Canon sights and sounds, and the accuracy thereof.

[Darth Raptor]

We're supposed to believe that everything that happened in the movies happened exactly as they are depicted on screen. Going by this are we also to believe:

1: Since there is sound in space, is there really sound in space?

2: Does Basic really sound like English?

3: Does written Basic really look like English?

[Darth Yoshi]

When was written Basic shown to be English?

[Darth Raptor]

When was written Basic shown to be English?

On the tractor beam power control terminal aboard the Death Star in ANH.

[Wild Karrde]

When was written Basic shown to be English?

On the tractor beam power control terminal aboard the Death Star in ANH.

George wanted it to be in basic but the execs said no because they thought the audience wouldn't know what Obi-Wan was doing depiste the fact that it was explained right after they get onto the DS.

[Utsanomiko]

Sound isn't actually occuring in space; it's non-diagetic use of sounds they would make in an atmosphere (which are most likely the same sounds used in the ship cockpits as audio and directional references).

[Wild Karrde]

1: Since there is sound in space, is there really sound in space?

No It's explained in the Radio Dramas that the sound is just a simulation that gives gunners, pilots a sense of the action taking place.

2: Does Basic really sound like English?

No. it just makes it easier for the audience to follow and connect with instead of subtitles.

3: Does written Basic really look like English?

Nope. a good example of written basic is on the DS display in ROTJ when Vader's shuttle lands.

[Darth Raptor]

Thanks for the answers guys and thanks for bearing with me while I get these noobish questions out of my system. (See also my fuel thread and thanks to those who helped me there as well.)

[Chardok]

Grammatical Nitpick:

Main Entry: 1can·non
Pronunciation: 'ka-n&n
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural cannons or cannon
Etymology: Middle French canon, from Italian cannone, literally, large tube, augmentative of canna reed, tube, from Latin, cane, reed -- more at CANE
Date: 15th century
1 plural usually cannon a : a large heavy gun usually mounted on a carriage b : a heavy-caliber automatic aircraft gun firing explosive shells
2 or can·on : the projecting part of a bell by which it is hung : EAR
3 : the part of the leg in which the cannon bone is found



Main Entry: 1can·on
Pronunciation: 'ka-n&n
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, from Late Latin, from Latin, ruler, rule, model, standard, from Greek kanOn
Date: before 12th century
1 a : a regulation or dogma decreed by a church council b : a provision of canon law
2 [Middle English, prob. from Old French, from Late Latin, from Latin, model] : the most solemn and unvarying part of the Mass including the consecration of the bread and wine
3 [Middle English, from Late Latin, from Latin, standard] a : an authoritative list of books accepted as Holy Scripture b : the authentic works of a writer c : a sanctioned or accepted group or body of related works <the canon of great literature>
4 a : an accepted principle or rule b : a criterion or standard of judgment c : a body of principles, rules, standards, or norms

I'm not trying to be a prick, I just see it alot, and this is just kind of an FYI.
(I have a thing about that...you know....a thing.....)

[Companion Cube]

Grammatical Nitpick:

*snip*

No problem, I do that all the time. Nitpick about spelling, that is.

[Darth Raptor]

OOPS!

Never EVER hesitate to nitpick me on retarded-ass mistakes like that!

Someone has to save me from myself...