14-10-2004 00:51									#91
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yeah but the Federation wasn't just called the federation... it had a longer term...

	14-10-2004 00:53									#92
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quote: I didn't make the thread to discuss the former occupation of the Emporer. I'm just discussing the length of the Empire. It just doesn't fit.

but the Emperor was the only Emperor they had i thought...


oh and in Star Trek, it's United Federation of Planets... in andromeda, they have the Commonwealth but it's really the Systems Commonwealth. and so on and so forth... they got to be the Republic and Empire of something...

	14-10-2004 03:33									#93
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Throw a Galactic in front of Republic and Empire if it makes you feel better, but it's not really necessary. When it encompasses everything known to its citizens, it can easily just be The Republic or The Empire.

	14-10-2004 03:45									#94
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quote: you didn't or else you wouldn't have made this thread

You just don't get anything, do you Speer!!

	14-10-2004 03:47									#95
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Oh, and you can't call it The Democracy. TPM seems to imply that on some worlds (like Naboo), the royalty of the planet is represented in the Senate. Most of those monarch representatives probably are not elected by the people.

	14-10-2004 04:12									#96
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quote: Originally posted by Albert Speer yeah but the Federation wasn't just called the federation... it had a longer term...

Actually, I wasn't thinking about ST when I posted that, but you support my point - you never see a country called the "Democracy of ________".

	14-10-2004 04:13									#97
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quote: Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui Oh, and you can't call it The Democracy. TPM seems to imply that on some worlds (like Naboo), the royalty of the planet is represented in the Senate. Most of those monarch representatives probably are not elected by the people.

The "royalty" of Naboo were elected.

	14-10-2004 04:16									#98
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How often do you think that royalty would be elected?

	14-10-2004 04:28									#99
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How many planets were ruled by royalty?

Our only example of it is Naboo.

	14-10-2004 04:49									#100
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quote: Originally posted by Kuciwalker but you support my point - you never see a country called the "Democracy of ________".

There are some "democratic republics" though, which are anything but.

	14-10-2004 04:59									#101
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quote: Originally posted by Kuciwalker How many planets were ruled by royalty? Our only example of it is Naboo.

In a Republic of 1000 planets, how many have we seen? Like 5? Even if you count the books, they probably don't come close to 10% of the planets in the Old Republic.

Furthermore, we don't really know the political society of Tatooine (all we know is that the Hutts control it, but I don't think it is by democratic means), Yavin IV, etc.

	14-10-2004 05:03									#102
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At the time of the 1st episode Queen Amadala was fairly young, just a teenager, episode 2 took place a mere 9 or 10 years later and she had already finished her term as queen and had been serving as senator for a couple of years, so the term of a Naboo queen must not have been very long.

Wasn't Tatooine controlled by the Hutts in episode 1?

	14-10-2004 05:20									#103
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quote: Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui Yavin IV, etc.

That's just a base...nothing really more.

	14-10-2004 05:21									#104
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quote: Originally posted by Kuciwalker And they killed Anakin They were really building up his character, and a ton of foreshadowing that he'd be really important, and then he just... dies. Poof. WTF?

How could they kill of Anakin? He becomes Darth Vader and Lucas kills him off in episode 6. How could they possibly have the nerve to kill off an original character in any time or manner other than that related by original author?

	14-10-2004 05:22									#105
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Wookies live about 200 years, right?

	14-10-2004 05:24									#106
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quote: Originally posted by Dr Strangelove How could they kill of Anakin? He becomes Darth Vader and Lucas kills him off in episode 6. How could they possibly have the nerve to kill off an original character in any time or manner other than that related by original author?

Anakin is also the name of Leia & Han's son in the books.

	14-10-2004 05:24									#107
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Anakin Solo is the youngest of Leia and Han's three children.

	14-10-2004 05:25									#108
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Btw, a question. Did Lucas make up the name Anakin or is it a real name? I think its pretty cool. And normal sounding enough that someone could name their kid it.

	14-10-2004 05:28									#109
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http://www.babynamesworld.com/profi...s=1&name=Anakin

says that "Anakin" is an American name meaning 'warrior'. Though it doesn't say from when.

	14-10-2004 05:28									#110
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The name Anakin may have come from the plural of a race of giants in the Bible, the Anakim. I wouldn't consider it usable for the name of one's child. I thought it funny that someone said Han was usable but Leia wasn't.

	14-10-2004 05:29									#111
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Though this one:

http://www.thebabynamer.com/Anakin-baby-name-15922.html

Says it was invented by Lucas.

	14-10-2004 05:37									#112
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hmmm. proof that star wars fans can be as geeky as star trek fans.

	14-10-2004 05:41									#113
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Well, some people are fans of both.