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The_Cheeser Registered: Feb '05	Date Posted: 8/29/07 10:24am Subject: Luke's ROTJ lightsaber prop to be launched by Discovery
	http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-082807a.html http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-082707a.html Last night was the first I had heard of this, then today my friend who lives in Houston told me about it too. When It arrived in Houston, it was escorted by troopers and other various costumed people. How cool and fitting for Luke's lightsaber to make its new home the International Space Station (which I do indirect work for, by the way.) -----signature----- The_Cheeser Number two in the New Jersey Order hosted Star Wars Trivia Challenge, March 9, 2005 Jesus Loves You! (http://tinyurl.com/d7t3s)
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The_Cheeser Registered: Feb '05	Date Posted: 8/29/07 1:16pm Subject: RE: Luke's ROTJ lightsaber prop to be launched by Discovery
	Correction: Not home, just making the round trip. I misread one of the articles. -----signature----- The_Cheeser Number two in the New Jersey Order hosted Star Wars Trivia Challenge, March 9, 2005 Jesus Loves You! (http://tinyurl.com/d7t3s)
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-JediClone- Title: Spokane Chapter Rep Registered: Mar '05	Date Posted: 8/29/07 7:55pm Subject: RE: Luke's ROTJ lightsaber prop to be launched by Discovery
	Anything that brings (positive) attention to the Space Program is good news to me. BTW, all the TV news reports I've seen on this story incorrectly state that the "original" lightsaber (Anakin's handmedown Luke used in Episode IV) is the one going up... dispite the publicity shots of people holding or transporting the ROTJ saber. -----signature----- "Even in the FUTURE nothing works!"
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Dark_Vilas Registered: Feb '05	Date Posted: 8/29/07 8:48pm Subject: RE: Luke's ROTJ lightsaber prop to be launched by Discovery
	Heh I just came across an article about this tonight (which prompted me to visit these boards again--I really should swing by more often!) Apparently the stories have been changing pretty consistently to correct for errors. People are so excited about this they can't type straight! One of the first stories the other forum I spend time on linked to actually stated originally that the lightsaber was to be jettisoned into space! By the way, why do all these programs (I'm looking at the spelling checker for Firefox now) say that lightsaber is an incorrect spelling and should be separated to "light saber"? You'd think it would be an accepted part of the language by now. -----signature----- Vilas of Dathomir "Remember. It's Jarus. Try to use small words...." - Tralmek Qui-Gon Jinn: "Remember, concentrate on the HAWTpants. Feel... don't think. Use your instincts." http://www.calcreations.net/home http://29kproductions.com
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-JediClone- Title: Spokane Chapter Rep Registered: Mar '05	Date Posted: 8/30/07 2:29am Subject: RE: Luke's ROTJ lightsaber prop to be launched by Discovery
	The word "lightsaber" is trademarked, and that might be why it is not automatically included in some spellcheck programs. I've never seen it in a regular dictionary. (my copy of Word is no help for a baseline- I've added a ton of proper nouns and scifi phrases to its wordset). But maybe the reason a browser might not OK "lightsaber" is because it's a compound word. I guess Firefox wants you to make smaller more easily translated words incase some foreign user wants to read what you wrote here. I just did a test and Babelfish did not recognise "lightsaber" or "droid". It did translate "light saber" and "android" though. I dont use Firefox. Did it make you change what you wrote? -----signature----- "Even in the FUTURE nothing works!"
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Dark_Vilas Registered: Feb '05	Date Posted: 8/30/07 9:18am Subject: RE: Luke's ROTJ lightsaber prop to be launched by Discovery
	Nope, it just underlines words it doesn't recognize with the little red squiggly, then you can right click on the word to get the browser's suggested spellings--a pretty useful tool, actually. -----signature----- Vilas of Dathomir "Remember. It's Jarus. Try to use small words...." - Tralmek Qui-Gon Jinn: "Remember, concentrate on the HAWTpants. Feel... don't think. Use your instincts." http://www.calcreations.net/home http://29kproductions.com
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