C3PO shot in Cloud City

Enola Straight · Post by **Enola Straight** » 2003-04-21 12:59am

In TESB, C3PO wanders into the wrong room and is blasted to pieces by somebody off camera (stormtroopers?).

What was the point? Who cares if a protocol droid is wandering around?

Lord_Xerxes · Post by **Lord_Xerxes** » 2003-04-21 01:01am

I seem to remember reading somewhere that it might have been Boba Fett that shot him. So maybe Fett recognized him. Although the dialogue and voice suggest otherwise...

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2003-04-21 01:08am

I think the presence of stormtroopers alone in cloud city is enough of a bad thing. After all, Threepio must know that he and the rest of the gang are on the run from Imperials.

As for the stormtroopers, remember that Vader knew (from Boba Fett) that Solo and the rest were headed for Cloud City, hence why the Executor got there first before the Falcon. The stormtroopers just wanted to keep their presence hidden.

Enforcer Talen · Post by **Enforcer Talen** » 2003-04-21 01:13am

c3 says its stormtroopers. they shoot him cuz he sees them.

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2003-04-21 02:10am

Protocol droids talk. That's what they're designed to do. Obviously, if you're a stormtrooper and you've been ordered to keep your presence secret for now, you don't need a protocol droid running around blabbing to everyone.

Enforcer Talen · Post by **Enforcer Talen** » 2003-04-21 02:11am

and he did say he would warn the others when they plugged him back in.

Robert Treder · Post by **Robert Treder** » 2003-04-21 03:09am

Plus, it's obvious that shooting him doesn't cause any real harm to his brain systems, so the stormies wouldn't even need to exercise caution; if he turned out to be an Imperial droid, they could put him back together, no harm done.

SPOOFE · Post by **SPOOFE** » 2003-04-21 05:37am

I wonder what they shot him with. The damage didn't appear to be from a regular blaster rifle. A low-powered concussion rifle blast, perhaps? Some other specialed gun?

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2003-04-21 08:04am

SPOOFE wrote:I wonder what they shot him with. The damage didn't appear to be from a regular blaster rifle. A low-powered concussion rifle blast, perhaps? Some other specialed gun?

Maybe they just turned down the yield on a regular blaster rifle.

Post by **Vympel** » 2003-04-21 09:01am

Can someone explain to me why the supposed stormtrooper who blasts threepio sounds a bit like Yoda? Doesn't sound anything LIKE a stormtrooper.

Montcalm · Post by **Montcalm** » 2003-04-21 09:10am

Vympel wrote:Can someone explain to me why the supposed stormtrooper who blasts threepio sounds a bit like Yoda? Doesn't sound anything LIKE a stormtrooper.

Were you smoking crack while watching TESB,he did not sound like Yoda.

Lord Pounder · Post by **Lord Pounder** » 2003-04-21 09:14am

I think Threepio's exact words when Chewie turned him back on where

"Stormtroopers here, I've got to warn the others, Oh no i've been shot"

Soontir C'boath · Post by **Soontir C'boath** » 2003-04-21 09:17am

Darth Wong wrote:
SPOOFE wrote:I wonder what they shot him with. The damage didn't appear to be from a regular blaster rifle. A low-powered concussion rifle blast, perhaps? Some other specialed gun?
Maybe they just turned down the yield on a regular blaster rifle.

I think the blaster rifle also just pushed 3P0 back and let the wall dismembered him the way he was.
We did see 3P0 lose his arm just by falling down in ANH.

Cyaround,
Jason

Grand Admiral Thrawn · Post by **Grand Admiral Thrawn** » 2003-04-21 09:22am

Vympel wrote:Can someone explain to me why the supposed stormtrooper who blasts threepio sounds a bit like Yoda? Doesn't sound anything LIKE a stormtrooper.

Maybe he was drunk and with a Bespin whore, and didn't what to get caught?

Post by **Vympel** » 2003-04-22 04:25am

Montcalm wrote:
Were you smoking crack while watching TESB,he did not sound like Yoda.

He had a whiny old man voice then.

Soontir C'boath · Post by **Soontir C'boath** » 2003-04-22 11:12am

Vympel wrote:
Montcalm wrote:
Were you smoking crack while watching TESB,he did not sound like Yoda.
He had a whiny old man voice then.

How could you get an impression of an old man?
He had a gruffy voice like Wuher if he had a helmet on.
That's how I got it heh.

Cyaround,
Jason