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From: timh@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU (Timothy James Hatfield)
Subject: Re: 9 Volumes of STAR WARS?  (1st post?)
Organization: Uni Computing Service, Uni of Sydney, Australia
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 12:58:32 GMT

In article <16APR199202103627@venus.tamu.edu> tap1040@venus.tamu.edu (SPEED RACER) writes:
>In article <1992Apr15.135624.24868@doug.cae.wisc.edu>, geiger@cae.wisc.edu (Joey Geiger) writes...
>>According to Cinefantasique June 1992, George Lucas says he will
>>not be doing another Starwars movie.  He is bored with the concept.
>> 
>>He will also not do any more Indiana Jones films (obviously...)
>> 
>>The "Heir to the Empire" book may help change his mind though..
>
>
>He was just on "Good Morning America" a couple of weeks ago and said he
>WILL be doing the first three.  He said the story is already written, it's just
>a matter of his finding the energy to do it.  He said when he is finished with
>the "Young Indiana Jones Chronicles" he will have enough time then.  He said
>in about 5 or 6 years is when he expects to be able to devote his attention to
>the project. 

This "coincides" with what we SW fans down under have heard as well. At the
moment all is very vague but we hear that episodes #'s 1,2 & 3 are currently
being made, all in one "batch" (sorry to use a computer term) then being
released one after the other (sequentially ??  :-) ) with the first one, #1,
being released some time in 1997.

>
>_______________________________________________________________________________
>  
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Go LONGHORNS !!!   WHOOOOOOOOOOP !!!

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From: cs132093@cs.brown.edu (Mark "?" Prince)
Subject: Re: The "Force"---- an inconsistency?
Organization: Department of Computer Science, Brown University
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1992 02:59:14 GMT

jasjit@cc.gatech.edu (Jasjit Singh) writes:
?> There seems to be a logical consistency in the concept of "force".
?> Remember, when Luke has his ship sunk in the mud(?) when he goes to meet
?> Yoda?  After using the "force" to recover the ship, Yoda tells Luke that
?> nothing is big or small for the "force". In other words, he seems to indicate
?> that anything of any size can be moved about using the "force" with equal
?> ease. If so, why doesn't Luke use the force to destroy the death star, and
?> the power generator ?? Perhaps the "dark side" that the emperor and Darth Vader
?> used to derive their powers from would prevent that. But then, once the
?> emperor and Vader were taken care of, could Luke use the force to say throw
?> the death star  intro the sun, and hence destry it without risking the lives
?> of the rebel fleet that attacked the death star?
?>
?>     -Jasjit
?>     jasjit@cc.gatech.edu

A Jedi gives a knight his power, but he must concentrate to use
it...if it took that much effort to raise the x-wing fighter from the
bog, then hom much harder would it be for Luke to throw the Death Star
into the sun?  Not only would it take a much larger force than
possible through the use of the force by one individual....maybe Yoda
could, but Luke was not master of his Jedi Skills at the time.  ("Only
when you face Vader, will you be jedi." --Yoda)

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From: cole@concert.net (Derrick C. Cole)
Subject: Re: trivia
Organization: MCNC Data Operations
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1992 17:49:58 GMT

In article <54810@hydra.gatech.EDU> ccoprdj@prism.gatech.EDU (Jorge Diaz) writes:
>In article <1992Apr16.085554.12525@leland.Stanford.EDU> elizaga@leland.Stanford.EDU (Patrick Martin Laic Elizaga) writes:
>
>>     Before Uncle Owen told Luke to clean up C3-PO and R2, what was Luke
>>     going to do?
>
>He was going into town to pick up some  ??????

power converters?

Derrick

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From: smccormick@milkwy.enet.dec.com (Hurricane)
Subject: Re: trivia
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 17:14:40 GMT


>     Before Uncle Owen told Luke to clean up C3-PO and R2, what was Luke
>   going to do?


	He was going to Tochi (sp?) station or city to pick up some power 
	converters.

							Scott.
Organization: Penn State University
Date: Wednesday, 15 Apr 1992 23:26:36 EDT
From: <MSH109@psuvm.psu.edu>
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Subject: Help needed on Boba Fett...

Hi..

I'd like any info possible that exists on the coolest Bounty Hunter on Imperial
 retainer...

My memories are betraying me on most of what I think I know on Boba...

Canonical, non-canonical... I want it all...

