[Kane Knight]

Originally Posted by Vega R2 would have used the rockets had he had the ability in the later movies. Think about it, why would he have gone by ground when he was seeking out Obi-Wan in ANH? He would have used jets to go much faster.

1) Like I said. Demilitarisation. The Empire cracked down on all sorts of things, including strong shields, fast hyperdrives (Han has a .5, but he's a smuggler), and all sorts of fun tech.

2) Heavily damaged droids.

3) flight ceiling/range issues? Might have made more sense for him to stay on the ground, especially as he would have been even less conspicuous if he was flying around.

didn't think Jar Jar was as bad as most people did, I thought he became a better character throughout the movie. At first he just seemed really stupid and a bad character, by the end he wasn't nearly as annoying.

I preferred Jar Jar to the Ewoks, frankly. I'm just stating that he really didn't get any better or worse in the course of the movie.

Qui Gon had time to prepare himself to disappear, it implies that the second he is done talking with obi wan he dies.

So did Darth Vader. Hey, he didn't.

No no no...It's not an issue of taking time to prepare yourself. It's an issue of spiritual matters.

I guess I was more thinking about his lines during the ship flying scene. "I got him" just so damn stupid, even for a supposed 9 year old

Yeah, but to be fair, all of his lines in TPM sucked.

In episode 2 anakin did seem stupid with a lot of his lines. "I killed them. I killed them all" and shit, still nothing compared to jake lloyds lines in episode 1.

Yeah, but they weren't writing for an idiot kid. at least by the time he's an idiot teenager, most people have a better idea of how to write a character, and a reasonable expectation that the kid involved can act.

Still, Anakin was a less important character in the first movie. He really didn't have much of a place, except as a plot device. In the second movie, he was supposed to you know, be a character. They really failed, so it's more detrimental for the character to have bad lines than for the plot device to have shit lines.