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Re: Android vs. Droid vs. Automaton (Re: 4x2ReVu: 7141 Naboo Fighter)
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Date: 
Thu, 13 Jan 2000 19:02:51 GMT
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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 "astro-droid."

--
-Steven  "Nothin' But Net!"
http://home.mindspring.com/~svore/

"Joseph Gonzalez" <hsadm2.jgonzale@email.state.ut.us> wrote
I could have used the term Astromech in my review but I prefer to avoid • words
that are not widely known and I'm pretty sure Astromech is a term that Mr.
Lucas came up with himself.



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  Re: Android vs. Droid vs. Automaton (Re: 4x2ReVu: 7141 Naboo Fighter)
 
(...) R2 and other's like him where also refred to as "Astro-droids" in EP1, I believe. (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)
 
(...) 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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