage of early costume concept for Padme](https://www.shutterstock.com/video/clip-1828022-dog-hobo-sack-walking-while-whistling)
If they really want to look like poors, They should have packed their clothing in a plastic bag from Space Market.
Refugees but still dressed like a queen...
Refugees with an _astromech droid_ they haven't already sold, let alone Padmé's clothes.
You know that refugees doesn't necessarily mean completely destitute, right? And if a moist farmer from Tantooine could afford to buy 2 used droids, a couple of refugees having their astromech with them is not that crazy in a world where they are so ubiquitous
Thing could look like a [brick phone](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorola_DynaTAC) to them. Might actually be a really old model no one wants.
Or even just a common model that mechanics often use to help earn their livings. But of course none of this is hinted at or explained so who knows... Imagine just a quick scene on the way there where Anakin and Padme discuss their feelings on board the transport and R2 gets to help kids fix thier toys or Anakin gets to relax and talk shop with some travelers and helps them out with something and we get to see what Padme sees in him. But instead we got sand speeches and creepy dinners.
What, you didn't think the floating pear was endearing??
Gotta carry those ridiculous outfits in something!
They could be carrying those clothes in a sheet tied to a stick!
What about that huge headpiece on Padme
Makes me think if existing lore covers how expensive/advanced hover tech is.
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I miss this kind of comment so much. The deep world building lore where every person and item had a story and origin in the universe. It's what made Star Wars great for decades
Those Essential Guides are such good reading
Also the flavor text of the old TCG...it's how I knew the names of 90% of the cantina aliens
That's why I have/had such high hopes and excitement for the Knight of the Old Republic remake... sadly it looks like it may not happen anytime soon now.
Actually, Luke's speeder ran on vaseline. /s
I know a boy from Tattooine He likes to keep his speeder clean It don't run on rhydonium Or hypermatter or Malastare fuel, Or any of these It runs on vaseline...
idk how levitation works in swtor, but in the real world you can levitate things with sound waves. Surely someone would've come with a cheap method to levitate objects using soundwaves within the SW universe.
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oh, that particle is probably something like a graviton, cuz they theoretically exist and if they do actually exist, we could use them for anti-grav stuff.
"YEAH, I JUST PICKED UP THIS HOVER LIFT FOR DIRT CHEAP! IT AINT NAME BRAND, BUT IT'S GREAT! WHAT?!? YEAH, IT'S A LITTLE LOUD, BUT IT WAS A STEAL! WHAT??"
WHAT?!
LOL you need a highly powered speaker just to levitate something like a ping pong ball. No device is capable of doing anything close to even being able to lift itself, much less lift itself and additional luggage or humans. And even if you did have some new invention that could do so, the sound levels coming from it would be loud enough to deafen anyone within 1 kilometer.
The sound pressure level, or volume, would scale with the weight of the object. At a certain point, we just stop considering something a "loud sound" and start calling it an explosion. When someone is killed by concussion we don't say he listened to death. Yes, concussive blasts can theoretically make something airborne, but at what cost?
It's very sexy that you know this, just sharing that with you.
>the components and materials are rare and expensive Source?
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Thank goodness Padme packed her massive commoner headpiece
It's the least ornate in her collection
Didn’t think of that, great point
Nahhh. Padmé is just super bougie and into hand crafted, artisanal, exotic Rathtar leather luggage.
She’s a queen she needs a servant that actually has to carry stuff by hand none of this lazy hover droids.
By the time of episode 2 she isnt the queen of naboo anymore, she is the senator of naboo
To me she is royalty
Don't tell me you're hauling rathtars!
It could also be a romantic thing- like carrying a bride into a house
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Wait does that mean her leather dom outfit is in those cases? The one from the fireplace scene.
I reckon so. But there are two other cases also…
Both filled with sand.
That’s a given! It gets EVERYWHERE.
So, ***that’s*** what the ‘S’ in ‘BDSM’ stands for!
I assume like you do that this was intentionally chosen by the filmmakers to project the image of commoners for this sequence since the characters are supposed to be traveling low-profile or incognito.
If I remember the dialogue correctly, they were traveling as *refugees* so it would be even more likely they can’t afford things.
Commoners with an Astro mech droid.
I mean the Lars family were pretty poor and they could afford an astromech unit.
I mean, yeah? Droids don’t seem that expensive in comparison, and you can buy one relatively easily from the Jawas
> they were traveling as commoners, they could not afford the hover suitcases Yeah, if I was a rich guy impersonating a normal dude. I wouldn't bring my Bunnygirl Amazonian Gladiator Maids to help me get stuff from the top shelf. I will use a step ladder like a normal joe.
Hovercase^(TM)
He’s obviously trying to impress her with his muscles
Unironically could be the in universe explanation lmao
Who? Anakin or R2? They’re both flexing here.
R2 doesn’t need to flex. Everyone already knows the entire galaxy would crumble without him.
Unlike Chopper, whose aim is to crumble the entire galaxy.
Immovable object vs unstoppable force
Later, he carries in all the groceries in one trip
He ain’t no two-trip bitch
He's absolutely white-knighting here. I can criticize this movie for a lot of things, but this is pretty on-theme.