Thanx,

Rebis
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From: masanag@athena.mit.edu (Masahiko Nagamiya)
Subject: Re: 9 Volumes of STAR WARS?  (1st post?)
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 05:28:31 GMT

In article <1992Apr15.183735@IASTATE.EDU> jlbraddy@IASTATE.EDU (Jason L Braddy) writes:
>I read somewhere that they had ordered *lots* of Stormtrooper costumes, so
>either they're opening up some kind of theme park or else another film is in the
>works.
>

Wow, that would be cool. I always wanted the costume for the Rebellion forces'
pilots. You know, the orange-white thing. And I want a life-size X-wing. And
a life-size Falcon. BTW, does anyone know where the Life-size Falcon is 
right now? In boxes in a warehouse in England or something?

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From: v101pyrw@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Michelle L. Zafron)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.starwars
Subject: Re: Random musings...
Date: 15 Apr 92 22:28:00 GMT
Organization: University at Buffalo
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

In article <1992Apr15.201630.15375@acsu.buffalo.edu>, v113np2v@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (George D Emmons) writes...
>Thoughts on the whole thing... 
>1) Does anyone have a copy of the SW Holiday special from 1978?
>(First appearance of Boba Fett, Life Day)

No, but is this the show that took place on Chewie's home planet?

>4) One month 'till the next Zahn novel. Ideas on the identity of 
>the spy? Fel'lya? Winter? 

My guess--Winter.  Just a feeling.  

>                             Just thoughts. I'll have more later.
>                                  George
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Date: Thursday, 16 Apr 1992 18:40:49 EDT
From: BIG ED <EMW107@psuvm.psu.edu>
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Subject: Re: TV Specials

In article <74314@netnews.upenn.edu>, golden@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Stephen
"Jokey" Golden) says:
>
>There was also another Ewok movie beside the one mentioned above, but I don't
>know the name.
>

      The two Ewok Specials were entitled:


            The Ewok Adventure: Caravan of Courage
            The Ewoks: Battle for Endor


                                     -Ed

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From: lesher@bucknell.edu (timothy lesher `94)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.starwars
Subject: Splinter??!?
Date: 16 Apr 92 15:20:04 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pa.


I have a book, _Splinter of the Mind's Eye_, written by Alan Dean Foster
(I think he did the original SW book, from the screenplay or something).
This picks up right after SW, and (not to give away an ending) its ending
is pretty conclusive; ie, if it happened, there could have been no TESB or ROTJ.

Does anyone know exactly what the heck happened here?  Lucas _knew_ he was
going to make a trilogy (or so I thought), so why was Foster allowed to write
an ending that would screw up the works?  If he did this on his own, he
would have gotten staplegunned with copyright suits!

Oh, BTW, to those of you who read it, what are your impressions?  Compared to
the other three, Splinter... umm, how can I say this tactfully... blows.

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From: v106lr4h@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Eric T Sasse)
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Subject: Re: TV Specials
Date: 16 Apr 92 21:29:00 GMT
Organization: University at Buffalo
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

In article <74314@netnews.upenn.edu>, golden@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Stephen "Jokey" Golden) writes...
>> 
>There was also another Ewok movie beside the one mentioned above, but I don't
>know the name.

    Might you be thinking about the "Droids" and the "Ewoks" saturday morning
cartoons? These were really cheesy, and the toys they put out with them were
even lamer, except a reissuing of Boba Fett on the Droids figure line, and an
A-Wing pilot too!!! Never could actually find either of them though :(.
What's the going price for these lines of the figures? I bet they're somewhat 
rare since noone liked them. 
                                                            -Eric
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From: teebone@leland.Stanford.EDU (Rand Quinn)
Subject: Who wasn't at their post.
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 92 07:36:52 GMT


From teebone Thu Apr 16 00:36:44 1992
To: /s13/A/teebone/.article
Subject: Who wasn't at their post.


In answer the trivia question, "Who wasn't at their post?"  In Star Wars: A New
Hope, in the Death Star, Luke or Han ambush the stormtroopers in the Millenialcon in docking bay 327.  The guy in the observation booth notices a trooper 
isn't at guard in front of the Falcon and he asks, "TKT421, why aren't you at
your post.  TK421, do you copy?"  So it was either TKT421 or TK421 who wasn't 
at his post, because he says both of those.  By the way, I'm not a loser.
From: iacovou@cs.umn.edu (Danny Iacovou)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.starwars
Subject: Re: Missing Scene in Star Wars
Date: 16 Apr 92 19:59:00 GMT
Article-I.D.: cs.1992Apr16.195900.15935
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, CSci dept.

