Yes = we the audience had the privilege of watching Obi-Wan make the most sadistic choice of any character. And then carry on - la di da - as if it didn’t matter.
My thought was - the scriptwriters wrote themselves into a dead-end they couldn’t get out of, and just said ‘sod it’.
1 Coruscantians 7:9
If he cannot contain his wits, let him marry Obi-Wan’s saber, for it is better this than to burn with lust.
I didn’t have this problem with Star Wars having seen it right at release, but I thought Close Encounters of the Third Kind was the third movie in the series and I didn’t want to see it without seeing the first two.
See also the renaming of the play The Madness of George III to The Madness of King George when it was adapted to a film, to avoid confusing American audiences into thinking they’d missed the first two (although apparently this wasn’t the reason).
Except, of course, when he was saying he had outlines for 12 movies. (Of which the original one was to be the 6th instalment.)
Fair point. Although it seems pretty clear that, once Star Wars forced him to actually carry through on his claims, by being successful enough for a sequel, Lucas did eventually settle on something that is clearly more defined than it was in the original (when, yes, it’s entirely possible that Luke’s father was, in fact, killed by Darth Vader.) What’s impressive to me is that the retcon that Lucas performs on his own work in Empire and beyond doesn’t make Star Wars invalid; instead it turns it plausibly into A New Hope. (Sure it makes Obi Wan look rather like an idiot and/or a charlatan, but that’s probably the extent of the collateral damage. Oh, and the absurdity of two Death Stars.)
Hindsight. People (I guess) accept it as a done deal that all the episodes were going to be made, but if the original Star Wars: Episode 4 had flopped (yes, it was a possibility-- looking back it’s a head-scratcher that Blade Runner flopped) then none of the others would have gotten made.
I’m still waiting for the sequel to Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins.
You are so disappoint. Much lament. Hugs and a large spiff for you. Pass the Doritos, please.
I’m still waiting for Buckaroo Banzai Against The World Crime League.
Yes, and “Buckaroo Banzai Against the World Crime League”.
What about Dragonballs A through Y?
You are my new best friend.
What timing! I hadn’t seen you post that while I was typing! XD
Those Han Solo books need to be made into a movie trilogy. Soooooo good! 
Also, re: OP gag:
I just happunned to have this to contribute:
Myself out, I will see.
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