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Re: Upcoming _Star Wars Releases
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Date: 
Fri, 15 Oct 1999 12:14:53 GMT
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Lorbaat wrote:

In lugnet.starwars, Ryan Dennett writes:

Personally I don't buy any of what you just said. There will be a Slave I
either this year or next year, and it will be called 'SLAVE I'
TLG has a contract w/Lucas and they abide by his decisions and
he'd never allow them to call Slave I a crappy name like Bounty Hunter
Ship.

Ever heard of "Darth Vader's Star Destroyer Playset"?  Kenner didn't want to
call the playset for the ship "The Executor".

I doubt they'd go with "Bounty Hunter Ship" though - too generic.  If they change
the name, it'll probably be to something like "Boba Fett's Starship" or
something else with the magic name "Boba Fett" in it...

J

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  Re: Upcoming _Star Wars Releases
 
(...) Ever heard of "Darth Vader's Star Destroyer Playset"? Kenner didn't want to call the playset for the ship "The Executor". I don't know that they wouldn't call it Slave I, mind you, just that it is possible for them to change the name if they (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)

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