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From: jordan@cs.tulane.edu (Misti Jordan)
Subject: Re: trivia
Nntp-Posting-Host-[nntpd-17883]: rex
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Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1992 04:51:12 GMT

In article <1992Apr16.085554.12525@leland.Stanford.EDU> elizaga@leland.Stanford.EDU (Patrick Martin Laic Elizaga) writes:
>
>From elizaga Thu Apr 16 01:54:52 1992
>To: /s12/A/elizaga/.article
>Subject: trivia
>
>
>
>
>     If you were a jawa or were speaking jawa, when would you say,
>     "Ooteenie!" :)      [u ti ni]
>                                   ?
>     Who's heard about how Darth Vader got his burns?
>     Before Uncle Owen told Luke to clean up C3-PO and R2, what was Luke
>   going to do?

I'm not positive, but I think he wanted to go into town... maybe to meet
Biggs or something...

>     How does R2-D2's name relate to mixing audio tracks in a studio?
>     Who from Star Wars were guests on THe Muppet Show?
>     How is Fozzie Bear related to Yoda?

This one is simple... Jim Henson did both voices. I remember watching Yoda
one (when I was VERY young!) and telling my dad, "that sounds like Fozzie
Bear" he just looked at me funny, then said, "you're crazy." Several years
later, I discovered that they were done by the same guy... and of course I
rubbed it in to my dad, even though I was only 10 or so at the time...

>
>Rick.
>
>
>

Misti
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From: kogutt@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (SCAVENGER)
Subject: Re: SWRPG: Funny adventures
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1992 06:44:46 GMT

On one campain, my group had infiltrated an Imperial workstation-satilite.
The group was composed of the usual: smuggler, wookie, bounty hunter, t-t 
engineer.  Anyhow half of our group was sneaking around, getting info. on an
Imperial Advisor who was on board.  As fate(and BEN-GM to the stars)would have
it, Darth Vader showed up to check on the progress of the station(they were building some new weapon) anyway, our engineer was working on the weapon(trying to
keep a cover as an Imperial) and Vader came inspecting. He walked up to our 
engineer and asked how the progress was going.  KEN(the ENg.) said 
"Well, we're having trouble with the targeting system, But I figure I can get
	it working eventualy."
VADER:"I sense a lack of Motivation here."
KEN:"Could be."



--------SCAVENGER

ps:MAX:We're the rebel scum!!!We're the rebel scum!!!


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From: jshiely@twain.helios.nd.edu (james shiely)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.starwars
Subject: Re: Excuse me for my ignorance...(SWRPG)
Date: 16 Apr 92 16:27:52 GMT
Article-I.D.: news.1992Apr16.162752.29173
Reply-To: jshiely@twain.helios.nd.edu (james shiely)
Distribution: usa
Organization: Univ. of Notre Dame

The mor especific answer to "Who wasn't at his post?" is "TK-421", which I gather is the numerical name of the stormtrooper who should have been gurading the Falcon (a la THX-1138).  However, can anyone remember the significance of the following number-letter combinations in STAR WARS.

	AA-23
	xp-38
	3263827
	94
	PT-16
	2637
	1-5-7 and 9
	

	Jas.
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From: davies@owlnet.rice.edu (Stephen Clark Davies)
Subject: Re: Antilles
Organization: Rice University
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1992 17:56:57 GMT

In article <1992Apr16.234932.9624@sunb10.cs.uiuc.edu> wang@ibma0.cs.uiuc.edu writes:
>Threepio is not being inconsistent, just discreet. [rest deleted]

	Good explanation.  That makes sense to me.

>He (Threepio) must be REALLY good at >translating languages.

	Easy trivia question along those lines:

	What was the *only* language in any of the SW movies which Threepio
*couldn't* translate?

