Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!seismo!harpo!eagle!mhuxl!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!parsec!ctvax!uokvax!jab From: jab@uokvax.UUCP Newsgroups: net.movies.sw Subject: Parsecs? Really, now... - (nf) Message-ID: <4788@uiucdcs.UUCP> Date: Fri, 6-Jan-84 04:53:06 EST Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.4788 Posted: Fri Jan 6 04:53:06 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 7-Jan-84 11:22:28 EST Lines: 21 #N:uokvax:12300012:000:718 uokvax!jab Jan 3 14:17:00 1984 Parsecs? Now wait a minute. I suspect that all this talk about whether or not George Lucas MEANT to use the term "parsec" incorrectly is a crock. He was diving into MYTHOLOGY, not SCIENCE FICTION; I don't suspect that he's losing sleep about this "minor" things. If you're interested in talking about trivial parts of the SW movies (I have some friends who insist that there are no "non-trivial" parts of the SW movies), you might try to decipher the "baby talk" that the Jawas used in Star Wars, or the fact that in only ONE PLACE in the trilogy is written english used. (Where?) Also, you bet your ass that ILM is using computer graphics a lot. (Wouldn't you be suprised if they didn't?) Jeff Bowles Lisle, IL