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From: f_alfan@pavo.concordia.ca (ALFANI, FABRIZIO)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.starwars
Subject: return of the pissant figures...
Date: 5 Nov 92 18:46:00 GMT
Organization: Concordia University
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     How's about a figure of the rebel technician who asks Luke
 "Sir, you sure you don't want a new R2 unit?"

I (being 7 at the time) thought that was a pretty stupid question, even coming
from a wrenchmonkey (no offense to all you mechanics out there).
how bout a dianoga/trash compactor playset? interpreter droid? 

Also, can anyone tell me if they made a 'rebel trooper' figure of the rebels
aboard Leia's ship? (you know, the ones who lasted as long as Michael Spinks?)

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From: bssbc3gsd@dct.ac.uk
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.starwars
Subject: re: cute dinosaur scene cut
Date: 12 Nov 92 10:21:07 GMT
Organization: Dundee Institute of Technology




I'VE SEEN IT TOO!!!!!!


it was on the in of one of the british star wars comics AND the issue of
"FILM REVIEW" that was out when star wars was released...



I always wondered about that dinosaur................

g.
From: DCC117@psuvm.psu.edu
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.starwars
Subject: Re: Dark Empire #6 --Delayed again??
Date: 6 Nov 92 22:53:53 GMT
Organization: Penn State University

In article <92311.120007EMW107@psuvm.psu.edu>, Young Indy <EMW107@psuvm.psu.edu>
says:
>
>   Well it seems Dark Empire #6 isn't out yet......anyone hear any new updates
> yet?
>

  Grrrrrr........ ( directed at Dark Horse )
 It's bad enough that these only come out every two months. Of course, I
wouldn't mind as much if they were a little longer! Maybe things will change
when the series goes beyond six issues.

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From: SCJED@VM.CC.LATECH.EDU
Subject: Re: STAR WARS MUSIC
Organization: Louisiana Tech University
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 92 11:11:13 CST

In article <1992Nov5.001928.3711@u.washington.edu>
redrum@carson.u.washington.edu (Joe Stremick) writes:
 
>
>In article <168959EA2.SCJED@VM.CC.LATECH.EDU> SCJED@VM.CC.LATECH.EDU writes:
>>In article <1992Nov3.233849.27844@bohra.cpg.oz.au>
>>davids@bohra.cpg.oz.au (David Schulz) writes:
>>
>>>
>>>I was VERY disappointed with the soundtrack from ROTJ though.  The only
>>>music I liked (the choral piece during the Emperor/Vader/Luke scenes towards
>>>the end) was not on the soundtrack.
>>>
>>
>>The music that you are refering to _is_ on the album version of the soundtrack.
>
>        Which track is it?  What is the title?  I have both record
>and tape copies of the soundtrack and have listened to them many,
>many times, and I have never heard that choral music.  It is also
>not on the "Star Wars Trilogy" album put out by Varese Sarabande
>records.  However, the Star Wars Trilogy does have two extra track
>from ROTJ: "Darth Vader's Death" and "Attack of the Tie Fighters".
>
>|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
>|-Joe Stremick,               |"I want to learn the ways of the Force  |
>|       a.k.a. Redrum         | and become a Jedi like my father. . ." |
>|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 I was sure that the choral track was on there (well 98% sure).  The last
time I listened to the soundtrack was about a month ago at a friends house,
and I remember hearing the choral music.
 But maybe I'm wrong.  To avoid confusion I'll check it out and find out
exactly what we listened to.
 
Later,
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From: keith@cco.caltech.edu (Keith Allan Schneider)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.starwars
Subject: Re: Mac, the Lightsaber (ZZZTT)
Date: 6 Nov 1992 19:03:26 GMT
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
NNTP-Posting-Host: punisher.caltech.edu

>>>       Oh yes. Y'all have heard that Lucas tentatively signed Macaulay Culkin
>>>to play young Luke, haven't you?
>>>       No? Oh dear.
>>
>>        AAAARGH! SAY IT ISN'T SO!!!!!
>>
> It IS so.
>             ACK!

