The adventure novel exhibits these " protagonist on adventurous journey " characteristics as do many popular feature films, such as Star Wars and Raiders of the Lost Ark.

The term " droid ", coined by George Lucas for the original Star Wars film and now used widely within science fiction, originated as an abridgment of " android ", but has been used by Lucas and others to mean any robot, including distinctly non-human form machines like R2-D2.

* In the Star Wars prequels, the galactic capital planet Coruscant has buildings many miles tall, and approaches the completely built-over condition of Trantor in Isaac Asimov's classic Foundation trilogy ( Note: due to this, Coruscant was originally to be named Jhantor but was eventually renamed Coruscant ).

The voice of C-3PO from Star Wars was created by taking the actor's voice and treating it with a phaser.

* overdrive effects such as the use of a fuzz box can be used to produce distorted sounds, such as for imitating robotic voices or to simulate distorted radiotelephone traffic ( e. g., the radio chatter between starfighter pilots in the science fiction film Star Wars ).

Preproduction for the film had coincided with the casting process for George Lucas's Star Wars, and many of the actors cast in De Palma's film had been earmarked as contenders for Lucas's movie, and vice-versa.

* SWGEmu-An open source community project aimed to develop, maintain and expand a free Pre-CU-era Star Wars Galaxies server software set.

One of the most famous cyborgs is Darth Vader from the Star Wars films.

General Grievous, Lobot, and Luke Skywalker are the three other most prominent cyborgs in the Star Wars universe.

* Various characters in Star Wars saga, notably Darth Vader, General Grievous, Dengar, Lobot, and Luke Skywalker.

The tumultuous history of the Wars of the Roses and then the Star Chamber resulted in periods during which the common law courts were frequently paralyzed, and out of the confusion the Court of Chancery emerged with exclusive jurisdiction over group litigation.

In the Star Wars movie The Empire Strikes Back, two life-forms were encountered by the characters that were non-carbon based entities.

Although details of their physiology were not mentioned on screen, the space slug, ( a giant worm-like creature that lived on asteroids in the vacuum of space ), and the Mynock, ( pesky bat-like vermin that would attach to spaceship hulls and chew through power conduits to feed off the raw energy ), are said to be silicon-based organisms in Star Wars Expanded Universe sources.

Appearing only in the Star Wars Expanded Universe is the spice spider of Kessel, a creature made of glitterstim spice and silicon that spun crystalline webs harvested by miners as glitterstim spice, an illegal psychoactive narcotic.

In ‘ Wild Horses ’ characters are named after the Star Trek crew and the influence of Star Wars pervades throughout.

The Afghan war and the Soviet response to Mr. Reagan's Star Wars program caused only a relatively small rise in defense costs.

* Clone Wars ( Star Wars ), a TV show and movie based around the Star Wars universe

* Clone trooper, a fictional soldier in the Star Wars universe

Notable disco hits based on movie and television themes included a medley from Star Wars, " Star Wars Theme / Cantina Band " ( 1977 ) by Meco, and " Twilight Zone / Twilight Tone " ( 1979 ) by The Manhattan Transfer.

Some well-known examples of custom microcode include Factor 5's N64 port of the Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine, Star Wars: Rogue Squadron and Star Wars: Battle for Naboo.

* Rogue ( Star Trek ), a 2001 Star Trek novel

Fett was played by Dee Bradley Baker in a Star Wars: The Force Unleashed expansion and its sequel: Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II, by Chris Cox in Star Wars: Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike, and by Tom Kane in three other Star Wars video games.

Additionally, LucasArts Star Wars video games introduce several TIE variants, such as the TIE hunter starfighter in Rogue Squadron III and the TIE mauler surface vehicle in Empire at War.

A-wings are described as the fastest starfighters in the war between the Rebel Alliance and the Galactic Empire ; however, Star Wars: Rogue Squadron states that they are poorly shielded against attack.

The A-wing is also flyable in Battlefront II and the Rogue Squadron series, and it appears in other LucasArts Star Wars titles such as Empire at War.

* Star Wars: Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader ( 2001 )

* Star Wars Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike ( 2003 )

Rogue Squadron is a starfighter squadron in the Star Wars science fiction saga.

Many of the pilots that will join Rogue Squadron are initially members of Red Squadron, the X-Wing attack force that Luke Skywalker joins during the Battle of Yavin in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope ( 1977 ).

The squadron appears in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back ( 1980 ) as Rogue Group.

Red Squadron, the forerunner of Rogue Squadron, is first featured in A New Hope ( 1977 ) during the attack on the first Death Star.

The squadron is the focus of several video games: Star Wars: Rogue Squadron, Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader, and Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike.

** Commander Cortin Zweller ( Star Trek: The Next Generation ; novel Section 31: Rogue )

** Ambassador Aubin Tabor ( Star Trek: The Next Generation ; novel Section 31: Rogue )

Morrison voiced Fett in the Star Wars: Empire at War, Star Wars Battlefront II, and Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron games.

He is a playable character in all four Lego Star Wars video games, Battlefront II, and Renegade Squadron of the Battlefront series.

The older version, Ben Kenobi, is only playable in Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy and The Complete Saga, Renegade Squadron, and Star Wars: The Force Unleashed in multiplayer mode.

He played a Starfleet member in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode " The Siege of AR-558 " ( November 1998 ).

* Dark Star ( band ), an English psychedelic rock band, 1998 – 2001

* Star Child ISBN 978-0-671-87878-8-June 1998

In 1998, a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs, California, Walk of Stars was dedicated to him.

* 1998 Etta Hulme ( Fort Worth Star Telegram )

By 1998 Star Trek TV shows, movies, books, videotapes, and licensing provided so much of the studio's profit that " it is not possible to spend any reasonable amount of time at Paramount and not be aware of presence "; filming for Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine required up to nine of the largest of the studio's 36 sound stages.

The main setting for the films Star Trek: First Contact ( 1996 ), Star Trek: Insurrection ( 1998 ), and Star Trek Nemesis ( 2002 ).

It was produced by the Moon Troupe in 1998 and again in 1999 by the Star Troupe.

* Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the Star of Romania ( 1998 )

* Lick the Star ( 1998, Short Film )...

The device has also appeared in the American television series Star Trek: The Next Generation as the Klingon practice of discommendation ; as a threat in Ancient Greek and Persian culture in Frank Miller's 1998 comic book series 300 and its 2007 film adaptation ; and in the 2004 role playing game Vampire the Requiem.

* Star Wars: Masters of Teräs Käsi ( 1998 )

The 1998 Animaniacs episode " Star Warners ", which spoofed Star Wars, featured Slappy Squirrel portraying a parody of Obi-Wan Kenobi as " Slappy Wanna Nappy ".

* Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary, hardcover, 1998.

* 1998: Played a cameo role in the TV series The Young Person's Guide To Becoming A Rock Star as the character Derek Trout.

* 1998 – Formed joint venture Motiva with Shell Oil Company and Saudi Aramco in which the Star Enterprise operations were merged with the Eastern and Gulf Coast U. S. refining and marketing operations of Shell.

In January 1998 Robert Hanks of The Independent compared the series ' ethos to that of Star Trek.

In a 1998 Star Wars Insider poll of fans ' favorite Star Wars characters, Mara Jade was the only Expanded Universe character to break the top 20.