Comments on: After the Ball… http://shadowsoftheapt.com/blog/194 The Insect Man / Empire Rising Thu, 17 May 2012 13:11:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: opal http://shadowsoftheapt.com/blog/194/comment-page-1#comment-389 opal Tue, 12 May 2009 16:34:47 +0000 http://shadowsoftheapt.com/?p=194#comment-389 Of course it isn't an Empire reference! It happens on board the damn Death Star, and obviously there is no Death Star in ESB. Really, those quiz-types have no shame. You should have petitioned for double points for catching their error. And, hmm, I don't know... "callsign" strikes me as being definitely more in the way of fighter pilots, but given that the term refers primarily to radio transmitters, and assuming that the communications technology in stormtrooper helmets is or is analogous to radio, I think it will do. Of course it isn't an Empire reference! It happens on board the damn Death Star, and obviously there is no Death Star in ESB. Really, those quiz-types have no shame. You should have petitioned for double points for catching their error.

And, hmm, I don't know… "callsign" strikes me as being definitely more in the way of fighter pilots, but given that the term refers primarily to radio transmitters, and assuming that the communications technology in stormtrooper helmets is or is analogous to radio, I think it will do.

]]> By: Adam http://shadowsoftheapt.com/blog/194/comment-page-1#comment-388 Adam Tue, 12 May 2009 16:16:50 +0000 http://shadowsoftheapt.com/?p=194#comment-388 "Or would that imply that other Stormtroopers were going about called “The Bandit”" I suppose in the right light Chewbacca does look a little bit like Burt Reynolds . . . *chuckle* Glad you enjoyed the con, Adrian! When I finally get back to London I'll have to start going to these things. "Or would that imply that other Stormtroopers were going about called “The Bandit”"

I suppose in the right light Chewbacca does look a little bit like Burt Reynolds … *chuckle*

Glad you enjoyed the con, Adrian! When I finally get back to London I'll have to start going to these things.

]]> By: Adrian Tchaikovsky http://shadowsoftheapt.com/blog/194/comment-page-1#comment-387 Adrian Tchaikovsky Tue, 12 May 2009 08:17:24 +0000 http://shadowsoftheapt.com/?p=194#comment-387 Ah well, you see, they asked what film "TK421" came from, and of course it's Star Wars, being, as any fool knows, the callsign(1) of the stormtrooper whose armour Luke borrows "TK421, why aren't you at your post?". The weird thing was that the quiz guys had the answer as Empire Strikes Back, though they accepted Star Wars as well. This sent me into a nerdling frenzy and, as soon as I got back, I quartered the internet and could find no sign whatsoever that it was an Empire reference. I did find a website devoted entirely to the stormtrooper TK421 though which shows that, in the words of Qui-Gon Jinn, there's always a bigger nerd. (1) Callsign? Is that right? Or would that imply that other Stormtroopers were going about called "The Bandit" and "Ice" and "Hotrod" and that kind of thing? Ah well, you see, they asked what film "TK421" came from, and of course it's Star Wars, being, as any fool knows, the callsign(1) of the stormtrooper whose armour Luke borrows "TK421, why aren't you at your post?". The weird thing was that the quiz guys had the answer as Empire Strikes Back, though they accepted Star Wars as well. This sent me into a nerdling frenzy and, as soon as I got back, I quartered the internet and could find no sign whatsoever that it was an Empire reference. I did find a website devoted entirely to the stormtrooper TK421 though which shows that, in the words of Qui-Gon Jinn, there's always a bigger nerd.

(1) Callsign? Is that right? Or would that imply that other Stormtroopers were going about called "The Bandit" and "Ice" and "Hotrod" and that kind of thing?

]]> By: opal http://shadowsoftheapt.com/blog/194/comment-page-1#comment-386 opal Mon, 11 May 2009 18:07:56 +0000 http://shadowsoftheapt.com/?p=194#comment-386 minor piece of Star Wars trivia? no such thing. might I enquire as to what it was? minor piece of Star Wars trivia? no such thing. might I enquire as to what it was?

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