Somehow, I really doubt it.  First of all, I think the first trilogy will
probably end with teh birth of Luke.  Also, Culkin will be a teenager
by the time the movies are made.  Remember what teenagerhood did to
Ricky Schroder.  I doubt that Culkin will be "cute" much longer.
Besides, isn't it bad enough that _Home Alone_ passed up the
Star Wars movies in the gross ticket dollars sold?  Ugh.

keith
Organization: The American University - University Computing Center
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 17:37:18 EST
From: <MWEINTR@auvm.american.edu>
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.starwars
Subject: Re: WANTED: SW RADIO SHOW, EWOKS MOVIES, THANKSGIVING SPECIAL

Ditto, I think we should start a tape tree on this newsgroup for the
aforementioned rare things that no one seems to have...

(I'd volunteer, but I have none of it)

Mike
---
                     Mike Weintraub  mweintr@american.edu
                   The American University -- Kenobi on IRC
            "Life in two dimensions is a mass production scheme"
                         --Rush,  "Grand Designs"
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From: sche7135@mach1.wlu.ca (Scott Schelter u)
Subject: Dark Horse Dark Empire - Questions
Organization: Wilfrid Laurier University
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 17:06:26 GMT

            This is a question for all the lucky people who have
a copy of Dark Horse Dark Empire #6 (I'm really strapped for cash so
I don't have a copy :-( ) Does Dark Horse give any indication in the back
about whether or not, and when, they will be starting their next
SW series. Who will be writing it/illustrating it? Will it deal with
the storyline introduced in the Dark Empire series?

            Thanx
From: joshuali@usc.edu (Joshua Ling)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.starwars
Subject: The Emperor/Actor
Date: 7 Nov 1992 15:40:55 -0800
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: aludra.usc.edu

The guy who played the Emperor is Ian McDirmid.

Afetr Jedi Came out I wrote him a letter and to my surprise I got a letter
back from him!! Not a form letter either.

This is the same guy that plays the priest in DRAGONSLAYER and gets
torched by the KING of all dragons...  VERMITHRAX.

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From: tlg4@po.CWRU.Edu (TJ Goldstein)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.starwars,rec.humor,rec.humor.d
Subject: Re: "My Jedi Journal"
Date: 7 Nov 1992 16:45:34 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: tlg4@po.CWRU.Edu (TJ Goldstein)
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In a previous article, brad@cmptrc.lonestar.org (Brad Barton) says:

>In article <1992Nov6.025247.17482@cs.uwp.edu> itzenhui@cs.uwp.edu (Steve Itzenhuiser) writes:
>>Hey, just to note, I like all the comments.  My search leads me outside
>>the movie script, however.  While looking through an art book of book
>>covers I saw a book entitled "My Jedi Journal" written, apparently, by
>>Yoda.  The book was released in 1982(?) by Balantine(?).  I can not track
>>the book down anywhere.  I'm assuming it's not being printed any longer,
>>but if anyone can help me find the book I'd be very greatful.
>>
>I saw a copy of this recently at a store called "Remember When".  They may
>still have it.

If you're looking for philosophy, you're going to be disappointed.

"My Jedi Journal" was a marketing ploy.  It's a "blank book,"
pages where a young Jedi trainee had a place to take notes, i guess.
I think I still have one of the two copies that were given to me at
various times, one as a joke.

----  TJ

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From: cmgeorg@eos.ncsu.edu (CHRIS MICH GEORGOULIAS)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.starwars
Subject: Re: Wookiee Christmas special!
Date: 13 Nov 92 15:06:23 GMT
Article-I.D.: ncsu.1992Nov13.150623.24044
Reply-To: cmgeorg@eos.ncsu.edu (CHRIS MICH GEORGOULIAS)
Distribution: usa
Organization: North Carolina State University, Project Eos
Originator: cmgeorg@c00551-1403br.eos.ncsu.edu


Also keep in mind that this video was never released or aired again, so the
quality is not first-rate because of the Nth generation copying. The
commercials have been edited so there may be a few seconds lost here and there.
There's also a few spots where the picture vanishes (though only for a second
or two at most).

