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Is there any material which cannot be cut by a lightsaber?
In all the Star Wars movies till now we can see many Jedi & Dark Side characters using various types & colors of lightsabers. As per the movies, lightsabers can cut through everything & anything.
So my question is, in the Star Wars movies is there…
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How is it believable that Euron could so easily pull off this ambush?
Daenerys has Varys on her side who is some kind of master spy.
She also has Bran who can scout for her easily.
She was up in the sky from where she should be able to see Euron's fleet where they were hiding before she was in range of the scorpions…
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What is the movie referenced in Black Panther with the "automatic shoes"?
In Black Panther before T'Challa goes on his mission to capture/kill Klaue he visits Shuri for some new tech. Here she gives him some "automatic shoes":
She then says the following:
Shuri: Try them on. Fully automated. Like the old American movie…
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Was executive meddling the cause of "humans as batteries" in The Matrix?
I just ran across this on TVTropes's page "Human Resources":
In The Matrix the robots use humans as batteries! (And recycle the dead into nutrient solution to help feed the living).
This would have been Did Not Do the Research if it wasn't that…
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Was it Dumbledore's charm or Lily's that protected Harry all those years?
I'm confused when reading Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix because Dumbledore states that it was his charm that kept Harry safe while living at the Dursleys.
‘But I knew, too, where Voldemort was weak. And so I made my decision. You would…
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Treebeard: "I always like going South, somehow it feels like going downhill." - Is it really?
In The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002 movie), Treebeard says:
I always like going South, somehow it feels like going downhill.
Is there a difference in elevation or something that can justify Treebeard's feelings, or is this just some…
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Why and how can you hear explosions in space in Star Wars?
Considering that sound can't travel through vacuum.
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How did the "black liquid" work in Prometheus?
I just saw Ridley Scott's “Prometheus” and I’m still confused about how the black liquid works. Can anyone elaborate on what its function was and the mechanism by which it operated?
I surmise that it was meant as a biological weapon (something they…
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Is Predator ever called Predator in any of the films?
Just because out of universe, we call it Predator, I know that doesn't mean it's actual title or name in universe is Predator.
But do we ever hear anyone in any of the Predator or AVP movies refer to Predator as Predator or even the/a predator?
I…
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In The Last Jedi, how was this character filmed?
In The Last Jedi, Yoda looked very puppet-like and you could tell they took great care to make him look like what we all remember from ESB/ROTJ rather than the CGI version from the prequels. But with the CGI aura and transparency done…
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Short story about "the monster under her bed", where the monster protects the girl from abusive parents
I remember reading a short story on the internet, maybe a year or two ago, that was about a monster under the bed of a little girl. The story took about 10 minutes to read I think. Can you help me remember what the name of this story was and where I…
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What order should the Chronicles of Narnia books be read in?
I've heard a lot of good things about C.S. Lewis's series "The Chronicles of Narnia." But I don't know what order I should read them in. Should I read them in the order they were written/published, or in chronological order?
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Did Luke really not know about Mos Eisley spaceport in the original “Star Wars” (1977) film?
In the original Star Wars (1977) film, Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi famously tells Luke the following as they look both look down on Mos Eisley from a nearby cliff:
“Mos Eisley Spaceport. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We…
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What form would a boggart take for Snape?
Is there any canonical mention of the form taken by a boggart in Snape’s presence? One would assume that Lily’s dead body would be the most likely answer, but I’m just curious if JKR has ever explicitly mentioned it.
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Was the original Star Wars film originally called "The Star Wars"?
I have heard that the original film was to be "The Star Wars" and somewhere along the line they dropped "The".
One person says they have seen a windbreaker or T-shirt in a Star Wars collection that has the familiar logo and includes "The" that came…
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