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Some have declared that numbers don't matter in the Star Wars universe. Those that do think numbers play an important role, (yes even in fiction,) have been labelled a vocal minority. Well, that select group would include such luminaries as Grant McCune, Richard Edlund, John Dykstra, Joe Johnston, Ralph McQuarrie, and yes, even George Lucas himself.

So how would Star Wars play without numbers for sizes of things, or the power of things, quantity, distance, etc? Let's find out!

"Hello, sir. I am C#P#, human cyborg relations. I am fluent in over....er...a great multitude of languages. And this is my counterpart, R#D#."

"For over a...er...a very long time, the Jedi Knight were once the guardians of peace and justice in the Old Republic.."

"How long have you had these droids?"

"Uh..er..."

"You'd better watch yourself. Were wanted men! I have the death sentence in...er...a lot of systems!"

"It's the ship that made the Kessel run in less than..er...uh..."

"Well, that's the real trick, isn't it? And its gonna cost you something extra. Uh...er....well whatever it is, it'll be all in advance!"

"We'll leave as soon as you're ready. Docking bay ##."

"She can make point...er...uh...well, she can go beyond lightspeed!"

"Hold 'em off! Angle the deflector shields while I make the...uh...the...while we wait to go to lightspeed!"

"How long before you can make the jump to lightspeed?"

"Uh...er..."

"Travelling through hyperspace ain't like dusting crops, boy! Without precise...er..umm..."

"I felt a great disturbance in the Force. As if....er....a whole bunch of people suddenly cried out in terror, and were suddenly silenced."

"The entire starfleet couldn't destroy the whole planet. It would take...uh...a lot of ships with more firepower than I've..."

"TK-###, why aren't you at your post?"

"Threepio, open the maintenance hatch on unit number....uh....er..."

"The target shaft is....er...yea big."

"That's impossible! Even for a computer!"

"It's not impossible. I used to bullseye womp-rats in my T-## back home. They're not much bigger than...er...yea big."

I shit you not...less than five minutes after it was posted, Dark Moose posted in the comment box twice.

FTeik wrote:Glad you haven't lost your humour.

"She can make point...er...uh...well, she can go beyond ...urr ... she can go very fast!"

"It's the ship that made the Kessel run in less than..er...uh..."
"She can make point...er...uh...well, she can go beyond lightspeed!"
"The entire starfleet couldn't destroy the whole planet. It would take...uh...a lot of ships with more firepower than I've..."

Quadlok wrote: The sad thing is, it might have been better for all of us if these quotes were really what was said.

DEATH wrote:

Quadlok wrote: The sad thing is, it might have been better for all of us if these quotes were really what was said.

How so?
(Excxept for stopping all this silly ITC, SAxton analysis's and the funny little thing called SW vs ST)

In the sense that dumbshits like Darkstar couldn't try to twist them to say that the Star Wars galaxy is in fact extremely small or that the imperial fleet numbers in the triple digits. numbers in dialogue suggest to some people a level of authoritativeness that is not actually there.

Noble Ire wrote: It's not exactly like they're devestating arguements though, at least not anymore. At most, they serve as traps rabid trekkies fall into when they're running low on arguements and rebuttals.

Quadlok wrote:In the sense that dumbshits like Darkstar couldn't try to twist them to say that the Star Wars galaxy is in fact extremely small or that the imperial fleet numbers in the triple digits. numbers in dialogue suggest to some people a level of authoritativeness that is not actually there.