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Who is the narrator of Star Wars?
Who is the official narrator of Star Wars? I.e., who is the one saying "A long long time ago, in a galaxy far far away?"
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How can Ron know that Voldemort was in Slytherin if nobody knows his real identity?
When Ron meets Harry on the Hogwarts Express in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, they have this conversation:
“What House are your brothers in?” asked Harry.
“Gryffindor,” said Ron. Gloom seemed to be settling on him again. “Mum and Dad…
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If the Galactic Empire had over 25,000 Star Destroyers, why were only 27 at the Battle of Endor?
At the height of its power, the Galactic Empire operated over 25,000 Imperial class Star Destroyers. Only 27 of them participated in the Battle of Endor.
Why were so few at the battle?
Scene where rebel fleet pulls back from Death Star 2 to see 27…
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How does Cypher exit/enter the Matrix without an operator?
In The Matrix, Cypher enters the Matrix to speak with the Agents, then leaves again. We never see if he has an operator, and as he kills Tank and Dozer you might assume he doesn't have one.
If he didn't have an operator how does he jack in/out of…
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Does Deadpool know he is breaking the 4th wall?
I've heard some conflicting information as to why Deadpool breaks the 4th wall, especially regarding whether it's deliberate or not.
One side I've heard:
Deadpool knows that he's in a Marvel comic book and that he doesn't exist in real life, so he…
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Harry Potter: Why 7?
While rereading the entire Harry Potter series I noticed that the number 7 occurs quite often, for instance:
Seven books
Seven Horcruxes planned by Tom Riddle
Seven Weasley kids
Seven years at Hogwarts
Seven Harry Potters
Seven people in a…
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What is Hermione Granger's ethnicity?
In all of the Potter books, there appears to be only one reference to Hermione's skin colour:
They were there, both of them, sitting outside Florean Fortescue’s Ice Cream Parlor — Ron looking incredibly freckly, Hermione very brown, both waving…
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Why Does Gandalf Think Rohan Should "Stand and Fight"?
In the Two Towers film adaptation (it has been about a decade since I read the book, so if there are differences, I'd like to know about them), Gandalf derisively sneers:
They flee to the mountains when they should stand and fight!
This refers to…
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Why does Darth Vader stop Boba Fett from shooting Chewie in The Empire Strikes Back?
In The Empire Strikes Back, when Han is about to get frozen in carbonite, Chewie starts to freak out and throws some Stormtroopers off of the platform.
The camera cuts to a shot of Boba Fett lifting his gun to shoot Chewie and then Darth Vader…
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Are the crew of the Enterprise-D famous?
We all know that the Enterprise-D had a wide variety of exciting adventures, exploring strange new worlds, seeking out new life and new civilizations and just generally going boldly where no one has yadda yadda. They even saved the whole damn Earth…
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Short story where human explorers accidentally blind an alien race
I read a short story (probably 20 years ago) about a human scientific expedition that arrives at an alien planet. The planet is covered by a thick cloud layer and orbits a dim red star.
The humans start exploring the planet from orbit,…
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Why couldn't Harry see Thestrals at the end of Goblet of Fire?
Why couldn't Harry see Thestrals at the end of Goblet of Fire after the senseless and shocking death of Cedric Diggory?
At the end of Goblet of Fire, the carriages still appeared horseless to Harry:
Hermione turned away, smiling at the horseless…
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What's the "official" explanation for Harry's (and everyone else's) absence from muggle school?
So a bunch of kids all of a sudden "go missing" from school.
Harry Potter having attended school for a couple of years before starting at Hogwarts, one semester just doesn't show up.
How is this solved? What do parents say when a school teacher…
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Why didn't Gimli know Moria had fallen?
Between Gandalf's fear of Moria, and the amount of time that has obviously passed (due to the condition of the remains of the dwarves in Moria), why is Gimli so unaware of the fall of his kin?
At least in the movie, Saruman's line;
"Moria... You…
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Time Travel story where an imprisoned psychopath kills people from his past?
I read a story some years ago (probably about 35) in an monthly sci-fi anthology...
It's set in a prison. The main character is a psychopath who has sessions with a psychiatrist - in these sessions he always blames a person in his earlier life for…
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