For example, when George Lucas re-edited the original Star Wars trilogy, he made changes directly to the source material, rather than introducing new source material that contradicted the contents of previous material.

It should be noted that the established criteria of Star Trek canon disqualifies novels as being official continuity ; the decision to undo Trip's death in " These Are the Voyages " in the novels marks one of the only occasions in which a licensed, expanded universe spin-off has openly contradicted a major part of Trek continuity – an earlier example involved the launch of a series of novels featuring Kirk that suggested the character did not die at the end of the film, Star Trek Generations.

Although Splinter was contradicted by later entries in the Star Wars film canon, it was the first " expanded universe " entry written ( although not the first published -- a Marvel Comics story holds that honor ), and as such remains highly regarded by many fans.

Initially, the taxi driver said he was under the dashboard of his cab when the shooting started and could not see who shot first, although he contradicted his statement a few days later in an interview with the San Juan Star, a local newspaper, stating that he ducked under the dashboard of the car after the three men ( the two activists and the undercover agent ) left the car, and that he saw " 10 heavily armed men " approaching.

In the time since its last publication, the Encyclopedia has become extremely out of date, with much of the conjectural, non-canonical information contained within it having been contradicted by the last two Star Trek films ( Star Trek Nemesis and Star Trek ) as well as the last two seasons of Star Trek: Voyager and the most recent series, Star Trek: Enterprise.

Although Star Trek staffers such as Michael Okuda and Andrew Probert served as consultants for the book, it contains statements that were later contradicted.

Another local newspaper, the Express & Star that had reported that Priest would be the new UB40 frontman, included a statement from band spokesman Gerard Franklyn which contradicted the claim, stating " Maxi is collaborating with the band to record material but he won't be the new lead singer, that will be Duncan Campbell, the brother of Ali and Robin Campbell.

Also, the game takes most of its fictional history between the present day and the 23rd century from the Star Trek Spaceflight Chronology, whose contents are almost totally contradicted by later canonical materials ( especially the film Star Trek: First Contact and the series Enterprise ).

Following the assassination of his mother in 1984 after Operation Blue Star, the Indian National Congress party leaders nominated him to be Prime Minister.

Rajiv Gandhi was in West Bengal when his mother, Indira Gandhi was assassinated on 31 October 1984 by two of her Sikh bodyguards, Satwant Singh and Beant Singh, to avenge the military attack on the Harmandir Sahib ( Sikhism's holiest shrine, also called " The Golden Temple ") during Operation Blue Star.

Through his mother, he was the great-grandson of Francis Scott Key, the author of the " Star Spangled Banner ", and John Eager Howard, governor and senator from Maryland.

" Alma says she will never return, telling Karen that her fiancé was an Army Air Corps pilot killed in a B-17 during the attack, " he was awarded the Silver Star, they sent it to his mother.

In the Star Wars prequel films, her mother is identified as Padmé Amidala ; her adoptive father is Bail Organa, who is depicted as the head of Alderaan's royal family and a supporting character in the prequels.

Padme Amidala ( Leia's mother ) sports a similar hairstyle while she is in Naboo in Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones.

In the series Star Trek: Enterprise, T ' Pol is given, through her in-name-only husband Koss, an IDIC pendant from her mother T ' Les which projects a holographic relief, enabling T ' Pol and Captain Archer to find the location where T ' Les and the Syrrannites are hiding.

For Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, the first film in the prequel trilogy, Lucas made Anakin nine years old to make the character's departure from his mother more poignant.

You go with me to any Gold Star mother and you look her in the eye and tell her that her son did not hold a job.

In the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, Wesley Crusher first arrived on the Enterprise-D with his mother, soon after Captain Jean-Luc Picard assumed command.

He is also seen sitting next to his mother in the background of the wedding scenes in Star Trek Nemesis.

* In appearances at Star Trek conventions, Nichols had indicated that the character is " Nyota penda Uhura "; perhaps coincidentally, in Nichols ' 1996 novel Saturn's Child she named the mother of the titular character " Nyota ".

Several fictional characters from the " Star Trek " series " The Next Generation "— Lieutenant Commander Data, his " mother " Julianna Soong Tainer, and his brothers Lore and B-4 — are androids equipped with positronic brains created by Dr. Noonien Soong.

You go with me to any Gold Star mother and you look her in the eye and tell her that her son did not hold a job.

* Amanda Grayson, the mother of Spock in the science fiction series Star Trek

They make another appearance in the Star Wars universe in Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, set 22 years before A New Hope ; in this film, they have kidnapped Anakin Skywalker's mother, Shmi, and tortured her for a month.

On television, she appeared in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Kira Nerys ' mother Kira Meru, and in the Gemini Award-winning Human Cargo.

In one scene in Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, Leia's mother Padmé wears her hair in buns, along with an off the shoulders gown reminiscent of Neill's illustrations of Ozma.

Leno, his mother, stepfather and brother Henry moved north and settled in Liverpool, where they performed in various halls and theatres, including the Star Music Hall, but often returned to London to perform in the capital's music halls.

