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From: alee@quads.uchicago.edu (Nic Fit)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.starwars
Subject: The Boba Fett Figure
Date: 23 Jan 93 20:07:50 GMT
Reply-To: alee@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: University of Chicago

I just heard this from a guy who used to work at Kenner.

The Boba Fett figure with the firing rocket backpack DOES indeed
exist, however NO ONE in the public has it. Kenner did not send
it to anyone. The only existing figures are the first few prototype
models used in the commercial, and marketing. As for where these
figures are, only God knows.

P.S. I saw the "Power of the Force" carbonite Han Solo at a comic
book shop yesterday for $135 !!!!!! (unopened)....

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Subject: Re: Harpoons (and At-Ats)
From: wookiee@vax1.mankato.msus.edu
Date: 21 Jan 93 11:45:53 -0600
Organization: Mankato State University

In article <C17L89.50t@mach1.wlu.ca>, lars4752@mach1.wlu.ca (Bradley Larsen u) writes:
> The Rebel Alliance must have run into the AT-AT's before.  Recall from the
> movie when the trench officer uses his binoculars??? to spot the oncoming
> Walkerrs? His reply to the base is something like "We spotted Imperial
> walkers." 

I don't see that as any proof that the rebel have run into them before, just
another character stating the obvious, like the 'Look sir, droids!'
Stormtrooper in ANH.  Think about it a minute.  You are on an uninhabited
planet, someone in your cause has just blown up an (assumed, but correctly so)
Imperial probe droid, Star Destroyers have come out of light speed in the
system, you are waiting for some kind of ground assault from the Impy's and you
see 4 (have we decided if there was a fifth yet?) giant metal WALKING armoured
vehicles coming towards your base... What would you have called them?  Imperial
because they are obviously from the empire, and walkers because they walk. 
nothing more to that statement then that.

> 
> Brad Larsen
> lars4752@mach1.wlu.ca
> 
-- 

          "I have a new strategy, Artoo. Let the Wookiee win." - C3PO

          "Let the flesh control the mind." -Lestat deLioncourt

          "In the Troopers, it's always bowb your buddy week." - Bill

      If these were opinions, Mankato could care less that I had them, but
                            there not.

                  -wookiee@vax1.mankato.msus.edu
From: x91fanjoy@gw.wmich.edu
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.starwars
Subject: Re: SW Chess Set
Date: 23 Jan 93 21:25:11 EST
Organization: Western Michigan University

In article <1jeegpINNm24@bigboote.WPI.EDU>, mmartin@wpi.WPI.EDU (Matthew Wayne Martin) writes:
> 	I recently saw an ad for the SW Chess set.  It costs $19.95 a piece
> +$2.50 postage.  It's also one of those 2 pieces every other month deals.
> At 32 pieces, it a lot of time and money.  Here are the piece
> assignments.
> 
>                  Rebellion			Empire
> 		        
> KING	         Obi-Wan & Yoda (1 piece)       Emperor
> QUEEN		 Millenium Falcon               Death Star
> BISHOP           Luke Skywalker			Darth Vader
> BISHOP		 Han Solo			Boba Fett
> KNIGHT		 Leia on Speeder Bike		Stormtrooper on Speeder Bike
> KNIGHT		 Chewbacca			Stormtrooper on Dewback(?)
> ROUQUE		 R2D2				Imperial Probe Droid
> ROUQUE		 C-3PO				Scout Walker
> PAWN		 Ewok (looks like Wicket)       Stormtrooper

	Being the crazy individual I am, I'd probably blow a huge pile of 
money to get this set if there weren't a few drawbacks.  The main one is..
Gaah!!! They put Ewoks in it!  Not just a few, mind you, but 8 WHOLE EWOKS!!!

	What were they thinkin'?  I don't think there's even that many Ewok
action figures.  And besides, if I wanted to play chess, I don't know anyone
who'd play the rebels.  I mean, there were lots of rebel soldiers about, and
even more ships.  They could've done X-wings for pawns or something.

	But on the bright side, at least they fixed the politically-incorrect
structure of traditional chess.  You know what I'm talking about-- the deal
where the White side goes first?  Bad move, people.  I'm not thinkin' that
traditional chess will be smiled upon by the new administration... :}

	Oh well.  If I inherit a wad, I'll buy it anyway.

