Ack, sorry for the late reply--I haven't been checking my email much and my "check back on this interesting thread" mental reminder um, failed. Anyway.
1. Radioplays--I really like a lot of the extra scenes and fill-ins, especially the ones on Alderaan and the ones that shed more light on the strained relationship between Vader and regular Imperial officers. And there are others that I'm not so keen on, like most of the Tatooine fill-ins, and stuff like Luke in the flight sim that's just extraneous. The radioplays went from 7 to 5 to 3 hours, so the ROTJ has the least new material (and the weakest, IMO--it has a major injection from the EU which irritates the hell out of me). So anyway, they may be officially a high level of canon, but like everything else that isn't the original trilogy, I personally pick and choose.
2. I think it would depend a lot on the particular Jedi in question--the flight sim effect would probably be a lot weaker on Jedi who are less strong with the Force and/or more into actual flying. I think Obi-Wan, on the other hand, would probably suck in a simulator--Prequel!Obi-Wan at least doesn't seem to be a big fan of flying, and he is pretty into all the Zen letting-the-Force-guide-your-actions stuff. (But I also wouldn't be surprised if formally-trained Jedi are required to practice various skills without relying on the Force, just in case....) In sum: I think there's leeway for a whole range of possibilities! Hooray! Now I want to see this explored in fic.
3. I didn't really come up with the Forceblind Han theory, and it has problems (like, if he's invisible to the Force, how'd Luke know he was in trouble on Bespin? I guess one could rationalize that Vader tortured Han because he knew it would cause distress to Leia and Chewie, who are both strong in the Force...). But it amuses me. I'm sure Lucas meant us to think Vader was totally focused on Luke, but still, it is kind of weird how totally blindsided he is by Han.
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Date: 2007-11-27 05:27 am (UTC)1. Radioplays--I really like a lot of the extra scenes and fill-ins, especially the ones on Alderaan and the ones that shed more light on the strained relationship between Vader and regular Imperial officers. And there are others that I'm not so keen on, like most of the Tatooine fill-ins, and stuff like Luke in the flight sim that's just extraneous. The radioplays went from 7 to 5 to 3 hours, so the ROTJ has the least new material (and the weakest, IMO--it has a major injection from the EU which irritates the hell out of me). So anyway, they may be officially a high level of canon, but like everything else that isn't the original trilogy, I personally pick and choose.
2. I think it would depend a lot on the particular Jedi in question--the flight sim effect would probably be a lot weaker on Jedi who are less strong with the Force and/or more into actual flying. I think Obi-Wan, on the other hand, would probably suck in a simulator--Prequel!Obi-Wan at least doesn't seem to be a big fan of flying, and he is pretty into all the Zen letting-the-Force-guide-your-actions stuff. (But I also wouldn't be surprised if formally-trained Jedi are required to practice various skills without relying on the Force, just in case....) In sum: I think there's leeway for a whole range of possibilities! Hooray! Now I want to see this explored in fic.
3. I didn't really come up with the Forceblind Han theory, and it has problems (like, if he's invisible to the Force, how'd Luke know he was in trouble on Bespin? I guess one could rationalize that Vader tortured Han because he knew it would cause distress to Leia and Chewie, who are both strong in the Force...). But it amuses me. I'm sure Lucas meant us to think Vader was totally focused on Luke, but still, it is kind of weird how totally blindsided he is by Han.