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  Re: Android vs. Droid vs. Automaton (Re: 4x2ReVu: 7141 Naboo Fighter)
 
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)
 
  Re: 4x2ReVu: B-wing at Rebel Control Center
 
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)
 
  4x2ReVu: B-wing at Rebel Control Center
 
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)
 
  Re: Android vs. Droid vs. Automaton (Re: 4x2ReVu: 7141 Naboo Fighter)
 
"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)
 
  Android vs. Droid vs. Automaton (Re: 4x2ReVu: 7141 Naboo Fighter)
 
(...) 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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