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| | | Scott: (...) Perhaps as a fitting punishment the Court should allow TLC to pick the guy's new name. (...) Come on! If that were all it takes to get thrown in jail, the streets would be empty! Dave! (24 years ago, 31-Aug-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: Anyone heard this story yet? —Jeremy H. Sproat
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| | | | (...) I vote for Fabluand Paridisa. :-, Cheers, - jsproat (24 years ago, 31-Aug-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: Anyone heard this story yet? —Dave Schuler
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| | | | (...) Or perhaps simply Timmy. Dave! (24 years ago, 31-Aug-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: Anyone heard this story yet? —Scott Edward Sanburn
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| | | | (...) guy's (...) Jar Jar? Scott S. -- Soon to be Black & Veatch Employee: (URL) Page -> (URL) LEGO Parts at Great Prices? Visit The Sanburn Systems Company! (URL) (24 years ago, 31-Aug-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: Anyone heard this story yet? —Eric Joslin
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| | | | (...) Hmm. Lego: As punishment, we choose your name to be "Jar Jar". Lucasfilm: Lego, would you care to explain why naming him after a character of ours that you have a license to is a punishment? Lego: Well, everyone hates Jar Jar. Lucasfilm: I (...) (24 years ago, 31-Aug-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: Anyone heard this story yet? —Dave Schuler
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| | | | | (...) At least in that case Lucasfilm would have to recognize that Jar Jar is a pretty god-awful name (and, I would submit, possibly the worst character in all of science fiction). Dave! (24 years ago, 31-Aug-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: Anyone heard this story yet? —Eric Joslin
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| | | | | | (...) For a human, yeah. (...) I don't know about that, but I doubt Lucasfilm would be comfortable with a corporate partner taking that position in any kind of official way. eric (24 years ago, 31-Aug-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Anyone heard this story yet? —Dave Schuler
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| | | | | | (...) And to human ears, too. We've all heard the semi-apocryphal story that George let his kid name some characters when George's strained creative juices had run sour. Whatever the excuse, it's still a dumb name. I'm not talking about inherent (...) (24 years ago, 31-Aug-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Anyone heard this story yet? —David Eaton
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| | | | | | | (...) And just for the record, I seem to remember that Luke Skywalker's name in Lucas' first draft was "Johnny Starkiller" (I might have that wrong) DaveE (fut starwars) (24 years ago, 31-Aug-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Anyone heard this story yet? —James Simpson
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| | | | | | (...) Er, I've been under the impression that he began letting his kids write the scripts when his creative juices went sour. No wait, that must be apocrypha...Jedi came out before the wee progidies were born. (24 years ago, 31-Aug-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: Anyone heard this story yet? —Scott Edward Sanburn
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| | | | | To All, Ugh. OK, I just want to say this, and I won't saything else, I posted this to off.topic.debate as well, for I think we are drifting again into this. I am in my, why do people do this mode, and this guy is a prime example. Shame on TLC for (...) (24 years ago, 31-Aug-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: Anyone heard this story yet? —Scott Edward Sanburn
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| | | | | (...) the (...) character of (...) lawyers, (...) Sorry, I didn't cross post it to fun, just making a joke, along the lines of Timmy (both for of their popularity here) . I know the legal ramifications and consequences, that what I was referring to (...) (24 years ago, 31-Aug-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: Anyone heard this story yet? —Eric Joslin
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| | | | | | (...) I know you were posting for fun. Of course, I also think the guy changed his name and is irritating TLC for fun. In both cases, a company's trademark is put to ridicule, just a bit. Neither one is lastingly harmful (especially since until he (...) (24 years ago, 31-Aug-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Anyone heard this story yet? —Scott Edward Sanburn
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| | | | | | Eric, (...) of (...) ramifications (...) Based on your post, no. I don't think you did. (...) fun. Legal issues, changing your name, and claiming URL's and saying Jar Jar in a jest are two different things. IMHO (...) No. No, it is a lot different. (...) (24 years ago, 31-Aug-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: Anyone heard this story yet? —Andrew Tyrone
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| | | | (...) Jar Jar Binks the minifgure is not bad. Tan minifig parts are useful. -- Andrew, Agent 0007 (24 years ago, 3-Sep-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: Anyone heard this story yet? —Franklin W. Cain
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| | | | (...) Oh, really... >;-) How is the Gungan/Jar-Jar *head* useful? How useful is having *dozens* of Gungan heads? Franklin (PS: I *do* use the Jar-Jar *torso* for certain critters I make for CastleWorld or Pirates, FWIW...) (24 years ago, 3-Sep-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: Anyone heard this story yet? —Mike Timm
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| | | | (...) Well, everything *BELOW* the neck anyways :^) (...) They're great for that pothole in the driveway! :^) (...) Being a Castlehead when I first saw the SW minifigs I thought, "cool. peasants!" When I first showed my brother the first landspeeder (...) (24 years ago, 9-Sep-00, to lugnet.general)
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