Owen isn't even in the infographic. And having the comlink was the second and least important contribution in the infographic, since I'm pretty sure R2 was already on top of things by the time C-3PO could say jack about how to save them.

Also not one of the 32 steps. In fact, there are no Stormtroopers that I can see anywhere in this infographic.

Telling the odds is not one of the 32 steps. Talking _to_ R2 is never an issue, but telling everyone when R2 discovered Leia's location is about the most significant thing he did in this infographic. Which is not to say that they absolutely needed him, just that he saved a fair amount of time vs. having R2 hack into…

The Spinner, while at least as good as any of the half-dozen or so versions I've seen over the years, does not light up. Those two photos were shopped, both to add the lights and to replace the background.

Or maybe it's because the only other Harrison Ford heads have Indy-stubble.

Okay, I have to say this. I read through the Star Wars infographic. Then I read through the Empire one. Then I slogged through the Jedi one. Then I did some other stuff. Then I trudged through some more of the Jedi one. Then I did even more other stuff. Then I finally finished the Jedi one.

Geez, no wonder why they lost so many pilots. Who told them it was okay to play video games in the middle of attacking the Death Star?

Neither do the droids. And seriously, how much does C-3PO contribute to getting through the previous 31 steps anyways?

Okay, so with a fair amount of research, I finally found what I was looking for. There were two major factors involved, and one minor. The first major factor was the position of the moon in its orbit around Earth. Apollo 13 completed its one pass behind the moon at about 6 hours off from the moon's apogee (farthest…

I also heard that one of the other actors thought his character was the real Keyser Soze until he saw the ending at the premiere.

Star Wars pointedly eschewed trying to look scientifically correct for the sake of cinematic appeal, and succeeds in that. Star Trek uses and inspires a metric crapton of garbage science in a weak attempt to look scientific when it really isn't. There's your justification. And I do agree with you that Star Wars…

No box set. In 2007 they released three stand-alone 2-disc sets, termed Widescreen Limited Editions. The then-current Special Editions were the "main" feature, and the US laserdisc original-original cuts were the "bonus" features on the second discs. Unfortunately, since they used the US laserdisc versions instead…

I'm letting some ideas for Jagers simmer on the back burner. What I'm really hoping to come up with is a solution for Krosp's ears.

Re #7: I guess we're already forgetting the namesake of our two continents, Amerigo Vespucci? Because he set sail after Columbus, but managed to arrive at the mainland before Columbus got out of the Carribbean islands. So yeah, it's a fair bet that even if Columbus was murdered on the way to see Queen Isabella, the…

"You have to bring it up to the present day, but also make it timeless so that in 100 years it will still have the same impact...even though it will now fall well short of the then-present day."

Star Wars was actually their second-best-selling theme after BIONICLE about ten years ago. And the latter theme sold so well that they had to install a new production line just to keep up with the part runs without basically scuttling some of their other themes. I remember a time when BIONICLE sets that had been out…

LotR is due out this summer, while the Hobbit sets should be out closer to December when the first Hobbit movie hits theaters.

Um...you can use it to communicate with interstellar invasion fleets? Duh.

I think what he's saying is that he feels like he was symbolically cast...in a bad light.

I'm pretty sure #10 was the basis for an episode of The Drew Carrey Show. If not that, then some other don't-try-this-at-home injury of a similar nature.