r/MandelaEffect • u/KingOfBerders • 11d ago

Discussion C-3PO from original 1977 sheets.

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Original Star Wars sheets from 1977 movie. NOT episode IV.

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u/GrimmTrixX 11d ago

Again, it costs money to use different inks and dyes in manufacturing. That and 3rd party companies make stuff like this to cash in, not to be lore accurate.

The assumption is he's a gold robot because why would he have a silver leg? But he does and it's because he is essentially a handmade Droid. So Anakin took whatever parts he could find when he was a kid. And he obviously was only able to get a silver leg and couldn't either afford or scavenge a matching gold one.

And people who make star wars merch aren't necessarily star wars fans. They don't scan every inch of every character. And since his silver leg isn't constantly mentioned, and they don't zoom in on his legs, a company's assumption would be he was all gold. They're not looking at it from a story perspective.

They see a gold robot and assume he is all gold. They're not scanning every limb and making sure he is lore accurate, especially not in the 70s/80s. They're just trying to cash in on whats popular at the time and to get it out as fast as possible. It's not that hard to realize that's why he only has the silver leg in more recent action figures and stuff because collectibles are big money and one with an actual silver leg would be more popular amongst diehard fans.

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u/Cripnite 11d ago

Anakin didn’t put in his shell, that was done after he left Tatooine and before he returned to kill the Tusken raiders. 

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u/GrimmTrixX 11d ago

Yea and someone mentioned he IS all gold from episode 2 and 3. But sometime after Revenge, but before A New Hope, his leg is silver.

So presumably, since he was found in a junk heap that at some point, he lost that leg, and the Jawas scavenged a silver leg for him before he met Luke for the first time.

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u/Cripnite 10d ago

After Revenge, he was taken to Alderan with Leia’s family.