Saturday, January 19, 2008

Dinner with Darth Vader

Or was it lunch? or just tea and biscuits? I am speaking of course of the scene in The Empire Strikes Back, where the door swings open and we see Darth Vader at the head of a table... Han instinctively draws his blaster and fires... Darth absorbs or deflects the shots with his gloved hand and then uses the force to whip Han's blaster out of his hands. We see Stormtroopers and Boba Fett appear, making it clear there is no escape. Darth then says "We would be honored, if you would join us." The treachery of Lando is then clear to Han and Leia.

That is one of my favorite scenes from the original Star Wars trilogy. I was cleaning out some old emails recently, and I found one I had sent to friends asking some probing questions about this scene... or rather, the scene that might have followed it but didn't. So I'll share my musings with you now...

So, what do Han, Leia, Chewie, Lando, Darth Vader and the others talk about after the door closes? The table is all set up, with "some refreshments" presumably... what does a Dark Lord of the Sith serve to guests I wonder? I assume Darth doesn't eat or drink anything, unless its through a tube, but what does he offer Han and his friends?

Does Darth get up and seat Leia (his daughter, unknowingly)? Or isn't he a gentleman in this context? Or does he let Han do it?

Does Darth care about table manners? Like, if Chewie puts his elbows on the table while he's eating crackers and cheese, will Darth bellow forth "Uhum...excuse me?!"

Does Darth have a favorite wine, cheese, or other snack that he is serving? Did he prepare the food himself, or threaten an underling with choking if they didn't whip it together on short notice? Or did he tell Lando to have Lobot do it?

As for the conversation, Han would probably start things off poorly, with a crack like "So, Darth, have you recovered from the Death Star loss yet? That was me and Chewie here that blew that one for you. We killed your left wingman and snagged you right out of that channel you know!" ... That would explain why Vader then tortures Han without "asking him any questions" later... he is upset about this wise-crack at brunch!

I just wonder about these things...

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1 Comments:

At 8:37 PM , Blogger D.B. Echo said...

I've got you covered there! When Revenge of the Sith came out, a bunch of us wrote "Scenes We'll Never See in Star Wars" on the IMDB comment boards. Unfortunately the full list is gone, but I saved most of mine...including "Dinner with Darth Vader"!

http://anothermonkey.blogspot.com/2005/06/still-more-deleted-scenes-from-star.html

 

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