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I know it can't be a bird. They don't have birds in star wars. Convergently evolved equivalents on whichever world might support them, sure, but they wouldn't be what you or I would call a bird, let alone a falcon. So what's a falcon? What beast inspired Lando to name his ship that?
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Finger Prince posted:I know it can't be a bird. They don't have birds in star wars. Convergently evolved equivalents on whichever world might support them, sure, but they wouldn't be what you or I would call a bird, let alone a falcon. Obviously a big fan of the Maltese Falcon op. Some sort of trenchcoated vigilante that saps the color from the room to confuse their foes? Bad case of imposter syndrome? I haven't seen it personally, not a big fan of gas giant produced movies.
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Feb 16, 2024 09:43
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falc-on deez nuts
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What exactly is a rat and what makes these ones whomp?
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Feb 17, 2024 00:54
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The name is a nod to the Eagle from Space 1999. Early on, Han's ship looked quite similar to the Eagle, so George Lucas decided to redesign it to be more unique - and seemingly called it the "Millennium Falcon" to denote its superiority to the "1999 Eagle".  It was also perfectly fine to name something after a Falcon at that time - because back then the Star Wars galaxy was our galaxy in the far future. The initial story synopsis Lucas wrote explicitly set the movie during the 33rd century - a detail that was omitted from later drafts to give the film a more timeless quality. A replacement for the 33rd century setting didn't actually appear until the film was in post-production, when the "long time ago in a galaxy far far away" title card was tacked on to the beginning of the movie.
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Robot Style posted:The name is a nod to the Eagle from Space 1999. Early on, Han's ship looked quite similar to the Eagle, so George Lucas decided to redesign it to be more unique - and seemingly called it the "Millennium Falcon" to denote its superiority to the "1999 Eagle". That's some good-rear end trivia. In a way, being set in the 33rd century, Millennium would make some sense. It would be like naming your boat Ragnarok or something because it sounds cool and apparently it was a significant event to a culture from 1300 (or 300) years ago. The falcon part is harder to stretch that way, but I suppose naming it for a mythical predator from the Old World would be like naming your boat "the kraken".
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Feb 17, 2024 02:34
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NOT MUCH WHAT'S FALC ON WITH YOU?
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Feb 17, 2024 11:07
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josh04 posted:NOT MUCH WHAT'S FALC ON WITH YOU? Gravitas Shortfall posted:falc-on deez nuts
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Feb 17, 2024 16:58
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steve jobs died of falcon
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Feb 17, 2024 23:37
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Caidin posted:What exactly is a rat and what makes these ones whomp? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0o5zLoFp2Y
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Feb 19, 2024 08:54
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They do have birds in Star Wars, or at least in the old EU. I vaguely remember Obi Wan making a comment about ducks to Luke in (I think) the A New Hope novelisation and Luke just going "What's a duck?" because of course why would some hick kid from a desert planet know what a waterfowl is?
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Feb 19, 2024 09:57
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Icedude posted:They do have birds in Star Wars, or at least in the old EU. Guess there's no ducks on Stormtrooper Planet either.
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Feb 20, 2024 01:31
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Icedude posted:They do have birds in Star Wars, or at least in the old EU. quack
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Was watching a Star Wars movie the other day that had a bird in it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfMWlAF5RW0
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