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 ( 1998 )

* 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.

The 1982 science fiction film Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan used " Amazing Grace " amid a context of Christian symbolism, to memorialize the death of Mr. Spock but more practically, because the song has become " instantly recognizable to many in the audience as music that sounds appropriate for a funeral " according to a Star Trek scholar.

Thus, a number of Allied soldiers received the Bronze Star Medal in World War II, as well as U. N. soldiers in the Korean War, Vietnamese and allied forces in the Vietnam War, and coalition forces in recent military operations such as the Gulf War, Operation Enduring Freedom and the Iraq War.

As a result of a study conducted in 1947, the policy was implemented that authorized the retroactive award of the Bronze Star Medal ( w / o " V ") to soldiers who had received the Combat Infantryman Badge or the Combat Medical Badge during World War II.

* " Dark Star ", by Mike Oldfield from Tubular Bells II

On 2002, the first secure encrypted digital cinema feature was Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones by Cinecomm Digital Cinema ( then led by Russell J. Wintner ).

Launch of Deep Space 1 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17-A on the Delta II | Delta II 7326-9. 5 Star 37FM

A minigame version of Nights into Dreams ... is playable utilizing the Nintendo GameCube-to-Game Boy Advance connectivity with Phantasy Star Online Episode I & II and Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg.

After a period of decline of the Oxfordian theory beginning with World War II, in 1952 Charlton Ogburn and his wife Dorothy published the 1, 300-page This Star of England, which briefly revived Oxfordism.

* Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast ( 2002 )

Many of these are set in the time of The Original Series, including Star Trek: Phase II which was nominated for a Hugo Award and received support from actors and writers who were involved with The Original Series.

As a sequel to the original Star Trek's " Mirror, Mirror " proved popular while " Part II " had an ending which was a cliffhanger.

This was the second time that Paramount had considered launching a network anchored by a Star Trek show: the studio planned to launch a network showcasing Star Trek: Phase II in 1977.

Spock transfers his katra — his knowledge and experience — into McCoy's mind before dying in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan ( 1982 ).

Category: Star Trek: Phase II characters

Romulan ale is a fictional popular blue alcoholic beverage which was illegal because of a Federation trade embargo in the late 23rd century ( per Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country ) through the late 24th century ( per Star Trek Nemesis ).

Ralph McQuarrie's redesigned Enterprise from Star Trek: Phase II

Before Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Paramount had planned a new Star Trek television series to have been named Star Trek: Phase II.

Having undergone an extensive rebuilding and refitting, the Enterprise then appears in Star Trek: The Motion Picture ( 1979 ) and Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan ( 1982 ), before being destroyed in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock ( 1984 ).