In <1992Apr16.075158.8933@leland.Stanford.EDU> teebone@leland.Stanford.EDU (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.

  I do remember this scene when I origanlly saw SW; however I have only
  seen it once since then (a movie theater in NYC was showing SW and TESB
  back-to-back about 1 month before RTJ was due out).

  So, the scene was actually put into the movie, so what happened to it
  since then? I once heard a "rumur" that when SW first came out it bombed
  at the theaters. About 1 year after that the characters (played by the
  actors from the movie) from SW showed up to a SF conventioned and SW was
  shown to that audience, it was a hit and was re-released, making it big.
  I think that I read this in StarLog about 4 years ago. Can anyone offer
  any comments about this? If I am correct, that what I heard actually did
  happen, maybe the scene with Biggs was cut out the second time SW was
  released.


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From: ted4646@sigma.tamu.edu (kid eternity)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.starwars
Subject: Star Wars RPG
Date: 16 Apr 92 22:32:00 GMT
Organization: Texas A&M University, Academic Computing Services
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41




Okay,  I've got the RPG book and the ST:Sourcebook, and here's my prob:
One of my players has a Bounty Hunter and with his assortment of knifes,
he also gets a jet backpack.  Unfortunately, the only time in the two
books where it mentions "jet pack" is in the starting equipment section
of the Bounty Hunter's template.  How fast would you rpgers say the 
jetpack can travel?  I'm thinking of giving it a 1 or 2d code, but I'd like
to hear what other GMs have done with the jetpack.   Granted, it's not much
of a problem, just a minor oversight in a remarkably good game system,
but still, I'd like to hear how others dealt with this.  

thomas
From: ted4646@sigma.tamu.edu (kid eternity)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.starwars
Subject: Radio Program
Date: 16 Apr 92 22:37:00 GMT
Organization: Texas A&M University, Academic Computing Services
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41




before A New Hope came out, there was a Star Wars Radio program which covered
the first (fourth) movie.  All i can remember of it is that Luke's X-Wing
designation was Gold-5 instead of (everyone now...) Red-5.  I have only heard
of this radio series and vaguely recall an ad to obtain copies of the show.
Does anyone out in net.land know of where I can get a copy of the radio
series?

thomas


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From: jordan@cs.tulane.edu (Misti Jordan)
Subject: Re: I'll get you, Luke Skywalker, and your little droid too!
Nntp-Posting-Host-[nntpd-25537]: rex
Organization: Computer Science Dept., Tulane Univ., New Orleans, LA
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1992 05:20:26 GMT

In article <1992Apr16.182534.10829@aber.ac.uk> tcg8@aber.ac.uk (Telsa Christina Gwynne) writes:
>In article <MKC.92Apr16110522@swiss.centerline.com> mkc@centerline.com (Mark
>Culotta) writes:
>>
>>I would be interested in hearing of other's memories of going to SW the
>>first time.
>>
>>May the force be with you!
>

If you want to know something reaally, really scary, I don't remember seeing
any of the movies on big screen until last year... my freshman year of
college!!!!!! It was an awesome experience though, as I talked about in an
earlier post-- the crowd REALLY got into it, and I had the time of my life!

Misti
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From: asams@mta.ca
Subject: Re: Cut-scene 2
Reply-To: asams@mta.ca
Organization: Mount Allison U, Sackville, N.B. Canada 
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1992 16:07:37 GMT

In article <92108.093721EMW107@psuvm.psu.edu>, BIG ED <EMW107@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:
>In article <1992Apr17.070910.4489@tc.cornell.edu>, chris@alchemy.tn.cornell.edu
>(Chris Wolf) says:
>>
>>I don't know if the scene was even ever filmed but I believe originally
>>a scene where some of the Wampa's got into the rebel base and mauled
>>some Taun-Taun's was planned.  Artoo was supposed to save the day by
>>broadcasting some high-frequency noise or somesuch which either drove
>>the creatures away or lured them into a trap.  I have no idea where I
>>got this information from though...
>>
>
>    I also remember hearing about that too. I can't remember if it was because
>of the storybook, or it was in the trading cards somewhere along the way. Any
> one else remember anything about R2 and the Wampas?
>
>
>>In the scene with solo and the officer you can see what was intended
>>to be the aftermath of the Wampa attack - dead Tauntauns, some collapsed
>>wall and something which looks suspiciously like a blood-stain on the
>>back wall of the cavern.
>>
>>
>>-Chris
>>
>>
>
>                                     -Ed
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i too remember the high pitched noise from R2-D2 saving the rebel base from
a Wampa attack...It is so clear that I am sure that it was something closely
connected to the movie...perhaps the novelization...or the picture book
Aaron J. Sams

