Alderaan

I firmly believe* that we're not far off from making official contact with the folks on Coruscant and Alderaan - okay, maybe not Alderaan - which will thereby give us access to the droids we're looking for. If you're not as patient as I...

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...or out of his way. He hatches a plan to escape the Death Star with Ratua, Uli, Memah, Stihl, Rodo, Teela, and Vil after the tragedy of Alderaan. He has a certain respect for Stihl for his knowledge of philosophy. He dies in the Death Star,...

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...fictional "mythologies" such as from The Lord of the Rings, Star Trek, Star Wars etc. How about a solar system with planets called Tatooine, Alderaan, Dagobah and Naboo and another with planets called Gandalf, Galadriel, Beren, Hurin and so on?

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...but I would venture to guess that most people (of any age) who read this book will already know that the first Death Star destroys Alderaan, for instance. Most people who read the book will also catch the mistake I found, where the...

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Later in the series, it is established that it is every sixteen hours. When Odo checks Ibudan's log, Alderaan is listed as a place he visited. Alderaan was the homeplanet of Princess Leia from Star Wars: A New Hope and was destroyed by the...

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...have been better served had read their Mao and followed his maxims. Why didn't the Empire follow counterinsurgency doctrine? Destroying Alderan was probably the dumbest move ever, one that the Alliance could have exploited to their...

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...can successfully and clandestinely evacuate an old planet.) That means that the Empire can be pretty blase about what happens to Alderan, provided that the safety of Coruscant and other safe planets is increased by destroying Alderan. Here...

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File:Alderaan250ppx. PNG Image of Alderaan as seen in the film, . This is a screenshot of Alderaan from shortly before destruction by the Death Star. The screenshot is in low quality so copies made will be of inferior quality. The...

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...film was finished in early 2007 but then was spirited away by producer Harvey Weinstein to a cutting room somewhere on the dark side of Alderaan. Snip: out went a cancer subplot. Schwip: In went new scenes shot by a different director,...

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...a doctor, a librarian, a bartender and her bouncer, a stowaway and especially the guy who pulls the trigger that blows up the planet Alderaan. He really hates his job. We spoke to Reaves (who is 57 and lives in Los Angeles) about one of...

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