History Main / ContinuityDrift

*** I always saw it as Watto making a SpaceJew-flavor boast about Toydarians' devotion to money...

***** Also note that all Obi-Wan says on the matter is that he doesn't seem to remember having ''owned'' a droid. Maybe he was trying [[TheMasquerade to limit Luke's exposure]] until he knew the boy [[RedPillBluePill would come with him]].

** And then there are the jedi in general. Obi Wan was clearly nostalgic for the days of the jedi, and George Lucas reportedly even insisted that "Return of the Jedi" should be called "Return" and not "Revenge" because the jedi were above such things as revenge. The jedi were clearly supposed to be some kind of pure, enlightened monks/paladins, with Darth Vader being an unprecedented stain that doomed them all (before managing to turn back himself). Obi-Wan and Yoda support this in the original trilogy, as does the fact that half the (current) jedi are never seen with a lightsaber, and the other doesn't use his until he gets in a life-or-death duel with a history we're not fully aware of at the time. It's a little hard to imagine now though, as the prequel trilogy and a great deal of expanded universe have portrayed jedi as not being any more enlightened than the average person; prone to a lack of foresight or simple common sense, negative emotions, general foolishness, vanity, greed and falling to the dark side in droves.

** And then there are the jedi in general. Obi Wan was clearly nostalgic for the days of the jedi, and George Lucas reportedly even insisted that "Return of the Jedi" should be called "Return" and not "Revenge" because the jedi were above such things as revenge. The jedi were clearly supposed to be some kind of pure, enlightened monks/paladins, with Darth Vader being an unprecedented stain that doomed them all (before managing to turn back himself). Obi-Wan and Yoda support this in the original trilogy. It's a little hard to imagine now though, as the prequel trilogy and a great deal of expanded universe have portrayed jedi as not being any more enlightened than the average person; prone to a lack of foresight or simple common sense, negative emotions, general foolishness, vanity, greed and falling to the dark side in droves.

** Another early episode indicated that the Earth was very eco-conscious, and that Fry had to teach the people of New New York how to create garbage and they used non-polluting fuels (like whale oil). Later episodes had the people of Earth pollute so intensely that they had to mine Haley's comet for ice to cool off the planet and have done so for centuries.

*** Lockheart's claim about the Warlock who cured Lycanthropy might be true. He specifically erased the memories of all the real heroes he interviewed. It would be well within Lockheart's character to not bother about second-class people like werewolves if it means he can't take credit for someone else's work. Also when you consider that the cure was supposedly a very difficult spell that had to be performed on a transformed werewolf its likely that Lockheart would never have used it himself.

** The Jedi Mind Trick's effectiveness varies between installments of the series. In the first film, it's stated that it works on the weak-minded. Because it doesn't work on Jabba in ''ReturnOfTheJedi,'' one is left to conclude that Jabba was simply strong-willed and able to resist. By ''ThePhantomMenace,'' however, it was established that Hutts and their relatives like Toydarians were immune to the mind trick. This makes things a bit complicated when the player can use it on a Hutt in ''KnightsOfTheOldRepublic II''.

*** Also, attacking the most powerful wizard in the world with ''magic'' wouldn't have worked either and James probably knew it. "Fight fire with fire" doesn't work for you if your opponent has a flamethrower and you have a matchstick.

*** I seem to recall Bender swearing off alcohol, but he was still drinking a religiously acceptable substitute.
*** It does seem to go back and forth. One episode has Fry saying "You've had too much to drink! Or not enough to drink! I forget how it works with robots, but you haven't had the exact right amount to drink!"

*** I've always assumed the rumors about werewolves in the forest were started by Lupin running around during his school days.

*** And now the Daleks have been changed again, into iDaleks.

* AlanDeanFoster's ''HumanxCommonwealth'' series started off the character of Flinx as a partially telepathic young thief, with the implication that his powers, though unusual, are not particularly terrifying and bizarre. The two mentor figures, Bran Tse-Mallory and Truzenzuzex, even comment among themselves that the boy is "a partial telepath", but apparently don't care enough to research the matter further. In later novels that expand Flinx's origin story, it's revealed that he's an empath, not a telepath, and was created as such by a [[ZeroPercentApprovalRating universally reviled]] group of {{Evilutionary Biologist}}s, so they ''really'' ought to have been more curious. Also, Flinx's age given in ''Bloodhype'' conflicts with the universal timeline Foster later established, the description of his ship is vastly different (to the point where Foster {{retcon}}ned it to be able to camouflage and reconfigure itself at will), and his pet minidrag is male, rather than the female it was established canonically to be in the chronologically earlier ''The End of the Matter''.

*** Since an explicit WordOfGod inspiration for Ankh-Morpork is the city of Budapest, prior to 1873 known as the twin cities of Buda and Pest on the right and left banks, respectively, of the Danube River... SoYeah.

* In [[http://www.ozyandmillie.org/d/19980525.html early]] ''{{Ozy and Millie}}'' comics, Millie lived with both her parents. Much, much later, we discover that [[spoiler: Her father is a pirate who ages backwards.]] SoYeah.