Which worse thing was Luke expecting in Star Wars: A New Hope?

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In Star Wars: A New Hope, when Luke finds R2-D2 (who runs away to find Obi-Wan), it says something that C-3PO translates. Here is the conversation.

Luke: What's wrong with him?

C-3PO: There are several creatures approaching from the southeast.

Luke: Sand People. Or worse!

So, which worse thing was he expecting here? It should be something that is worse than Sand People, but what was it?



Best Answer

Most likely he's thinking of a Krayt Dragon.

From Ralph Mcquarrie's artwork, imagine a Komodo Dragon the size of a whale. They're noted as being incredibly dangerous predators.

We see a skeleton of one while C-3PO is wandering in the desert before the Jawas pick him up.

Obi-wan Kenobi mimicked the bellow of one in order to frighten off the sand-people just before his first appearance in the film.




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Why did Luke get sent to Tatooine?

To protect the children from the Empire and their father, the now-Sith Lord Darth Vader, Obi-Wan Kenobi personally sent the infant Luke to be raised by Anakin's stepbrother Owen Lars and his wife Beru on the planet Tatooine, while Senator Bail Organa agreed to adopt Leia together with his wife, the queen of Alderaan.

What was Luke doing between Empire and Jedi?

But as is par the course with Yoda, that was just some trickery to get a response. Deep down, he knew Luke and Leia were the only hopes for the galaxy, but he didn't want Luke to know that from the start. So, by pretending he didn't want to train him, Luke had to go out of his way to earn it.

Why didnt Obi-Wan raise Luke?

Giving his son his last name was a way to pay tribute to the former Jedi considering that they were once very close. On the contrary, since Darth Vader was unaware that Padm\xe9 gave birth before dying, he didn't have any reason to look for his children since he didn't know about them.



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Answer 2

Perhaps he was referring to the guy from the stories. You know, the one who butchered a whole village of Sand People - children too. That guy was awful. He just went there and killed them all. They also said it was civilised because he used a weapon that cauterized the cut. Man, that guy was bad.

But, Luke was probably referring to Imperials. It makes sense in the pyramid of "worseness". The hive of scum and villainy is not as bad as Sand People, but they are not as bad as Imperials either. So, from the start, you (the viewer) have this feeling that the Empire is bad.

Answer 3

I was thinking of sand worms which appear in the Jedi knight games. They are big and really nasty.

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