In The Lonely Silver Rain he visits a bank safe-deposit box in which he keeps a few precious keepsakes including photos of his father, mother, and brother, and mentions that the box also contains his Silver Star, Purple Heart, and honorable discharge certificate, all awarded by the U. S. Army to " Sergeant McGee ".

She was always proud of the fact that as a child she and her mother wrote letters to NBC to help keep the original Star Trek on the air for a third season.

Star Trek fans may recognize her as one of two actresses to play Ishka, Quark's iconoclastic mother on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

Adams is well known to fans of Star Trek for portraying Ishka ( also known as " Moogie "), mother of the Ferengi brothers Rom and Quark in the TV series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

American tabloids began consolidating in 1990, when American Media bought Star from Rupert Murdoch.

The Bronze Star Medal may be awarded by the Secretary of a military department or the Secretary of Homeland Security with regard to the Coast Guard when not operating as a service in the Navy, or by such military commanders, or other appropriate officers as the Secretary concerned may designate, to any person who, while serving in any capacity in or with the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, or Coast Guard of the United States, after 6 December 1941, distinguishes, or has distinguished, himself by heroic or meritorious achievement or service, not involving participation in aerial flight —

An unfortunate episode in fanzine history occurred in 1981 when Star Wars director George Lucas threatened to sue fanzine publishers who distributed zines featuring the Star Wars characters in sexually explicit stories or art.

Selznick's friendship with Cukor had crumbled slightly when the director refused other assignments, including A Star is Born ( 1937 ) and Intermezzo ( 1939 ).

And I do believe that when we get kidnapped by aliens, it's going to be the genuine, true Star Trek fans who will save the day.

The use of untranslated Klingon words interspersed with conversation translated into English was commonplace in later seasons of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, when Klingons became a more important part of the series ' overall story-arcs.

* The popular science fiction universe of Star Wars uses a transport vehicle known as the Lambda-class shuttle that when viewed forward has the shape of the lowercase lambda.

" This occurs on the DVD editions of the Star Trek films on a 4: 3 television when the included widescreen documentaries show footage from the original television series.

Apologists of Freemasonry contend that, when Albert Pike and other Masonic scholars spoke about the " Luciferian path ," or the " energies of Lucifer ," they were referring to the Morning Star, the light bearer, the search for light ; the very antithesis of dark, satanic evil.

Smith's apparent 1838 identification as " Nephi " was left unchanged when the 1838 history was published in 1842 in Times and Seasons, which Smith edited himself, and in Millennial Star.

The Order was created by Rob Morris in 1850 when, while confined by illness, he set down the principles of the order in his Rosary of the Eastern Star.

On December 1, 1874, Queen Esther Chapter No. 1 became the first Prince Hall Affiliate chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star when it was established in Washington, D. C. by Thornton Andrew Jackson.

In Star Fox, his unfavorable depiction of a future peace group called " World Militants for Peace " indicates clearly where he stood with regard to the Vietnam War, raging when the book was published.

In the fictional Star Trek universe, the impulse drive is the method of propulsion that starships and other spacecraft use when they are travelling below the speed of light.

In the Star Trek franchise, the books The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh ( Volumes 1 & 2 ), by Greg Cox, detail the fictional Eugenics Wars of the early 1990s – still many years into the future when first mentioned in the episode " Space Seed " in 1967 – giving alternative explanations for real world events such as the Indian nuclear test of 1974 and the violent breakup of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s, presenting them as small parts of a single wider conflict.

The difference was remarked upon in dialog between characters in " Trials and Tribble-ations ", an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine when modern-era characters travel back in time to the days of Kirk and Spock ( and via then-brand new CGI techniques, appear within the TOS episode " The Trouble With Tribbles ", frequently coming into contact with the Enterprise crew ).

The renewal moved the show from Wednesday night to Friday night, a move that seemed to replicate the third season renewal of the original Star Trek, when it was moved from Thursday night to the Friday night " death slot ".

" The Lorelei Signal " and " The Infinite Vulcan ", the latter written by Walter Koenig, are rare occurrences where Captain Kirk comes close to actually saying, " Beam me up, Scotty " ( long erroneously believed to be a Star Trek catchphrase ), when he commands " Beam us up, Scotty.

That changed when Star Trek: Voyager went fully CGI for certain types of shots midway through Season 3 ( late 1996 ).

Twenty times on the original Star Trek, McCoy declares someone or something deceased with the line, " He's dead ", " He's dead, Jim ", or something similar ; the phrase is considered a catchphrase of the character, although actor Kelley disliked repeating such lines, and refused to say it on The Wrath of Khan when Spock is near death ; James Doohan as Montgomery Scott says " He's dead already " instead.

Circa stardate 41986. 0 ( December 26, 2364 ), the Romulan Star Empire ended its five decades of isolation when the USS Enterprise ( NCC-1701-D ) intercepted a Romulan warbird.

No other show attracted a large organized following until the 1990s, when Babylon 5 attracted both Star Trek fans and a large number of literary SF fans who previously had not been involved in media fandom.