--Dave "Y-Wings and Boba Fett are Cool" Fanjoy
	aka: Yath on Kobra MUD  (nooo!!! the MUDdies are on Unews!)

PS: If you're stupid, please don't reply to or follow up this post.




  
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From: cmgeorg@eos.ncsu.edu (CHRIS MICH GEORGOULIAS)
Subject: Re:Cards & Collectables (was:Burger Chef Star Wars Posters
Originator: cmgeorg@c00566-1403br.eos.ncsu.edu
Reply-To: cmgeorg@eos.ncsu.edu (CHRIS MICH GEORGOULIAS)
Organization: North Carolina State University, Project Eos
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 16:17:33 GMT


In article <dsblack.727484110@vincent2.iastate.edu>, dsblack@iastate.edu (Vilkata TDK) writes:
|>Nope, but I remember Burger _King_ giving out _trading_cards_.  They seemed to
|>be cheap ones (What do you expect?), made out of cardboard.  But I still have
|>some at home, and although they're not all perfect, I believe I have some in 
|>very good condition.  Anybody know what _these_ are worth?
|>-- 

Not really.  Unless you have an uncut set.  They were grouped in 3's.
(36 total, with scenes from SW and ESB) Even then your probably talking 
$15-$20 MAX.  Separated ones are just not nice to collect.  Jagged edges.....

You guys, it's the UNOPENED AND BOXED TOYS that are the SW things of value.
Well, except for some on the movie posters.  So, just don't go off on what you
dig out of your attic, just enjoy them for the sentimental value.  And set 'em
up all over your house.  If you want to get into collecting for real then
I'd suggest finding that pot of gold now.  This stuff is getting pricier by
the day!

-chris

 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 +      Chris Georgoulias                                                    +
 + North Carolina State University                                           +
 +     cmgeorg@eos.ncsu.edu                                                  +
 +                                                                           +
 + "Aah... who cares about school...who cares about life...who cares about   +
 +  me.  Not me, that's for sure!  Look!...(punches himself in the head)..   +
 +  ...I just don't care!"                                                   +
 +                                       -Vyvian,  The Young Ones            + 
 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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From: hatcher@ramsey.cs.laurentian.ca (Donald L.C. Blewett)
Subject: Re: SW on gameboy-HELP!
Organization: Dept. of Computer Science, Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 14:16:04 GMT

In <C18qGL.BwA@news.cso.uiuc.edu> rku45136@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Rajiv Udani) writes:

>Does anybody out there know how to cheat on the Star Wars game for
>Gameboy. It's just too hard (and my powers of the Force are limited).

>thanks
>rajiv

I didn't know there was a game boy version.  I played the nes version for the
first time last weekend and found it to be impossible.  I couldn't get Luke to
successfully jump across a part of the sandcrawler.  I had to eventually give
up.  As to the game boy, you might try the new game boy game genie.  It works
on most games I hear.

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From: Michael_Hilgers@k.maus.de (Michael Hilgers)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.starwars
Subject: ANH...?
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 93 22:25:00 GMT
Organization: MausNet (Mitglied im IN e.V.)
X-Gateway: MausGate/News 1.15A/hb

In an article sts@cs.bham.ac.uk (Stuart Sproston) writes:

s>Excuse me for being thick, but what is ANH?
s>As far as I can remember, there were 3 Star Wars films..
s>        Star Wars (SW)
s>        The Empire Strikes Back (tESB)
s>and,    Return of the Jedi (RotJ)
s>
s>So what's ANH??

It means "A NEW HOPE". I think the title of the first movie is something like
this:
                     STAR WARS
                    A new Hope
But I'm not sure.
A friend of mine said so.

s>-Dino.
s>
s>***************************************************************
s>* No disclaimer, cos I think they're a huge waste of space... *
s>***************************************************************

Greetings, Michael
Cologne, Germany
Michael_Hilgers@K.maus.de
From: ss@wpi.WPI.EDU (Scott Streeter)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.starwars
Subject: Re: THX Laserdiscs
Date: 22 Jan 93 09:07:23
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA 01609-2280
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In-reply-to: craig@odie.cs.mun.ca's message of Thu, 21 Jan 1993 13:02:15 GMT

>>>>> On Thu, 21 Jan 1993 13:02:15 GMT, craig@odie.cs.mun.ca (Craig Coffin) said:
>Having seen the extra 40 minutes of footage from the recut Abyss I
>would suggest that anyone who enjoyed the original release of the
>Abyss should consider getting the special edition.  There is a rather
>nifty effect in it that ILM went back to and finished for the
>release. Hopefully they will release the film to theaters for awhile....

craig> What is included in the new release?  Is the "tidal wave" scene
craig> from the novelization included?  More importantly, is the new
craig> cut available on VHS?

craig> (Still waiting for Special Edition _Aliens_ on VHS.  Grrr....)

