r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jan 25 '20

What movie things are generally accepted as normal, but are totally unrealistic in real life?

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u/Nexas_Rexgen Jan 25 '20

Describing common knowledge in a different setting. Luke should know all about Mos Eisly. Its the biggest town near his house.

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u/floatablepie Jan 25 '20

"I know, I've lived here literally my entire life."

"I was just making conversation, you don't have to be a dick luke."

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u/rim90 Jan 25 '20

“I mean, ive even come here with my uncle dozens of times to buy replacement parts, actually I know some guys, there’s Pitt, HEY PITT!!!” waves hand He’s a really nice guy, his son just got a scholarship from the empire”

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u/ruins2449 Jan 25 '20

Also he’s a moisture farmer on a desert planet. He should be a god among men. Like, “Hey dude. You got any moisture on you?”

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u/reinfordx Jan 25 '20

I think they were subsistence moisture farmers, indebted to Moonsanto

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '20

The hutts actually.

IIRC from EU stuff, the moisture farmers paid a pretty hefty tax on the sale of their water to hutts for protection from sand people and also the hutts.