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[–] andrewth09 34 points 1 month ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (4 children)

I've never read a Star Wars book but this makes me unreasonably ~~unset~~ upset.

[–] SpaceNoodle 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

If you ever decide to try it don't bother with any of them that came out after Disney took over. Almost all of them are trash.

[–] JusticeForPorygon 2 points 1 month ago

I used to have a copy of the original novelization of ANH I could post a picture of that had it but I have no idea what happened to it.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)
[–] andrewth09 4 points 1 month ago

FBI not eff-bee-eye.

NTP not en-tee-pee.

RNC not arr-en-cee.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Because the only rational reason to spell it Artoo-Detoo and See-Threepio is if they got paid by the word and they wanted to bolster their paycheck? The alternative that they somehow thought this was a good idea is even worse.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

I'm pretty sure it was so they would look more like real names, because Star Wars treated robots (droids) like actual characters which was rare at the time.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Threepio and theee-pee-oh sound different so I understand it in a script. That's it though.