Posted by Larry the Salsa Shark at spider-tr072.proxy.aol.com on June 17, 2000 at 21:16:35:
In Reply to: Bail Antiles? posted by Jimmy Zamboni on June 17, 2000 at 18:54:56:
: This is kind of off topic but a question nun the least. Question the first, in Star Wars Episode I Captain Panaka refers to Bail Antiles being the ruler of Alderan, while in the old trilogy he is refered to as Bail Organa the adooptive father of, yes you guessed it, Princess Leia Organa. What is up with that? Did he change his last name? I know that you Kevin being a huge Star Wars fan that you are can come up with an answer, and if anyone else knows please tell me.
hmm...I believe that this was originally supposed to be Bail Organa, but it was changed. Going by what knowledge I retain of Episode 1 (saw it a buncha times in the theater, but not on video, cuz I swear by my DVDs) Bail Organa originally was in the film, played by an actor named Adrian Dunbar. However, George Lucas must have decided that he didn't want to introduce Bail Organa until later, seeing as how (slight spoiler here, I guess) he's supposed to marry Queen Amidala at some point (seeing as how Luke and Leia are supposedly her kids, and Leia's "father" was Bail Organa.) Now, George probably wanted to introduce the character when it was necessary, probably Episode II, hence they changed the name to Bail Antilles and deleted all of Adrian Dunbar's scenes as Bail Organa. Of course, I could be wrong, but i know that I heard this story before. anyone to back me up?
Larry The Salsa Shark
aka Brian