These skillfully rendered paintings encouraged fan Glenn Bray to ask Barks if he could commission a painting of the ducks (" A Tall Ship and a Star to Steer Her By ", taken from the cover of Walt Disney's Comics and Stories # 108 by Barks ).

By the time the film " The Empire Strikes Back " was released in 1980 Star Wars fanzines had surpassed Star Trek zines in sales.

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.

By 1969 the popular press had taken notice, to the point that it was used as a plot device in Star Trek, and sparked fears of a " polywater gap " in the USA.

By the third season, ratings were continually declining, and the threat of cancellation loomed over Star Trek: Enterprise.

By the 24th century, transporter travel was very reliable and " the safest way to travel ", according to dialogue in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode " Realm of Fear ".

By the time of the era of Star Trek: The Next Generation, the Prime Directive was indicated to apply not only to just pre-warp civilizations, but also, indeed, to any culture with whom Star Fleet comes into contact.

In Star By Star, Calrissian's efforts are crucial in delaying the Vong victory in a battle on Coruscant.

The following movie, Star Trek Nemesis, begins with their wedding on board the Enterprise-E. By the end of the film, Riker finally accepts a promotion to Captain and an offer to command the USS Titan ; during the movie's final scenes he bids Picard, and the Enterprise, farewell.

In A Star Is Burns, Moleman enters a film entitled ' Man Getting Hit By Football ' into the Springfield Film Festival.

By 1978 he was earning up to $ 50, 000 ($ today ) annually from appearances at Star Trek conventions attended by Trekkies.

The men acted out the violence which had allowed the Morning Star to mate with the Evening Star ( by breaking her vaginal teeth ) in their creation story, with a “ meteor stone .” During the Morning Star ceremony, the captive was shot in the heart and a “ man struck her on the head with the war club from the Morning Star bundle .” By having all the men in the village shoot arrows into her body, the village men, embodiments of Morning Star, were symbolically mating with her.

By 1926 Cunard's fleet was larger than before the war, and White Star was in decline, having been sold by IMM.

By 1934 the White Star Line was failing and the British Government was concerned about potential job losses.

* In 1977's Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, the location of the prison where Princess Leia is held is referred to as " Cell Block one-one-three-eight ".

Princess Leia Organa of Alderaan ( born Leia Amidala Skywalker ; later Leia Organa Solo ), often referred to as simply Princess Leia, is a fictional character in the Star Wars universe.

Aiden Barton appeared as an infant Leia in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith.

Ann Sachs provided the voice of Leia in the 1980s radio dramatizations of the original Star Wars trilogy, and Lisa Fuson did so for the Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire, Star Wars: Masters of Teräs Käsi, Star Wars: Rebellion, and Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds video games.

In Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, Leia is introduced as the Princess of Alderaan and a member of the Imperial Senate.

In Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, set three years later, Leia is at the Rebel base on Hoth.

Initially reluctant to believe him, Leia realizes that Luke speaks the truth and joins Han Solo in leading the Rebels in battle on Endor as the Rebel Fleet battle the second Death Star.

Leia briefly appears in the 1978 TV movie The Star Wars Holiday Special, where she is once again portrayed by Fisher.

Leia boards Palpatine's Super Star Destroyer, Eclipse I, and appeals to the good in Luke, ultimately redeeming him.

In the rough draft of A New Hope, Leia was roughly 13-15-year-old princess ( the same age as Padmé Amidala in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace ), the spoiled daughter of King Kayos and Queen Breha of Aquilae.

In 2008, Princess Leia was selected by Empire magazine as the 89th of the greatest film characters of all time, with IGN listing her as the 8th top Star Wars hero.

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In chronological order of the Star Wars films, Luke Skywalker first appears during the ending of Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, when he and his twin sister, Leia are born to Padmé Amidala on Polis Massa.

The group sneaks onto the Death Star and rescues the captive Princess Leia ; as they are escaping, Obi-Wan sacrifices himself in a duel with Vader.

