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Re: A couple stupid SW questions...
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lugnet.starwars
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Sat, 10 Jun 2000 01:51:04 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Markus Wolf writes:
> In lugnet.starwars, John Robert Blaze Kanehl writes:
> > No flames please = )
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> > What is the purpose of the B-wing and A-wing? (vs. the X-wing and Y-wing)
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> > Thanks for baring with me...
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> > John
> > (who loves that there are virtually no wheels in the SW theme universe!)
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> It's really quite simple, John. Kids love Star Wars and parents have to buy
> toys that kids love. But if a kid already has the X-wing and Y-wing, then
> when the new movies come out, you can't slow down the merchandising. Thus,
> the A and B wing were created.
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> The really interesting thing is that these ships are named after letters of
> the alphabet that don't exist in a galaxy far far away, as far as I can tell.
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> I'm willing to bet that other Star Wars books (non-canonical, of course) will
> probably have ships named after letters.
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> Let's wait and see,
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> Markus
> Am I wrong about the letters? I really want to know!
Dark Empire: E-Wing and V-Wing were exposed! Funny, every major character in
the SW Universe speaks English!!! I think is smells of a conspiracy...
Aaron ;~)
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| (...) It's really quite simple, John. Kids love Star Wars and parents have to buy toys that kids love. But if a kid already has the X-wing and Y-wing, then when the new movies come out, you can't slow down the merchandising. Thus, the A and B wing (...) (26 years ago, 10-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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