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So it's their technological enhancements that make them Space Capable? OKay then, thanks. Mostly. You can get away with a lot with bio-engineering and where biology ends and more mechanical technology begins is very fuzzy in this setting. This is the universe with non-sientient space pirates and pe...

They're intelligent aliens that decided that since other smaller aliens would always want spacecraft they engineered themselves to be such and then hired out to whoever wanted them. Anything they couldn't grow is grafted on so they're giant space capable cyborgs with hyperdrives. Spline are one of t...

I put a sign outside my shiny house saying Beware of God.

Old school fantasy gamer.

Well, that's an interesting way to look at it, certainly. You're right that Luke first says his real last name outloud only after he's embarked on the hero's journey with Obi-Wan. But I'm not sure if that's significant, or just a coincidence, in terms of thematic structure, as well as the in-Univer...

I suppose - but Luke has no idea that his real lastname is supposed to be some sort of secret. Remember, Luke has no idea he's anybody of any importance whatsoever - and he also seems to know his real lastname is Skywalker. He casually reveals himself as "Luke Skywalker" on the Deathstar,...

Perhaps you should check that questionable source, Star Wars IV: A New Hope. Traveling through hyperspace ain't like dusting crops, boy! Without precise calculations we could fly right through a star, or bounce too close to a supernova and that'd end your trip real quick, wouldn't it. Han feels bein...

When is the name 'Skywalker' mentioned in ANH? IIRC it's by Obi-Wan. His aunt and uncle just call him 'Luke'. He doesn't tell anyone his name at Mos Eisley and after that he's in the Death Star or the Rebellion. Obi-Wan knows. He only tells Leia his name in the DS and she and the Rebellion are hardl...

Reason 1: The kid Thor / Loki scene, happened a really, really long time ago. Thor and co. slapped around giants on Earth when they were teenagers. Reason 2: Time travel / time dialation / wibbly-wobbly thing. Thor and co. slap around giants in Thor's future / our past. Reason 3: Cor! Look at those ...

Is this from Stargate Atlantis?

I leave a note for it to be dropped in the nearest convienient steller object. On no account is Rodney allowed to touch it. Really, we mean it this time.

Clearly 'yub' is a very versatile word in Ewok.

Short answer no. Long answer. No. Chimps have gone their own merry way in the five to six million years since our ancestors and theirs were the same individuals. A possible path to human equivalent intelligence would go on from their current point and end at a divergent result. How divergent would d...

I thought the Ackbar slash was driving in amongst them so they shoot each other... Sort of like crossing their T, but more dangerous for them... There's a picture out there somewhere... http://images.wikia.com/starwars/images/3/31/Ackbar_Slash.jpg There it is I so wish you were kidding. Was Akbar's...

A very educated observer from the 30's may interpret it as quantumn transport on the macro scale.

You could make a case for all those holy men 'carried to the heavens' in various holy books, I vaguely recall some hindu diety who could travel 'the breadth of the earth in the twinkling of an eye' and then there's Sun Wukong and co who could 'jump' to other realms. He decides to visit his mortal mi...

Size of a bear (not you Yosemite), tentecles, telepathy, builds 100ft tripods and drinks the blood of englishmen. And have taken their flu shots.

Now they were some scientific vampires. A lone surviving martian trapped in rebuilt London would be a very scary thing indeed.

I've always been a fan of orbital mind-control lasers.

To finance them however, my goons and I shall have to rob banks. Because there just is no middle ground with supervillany.

Real reason. I suspect it's 80% down to writing and budget constraints. One time aliens get less attention and SFX than antagonists that may show up repeatedly. Fanboy in-universe reason. A space polity is going to engulf whomever they find. However those whose ethos / philosophy / bathroom habits m...

I suggest 'War of the Worlds', look it's even got "War" in the title.

Or 'The Uplift War', see, "War" again.

Then there's 'Use of Weapons', look at the title, bound to be battles galore.

Showing love, compassion and forgiveness seems like such a strange idea. If only their holy book commanded them to do so.

The lightsabre in the OT is a magic talisman that signifies you have magic (force) powers. However to become a master you have to learn to do without it. Obi Wan shows this to Luke quite plainly in the Death Star and was obviously only carrying it round as a warning, dont fuck with me I'm a wizard. ...

So, were the martians in the right? After all the inhabitants of Blue were inferior monkeys so backwards they barely understood the shape and true extent of the universe. They also lacked telepathy. They could only communicate by rudely agitating particles in the atmosphere. And to talk about their ...

Hasn't this story already been written? In 1898?

Republic scientists gathering information on the new universe gradually start gibbering in terror as it's revealed the alien universe has common random breaches in it's own reality, beings that regard physics as something for lesser mortals and lifeforms that lurch about eating planets. After learni...

Alright, I was kicking around the Battle of Naboo (TPM) and I realized that quite a few mistakes were made. Big ones that could've turned the entire battle on its head and left the Trade Federation victorious and Queen Amidala and her cohorts either in chains or lying in a pool of blood on the pala...

I also think you are supposing that Starfleet Regulations in the wierd future society that is the Federation set in a clearly very wierd universe is anything like our own. It may in fact be a major offence to refer back to previous events when facing opposition. It may be required to come up with an...