# Way Obscure Star Wars Original Trilogy Question **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 17, 2001, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-obscure-star-wars-original-trilogy-question/82055 "2001-09-17T02:01:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2001, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-obscure-star-wars-original-trilogy-question/82055/21 "2001-09-20T08:02:29Z")
Oops, I see Legomancer answered that one, as well. Ah, well, I guess I should read everyone’s entire post before I reply. But at least I didn’t need to reference anything to know who they were… here’s the next trivia question: What are the names of their respective ships? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Zaphod\_Beeblebrox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/0ea827/32.png) [@Zaphod\_Beeblebrox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zaphod_Beeblebrox)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2001, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-obscure-star-wars-original-trilogy-question/82055/22 "2001-09-20T11:37:57Z")
Why was that OP guy banned? ---
**Author:** ![Legomancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/779978/32.png) [@Legomancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Legomancer)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2001, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-obscure-star-wars-original-trilogy-question/82055/23 "2001-09-20T14:13:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SPOOFE \* > \*\*Oops, I see Legomancer answered that one, as well. Ah, well, I guess I should read everyone’s entire post before I reply. > > But at least I didn’t need to reference anything to know who they were… here’s the next trivia question: What are the names of their respective ships? 😃 \*\* I didn’t need the ref materials, they were posted as visual aids for others 😃 As for the ships, you’ll have me there, as my area of expertise is just the movies and the figures. I don’t know much (and, honestly, don’t care much) about the games or books. The ones I know offhand, other than Fett’s “Slave I” are Bossk’s “Hound’s Tooth” and IG-88’s IG-2000. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2001, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-obscure-star-wars-original-trilogy-question/82055/24 "2001-09-20T16:02:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zaphod Beeblebrox \* > \*\*Why was that OP guy banned? \*\* I’d say a Great Debate that became a personal attack against **SPOOFE** was the main reason. [link](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=87095) ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2001, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-obscure-star-wars-original-trilogy-question/82055/25 "2001-09-20T21:50:02Z")
Oh, hell, Jeff, I completely forgot about that thread. Looking back, it all seems so… amusing… somehow. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Bird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Little\_Bird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Bird)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-obscure-star-wars-original-trilogy-question/82055/26 "2001-09-21T04:42:16Z")
[sci-fi geek checks in] Weren’t there any "Gort"s in those movies? [sci-fi geek checks out] ---
**Author:** ![Trenchmouth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ce73a5/32.png) [@Trenchmouth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trenchmouth)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-obscure-star-wars-original-trilogy-question/82055/27 "2001-09-21T05:34:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Little Bird \* > \*\*[sci-fi geek checks in] > Weren’t there any "Gort"s in those movies? > [sci-fi geek checks out] \*\* If you were a REAL sci-fi geek, you wouldn’t have to ask. ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-obscure-star-wars-original-trilogy-question/82055/28 "2001-09-21T05:54:49Z")
And if you were a real Sci-Fi geek, your brain would automatically insert a Jerry Springer-esque “bleep” noise over every utterance of the word “midichlorian”. Dear Spam, I feel dirty just typing it. I think I need to go shower again… ---
**Author:** ![RufusB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8491ac/32.png) [@RufusB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RufusB)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-obscure-star-wars-original-trilogy-question/82055/29 "2001-09-21T07:37:43Z")
Since someone mentioned Boffans, i gotta ask. Did they ever bother showing what the heck a Boffan looked like, or are we to assume they all died bringing the Rebels the information? ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-obscure-star-wars-original-trilogy-question/82055/30 "2001-09-21T09:02:08Z")
It’s “Bothans”, and I’ve seen two different ways in which they were presented. One is the [canine-esque](http://users.skynet.be/bs239775/html/rules/races/Bothan.gif) look, with a lengthened snout, and the, and the other looks much more “human” with a bit of a funky mane (go [here](http://www.swrebellion.net/game/) and click on the name “Borsk Fey’lya”… it’s from the game _Rebellion_). Personally, I say we accept the former version, since we usually ignore stuff that’s put into video games. Bulwark Battlecruisers? What the fig? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-obscure-star-wars-original-trilogy-question/82055/31 "2001-09-21T15:00:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SPOOFE \* > \*\*Oh, hell, Jeff, I completely forgot about that thread. > > Looking back, it all seems so… amusing… somehow. \*\* I wouldn’t even have known about it if not for someone else asking about the banning of Bingo. Seems I like reading threads which have bearing on the banning of someone, sort of like watching a traffic accident in slo-mo. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-obscure-star-wars-original-trilogy-question/82055/32 "2001-09-21T23:56:36Z")
Ben wrote: > [@](#): > > That was an alien played by Harvey Korman in the wretched Star Wars Holiday Special. Damn you! Now I’ll never get the phrase “Stir, whip, stir, whip, whip, whip, stir, **beat!** ” out of my head! But just think – due to the no-contradictions rule of the extended _Star Wars_ universe, **_The Star Wars Holiday Special_ must be considered canon!** (Mua ha ha ha ha!) ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2001, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-obscure-star-wars-original-trilogy-question/82055/33 "2001-09-22T00:18:13Z")
> [@](#): > > due to the no-contradictions rule of the extended Star Wars universe, The Star Wars Holiday Special must be considered canon! Fortunately, it doesn’t provide any relevant information, so its easy to ignore. Again, just like the Midichlorian thing… ::shudder:: ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2001, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-obscure-star-wars-original-trilogy-question/82055/34 "2001-09-22T14:15:34Z")
… except that it does establish that there is a Mrs. Chewbacca. ---
**Author:** ![Legomancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/779978/32.png) [@Legomancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Legomancer)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2001, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-obscure-star-wars-original-trilogy-question/82055/35 "2001-09-22T17:35:35Z")
…and that Chewie’s dad is named “Itchy”. However, being that Chewbacca’s name was shortened to Chewie, it can be assumed that the full name of the character is “Itchbacca”. ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2001, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-obscure-star-wars-original-trilogy-question/82055/36 "2001-09-23T00:00:49Z")
Well, the “Mrs. Chewbacca” wasn’t a horrible thing… not in concept, anyway (in practice… well… you get the idea). I think the novel series _The Black Fleet Crisis_ dealt with the concept of Chewie’s family quite well. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2001, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-obscure-star-wars-original-trilogy-question/82055/37 "2001-09-23T03:54:57Z")
This just in, that action figure is actually of [Lars Ulrich.](http://www.joecartoon.com/buddies/chaos/index.html) Whodathunk? [sub]Thanx to **apotheosis** for the link[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Mercutio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@Mercutio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mercutio)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2001, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-obscure-star-wars-original-trilogy-question/82055/38 "2001-09-23T03:58:25Z")
[The Simpsons] \*I’m Dick Tracy! Take that Pruneface! Now I’m Pruneface! Take that Dick Tracy! Now I’m Prune Tracy! That that Dick…\* [/The Simpsons] 😃 ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2001, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-obscure-star-wars-original-trilogy-question/82055/39 "2001-09-23T22:42:33Z")
SPOOFE wrote: > [@](#): > > I think the novel series _The Black Fleet Crisis_ dealt with the concept of Chewie’s family quite well. Didn’t Chewbacca’s mate also make an appearance in Kevin J. Anderson’s _Jedi Academy_ trilogy? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-obscure-star-wars-original-trilogy-question/82055.md?page=1)