Please post this to one of the movie groups. Try rec.arts.sf.movies or
rec.video.releases for such things...
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From: wjames@cse.ucsc.edu (John Amenta)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.starwars
Subject: Darth Vader's role in the new Films
Date: 26 Jan 1993 04:37:26 GMT
Organization: University of California, Santa Cruz (CE/CIS Boards)
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I would like to see the new films going back to the early episodes,
focus around the development of Darth Vader - how he became the man
behind the mask.  The entire, Father-Son relationship in the original
three movies I thought Lucas nicely put together and completed in 
Return of the Jedi (the final scenes of Luke and Vader clashing while
the Emporer sat by watching was some of Lucas' best ever, and the
unmasking really focused the epic into a single magical moment (and
what else are films for??)

Not only following Vader's development would be interesting and increase
the worth of the episodes already made, which in my mind, Vader was the
main character and it really seems like it they were about him if
anybody, but just knowing what is to follow - the incredible power that
he wields in the later years, and seeing how he comes to this power -
in the backdrop of emperial intrigue etc, and how he overcomes the other
Jedi's - would be most fascinating and entertaining.  What would be
even more tragic, is if he did it all for Love - who was Vader's wife?
Who was the Mother of Luke Skywalker?

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From: roy@watson.ibm.com
Subject: Re: Really nagging question
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 15:59:30 GMT
News-Software: IBM OS/2 PM RN (NR/2) v0.17 by O. Vishnepolsky and R. Rogers
Reply-To: roy@trigger.watson.ibm.com
Disclaimer: This posting represents the poster's views, not necessarily those of IBM
Organization: IBM T.J. Watson Research Center

In <C1EGA1.HEJ@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu> djtooley@cantor.math.uwaterloo.ca (Doug Tooley) writes:
><MWEINTR@auvm.american.edu> writes:
>>Why is Artoo always black and white in space?!?!?!?!?
>>In all three movies, whenever he is shown in Luke's X-Wing, his blue panels
>>turn a sorta-greyish tint, DEFINITELY not blue...
>You are correct, sir!
>
>>I'm sure there's a simple answer, but I don't know...
>
>There is:  Think blue screen.
>
>Blue screen type filming is just suppose to take care of it's own shade
>of blue, but there are side effects. I'm no expert, so I shan't continue. :)
>
>One neat side effect of blue screen filming can be seen in ST:TNG.
>The stars from the windows are reflected in the black (shiny) tables.
>This was an accident, (reflected blue screen) and apparently really 
>impressed the people working on it. ("look what we did!")
>
>....."I haven't lost my mind, I know exactly where I left it."................
>Doug Tooley             3B Co-Op CS student at U of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
>djtooley@{descartes|napier|cayley}.uwaterloo.ca            

I tend to agree that it is probably caused by the blue-screen too.  ILM couldn't
use the regular blue as it would make Artoos look transparent.  So, they used
a darker, almost black blue.

Or, you can try to explain it due to lighting.  Maybe the blue material refracts
light in a certain way such that the more light there is, the bluer the shade
and the darker, etc.  Just a thought.  Kinda like a mood-ring?  :-)

Regards,
Tom Rogers
roy@trigger.watson.ibm.com
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From: quantum@cybernet.cse.fau.edu (Blake Matthews)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.starwars
Subject: Wookie Christmas Special
Date: 24 Jan 93 22:26:06 GMT
Organization: Cybernet BBS, Boca Raton, Florida

Does anyone know where I can get a copy of the Wookie Christmas Special? 
Am willing to pay reasonble price.  Please E-Mail me. Thanks Quantum.

