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Re: next year
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lugnet.starwars
Date: 
Sat, 4 Nov 2000 06:30:03 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Adrick Tolliver writes:

> > Of coure Courscant was Zahn's idea
> 
> Well, not really.  A city covered planet just like Courscant appered in
> Isaac Asimov's Foundion books back in the 50's.  He "invented" blasters for
> his books too.
> 
> Adrick

Trantor was the name of the totally urbanized planet in Foundation. Trantor was
also capital of the Galactic Empire, another concept found in Star Wars.
Actually, now that I think about it, the Jedi and the Sith are a little like
the two Foundations, with the mind powers and all. Anyway, I don't think
originality is what makes Star Wars great, but it is important to remember good
old sci-fi like Asimov, Bradbury, and Heinlein.
-Marc



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(...) No, sorry, the capital of the Galactic Empire was Coruscant. (26 years ago, 4-Nov-00, to lugnet.starwars)

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(...) But half the Star Trek movies had phaser bolts in stead of beams! (They were trying to copy Star Wars, I guess.) (...) Well, not really. A city covered planet just like Courscant appered in Isaac Asimov's Foundion books back in the 50's. He (...) (26 years ago, 4-Nov-00, to lugnet.starwars)

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