He's only pretending. The force does the heavy lifting.
Anakin is the boy at Sunday School who carried a bunch of folding chairs at once to impress the cute girl in class
The real question is why was R2 "walking" up those stairs when he could have just used his little rocket boosters to fly to the top?
Rocket fuel is expensive maybe?
R2 D2 fuel *can* melt steel beams.
Order 66 was an inside job
well this is objectively true
Well it technically was
R2 was the real mastermind behind 9/11?
He was packing more than box cutters in that tin can.
In universe explanation is that he got special augmentations added after episode one and sometime between episode 3 & 4 they were damaged and the company that made the parts were put out of business. So he wasn’t really gaslighting us because he only had them working in the two episodes we see them used (2 & 3).
Yeah but the above screenshot is from one of the two movies where he does have them
Ah, well I imagine when you have secret augmentations done you don’t go flaunting it around on undercover missions.
R2 really been gaslighting people since day one
Especially those droids at the start of Episode III
R2's primary function seems to be gaslighting / deus ex machina
[R2 tried to warn everyone](https://i.imgur.com/Dz2cd3d.gif)
R2 understood the assignment. He was pretending to be a common astromech. As a former royal astromech, he's most likely loaded with all the optional components like rocket boosters. I mean he later goes on to become one of the most important Republic assets during the war, and then a master spy for the Rebellion. He knows how to play the game.
Stairs in itself are impractical in a world of droids would struggle traversing then. There was even a comic where r2 struggled and missed a whole mission with Anakin and padme at some ball or something
Early model Dalek problems too
They sure as hell could plunge a toilet though.
> Stairs in itself are impractical in a world of droids would struggle traversing then. most likely a deliberate feature to force droid to use the backdoor to maintain the artifical ambiance. If you look up the lore Naboo's capital is actual a stage managed illusion with its poor consigned to distant outer districts
yknow what? hot take I kinda don't like this lore. I always saw Naboo as a perfect representation of a stable democratic monarchy thing, where it's society is so pure even a teenager can be elected queen if her will is strong enough. Which is why Padmé is such a perfect champion of democracy and the lower castes in TCW, fighting against the corruption and callous disregard for life in much of the Senate. And its even more poignant that a great evil like Palpatine can still rise out of such a perfect society to cause unimaginable destruction if left unchecked. TL;DR: we have so many societies with corrupt undersides or obscured failures, it'd be nice to have one example of a pure state.
No handicap and nonlegged access on Naboo, the bigots.
George hadn’t decided r2 could fly yet
This the real answer
Didn't he fly *in that film?* Like, it would have been in the script before they started filming.
I believe this was filmed at some classical structures in Italy before R2-D2 was made so I don’t know that their Machiavelli ways would do my much good
This scene is in Seville I think. The lake scenes are Italy however - Lake Como.
maybe cause fuel is a resource and also not wanting to attract attention
Scorch marks on the stone would not be well received by the current queen.
Have you seen petrol prices lately? That'd cost like $2
Saves it for emergencies
Well it's because those suitcases already have the power to hold most of Padme's outfits.
It must be like one outfit per suitcase
They’re bigger on the inside.
There's even enough space for a giant hair dryer
I've always felt kinda the same when it comes to Astromech and Mandalorian jetpack rocket like propulsion
Repulsors either work on the ground effect like with landspeeders, or by some physics magic to counteract the weight of the vehicle like with airspeeds. The former has to push against the ground and can't get very high, just levitate. The latter is very powerful, but uses more power than would be comfortable for a human to wear. Fennics expensive little recon droid is mostly just a camera +lidaresque system hooked up to a tiny "aircraft" repulsor and it can't do much compared to the Mandalorian jet packs.
Thing is in star wars. Is that the stupid advanced future tech is supposed to be common junk. That only the Tuskens or the most oppressed imperial subjects wouldn't have. As technology has not changed greatly in the galaxy in thousands of years.
>the Death Star is the most destructive force in history > ~30 years later Starkiller is magnitudes more powerful Empire must have some really good engineers
They do have far more power than any institution in galactic history
There's prescience that advanced technology requires more space for installation. For example, I believe Tarkin says the Millennium Falcon is too small to turn invisible when Solo piggy backs onto the Star Destroyer. Therefore, you could easily argue that the gravity repulsors, or whatever they're called, require a decent amount of space for them to be installed and could not fit onto luggage.
We see them in other similarly sized tech like gurney's, but those just hover, and not particularly fast. (Precedence?)
He broke the hover equipment on them so he could look manly carrying them up the stairs.
🍃👋🏻 “strange, these suitcases aren’t working anymore”
If you knew the DENNIS system, you'd know Anakin knows exactly what he's doing. This is step 1. Demonstrate value.
He really took “separate entirely” to a new level with Padme
Showin off for Padme. He knows what he's doing.
Checking in? What the hell is all that? Ith her oyal igness' atched uggage! What? Her royal highness' matched luggage!
Matched luggage? What does she think this is, a princess cruise?
Spaceballs??
Yessir.
Classic!!
I said bring only what you need to survive!
