I also remeber reading about the "lava" in one of the OT novels.

Yes, I forgot which book exactly, but there was mention of either lava or fire. So its no surprise to me in that regard.

I see Lucasfilm was quick to react on that spoiler link.

I see Lucasfilm was quick to react on that spoiler link.

 

I don't usually read the New York Post, but four days ago (Monday), this was a front pageheadline...

You can see that EVERYBODY is going to be interessted in the film now.

especially in Baron Papanoida... Ugh... I never thought he'd fall that much. Now they'll have a super-duper Baron Papanoida action figure... Baron Papanoida Unleashed and why not the Baron Papanoida Roleplaying Game.

especially in Baron Papanoida... Ugh... I never thought he'd fall that much. Now they'll have a super-duper Baron Papanoida action figure... Baron Papanoida Unleashed and why not the Baron Papanoida Roleplaying Game.

 

And don't forget about the CCG's Baron Papanoida card.

If he had at least chosen a different name. Papanoida sounds too much like the spanish 'papanatas' which means as much as dumbass.

In that kind of way i could tell you that "Nike" (as in the brand). Sounds alot like the french "nique" which means to have sex.

And every American schoolchild (from my generation at least) learned that naming a car Nova and then trying to sell it in Mexico wasn't such a great idea...

And every American schoolchild (from my generation at least) learned that naming a car Nova and then trying to sell it in Mexico wasn't such a great idea...

 

How come?

Well it's actually an urban legend:

 

http://www.snopes.com/business/misxlate/nova.asp

 

...but one which was related to me in high school as if it was fact; that the Chevy Nova sold poorly in Mexico because "no va" = "won't go" in Spanish.

Well it's actually an urban legend:

 

http://www.snopes.com/business/misxlate/nova.asp

 

...but one which was related to me in high school as if it was fact.

 

LOL. We have some similar language bloopers too.

 

Like Westel ( Westel Communications) almost means "you lose" in hungarian.

 

 

But my favourite is "Ubi" soft. Which means small (almost cute) piece of Cucumber . Quite unprofessional name for hungarians

Well it's actually an urban legend:

 

http://www.snopes.com/business/misxlate/nova.asp

 

...but one which was related to me in high school as if it was fact; that the Chevy Nova sold poorly in Mexico because "no va" = "won't go" in Spanish.

 

... Didn't the General Motors guys even consider that U.S cars never sell well outside because they consume too much gas...

These little anecdotes are always very fun.

I wonder what Lucas is drinking/smoking when he comes up with these names....

Where do you think all that Spice that Solo dumped actually went?

 

 

... Didn't the General Motors guys even consider that U.S cars never sell well outside because they consume too much gas...

 

Bah, Newer US vehicles aren't worth owning. Pieces of giant, overpriced plastic. Hence the reason I own, drive, and sink way to much money into an elderly Camaro. Terrible gas mileage, but I could broadside a large truck and not worry about getting injured in it.

Where do you think all that Spice that Solo dumped actually went?

 

 

I had just turned eleven years old when Star Wars came out so naturally it became the center of my Universe. I read everything "Star Wars" related I could get my hands on. One day I was browsing through a local bookstore and I noticed those two magic words on the cover of an issue of OUI magazine. So yes I was an eleven year old geek reading OUI magazine for the articles, er, article. Uhm, anyway. I read in that article that in 1972 or 1973 GL got high on qualuudes and read the entire Dune Trilogy in a single weekend!

 

And thus, The Star Wars was born.

 

A year later he produced a script and - needless to say - the story had undergone numerous changes.

 

If you're a real glutton for punishment, you can read the successive scripts here....

 

...here...

 

...and here.

 

By 1976, the script was in pretty much its final form.

 

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Bah' date=' Newer US vehicles aren't worth owning. [/quote]

 

That's what Japanese cars are for...

Where do you think all that Spice that Solo dumped actually went?

 

 

I had just turned eleven years old when Star Wars came out so naturally it became the center of my Universe. I read everything "Star Wars" related I could get my hands on. One day I was browsing through a local bookstore and I noticed those two magic words on the cover of an issue of OUI magazine. So yes I was an eleven year old geek reading OUI magazine for the articles, er, article. Uhm, anyway. I read in that article that in 1972 or 1973 GL got high on qualuudes and read the entire Dune Trilogy in a single weekend!

 

And thus, The Star Wars was born.

 

A year later he produced a script and - needless to say - the story had undergone numerous changes.

 

If you're a real glutton for punishment, you can read the successive scripts here....

 

...here...

 

...and here.

 

By 1976, the script was in pretty much its final form.

 

 

What an evolution! Dune was an excellent reading too. Somewhere in the forums, we had a topic with similarities between Dune and SW

Well you've got Emperors, you've got the desert planet, you've got "spice", you've got Luke saying "Holy Maker" when he sees the Devastator firing upon the Tantive IV, and (in the final draft and IIRC in the novel) you've got Camie - Fixer's girlfriend - saying about Luke, "It (is) just Wormie on another rampage."

 

And then there's the whole Jedi discipline = weirding way thing... I'm sure I could think of others, like Butlerian Jihad = Droid hatred...

That's what japanese cars are for

I solved the problem by not having a car

Just my situation, though I'll eventaully need one. A japanese one it most likely will be.

I have my eyes on a motorbike