You'll find out I'm full of surprises.
                                        Luke Skywalker to Darth Vader
                                        EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
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From: barryl@mongoose.tansu.com.au (Barry Lightbody)
Subject: Re: Really nagging question
Reply-To: barryl@mongoose.tansu.com.au
Organization: Sun Microsystems
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 06:37:35 GMT

In article 21820@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu, djwalton@burrito.engr.ucdavis.edu (David J Walton) writes:
>In article <93024.021737MWEINTR@auvm.american.edu> MWEINTR@auvm.american.edu writes:
>>Why is Artoo always black and white in space?!?!?!?!?
>>
>>In all three movies, whenever he is shown in Luke's X-Wing, his blue panels
>>turn a sorta-greyish tint, DEFINITELY not blue...
>>
>>I'm sure there's a simple answer, but I don't know...
>>
>
>Yup, it's a simple answer, all right.
>His blue panels are too close to the color of the blue-screen he is filmed
>against for the space shots.  If they left 'em blue, you'd see stars instead
>of panels.  Make sense?
>
>Dave


There is another answer.

Every been outside when the only light around was that of the moon. 
A. Its very bright so there is enough light to see, and
B. There are no colours only a mixture of greys'

I would say that the exhaust port was positioned on the night side of the DS. If is was not then
how we should have seen some shots of the sun. Which on reflection we did as the M. Falcon comes out of
nowhere  maybe it was only partially eclipsed.

In anyway case the shots of R2 must have been in shade with the only light available being
reflective background sunlight, either from the DS, Yavin or the moon.


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From: bxp1628@hertz.njit.edu (Brian Perler)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.starwars
Subject: Re: Another error?
Date: 22 Jan 93 16:14:59 GMT
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J.

In article <1993Jan22.150422.18403@njitgw.njit.edu> dxg6476@hertz.njit.edu (David Gray) writes:
>In article <1993Jan06.172611.22160@watson.ibm.com> roy@trigger.watson.ibm.com writes:
>>In <1993Jan06.132959.25465@watson.ibm.com> roy@watson.ibm.com writes:
>>
>>Here is something that might not be an error, but is hard to explain:
>>
>>   In TESB, Han is lowered into the carbon-freeze chamber hands bound
>>   behind his back in cuffs.
>>
>>   We see Han's face grimace as the carbon-freeze is activated and plums
>>   of gas rise out of the chamber.  Han's hands are still bound behind
>>   his back.
>>
>>   When the frozen Han is displayed, his hands are clearly in front
>>   of him.  No cuffs!  Also, there are no cuffs on either hand when
>>   he is thawed by Leia in ROTJ.
>>
>>The question is:  "What happened to the cuffs?"
>
>This is not an error.  If you watch closely, Han's hands are never tied behind  his back, but rather in front.  He also has a restraint around his upper arms/  chest.  Just before He is lowered into the pit, one of the stormtroopers removeshis wrist restraints, but not the upper body one.  His hands were free.
>
>                                                Dave

Actually, "Dave," (if that is your real name), it was an Ugnaught that
removed the cuffs.  I don't remember an upper body restraint, but
it could be there.  I'll have to check.

-- 
Brian Perler			bxp1628@hertz.njit.edu
"I wanna decide who lives and who dies"
	-Crow T. Robot, "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians," MST3K
From: athas@buphy.bu.edu (Gregory Athas)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.starwars
Subject: Hyperspace and the Death Star
Date: 25 Jan 93 19:57:58 GMT

This has nagged me for a while, and since I'm 1000 miles from my copy of ANH (novelization);  If we assume that the falcon escaped by going into hyperspace to get to Yavin, and it was tracked by the imperials (details of this have been a continuing thread here)  can the Death Star go into hyperspace?  Otherwise it would have probably been a myserably long journy to Yavin.  So how much time did the rebels have until they would become interstellar dust?  The movie gives the impression of not too many hours.




Greg
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From: cjp53999@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Cory James Padfield)
Subject: Re: Imperial Fleet
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 01:04:37 GMT

keith@cco.caltech.edu (Keith Allan Schneider) writes:

>haywire@bigwpi.WPI.EDU (the Insane One) writes:


>>Does anyone have any idea on how large the Entire Imperial Fleet is??
>>And how many different types of ships there are??

>>All I know is there are three known types
>>1. super star destroyer
>>2. command star destroyer
>>3. star destroyer
>>4. cruiser???

>Well, the majority of both the Imperial and Rebel fleets are seen
>in Jedi.  It consists mainly of a bunch of Star Destroyers (how many?
>I dunno...) along with their complement of Tie Fighters.