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From: jms@romana.Tymnet.COM (Joe Smith)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.starwars
Subject: New group
Date: 16 Apr 92 03:06:14 GMT

This new newsgroup just arrived at my machine.  I looked in the 'control'
newsgroup, and found this bit of information:

| tymix!uunet!uunet!tale says:
| rec.arts.sf.starwars is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for
| creation by 383:77 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 9 April 1992.
| 
| For your newsgroups file:
| rec.arts.sf.starwars    Discussion of the Star Wars universe.
| 
| The charter, culled from the call for votes:
| 
| Rec.arts.sf.starwars is for discussion of the Star Wars universe.
| 
| Topics of discussion would include:
| 
|         o the Star Wars movie trilogy
|           o Star Wars
|           o The Empire Strikes Back
|           o Return of the Jedi
|         o information/updates regarding a possible fifth movie
|         o the collection of Star Wars memorabilia
|         o the three-book cycle on the later years of Star Wars
|         o other Star Wars book series
|         o the Star Wars RPG
|         o any other topics pertinent to the world of Star Wars
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From: <tonyp@cnvxla.COM> (good, Conan - good!)
Subject: Re: Keeping up with the Lars'
Reply-To: tonyp@convex.COM 
Organization: CONVEX Computer Corporation, Richardson, Tx., USA
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 21:51:36 GMT
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              Corp. The opinions expressed are those of the user and
              not necessarily those of CONVEX.

In article <1992Apr16.195031.2770@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> rzimeri@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Rich P Zimering) writes:
}In article <1992Apr16.041847.23213@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> ahawks@isis.cs.du.edu (
}ronald reagan) writes:
}>Before this newsgroup began there was some debate on rec.arts.sf.movies as to
}>how "Uncle" Owen and "Aunt Bea"  were related to Luke...I don't know if this

Just to keep the record straight:

No, no, no: "Aunt Bea" was related to OPIE-1-KENOBE on Planet Mayberry RFD.

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From: jset_cif@troi.cc.rochester.edu (Jeff Setzer)
Subject: Re: Falcon and Kessel run
Organization: University of Rochester - Rochester, New York
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 92 18:07:41 GMT

In <70478@ut-emx.uucp> ravenone@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Robert Marsa) writes:

>Although the explaination of an obstacle course is amusing, the context
>indicates that Han was trying to say how fast his ship was.  I don't have
>my book handy (perhaps I should carry it at all times :-), I'm sure that
>it says "It's the ship that made the Kessel run in less than n standard
>time parts" or something.  Anyway, the book uses time, not distance.

I always wondered about that...the quote is "made the Kessel run in less
than 12 parsecs."  When I was a kid, I thought that was like some sort of
fake time-unit (like the "centons" in Battlestar Galactica), but a few years
later, when I got into astronomy, I found out that a parsec is a real-life
*distance* measurement (comes from "parallax-second").

Mr. Lucas?  Mr. Kershner?  Are you listening? :-)


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From: sharon@wam.umd.edu (sharon)
Subject: Re: 9 Volumes of STAR WARS?  (1st post?)
Organization: University of Maryland at College Park
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1992 04:02:57 GMT

In article <1992Apr16.171301.26111@random.ccs.northeastern.edu> wombat@ccs.northeastern.edu (tat k mui) writes:
>In article <1992Apr16.065807.1273@wam.umd.edu> sharon@wam.umd.edu (sharon) writes:
>>	Original Posters from Star Wars are worth big bucks because they 
>>don't have the episode # on them. However I believe that in the middle of
>>the run, Star Wars was edited and the edisode IV was placed in the  title
>>and there were some changes made to the movie. I distinclty remember a scene
>>in which Luke is talking to his friend about the Space Academy or some such
>>thing, but when I saw the movie again, several months later, and rented it
>>on video cassette that scene was not there. I used to own a comic book 
>>version of the movie that we bought at the theater when we first saw it in
>>June of 1977 and this scene was in it. I no longer have the comic book but
>>my brother insists that Luke had a cousin Duke. That I can't say for sure.
>>Does anybody else remember this scene ?
>>
>>Laura.
>
>
> 
> That scene was in the paper back and the comic book but it was NEVER in the
> movie.  As far as i can remember the IV was always in the movie.  I just
> think that most people didnt notice it until the second or third time that
> they saw the movie.  