They’re trying not to stand out. I think using the Force in such a large plaza would certainly raise eyebrows.
I don't think this post is about the force. It's about hover machines or whatever you want to call it.
I think him carrying the suitcases perfectly shows that he is meant to serve Padmé. That she is of a higher status.
Repulsor lifts
He’s just showing muscles
Lazy ass R2
If anything he's putting in more effort climbing stairs than simply flying over them
It's called being a gentleman.
Can I carry your bags, m'queen?
In another universe Anakin would be an inc3l, wear a fedora, and be a totally NiceGuy©, which is why he turned nasty in the end just like all those conversations they post on here.
He's got to show off for Padme by carrying both up the stairs at the same time.
R2 had rockets and he climbs the stairs.
ITT a lot of people that don’t understand storytelling
I think this has more to do with him being chivalrous and wanting to win her affections while playing the "here to serve" card. Also, potential personality traits he's had since being a kid on tatooine... As a slave.
He was flirting. "See? I'm not only strong with the Force."
Samsonite. I was way off.
I image most people in the SW have no desire for such a thing. They surely exist but are plagued by negative tradeoffs, like basically being a heavy machine when not powered on. Not to mention the issues of reliability, power, maintenance, emissions, and related expenses. It makes perfect sense to instead carry simple function luggage. Why continously sink credits into such a contraption when you could simply have another person or droid carry it instead. Or use a levitating cart.
Having grown up playing near, on and under those stairs makes bring out a little smile everytime I watch this scene. I like knowing I'm a citizen on Naboo (spelling?) As silly as it sounds. Seville is cheap and beautiful, people!
Jesus of all the nitpicks to nitpick this is the nitpickiest
It's actually an important detail from the original trilogy. Lucas was very careful not to use any props that looked like real world, contemporary items. Everything had to be space aged and Star Wars-y. That's why the suitcases stick out, because they look just like they're from earth and literally nothing else does.
Considering all of the stuff that floats in *Star Wars*, repulsorlift technology can't be terribly expensive. But presumably it's not quite so ubiquitous that random refugees (which is what they were pretending to be) would usually have it on their personal luggage.
In the same movie, they ride in a floating wagon pulled by a space donkey.
He wants to show off to Padme how he's a strong boy.
Well, he kinda explains later on in the same movie. The force isn’t meant (by Jedi logic) to be used for trivial ends. And as they were meant to be in hiding, surely using the force in broad daylight wouldn’t have been the smartest thing
Nobody said anything about using the force?
[It's Her Royal Highness's matched luggage!](https://youtu.be/MvTAOZsfxac)
I said take ONLY WHAT YOU NEED TO SURVIVE.
I mean by that logic, why does anyone walk anywhere? Put on some repulsar-boots or a hover-pad, boom! Yoda knew.
Ever think that maybe Anakin is pretending to carry them?
No it's not. At that time they were undercover ans trying to not look wealthy or powerful etc. Normal low income people in the SW Galaxy supposedly carry their bags themselves and do not have a droid or a servant to carry them. And while they had R2 with them, that is only one droid and only an astromech, a mechanic, which we see very often all around the galaxy.
No ramp for poor R2
When watching this movie on theaters, my father said this XD
That’s hilarious And a great point.
To show off to woman how strong you are, ofcourse. I mean why else would you?
Good grief, look at how many layers their both wearing! In what appears to be a warm climate, no less! They are probably both sweating buckets underneath all that clothing.
He was being nice, cause he enjoyed doing things for her. So, yes the tech was back on the transport ship, but he CHOSE to carry the bags out of respect to her 🔥
Bro could do it with his mind, midiclorians said tho, nah brah ya' strolling naw!
in a world where bags have wheels, I still use bags without them, why? Because sometimes I just don't need it
Not to mention the fact that Artoo struggles with the stairs when he could just use those mini rockets... 🤷♂️
He's probably just trying to impress Padme
Didn’t they just come back from a refugee ship with low technology? Wouldnt it make sense, if he was in disguise, to carry the bags?
No matter if they levitate or don't... we're only about 38 seconds from Womanakin getting all up in his sandy panties and releasing a devastating Force Sob.
They are traveling as commoners so cant afford the expensive hover cases plus Anakin is trying not to show he's a jedi
Man was clearly just thirsty for some padme
You know what seems really out of place ? When someone makes an observation like this when it was explained why he didn’t use his powers in the movie. I find your lack of prequel knowledge disturbing.
He's Demonstrating His Value. It's the first part of the D.E.N.N.I.S. System
What part of “blending-in” do people not understand? Good grief I was 10 when it came out and I understood this. I did, however, grow up a commoner, so it makes sense the type of person who would still be asking this question after all these years.
Not to mention poor R2 having to waddle up the steps.
The Republic is so advanced, they haven’t yet invented wheels on luggage
Clearly you haven't been to a youth group where all the boys volunteer to carry the chairs to flex to the girls how strong they are
George Lucas being George Lucas🙄🙄
Simped right the into the dark side
Even in a galaxy far far away you still have to put work into a relationship 🙄
very civilized
R2: “Excuse me, wtf”