     Well, according to the roleplaying game, there are about 25,000 Star
     Destroyers, and five Super Star Destoyers. We certainly did not see
     the majority of th eImperial fleet in Jedi.

>Like in the US Navy, a very small number of ships can control a large
>territory.  I mean, how many aircraft carriers do we have?  Like 5?
>And probably a similar number of active Battleships...  of course,
>we have smaller ships: destroyers, frigates, etc. too.

     You are about right on the aircraft carriers we have- about five, depend-
     ing on which one is in for refitting for a couple of years. However, the
     United States Navy no longer uses batlleships- Desert Storm was their 
     last use, and now they are museum pieces.

>keith

      Cory Padfield

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From: qtm2w@Virginia.EDU ("Quinn T. McCord")
Subject: Re: Imperial Fleet
Organization: University of Virginia
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 23:20:11 GMT


	Since two people have posted their belief that the US
only has 5 aircraft carriers, I'm afraid that I'll have to
correct them.  All six of the Nimitz class nuclear aircraft
carrriers are active: Nimitz, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Carl
Vinson, Theodore Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln, and George
Washington.  There is also the one-of-a-kind nuclear aircraft
carrier USS Enterprise.  We also have four Kitty Hawk class
conventionally powered ones: Kitty Hawk, Constellation,
America, and John F. Kennedy, although one of these is being
overhauled and is not active.  Also active are the Saratoga and
the Independence, both Forrestal class.  The Forrestal itself
is the training carrier, with the fourth ship of the Forrestal
class (Ranger) in reserve.  Also in reserve (I think) are the
two Midway class carriers (Midway and Coral Sea) and perhaps
the old Essex class USS Oriskany.  Any way you cut it, we have
12 active carriers, not 5.  You must be thinking of the
Battlestar Galactica fleet.
						-Quinn
From: gumby@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (David Brian Gumminger)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.starwars
Subject: Re: Harrison Ford Movies
Date: 27 Jan 93 07:45:18 GMT
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In article <1k4ofsINNe2a@ub.d.umn.edu> rfentima@ub.d.umn.edu (Robert Fentiman) writes:
>
>Anyone know if he's going to be in the next one of the movies based on
>Clancy's books?
>
>	Thanks
>	Robert Fentiman 

Yes.  Harrison Ford will return as Jack Ryan in the next Tom Clancy book to
go to the big screen.  In fact, he (Harrison Ford) has agreed to star in the
next two Clancy film adaptations.  I beleive "Clear and Present Danger" is to
be next and may already be in production.  The actress who portayed his wife
in "Patriot Games" (Ann Archer?) will also return for the next two flicks.
I just hope the movie versions of Clancy's books are truer to the book than
was "patriot Games", but that's a different topic for a different group.

Dave   

-- 
David B. Gumminger
Kansas State University
gumby@matt.ksu.ksu.edu
From: dxg6476@hertz.njit.edu (David Gray)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.starwars
Subject: Re: More questions
Date: 25 Jan 93 17:49:41 GMT
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J.

In article <1jtfqcINNq1n@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> lyon@egr.msu.edu (Scott Lyon) writes:
>If the Falcon was destroyed escaping the superstructure of the Death Star, what
>are the circumstances that allowed Lando to be at the Ewok celebration? Did the
>Falcon(therefore) survive? Or did Lando(alone) escape? Or did the whole crew on
>the Falcon escape before it's demise? Or did the Falcon only APPEAR to explode?
>Since this was never filmed, any ideas will be only speculation. However, those
>will be appreciated as well.
>-- 
>-Scott Lyon
>"May the Force be with us..."

That was a mistake in the script.  I have seen other excerpts of this scene with a not at the end to delete the reference to Lando in the last scene. Apparantly the idea to kill Lando was not definite when this draft of the script was 
written, or perhaps he was not killed in the original draft and when this one
was written they forgot to remove the reference.  I for one am glad that they
changed their mind on this one.

                                                  Dave
From: ss@wpi.WPI.EDU (Scott Streeter)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.starwars
Subject: New Models
Date: 27 Jan 93 21:48:52 GMT
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
NNTP-Posting-Host: wpi.wpi.edu


The AT-ST is out. Just saw it at a store. Also, just read in Preview
that there will be a Han Solo vinyl kit coming out by Screamin'
models. It will be 1/4 scale figure.
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