a thought upon watching "return of the jedi" for the five hundredth time...

[chaodai]

...if luke skywalker can use his jedi telekinesis to levitate c-3po to fool the ewoks into thinking him a deity, why can't he use his jedi telekinesis to undo the ropes binding him to the ewok cooking spit, get back his lightsaber and show the ewoks who's boss?

and why did it take me twenty three years to figure this out?

Comments

[dramabsb]

The ewoks have rope tying abilities that are far superior to the Force.

And Luke's an idiot.

[anijen21]

I've found that any answer to a plot hole in star wars is basically "because the force is mysterious"

but I don't actually think that works here...luke was just being silly

[yoshimi]

i think it's a telekinesis dexterity issue. he must have failed his roll.

[brermatt]

The answer is quite simple.

Luke Skywalker, like Javi, must point at things.

[leftover_hobbit]

Good answer!

[1oldmanfan]

Obviously Jedi aren't bred for brains.

*g

Bob/OMF