	Episode IV was DEFINETELY NOT IN THE ORIGINAL RELEASE -now think about
it logically, people accepted the fact that it was the 4th in the series
after it became popular, but htere would have been a marketing problem if, 
before it became a hit, it was publicized that it was not the first in a 
series. The American movie-goers would have a difficult time going to see a 
movie knowing that there were other "movies"  prior to it. It just isn't very
good marketing - however after it was a hit it could easily be added and the
people would accept it because most were enthralled enough with the concept to
actually read and listen to reports on the series to understand the concept.

	As for the scene not being in the movie, I've gotten e-mail from
three other people who rememberr seeing the scene as I do. It is difficult
to visually remember a scene in a book, especially when one is to young to
read anything longer than a comic book, certainly not a novel.

> The guy that Luke was talking to was Biggs Darklider (SP?).  He was a friend
> that left to go the acamedy and Luke's Uncle would not let Luke go to the
> Acamedy with him.
>
> Biggs was killed during the raid on the death star near the end of the movie. 
> Thats when he first hears Obi Wan tell him to use the force.


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From: thogek@seismo.gps.caltech.edu (Thomas Kiefer)
Subject: Re: Harrison Ford (Apocalypse Now)
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1992 19:42:31 GMT

In article <12642@pogo.wv.tek.com> nickh@pogo.wv.tek.com (Jonathon Harris) writes:
>
>Before American Grafiti Harrison Ford was also in Apocalypse Now and yes
>it was a small part but before AG none the less and not smaller by
>any means
>
>
>Nick Harris
>
>nickh@pogo.wv.tek.com

Actually, as a trivia bit...  Somebody pointed out to me that if you watch
Apocalypse Now, watch the scene with Harrison Ford -- I think he was some
kind of intelligence officer. Anyway, the name tag on the front of the
shirt worn by Ford's character reads: "G. Lucas".

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From: pockrand@cs.umn.edu (Mitch Pockrandt)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.starwars
Subject: Re: 9 Volumes of STAR WARS?
Date: 15 Apr 92 22:27:43 GMT
Article-I.D.: cs.1992Apr15.222743.14006
Organization: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, CSci dept.

According to the popular rumor mill a few years ago,  the one (or
two?) common thread that would exist in all three trilogies would be
the existence and involvement of R2D2 and C3P0.  No other characters
would exist in all nine movies.

Mitch Pockrandt
Minneapolis, MN
(pockrand@cs.umn.edu)
(pockrand@src.honeywell.com)
From: tweaver@hobbes.kzoo.edu (Tim Weaver)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.starwars
Subject: Re: Missing Scene in Star Wars
Date: 16 Apr 92 15:38:48 GMT
Article-I.D.: hobbes.1992Apr16.153848.24707
Distribution: usa
Organization: Kalamazoo College

DU (Rand Quinn) writes:
>
>     Someone mentioned a scene in the movie that was later cut out.  My
>brother remembers a scene in which Luke talks to Biggs about the academy.
>I guess Luke may have been playing with his t16 model and there may have
>been some kind of pool hall.  Also, the Star Wars storybook has a photo
>of Luke talking to Biggs on Tatooine, so they did shoot it.
>

As I remember, they did shoot it and it ended up on the cutting room floor.
But this is just hearsay and I heard it over 10 years ago.
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From: BACS Data Communications Group <commgrp@silver.ucs.indiana.edu>
Subject: Re: TRIVIA
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 92 05:54:33 GMT

Michael Y Fan writes:

>>OBTrivia:  How many parsecs did the Falcon make the Kessel run in?

>The Falcon made the Kessel run in under 12 parsecs.
>
>                                           Mike Fan

That's a technical flaw!  A parsec is a (very large) unit of 
distance, not time. It's 3.08572 x 10^13 kilometers (aprox. 4 
light years).  Saying that the Falcon made the Kessel run in 
under 12 parsecs is like saying you ran the 50-yard dash in less 
than 40 feet.  On the other hand, who knows what weird geometry 
warp/hyper/sub space might have!

More trivia:  The radiation belts surrounding the earth were 
discovered almost simultaneously by VanAllen and another 
scientist named Fan.  VanAllen published first, or else the  
earth would have a Fan Belt.

