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There is roughly half an hour of dialogue in "Star Wars," but the radio series aired in thirteen half-hour-long parts. I'll admit it, there are some holes in the first movie. Why did Luke mention only once that he was applying to the Imperial Space Academy when Uncle Owen thwarted his plans? I always thought Owen was such a bad guy, I was almost pleased when he was exploded, but he was saving Luke from being a lackey of the Empire...
...radio program itself wasn't all that true to the actors; the only one we recognise is Mark Hamill. Poor Luke: he has no career. Perhaps it's better to read the scripts than to hear the words spoken by scabs and loser actors who couldn't get other jobs...
...people of Alderaan would never dream of taking up arms to defend themselves. Is it a wonder, with this PC weirdness, that Leia joined the rebel alliance? They don't do her character any favors either, but at least the script makes clear all the ambiguities between her and Luke and Han which were so baffling to me as a child...
That game showcased many fine players for the Reds, including Luke Naylor, who pumped in three goals for the team's only hat trick. Goalie Frank Leblanc was also impressive in stopping 30 Terrier shots before being pulled for an extra attacker in the final minute...
...delicate muscles and tendons in the fingers and wrists, rapidly pushing buttons thousands of times an hour can be just as stressful. "When you're working eight hours a day at the same task, you're essentially an athlete," says Dr. Emil Pascarelli, director of ambulatory care at St. Luke's/Roosevelt Hospital and co-author of Repetitive Strain Injury: A Computer User's Guide (John Wiley & Sons; $14.95). "Unfortunately, too many people are trying to run the Olympics when they're not in shape...