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[–] [email protected] 62 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

The worst worst part is that's actually how it's spelled in novelizations (or at least how they used to spell it). Artoo-Detoo and See-Threepio.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 2 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

I've never read a Star Wars book but this makes me unreasonably ~~unset~~ upset.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You should get reset

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

If you ever decide to try it don't bother with any of them that came out after Disney took over. Almost all of them are trash.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I used to have a copy of the original novelization of ANH I could post a picture of that had it but I have no idea what happened to it.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

...Why?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

FBI not eff-bee-eye.

NTP not en-tee-pee.

RNC not arr-en-cee.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Because the only rational reason to spell it Artoo-Detoo and See-Threepio is if they got paid by the word and they wanted to bolster their paycheck? The alternative that they somehow thought this was a good idea is even worse.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

I'm pretty sure it was so they would look more like real names, because Star Wars treated robots (droids) like actual characters which was rare at the time.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Threepio and theee-pee-oh sound different so I understand it in a script. That's it though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I was seven when I learned this and I've always hated it.