[Dark Angel]

Originally Posted by sodascouts

2) Why wasn’t R2D2’s memory wiped clean? If he knew so much, why didn’t he speak up at any time during the original trilogy? (I did appreciate the inclusion of Captain Antilles). And I know this is leftover from Ep. 2, but why does he have rocket blasters here? He didn't in Ep. 4-6. Not to mention that Obi-Wan claims never to have owned a droid, but we see him with an R-4 unit.

3) The biggest one: Having Padme die in childbirth, even though Leia talks about memories of her mother in ROTJ. “Beautiful but sad.” She didn’t get any more face time than Luke did, and I find it hard to believe she got those impressions in the milisecond where Padme named her.

Having Padme die in childbirth was a major screw-up, as when Luke asks Leia to tell him about her mom, "her real mom", she describes her as "beautiful, but sad".

I was told R2 wasn't bothered with a memory wipe because he wasn't a protocol droid. He can't technically 'speak' , so there was no need for a memory wipe.

No idea on Chewbacca, except, perhaps in the 20 years between , there may have been so much going on with the Empire and his home planet, that the memory of Yoda's use of the Force had faded.

Also, Obi-Wan never owned R-4, he was just a droid used on his fighter, much like the R2 and R4 units seen on the X-Wings in "Star Wars".