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Star Wars in OpenOffice.org

DevanJedi — Mon, 08 May 2006 13:18:16 +0000

If you use the free Office software OpenOffice.org then try this in the spreadsheet software:

In any cell type in =Game(“StarWars”). A small, space invaders style game will appear.

Via EggHeaven2000

Kenobi and the Extraterrestrial Duck

DevanJedi — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 14:00:26 +0000

Before Howard, there was another duck in George Lucas’ life. There was a curious bit of dialogue between Ob-Wan Kenobi and Luke Skywalker in the novelization of 1977’s original Star Wars. In the scene where Kenobi mentions Luke’s father and their past in the “Clone Wars”, the following interchange occurs:

Kenobi: I understand you are quite a pilot yourself. Piloting and navigation aren’t hereditary, but a number of the things that can combine to make a good small-ship pilot are. Those you may have inherited. Still, even a duck has to be taught to swim.
Luke: What’s a duck?
Kenobi: Never mind.

A funny little interchange, left in there by Lucas, no doubt, as a little inside joke between Earthling writer and Earthling reader. Of course, in the Star Wars universe it would seem to imply that Obi-Wan Kenobi was aware of our planet, a long time in the future in a galaxy far, far away.

Fun Facts: Irritated Tauntauns

DevanJedi — Sat, 28 May 2005 04:13:55 +0000

Tauntauns are irritated by the ultrasonic frequencies of certain droids, such as 3PO units, and tend to swat them with their tails. The droids of Echo Base have learned to be careful.
(Source: Star Wars Visual Dictionary)

Fun Facts: Star Dudes

DevanJedi — Sat, 21 May 2005 04:13:20 +0000

A few months before the release of Episode I: The Phantom Menace, actor Liam Neesson (Qui-Gon Jinn) got an anonymous phone call in the middle of the night saying, “Dude… Star Wars… yeah!”

Fun Facts: See Things Before They Happen

DevanJedi — Wed, 18 May 2005 04:12:17 +0000

In the novelization of Episode I, Anakin tells Padme, “I’m going to marry you some day.”
Talk about seeing things before they happen!

Fun Facts: Vader was Lying!

DevanJedi — Sun, 15 May 2005 04:09:48 +0000

“I thought he was lying! I thought Darth Vader was lying.”
James Earl Jones on first reading the ESB script revealing Vader as Luke’s father