-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!"                                                   +
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Subject: Re: THX-1138 references (was: R2D2 in Raiders)
From: "Nathanel J. Barlow" <nb2b+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 21:40:29 -0500 
 <1992Nov10.142441.22916@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca><lg148cINN73p@earth.cs.utexas.edu>
Organization: Freshman, CIT general, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

In message <lg148cINN73p@earth.cs.utexas.edu>,  mmccartn@cs.utexas.edu
(Michael David McCartney), writes:

(stuff deleted)
>if anyone else is interested in these neat little things that move makers
>put in, i heard from a friend about a movie called "Murder By Numbers"
(even more stuff deleted)

And one can not forget Alfred Hitchcock, the master of suspense and also
the master of the cameo appearance in his own films.  My favorite is
that in "Lifeboat", where he appears on the back of the newspaper that
the survivors read in the boat.

Nate
nb2b@andrew.cmu.edu
From: pn88384@cs.tut.fi (Petri Nurminen)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.starwars
Subject: Re: Luke's lightsaber
Date: 13 Nov 92 13:00:40
Organization: Lets waste him. No offense.
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In-reply-to: keith@cco.caltech.edu's message of 12 Nov 1992 21:55:59 GMT

Keith Allan Schneider writes:

> Well, the lightsaber has to absorb the impact as well.  I mean, I assume
> that the blaster bolts have a certain amount of momentum, because people
> fall back when hit.  Of course, they may just be reacting to the pain or

Nope, with lightsaber you could alter the direction of the impact, so you 
wouldn't have to stand the impact force (at least all of it)

> Besides, the vest is not the only type of armor.  Armor will protect against
> more than one projectile at a time, and will deflect solid objects.

True, but bullet proof vest for example is quite useless against arrows while
lightsaber might be useful....

	Pet
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Organization: Washington University, St. Louis
Date:         Tue, 10 Nov 92 21:12:08 CST
From:         C09615ST@wuvmd.wustl.edu
To:           NETNEWS@WUVMD
Subject:      Re: STAR WARS vs, vs the evilness in nazism
Newsgroups:   rec.arts.sf.starwars,rec.arts.sf.tv

On the allegorical nature of BG, Trek, Star Wars, et cetera...
(specifically on Obi-Wan Kenobi as a Christ figure)

Just because Kenobi is a sacrificial hero doesn't necessarily mean he's a
  Christ figure.  You could just as easily call him by any other name...
  Religions and mythologies worldwide are full of such characters, who redeem/
  save/buy time for/empower others from their own deaths or sacrifices.

Looking at Star Wars as the closest thing to a modern mythology that American
  culture has these days (speaking of a mythology as a widely known, influent-
  ial, even...dare I say it..._memorized_ story or saga), I think it's fair to
  say that Kenobi is kin to every one of those figures, not just Christ.

Besides, the idea of the Force as "an energy field created by all life", or
  some such, is a somewhat more holistic approach to religion than Christianity
  as I see it...it seems rather a stretch to read any heavy religious aspects
  into the Force, or the Jedi Knights, or Star Wars in general.  (Inasmuch as
  you can read _whatever_ you want into anything...I recall some English profs
  who could find a Christ image or a phallic symbol everywhere they looked!)

Ah, well, just some more ramblings...


