Timeline for Why did Vader keep the handcuffs on Luke in Return Of The Jedi until they met the Emperor?
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| Sep 4, 2017 at 20:26 | answer | added | Thomas | timeline score: 2 | |
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| S Sep 13, 2015 at 0:35 | history | suggested | Giacomo1968 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 22, 2015 at 0:06 | comment | added | Wad Cheber | By way of analogy, look how much damage Chewbacca did in the carbon freezing chamber despite his cuffs - he was tossing stormtroopers all over the place. Now recall that Luke is a Jedi. He levitated C-3PO while he was hogtied, he grabbed his lightsaber while hanging upside-down, he fought tied up on Jabba's barge, etc. The cuffs are irrelevant and Vader knows it. If Luke is willing to pretend they matter, why shouldn't Vader pretend the same thing? | |
| Apr 21, 2015 at 23:59 | comment | added | Wad Cheber | Darth - Paul and Saturnseye are right. Vader doesn't care about insulting anyone (chopping off Luke's hand was a bigger "insult" than leaving the cuffs on) and cops do cuff suspects who surrender. More to the point, why bother removing the cuffs when Luke could probably remove them himself with the Force whenever he wants? If Luke is willing to play along and pretend the cuffs are actually doing something, why should Vader waste time and energy removing them? | |
| Apr 21, 2015 at 1:57 | answer | added | Wad Cheber | timeline score: 3 | |
| Apr 20, 2015 at 14:31 | comment | added | Michael Itzoe | Presumably Luke could have removed the cuffs at any time with the Force. I imagine its similar to Superman cuffed in Man of Steel: it was to show he wasn't a danger and had no intention of running or causing trouble. | |
| Apr 20, 2015 at 12:30 | comment | added | phantom42 | He voluntarily surrendered, but Luke also refused Vader's offer. He has no idea what Luke's intentions are with the Emperor. | |
| Apr 20, 2015 at 11:24 | comment | added | SaturnsEye | If you was a police officer and a criminal "voluntarily surrendered", would you take of the cuffs to let them walk? | |
| Apr 20, 2015 at 11:11 | comment | added | Paul D. Waite | “would that seem like an insult to handcuff your own son?” — It’s probably not super-polite to cut off your son’s hand, or make him decide between joining the Dark Side or dying. Unless they had different etiquette in those days. | |
| Apr 20, 2015 at 11:11 | history | edited | Paul D. Waite | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 20, 2015 at 8:29 | history | asked | darthfuture | CC BY-SA 3.0 |