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- realjames, on 01/11/2008, -14/+225What a disappointing answer.
- MattBlackCat, on 01/11/2008, -6/+120This was known a long, long time ago.......................
- sajnikanth, on 01/11/2008, -5/+88The Answer - Rumor has it that George Lucas and a co-worker were editing American Graffiti, when a co-worker asked Lucas for “Reel Two, Dialog Two”, which is abbreviated “R2D2”. Lucas supposedly wrote down the abbreviation and used it as the name of the now famous droid in Star Wars.
BTW, why does everyone use "after the jump"? - FoxOrian, on 01/11/2008, -1/+62Now I'm wondering about C-3PO.
- SSUK, on 01/11/2008, -2/+51*crickets*
- inactive, on 01/11/2008, -2/+44Is there a reason this couldn't have been added to the description to avoid having to click through and read that one sentence?
- JPresEFnet, on 01/11/2008, -3/+44R2-D2 is not an android. Buried as inaccurate.
- loqqq, on 01/11/2008, -2/+37Yea, there's pretty much just crumbs left in the "What We Don't Know About Star Wars" box.
- SiliconRain, on 01/11/2008, -0/+33But for those of us using Adblock plus, we don't see an ad - just some blogger trying to sound badass.
- Millsee, on 01/11/2008, -0/+32We all know Star Wars is a documentary, why are you making this out to be fiction?
- lobasuu, on 01/11/2008, -1/+32Lucas had 30 Gb of CP and he wanted to boast about it.
- Ashcatchem, on 07/27/2008, -19/+48R2-D2 ftw
- inactive, on 01/11/2008, -2/+28"Yo mama is so dumb, she kept saying 'Are not!' to R2!"
- jupaneanu, on 01/11/2008, -8/+30I was expecting something a lot more interesting, but at least, now I know
- lava, on 01/11/2008, -0/+20"/film has found out from George Lucas.." and by "found out from George Lucas" they mean they read a book.
- coherentbabel, on 01/11/2008, -1/+21In reference to SW, Final Jeopardy! was the first to tell me that "Vader" comes from the Dutch for "father."
- SiliconRain, on 01/11/2008, -6/+25in a galaxy far, far away...
- FoxOrian, on 01/11/2008, -0/+19"After the jump" originally refers to newspapers and magazines that have to split an article from, say, page A1 to somewhere else like page A9. You have to make the jump to see more.
In blogs this usually refers to an advertisement placed in the middle of the article, just so you know there's still more AFTER the ad. - ubuwalker31, on 01/11/2008, -0/+17Utterly boring, that answer is.
- bitterman316, on 01/11/2008, -1/+17"Yo momma so fat, Jabba the Hutt said DAMN!"
- Coven, on 01/11/2008, -1/+16Yo mama is so stupid, she thought a lightsaber had fewer calories!
- DLHOUOKUSA, on 01/11/2008, -0/+14This short movie explains it all. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5058529870 ...
George Lucas in Love. - ebaycoach, on 01/11/2008, -1/+12Now I can sleep toinght. This mystery been keeping me up for decades.
- chilipeppers4u, on 01/11/2008, -1/+12He's a droid, but not an android. The "Andr-" part is from androgenous - meaning resembling a man or human.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android - goodkidyo, on 01/11/2008, -0/+8"used to" ?
- Coven, on 01/11/2008, -1/+9*crickets*
- Bullsnot, on 01/11/2008, -0/+8No, someone really didn't.
- DephexTwin, on 01/11/2008, -1/+9Dutch, not Deutsch. (Although Vater is not too far either.)
- MikeOSX, on 01/11/2008, -2/+9It puts a bad taste in my mouth.
- dickbain, on 01/11/2008, -0/+7I think the X-Wings attacked the Death Star...not the Tie Fighters
- goodsela, on 01/11/2008, -4/+10Yes. Then you wouldn't have seen the ads which generate the revenue which pays the blogger who wrote the article and faked the picture and then entered it on Digg. Short answer = money.
- onionoino, on 01/11/2008, -1/+7simmer down now
- Vindexus, on 01/11/2008, -0/+6The more you know *shooting star*
- ruskie666, on 01/11/2008, -0/+6Get your real R2D2 here:
http://tinyurl.com/2z6cr2 - mal1964, on 01/11/2008, -0/+5 R5-D4?
- pjpete, on 01/11/2008, -1/+6R2-D2 is not an android, he's a robot.
- Coven, on 01/11/2008, -0/+5He was quoting the Robot Chicken skit, as was I, as were the rest of the posters in the thread.
- arcangelgabriel, on 01/11/2008, -0/+5Wasn't this in Starlog in 1978?
- therightclique, on 01/11/2008, -0/+5this information has been available for at least 10 years and i suspect it has been available since the movie came out.
- OptimismPrime, on 01/11/2008, -1/+5most blogs work in such a way that they show the first "X" words of any given entry under its headline.
To read the rest of longer posts you have to click on "read more..." or "view full post" links.
If the author wants to point out some important info that isn't shown in the preview but later on in his post he tells you that 'such an such' is located "after the jump". - tgc1, on 01/11/2008, -1/+5Beep-boop-beep-boop-beep.
- DephexTwin, on 01/11/2008, -0/+4No, the Norwegian word for father is "far".
- mattyd12466, on 01/11/2008, -7/+11yep...is very well known...atleast too star wars fans
- igotlaidoff, on 01/11/2008, -0/+4yes but How did RJ-D2 get his name??
- Eldorian, on 01/11/2008, -1/+5Yeah, this has been known since well before the new trilogy. I remember hearing about it when I was around 10 I think - which was nearly 20 years ago now :(
- regeya, on 01/11/2008, -1/+5I must not be a fan, then. I'll have to throw away all the various cuts of the film I have, plus all the action figures and other toys from all six moves I have, as well as my expanded-universe books and comics, because, until today, I didn't know this. While I'm at it I better throw out my copy of American Grafitti.
- Sibre, on 01/11/2008, -0/+4if you're going to post it, do it right.
In Soviet Russia... - HanSolo69, on 01/11/2008, -0/+4You make it sound like Slashfilm called up George Lucas and demanded an answer.
- bogatash, on 01/11/2008, -2/+5He was next in line after R2-D1
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