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...inhabited by strange and fascinating creatures, introducing the key players for the next two episodes and playing upon the audience's sentimental attachment to its predecessors. Its nostalgia about what's to come is perhaps its greatest strength and driving Force (forgive me); the plot borrows liberally from Episodes IV, V and VI both in structure and theme, and to good effect...
...cyclical," says TIME science senior writer Jeffrey Kluger. "They tend to happen in clusters for no apparent reason." The pedigree of both rockets suggests that company engineers should be able to work out the kinks of these latest models reasonably quickly. "Both the Delta III and the Titan IV come from an extraordinary family of rockets," says Kluger. "Earlier versions of the Titan were used to lift up the Gemini astronauts, and the earlier Deltas had one of the most superlative launch records...
...single most dazzling object in the show is neither a reliquary nor a painting, nor even a manuscript illumination. It is the chalice made by the Sienese goldsmith Guccio di Mannaia, presented to the Franciscans by Pope Nicholas IV in the late 13th century. In design and workmanship it is more than a masterpiece--it's one of the greatest monuments of medieval art, standing only a little more than nine inches high. Its base, stem and bulb are decorated with some 80 tiny and exquisitely made enamel-glass plaques, representing mythical beasts, evangelists, angels, prophets and apostles. The gold...
SAND PEOPLE Episode IV --Indigenous race on Tatooine, nomadic and violent; attacks Luke...
JAWAS Episode IV --Tatooine scavengers; captured R2-D2 and C-3PO and sold them to Luke's uncle...