Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker
Star Warshas just let on that C-3PO ’s Sith subplot inStar Wars : The Rise of Skywalkerwas entirely unnecessary . InThe Rise of Skywalker , C-3PO is forced to give up the entireness of his memory to be able to read the runic letter on a Sith obelisk . As it rick out , all communications protocol droids were once banish from openly translating the speech communication of the Sith , a answer of a Senate ruling , though the dark text itself is still clear to the droids . At first glance , the scene in which C-3PO is reset and his eye change by reversal red is meant to be heartbreaking and unsettling – and it is , to an extent .
Yet it ’s hard to throw off the feeling that there must have been an easier , less damaging elbow room for Rey , Finn , and Poe Dameron to get the dagger translated . Sadly , it is now clear there was . The new novelStar Wars : interrogator : Rise of the Red Bladeby Delilah S. Dawson narrate the history of fall down Jedi Iskat Akaris as she becomes one of Darth Vader ’s Inquisitors in the viewing of Order 66 . The book reveals plenty about how and why ex - Jedi become Inquisitors , but there ’s an extra moment in the story that will affect how audiences interpret and experienceC-3PO ’s Sith language subplot inThe Rise of Skywalker . In the goal , it seems Threepio ’s fate was tragically evitable .
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The Empire Removed Restrictions On Protocol Droids To Read Sith
hike of the Red Bladefeatures an RA-7 protocol droid , nicknamed Six - Aray - Seven . The kicker here , however , is that the RA-7 droid can read Sith rune without subject . Presumably , that means the Empire removed the limitation place on protocol droids to enable them to understand the Sith language openly after the Republic Senate fall . The Emperor himself , after all , was a Sith , and so it would be of little consequence to him . ConsideringRise of the Red Bladetakes place some clock time betweenStar Wars : Episode III – Revenge of the Sithand the originalStar Warstrilogy , it can be suspect that all protocol droids produced from then on would not have been programme with the translation restriction .
The Resistance Just Needed A Newer Model Of Protocol Droid In Rise Of Skywalker
All Rey , Finn , and Poe realistically had to do was find a different , newer communications protocol droid . Threepio ’s only issue is that he is a much older model . afford how much time had passed between the Empire taking mastery and the events of theStar Warssequel trilogy , there are sure thousands , if not 1000000 of other protocol droids in the galaxy that could have translated the obelisk for them . Instead , they lay on the line their aliveness and the mission to head up to a First Order - occupied major planet to haveC-3PO ’s memoryreset . The Sith sticker subplot inThe advance of Skywalkerwas already unnecessarily complicated , but this new info has only made it worse .
The reason droids are so important inStar Warsstorytelling is that they rightfully add something to the experience . Each droid has its own personality , experience , and usefulness , and as such is much more than window stuffing . Threepio ’s remembering being wiped for convoluted reasons in what is supposed to be an emotional prospect – only to have that fiber - edifice mo ruin when C-3PO ’s memory is later restore by R2 - D2 – highlights more ofStar Wars : The Rise of Skywalker ’s story issues .
