"No, there is another." Was Yoda really thinking about Leia?

The 14th Colony · July 19th, 2005, 07:56 PM

Something to ponder this is. There is no need to bring up that Lucas didn't have all of this worked out when he made Empire. Looking at the whole story from the story view, when Luke left before his training was finished and the following exchange too place...
Obi-Wan: "That boy is our last hope."
Yoda: "No, there is another."

...most fans realized afterward, and accepted since then, that Yoda was referring to Leia. But what if he wasn't referring to Leia at all? What if he was referring to the prophesy itself and the chance that Anakin could still fulfill it? Perhaps Obi-Wan had given up hope in Anakin bringing balance, but Yoda still held on to that hope?

Darrell Lawrence · July 19th, 2005, 08:52 PM

Actually, Yoda was referring to Jar Jar Binks

julix · July 19th, 2005, 08:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Warrior

Actually, Yoda was referring to Jar Jar Binks

Warrior.............

*smack*

Darrell Lawrence · July 19th, 2005, 08:58 PM

Wooo hooo!

The 14th Colony · July 19th, 2005, 09:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Warrior

Actually, Yoda was referring to Jar Jar Binks

Yousa cwazy!

If Jar Jar had fulfilled the prophesy, he would have done it by tripping and accidently bumping Palpatine into the reactor shaft.
"Oooopsa, mesa so sowwy!"
Palpatine: "Binks you clumsy foooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooolllllllllllllllll......."

shugotenshi · July 19th, 2005, 10:09 PM

Jar Jar with a light saber and force powers...

That would be the worst nightmare ever.

TopGun · July 20th, 2005, 01:01 AM

Yeah that really is scarry

Charybdis · July 20th, 2005, 09:32 AM

Good speculation, but i think it's more in line with what happened after that in ESB. Leia was the "other." At the end of the movie, we see this when Luke is hanging on the bottom of Cloud City and he "contacts" Leia in the Millemiun Falcon. She is the "other."

Besides, in Ep III, Yoda has already resigned himself to realizing that Anakin is lost. It's Obi that doesn't believe that Anakin has gone to the dark side, but Yoda does.

Fragmentary · July 20th, 2005, 11:17 AM

I've always thought that Yoda was referring to Luke's sis in that line, but it's not because the force is strong with her. In fact, the real reason why Obi-Wan decides to throw Luke at Vader isn't because he can be a great Jedi knight or is chock full of juicy midi... medichlo... midichloria... force bugs, but is instead because he knows all the while that the only way to stop Vader is by getting him to change of his own free will. Luke or Leia are the only two people in the universe have any emotional reasonance with Vader. They are his link to his dead wife. Luke's lackluster skill with the force is there essentially just to get him close to Vader. His real weapon is who he is. And that is a significance that he shares with one other person... his sister.