Tom Stoodley
Wandering Bard
Itinerant Mandolin Player
Jedi in Training

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If I spoke for my employers, the world would be a better place.  Ah well.
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.starwars
From: darkstar@pecan.cns.udel.edu (The Janitor Of Anarchy)
Subject: Re: Bogus language
Followup-To: rec.arts.sf.starwars
Summary: Actually
Keywords: humpty dumpty sat on a wall...
Organization: The Green Circle Of Vengence
Distribution: galaxy far, far away
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 21:21:20 GMT

In article <412@sbmsg1.UUCP> slj@sbmsg1.UUCP (Shelly Jones) writes:
><Deleted text re Lando's Co-pilot in the Falcon in RotJ>
>
>I saw a news article about the co-pilot.  He was cracking people up in Africa
>(I dont remember what region or country) because he was responding to Lando's
>questions with phrases like 'Hello, How are you', and 'I am fine' ect . . . - 
>Right out of a English-???????? phrasebook.  I wonder why they cut corners on
>a minor character (perhaps because he was minor) and spend BIG bucks on the 
>walking plush toy's language and Sly Snoodle's song.
>
>SLJ
>(Member of the official Olympic Ewok-hunting team) - Atlanta '96


Actually, if I remember correctly, (I also read this somewhere), Nien
Numb's language is a Kenyan dialect.  Anyway, one of the funniest 
moments of the movie (if you understand Kenyan) is when Lando is talking
to NN, and says something about how rough the battle's going, and the
response the NN gives (translated) goes something like "We are being
squashed by a herd of elephants" or something like that.  It's been
a while since I even thougth about this story...


	--Jerry


-- 

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From: bxp1628@hertz.njit.edu (Brian Perler)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.starwars
Subject: Re: survivors of the attack on the Death Star
Date: 5 Nov 92 22:49:24 GMT
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J.

In article <1992Nov5.123804.3936@wvnvms.wvnet.edu> un032221@wvnvms.wvnet.edu writes:
>	Ok, so far the main feasable reasons for Solo's General rank are as
>follows:
>
>	1:Service before being commissioned
>	2:To provide him suitable command rank for his journey to Endor
>	3:For service not seen on film (between ESB and SW something must have
>happened.
>	But these don't add up in my mind.  If you ask me, I think I have a
>theory that combined with those others produces a respectable case.  Remember
>that teh Rebellion was a fairly loose knit band of half trained soldiers.  Most
>were like Luke in the original, partially trained farm boys living out a dream.
>One way to make moralle better is to give them heroes as their leaders.  Let's
>face it, everyone looks up to heroes, and Solo was a hero.  The problem with
>this is why didn't Luke also get the General rank, since it is arguable that he 
>had an even bigger impact on the Rebellion's success.  I figure it's because
>Luke had all that time away for his Jedi training.  Also, he wasn't available
>when they were making their plans to go after Endor.  Had Luke been present,
>they would probably have asked him to lead it, but he was on Dagobah.  Weak,
>but I think it's as strong an arguement as I've seen thusfar.

Luke also never seemed to be the leader type.  Sure, he lead the squadron
of Snow Speeders in ESB, but I don't think he  1) is cut out to be a
general, or  2) has any desire to be a general.  I just can't picture
Luke either as a general or wanting to be one.

-- 
"Dog bites man--that's not a story.  Man bites dog--*that's* a story.  And
if the dog and the man slug it out for six issues, and then Wolverine shows
up for a guest appearance, and the dog turns out to be a mutant, that's a
*Marvel* story!"			-Marvel Editorial Handbook
From: un032221@wvnvms.wvnet.edu
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.starwars
Subject: Re: survivors of the attack on the Death Star
Date: 9 Nov 92 20:28:24 GMT
Organization: West Virginia Network for Educational Telecomputing