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From: picard@IASTATE.EDU (David B Roy)
Subject: Re: 9 Volumes of STAR WARS?  (1st post?)
Reply-To: picard@IASTATE.EDU (David B Roy)
Organization: Iowa State University
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 21:21:33 GMT

In article <1992Apr15.205718.18842@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov>,
gat@forsight.jpl.nasa.gov (Erann Gat) writes:
> In article <1992Apr15.183517.3247@muddcs.claremont.edu>
ksun@jarthur.claremont.edu (Kang Sun) writes:
> >
> >I think that is true.  Star Wars started with Episode IV rather than I.
> 
> I don't think this is quite true.  All of the videos and re-releases of
> Star Wars now open tantalizingly with the title "Episode IV: A New Age"
> or whatever it is.  But way back in 1977 when Star Wars first came out it
> was just Star Wars.  No episode number, no talk of a Grand Plan.  It was
> only after it became a mega-hit that the hype began.  I think that the
> soggy plot of Return of the Jedi is some good evidence that Lucas hadn't
> thought it all through from the start.  (Of course The Empire Strikes Back
> was released as Episode V.)

You may be right about the long-range plans, though I am pretty sure it's always
been Lucas' plan to make 9, but you're a bit off about Episode IV.  In the
scrolling text at the beginning of the movie, it says "Episode IV:  A New
Hope."
So, it's always been #4, and I think it also shows that George has always
planned to make 1-3.

Dave Roy
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From: TX.DH1@isumvs.iastate.edu (mara jade)
Subject: OOPS RECOGNIZED
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1992 15:56:27 GMT




To the Kind Individuals on the SW Net:

Thank you to those who have notified me of my major OOPS!!!
that the whole world has seen, and especially those who
have sympathized with the embarrassing situation I am in.
You are truely understanding people to take the time out to
post me.

To those who refuse or don't want to understand, as kindness to
a fellow fan member, PLEASE STOP FLAMING ME!!!

(Ahem!)I feel bad enough.

Darcie
ISU
(Forget the sig. It's caused enough trouble already).

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From: ahawks@isis.cs.du.edu (ronald reagan)
Subject: Film Fests
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix at U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 92 03:55:48 GMT

A couple years ago, a local theatre had a SW film fest, showing all 3 movies
back to back....It was great seeing them on the big screen again - I was
wondering if this type of event happens a lot around the country or not...
There was one bad point, though, about :30 minutes worth of TESB was very
"dirty" (awful red tint on the screen and a lot of what looked to be dust
particles and such on the film) - by the 4th time I went to this fest, an
announcer guy came on and explained that TESB was in "pretty bad shape, but
it's the best we could get our hands on".  How many copies of the films are out
there?  Are they all deteriorating?

--


ahawks@isis.cs.du.edu						andy
From: ccoprdj@prism.gatech.EDU (Jorge Diaz)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.starwars
Subject: Re: Excuse me for my ignorance...(SWRPG)
Date: 16 Apr 92 16:19:57 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology

bike@athena.mit.edu (Michael Y Fan) writes:
>Here's my Trivia question:  Who wasn't at his post?  If you don't understand
>this question, you need to watch the movies some more.

"TK421, why aren't you are you're post?"

[Leaving] "Take over, we've got a bad transmitter."

[Chewie kills the bad guys.]


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From: merlyn@iWarp.intel.com (Randal L. Schwartz)
Subject: Re: Revenge!!!
Reply-To: merlyn@iWarp.intel.com (Randal L. Schwartz)
Organization: Stonehenge; netaccess via Intel, Beaverton, Oregon, USA
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1992 18:23:50 GMT

In article <17APR199213075451@lims01.lerc.nasa.gov>, scgeoff@lims01 (GEOFF ELLIOTT) writes:
| I am so much of a Star Wars fan that my girlfriend and I even were the
| first two in line for the opening of "Return" in our area and got our
| names in the paper.  (I know, big deal right?)  :-)

I was one of the first ten in line for both TESB and ROTJ at the
infamous Westgate Theatre -- the one that showed Star Wars for 79
weeks for a world record.  Both times, the only people ahead of me had
camped out from the night before (I wasn't going to get down there
before 5am, I swore).

Just another SW fan,
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