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Subject:	Re: 4x2ReVu: 7141 Naboo Fighter
Newsgroups:	lugnet.reviews, lugnet.starwars
Date:	Thu, 13 Jan 2000 04:04:07 GMT
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In lugnet.reviews, John Green writes: > Um, R2-D2 is called a DROID though, right? And what is DROID short for? > ANDROID. I think in the original script or somewhere R2 and C-3PO were called > 'droids. Now, they've dropped the apostrophe. > > -John 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

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		Re: 4x2ReVu: 7141 Naboo Fighter
(...) ITYM "ghostwritten by Alan Dean Foster". HTH. HAND. J (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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		Re: 4x2ReVu: 7141 Naboo Fighter
Um, R2-D2 is called a DROID though, right? And what is DROID short for? ANDROID. I think in the original script or somewhere R2 and C-3PO were called 'droids. Now, they've dropped the apostrophe. -John (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.starwars)

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