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From: v106lr4h@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Eric T Sasse)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.starwars
Subject: Re: Missing Scene in Star Wars
Date: 16 Apr 92 17:20:00 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: University at Buffalo
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

In article <1992Apr16.153848.24707@hobbes.kzoo.edu>, tweaver@hobbes.kzoo.edu (Tim Weaver) writes...
>DU (Rand Quinn) writes:
>>
>>     Someone mentioned a scene in the movie that was later cut out.  My
>>brother remembers a scene in which Luke talks to Biggs about the academy.
>>I guess Luke may have been playing with his t16 model and there may have
>>been some kind of pool hall.  Also, the Star Wars storybook has a photo
>>of Luke talking to Biggs on Tatooine, so they did shoot it.
>>
> 
>As I remember, they did shoot it and it ended up on the cutting room floor.
>But this is just hearsay and I heard it over 10 years ago.

   How about that scene from Star Wars where Jabba the Hutt shows up at the 
dock where the falcon is and tries to get his money from Han, btw, Jabba in 
this scene is a HUMAN, kind of a fat one too! I've seen it twice ever in my
life, and can't remember where. 

   Whoever mentioned the card #65 with the Biggs scene, which Star Wars card
set was it, I have most of like 3 of the 5(?) sets in their entirety, which 
colour was it, I'll go look it up? Red, green, orange, yellow or blue?

                                                          -Eric
From: h309@quads.uchicago.edu (Unknown Author)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.starwars
Subject: Re: Soundtracks to Star Wars Movies on CD?
Date: 16 Apr 92 15:55:21 GMT
Reply-To: h309@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Mindcrime

In article <1992Apr16.154304.24139@sparky.imd.sterling.com> marotz@IMD.Sterling.COM writes:
>Finally there is a newsgroup devoted to my favorite movies!
>
>Anyway, I was looking for the soundtracks for all of the Star Wars
>movies on CD. I mean the _original_ recordings, not a newer version
>played by another orchestra.
>
>I have the CD for The Empire Strikes Back, but am looking for the
>CD's for Star Wars and Return of the Jedi. Does anybody know
>where I can find these? I don't want to have to make a tape off of
>my old records!
>
  Yeah, I have the Empire CD also as well as the Star Wars CD.
Both are by Polydor, I believe. The Star Wars CD is a double CD and is
pretty easy to find. The Empire Strikes Back CD is a little harder to find.
I haven't seen the Return of the Jedi CD anywhere, but I saw a CD called
"The Star Wars trilogy".  I'm not sure what's on this disc, but it's only a 
single CD.

Just my two cents worth :)


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From: cole@concert.net (Derrick C. Cole)
Subject: Re: Missing Scene in Star Wars
Organization: MCNC Data Operations
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1992 18:05:13 GMT

In article <1992Apr16.162108.12717@acsu.buffalo.edu> v106lr4h@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Eric T Sasse) writes:
>
>   Whoever mentioned the card #65 with the Biggs scene, which Star Wars card
>set was it, I have most of like 3 of the 5(?) sets in their entirety, which 
>colour was it, I'll go look it up? Red, green, orange, yellow or blue?
>
>                                                          -Eric

It was the blue-rimmed set.  Thinking about it has me wanting to attempt to
track some down.  Anyone know how I might possibly scare some up?

Derrick

P.S.  #65 was the card I _didn't_ have...

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From: mkc@centerline.com (Mark Culotta)
Subject: Re: Excuse me for my ignorance...(SWRPG)
Organization: CenterLine Software, Inc.
	<54808@hydra.gatech.EDU>
	<1992Apr16.180041.26302@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 20:09:07 GMT

In article <1992Apr16.180041.26302@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> ggg9y@poe.acc.Virginia.EDU (Garth G. Groff) writes:

>   I seem to remember that somewhere in the first SW, one of the Imperials
>   was called THX1138.  Does anyone remember this?  THX1138 was, of course, 
>   the name of Lucas' first sci-fi film, as well as the hero's name.  Was
>   it a young Robert Duvall?

Yes.  But I remember only the number 1138 being used.

And yes it was Robert Duvall in the movie.  Btw, IMHO this is an excellent movie
in its own right.  This film was originally a class project and is also Lucas'
first commercial film of any kind.