George Lucas said that he based the Han Solo character in Star Wars on Coppola.

He is famous for his performances as Han Solo in the original Star Wars trilogy and the title character of the Indiana Jones film series.

In later Star Wars literature she marries Han Solo, her romantic interest in the original films, and has three children with him, whose names are Jacen, Jaina, and Anakin.

When Omas is elected, Calrissian, Karrde, and Star Destroyer owner Booster Terrik lead the Smuggler's Alliance, with Han Solo commanding, to victory over a massive Yuuzhan Vong force in the rout at Ebaq 9.

In the 1977 film Star Wars, Han Solo refers to them as " Imperial cruisers ".

Victory-class Star Destroyers appear as early as Brian Daley's 1979 book Han Solo's Revenge, and since then have appeared in Expanded Universe books and games.

He and Obi-Wan obtain passage with the smugglers Han Solo and Chewbacca on their ship, the Millennium Falcon, only to find that Alderaan has been destroyed by the Empire's new superweapon, the Death Star.

Obi-Wan Kenobi and Luke buy passage to Alderaan on the spaceship Millennium Falcon, piloted by smuggler Han Solo ( Harrison Ford ) and his partner Chewbacca ( Peter Mayhew ); but before they reach Alderaan, the planet is destroyed by the Death Star on the orders of Grand Moff Tarkin ( Peter Cushing ).

In Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, R2-D2 plays a critical role in the rescue of Han, Luke and Leia from Jabba the Hutt, and later joins the Rebel strike team on Endor.

In The Crystal Star, C-3PO accompanies Luke Skywalker and Han Solo to Crseih Station to investigate the possible existence of Jedi trainees ; but instead find Waru, a creature from another dimension, from whom they learn of Waru's alliance with Lord Hethrir and of the kidnapping of the Solo children.

* Captain Lone Starr combines traits from Star Wars two male heroes, Luke Skywalker ( Mark Hamill ) and Han Solo ( Harrison Ford ), as well as Indiana Jones ( also Ford ).

Nonetheless, after the losing on Hoth and towards the end of the movie Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, the Rebel Alliance regroups and is then commanded by Admiral Ackbar, Han Solo, Princess Leia, and Lando Calrissian.

Examples of alien sidekicks are Mr. Spock ( sidekick of Captain James T. Kirk ) on Star Trek and Chewbacca ( sidekick of Han Solo ) in the original Star Wars trilogy.

The band takes their name from a Star Wars reference — a " nerf herder " is a fictional occupation referred to by Princess Leia ( Carrie Fisher ) in the 1980 film Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, when she insults Han Solo ( Harrison Ford ) for arrogantly asserting that she has romantic feelings for him: " Why you stuck-up, half-witted, scruffy-looking nerf herder!

The attack, which became known as the Battle of Endor, involved General Han Solo leading a strike team on the moon's surface to destroy the Death Star's energy shield generator, while Ackbar and General Lando Calrissian led a space battle against the Death Star II itself.

The son of Han Solo and Leia Organa Solo and the nephew of Luke Skywalker, he is a major character in several Star Wars novels, particularly the Legacy of the Force series.

Examples include Princess Leia's acquisition of the Death Star schematics ; Luke Skywalker using his binoculars to observe the movie's opening battle and trying to convince his friends at Tosche Station of what he saw ; a skyhopper race that results in Luke's vehicle being damaged ( seen in the movie in the background of his Tatooine garage ); Han Solo's encounter with Jabba the Hutt's agent, " Heater "; Vader's interrogation of Princess Leia ; and Admiral Motti's attempts to convince Grand Moff Tarkin to leverage the Death Star as a political tool.

There is combiner of Millennium Falcon of two characters, Han Solo and Chewbacca and Primus / Unicron-like Death Star that transforms into a giant Darth Vader.

* Premiere ( 1995 )-This was the first set for the Star Wars CCG and included the characters of Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Leia Organa, C-3PO, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Darth Vader as well as many other very useful cards that formed the core of the game.