Saturday, November 23, 2024
Star Wars - Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
About a month ago, I had a small realization about one of C-3PO's comments in The Empire Strikes Back. The Rebels become concerned when Luke Skywalker fails to return from placing sensors on Hoth, and in order to re-assure R2-D2, C-3PO says, "Of course, we'll see Master Luke again, and he'll be quite alright; you'll see!" Then, to himself, he remarks, "Stupid little short circuit. He'll be quite alright." The second half of C-3PO's repeated copulative sentence exhibits assonance ("quite alright"), and this provides a sense of thoroughness or completeness, which matches the meaning in a way.
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The Empire Strikes Back