Mark Culotta


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From: arakins@iastate.edu (Andrew R Akins)
Subject: Re: does anyone remember a star wars based novel ...
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, IA
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1992 20:17:06 GMT

In article <1992Apr17.191048.2274@cco.caltech.edu> thogek@seismo.gps.caltech.edu (Thomas Kiefer) writes:
>That's not Splinter.  The robbing of a treasury sound something like "Han
>Solo and the Lost Legacy," but that was long before he met Luke, Leia, and
>the Alliance.  I can think also of one other short story -- Rebel Mission
>to Ord Mantel -- but I remember very little about that one, expect that it
>explains an encounter Han refers to in TESB ("Yeah, well that bounty hunter
>we ran into on Ord Mantel changed my mind!")  It may have explained Yavin
>and Hoth, and mentioned a treasury raid...  I don't remember.
>
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  Does anyone know where I can get my hands on this short story (Rebel
Mission to Ord Mantel)? I've read all of the novels, the HanSolo books,
the Lando books, and Splinter, but I've never heard of this story.

  I'd love to read it :-) 

-- Andy Akins
   aka Brother Andrek
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From: thogek@seismo.gps.caltech.edu (Thomas Kiefer)
Subject: Re: does anyone remember a star wars based novel ...
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1992 19:10:48 GMT

In article <1992Apr17.021658.25327@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> jik20815@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (John Iv Kovacik) writes:
>John Schulien <U21187@uicvm.uic.edu> writes:
>
>>... that came out soon after the movie. All I remember is that it had Luke
>>and Leia hacking through a jungle planet. I don't even remember who wrote
>>the book. The plot didn't mesh very nicely with the subsequent movies. I
>>seem to remember them coming across various abandoned temples and shrines.
>
>>Well, is this vague enough?!? Any clues anyone?
>
>It's called Splinter of the Mind's Eye.
>
>>Thanks,
>
>>- John
>					- Biff the Wonder Twit

"Splinter of the Mind's Eye" was written by Alan Dean Foster, and set to
occur between "Star Wars: A New Hope" and "The Empire Strikes Back."  In
my (and most others', I think) opinion, the events of Splinter clash with
those that supposedly follow in TESB, but it's an otherwise good story, if
you buy the aspect of the Force the book introduces.

About the lightsaber duel near the end, in which somebody mentioned that
Luke seemed to be fighting well beyond his experience...  I think the idea
was that Ben was supposedly present and helping Luke.  This explains the
scene, but, again, clashes (I think) with Ben's claim in TESB that "if you
face Vader, you must do it alone.  I cannot interfere."  The circumstances
may have been considered different -- Ben couldn't meddle in the father/son
revelation, or perhaps simply couldn't bear to be present, but he could
come in earlier when Luke was untrained and simply needed the help to
survive.  (?)  But...  Nevermind.


In article <1992Apr17.023055.10210@CS.ORST.EDU> vaughnl@nyssa.CS.ORST.EDU (Luke Vaughn) writes:
>I remember seeing somewhere one time a different book that was supposed to be
>a connector between SW and TESB about why they left Yavin and why they moved to
>Hoth, plus some other stuff about Solo Robbing an Imperial Treasury for the
>Alliance.
>
>Anyone Know the Title?

>-Luke

That's not Splinter.  The robbing of a treasury sound something like "Han
Solo and the Lost Legacy," but that was long before he met Luke, Leia, and
the Alliance.  I can think also of one other short story -- Rebel Mission
to Ord Mantel -- but I remember very little about that one, expect that it
explains an encounter Han refers to in TESB ("Yeah, well that bounty hunter
we ran into on Ord Mantel changed my mind!")  It may have explained Yavin
and Hoth, and mentioned a treasury raid...  I don't remember.

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From: arakins@iastate.edu (Andrew R Akins)
Subject: Re: Falcon gif
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, IA
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1992 00:30:43 GMT


  My computer does not know where

     vab20.larc.nasa.gov

  is. Is this the correct address? And if it do you 
also know the internet number for this ftp site? I
would really like to see some of the star wars gifs
they have there.

-- Andy Akins
   Iowa State University
   arakins@iastate.edu


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