Word: copilot
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...friends come to rescue him: first that robotic dynamic duo, See-Threepio (C-3PO), the gold-plated neurotic with a proper English accent (Anthony Daniels), and Artoo-Detoo (R2-D2), who looks like a tank-type vacuum cleaner but has the heart of a lion. Then Solo's bearlike copilot Chewbacca, the 7-ft. 5-in. Wookie; the feisty Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher); and Lando Calrissian (Billy Dee Williams), the smooth-talking leader of The Empire Strikes Back's Cloud City. And finally the hero, Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill), who already has many of a Jedi knight's weapons...
...years old. The six-breasted females deliver their offspring in litters. After an invasion by Imperial forces, which may be alluded to in the "prequel," the Wookies were rounded up by slave traders and sold throughout the Empire. Chewy was rescued by Han Solo and installed as his copilot. Got that...
With everything seemingly under control, the hijackers planted sticks of explosives in the toilet compartment, then benignly granted the request of the steward that he be allowed to take the copilot back to the second cabin and treat his minor wounds. That was a mistake. As the pilot, unknown to the rebels, began to circle over Shanghai, the copilot and steward started to plot in whispers with nearby Chinese passengers. The plane continued to circle for 2½ hr., until it was so low on fuel that the air conditioning went off and the pilot cut two of the engines...
...Watch out for flak ahead," snaps the copilot of the B-17 in a voice that sounds like John Wayne's. Then the plane's bombardier gives an order in a slow Southern drawl. Snips from a grainy World War II movie? Not at all. This is part of B-17 Bomber, a home video game that Mattel will start selling this summer...
...NTSB has not finished its investigation of the crash, but the pilots' conversation supports the leading line of speculation about the causes: the snowy, 24° weather. First Officer Roger Alan Pettit, 31, the copilot, initially expressed concern about the icy conditions, as he would again and again. Twenty minutes after the 737's last glycol wash, Pettit joked: "Maybe we can taxi upside a some [727] sittin' there runnin' [and] blow off whatever [ice and snow have built up on the wings]." Several minutes later Pettit remarked, "It's been a while since...