In article <BwsqKD.2MG@news.cso.uiuc.edu>, sjs28257@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Steve Stelter) writes:
> <DCC117@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:
> 
>>In article <1992Oct26.012803.2665@pro-freedom.cts.com>, pip@pro-freedom.cts.com
>>(David Pipgras) says:
>>>
>>>Han solo *DID* attend the Imperial Academy, and was commissioned as a
>>>Captain, but he was stripped of rank and expelled for some type of set-up
>>>that someone else did to him.... I belive I read this in "skywalking" but I
>>>could be wrong....either that or one of the "making of..." books...
>>>
>>>Dave
> 
>>I think this was mentioned in the Brian Daley books ( which I haven't read ),
>>but there may be other sources, because this generally seems to be accepted
>>as fact....I think they mentioned it offhandedly in DFR without explaining
>>it, but they actually tried to explain it in Dark Empire, saying that someone
>>used antimatter to blow up a small Imperial moon...and Han paid for it...
>>Now, I can't remember if Dark Empire said he actually did it or not....
> 
> According to the Star Wars RPG Sourcebook, it was Han's freeing Chewbacca
> from Imperial slavery that got him kicked out of the Academy.
> 
>                                   --Steve Stelter
>                                     sjs28257@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu

	In the _Han Solo Adventures_ they mention an icedent from his academy
days, and I think I remember it being mentioned somewhere that his being kicked
out occured just prior to the Imperial takeover, when they killed all
officers/officers-in-training that refused to join up, and that his being
ejected saved his life.  I think it might me in DFR, when they met Bel Iblis,
and another part is mentioned in the Han Solo thingy as I said.
From: trombley-sarah@yale.edu (Sarah Trombley)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.starwars
Subject: Re: Another question
Date: 7 Nov 1992 22:26:23 -0500
Organization: Yale University Science & Engineering UNIX(tm), New Haven, CT 06520-2158
NNTP-Posting-Host: minerva.cis.yale.edu

In article <BxDM8M.Co@nic.umass.edu> HDW@UCSVAX (H D WALDEN) writes:
>
>
>
>
>
>	Here's another one for you to ponder over in your free time: How does
>Vader know who Luke is in the beginning of TESB? They never have any kind of
>personal contact in ANH. However, recall the classic line, "The force is strong
>with this one." This is the closest thing they to actual contact throughout the
>entire movie. And yet, in TESB, Vader says, "That is it! That is the system!
>And I am sure young SKYWALKER is with them!" How does he know Luke's name, and 
>that there even is a "Luke Skywalker?" The "Force," perhaps?
>Any comments are gladly welcomed.
>
>				-"There will be no one to stop us this time!"
>

It seems to me very likely that the Empire has at least a half-way competent
intelligence service.  No doubt the Empire would be eager to visit reprisals
on anyone it could find connected with the destruction of the Death Star.
It would take only one of the Rebels who were at Luke's award ceremony to
reveal that someone named Skywalker received a medal for blowing up the
Death Star.  The rest is left as an exercise for Vader.  :)
I actually conceived a moderately neat piece of fan fiction based on this
chain of events once...

-- 
Sarah Trombley                                       trombley-sarah@yale.edu
"I try to know what I need to know.  I make sure to know what I want to know."
							
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From: sjs28257@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Steve Stelter)
Subject: Re: Vader's Tie Fighter
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 19:49:02 GMT

un032221@wvnvms.wvnet.edu writes:

>In article <Oct.26.10.50.41.1992.13185@andromeda.rutgers.edu>, dshaffer@andromeda.rutgers.edu (Donald A Shaffer) writes:
>> 
>>   ABout incorporating the bent wing designs into the TIE fighters-they did.
>> didn't you notice the TIE interceptors in ROTJ.  They had the bent wing
>> arrangement.  They were designed to be faster and more manuverable than the 
>> fighter and incorporated the bent wings from Vaders' fighter.

>	What I meant about incorporating it was as follows:
>If the bent wing design was superior to the normal wing design, especially in
>regards to the maneuverability of the ship, why didn't ALL Tie fighter get
>modified with these advances?  It doesn't make sense to have a valid, and
>proven breakthrough, and only use them on half your ships.

It may have just not been feasible for the Empire to haul in all of its
TIE fighters for modification.  I get the impression that TIE Interceptors
differ from regular TIEs in more than just the wing shape; major overhauls
are probably required to make the transition.  Besides, the Empire is in
the middle of a war--it probably needs all its fighters in the field, not
in the refitting dock.

                              --Steve Stelter
                                sjs28257@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu