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Isn't "Astromech" a _type_ of Droid? (as "pickup" is a type of truck, though sometimes used as a noun itself) Interesting curiosity; "Red" - the R2 with a bad motivator that Owen first purchased - is referred to in the script I've got as an (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: 4x2ReVu: B-wing at Rebel Control Center
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Joseph Gonzalez <hsadm2.jgonzale@ema...ate.ut.us> wrote in message news:FoA9xw.1HE@lugnet.com... [snip] (...) dollars (...) For (...) it (...) and a (...) I have not yet purchased this model but I have examined the box in stores and it looks like a (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.starwars)
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The war ended more than a year ago. Ceremonies were held, medals were awarded and most of the men went home to their families, but not Aram Andrus. Sole survivor of a hundred skirmishes, he saw too many friends die at the hands of the Imperials to (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Android vs. Droid vs. Automaton (Re: 4x2ReVu: 7141 Naboo Fighter)
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"JG" == Joseph Gonzalez <hsadm2.jgonzale@ema...ate.ut.us> writes: JG> The problem I see with using these terms is that Webster's JG> Dictionary defines android as "having human features" (which the JG> R2 units definitely do not have). Consequently, (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Android vs. Droid vs. Automaton (Re: 4x2ReVu: 7141 Naboo Fighter)
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(...) The problem I see with using these terms is that Webster's Dictionary defines android as "having human features" (which the R2 units definitely do not have). Consequently, one couldn't use the 'droid term either because it is just a (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) ITYM "ghostwritten by Alan Dean Foster". HTH. HAND. J (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Sadly all the reviews were lost when something happened at my ISP and all web content at my site was lost including all the reviews, listings, skull craag keep large images, forestmen's cave images and that small javascript search engine. Cool (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.reviews)
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(...) John is most certainly right. In the novelization that I just finished reading, it was spelled with an apostrophe ('droids). Since this was written by Lucas himself, I'd have to imagine that it appeared that way in the script also. -Jonathan (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) It's two things in one: The proton torpedo launcher (hence the blue cone), plus something to make the ship stand higher when on the ground (kinda looks like it's floating, like in the movie). (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) I figured it was there for something for kids to hold while "flying" their ship around the room. It works pretty well for this purpose. (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.starwars)
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