Cool blog entry over at the star wars blogs on Why doesn't Obi-Wan remember Artoo.
After first shuffling around with some nonsense about his old name (yes, Yoda calls him Obi-Wan after Luke's birth... let's stay on target here people), Ben is the master of not technically lying.A cool read for fans anyway. Linked to by the 7 year old watching all 6 movies entry that was linked on /. this morning.
Interesting article. One problem tho. At the very end of the article he talks about when obi-wan says he needs to figure out where R2 came from. The author says "Recall that this line is said immediately after the entire convoluted "Vader killed your father" story. Artoo was there for the events described and knows full well that Obi-Wan is stretching the truth beyond anything a droid would be comfortable with. What if Obi-Wan's abrupt change of subject here is his way of saying to Artoo, "I know that you know that I'm not telling him everything, but keep your mouth shut like we planned"?"
.... except both droids got memory wipes, per Bail Organa right at the end of Ep III.
Sounds like he needs to edit his article. Heh.
(wow now I feel like an ubergeek)
Hrm, I thought Bail Organa said have the golden one's memory wiped, not both of them, which to me was an odd thing in the script.