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Why is there an adult Dianoga living on a brand new Death Star?
With reference to this question: What exactly is the creature living in the garbage compactor on the detention level?
Why is there a fully grown Dianoga living on a brand new Death Star?
The Death Star is newly constructed and has yet to fire a shot…
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Why does Gollum calling the ring his own not alert Sauron?
This (and others eg: this ) answer states that Frodo claiming the ring alerted Sauron immediately of its position, which makes sense: How else would Sauron realize where the Ring and Frodo were at that exact moment. And it also explains why Sauron…
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Why didn't Sauron fight in the final battle?
As depicted in the trilogy:
Sauron did not lead his army to Minas Tirith
He did not defend the gates of Mordor from Aragon's army
In fact, he was never physically involved in (any) battle ever since his duel with Isildur. In spite of noticing…
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Is there an identifiable origin for the association of minotaurs with battle axes?
I was playing an old video game today, and I had to kill an minotaur armed with a battle axe. Afterward, I thought to myself, Minotaurs in fantasy imagery tend to carry axes a lot. I wonder where that originated?
A few examples immediately leapt…
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Why did Sauron think that no one in possession of the One Ring would want to destroy it?
In The Two Towers Gandalf says to Aragorn
Indeed he is in great fear, not knowing what mighty one may suddenly appear, wielding the Ring, and assailing him with war, seeking to cast him down and take his place. That we should wish to cast him down…
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Does anyone know what this fantasy script is from?
My friend keeps on writing it, yet he won't tell me where it's from.
He says the third line from the top says : "for what reason."
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Can anyone explain the Star Trek astrography (i.e. quadrants)?
All throughout Star Trek one hears of exploration of various quadrants. I assume these are of the Milky Way galaxy. Does anyone know how the travels of the Enterprise relate to our universe in physical space? Was the entire series limited to our…
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They ARE Klingons, and it's a long story... What's the story?
I just watched the episode of Star Trek DS9 Trials and Tribble-ations where the Defiant is taken back in time to the events of ‘The Trouble with Tribbles’ episode from Star Trek TOS. Those who remember the TOS Klingons know that they they don't look…
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Why isn't the Memory Charm (Obliviate) an Unforgivable Curse?
There are three Unforgivable Curses:
The Killing Curse (Avada Kedavra): Kills someone
The Cruciatus Curse (Crucio): Causes pain
The Imperius Curse (Imperio): Controls their will
But what about the Memory Charm (Obliviate)? Despite its label as a…
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Why did Batman do so much better in his second fight with Bane?
In The Dark Knight Rises, Batman's first encounter with Bane goes rather badly.
In short, Batman gets utterly destroyed, and does no apparent damage to Bane.
Later, they meet again, and Batman manages to hold his own, and even come out ahead until…
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Why was Hitchhiker's Guide censored?
Douglas Adams' American publishers forced him to change some of the text in Life, the Universe and Everything: "Asshole" became "kneebiter", "shit" became "swut", and most bizarre and hilarious of all, "fuck" became "Belgium".
Has anyone…
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Does Data need to cut his hair?
There have been various questions about the android Data, how human-like he really is in his needs and behaviour, but none of them address something I started wondering as soon as I first saw him.
Look at that sleek, well-groomed hairstyle. As far…
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Who was "The Phantom Menace"?
This might seem ridiculous, but I realised that, years after I watched the film, I've still no idea to whom the title was referring. Who was it?
Anakin - not realising his hidden (phantom) side?
Darth Maul - an unknown character, stalking…
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Why did Voldemort assume that no-one knew about Room of Hidden Things?
Voldemort hid one of his Horcruxes inside Hogwarts. It seemed to be relying on security through obscurity as far as protecting it. But as we know, it ended up not being so secure because it wasn't so obscure - Harry Potter knew about the Room of…
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Why are there so few robots in Star Trek?
Okay, obviously beyond Data and the Soong-type androids. But seriously, we have more robots in our daily life now than there apparently are on Trek. Is there a canon answer why not? It seems like Star Wars is more on the nose in this regard - it’s…
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