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Subject: Star Wars Discussion
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Date: Thu, 18-Aug-83 21:57:59 EDT
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From:      Ron Natalie <ron@brl-bmd>

OK GUYS, as long as we're getting nit-picky and since it popped up
again for the zillionth time:

This complaint has has nothing to do with Lucas or the production of the
movie, but rather with the nomenclature used by people on SF-LOVERS when
discussing the finer points of these movies.  The images of Kenobi, Yoda,
and the elder Skywalker that appear after their physical deaths are
NOT holograms (as they have been referred to).  Holograms are to 3D as
photographs are to 2D.  These images are based on a much older concept.
They are GHOSTS.  I guess the readers of this digest are just too
technical to grasp such simple concepts.  Our laser people tell me that
even the projections from Artoo (Leia in the original movie, Luke in the
last movie) aren't really holograms as we know them either (but I'm
willing to let this slip since technology progresses in unforseen ways).

-Ron