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Why was Kai Opaka written out of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine so early?
Kai Opaka (played by Camile Saviola) appeared in the first episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, in what looked like a fairly important role, but was then written out in her next appearance (‘Battle Lines’).
Whilst this set up the succession…
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What is Princess Zelda's full name?
In the multiple editions of the The Legend of Zelda franchise, have we ever learned Princess Zelda's full name?
Does she simply just go by the name Zelda or perhaps Zelda of Hyrule (a more classical last name derived from the country)?
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Can Watto get drunk and blow up Anakin?
In The Phantom Menace, Anakin talks about having a bomb inside of him and, should he try to escape, Watto can simply blow him up.
SHMI: All slaves have transmitters placed inside their bodies somewhere.
ANAKIN: I've been working on a scanner to…
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Why did Superman hold back against The Flash in Justice League?
In the New 52 issue of Justice League, issue 2, Superman, Green Lantern, Batman and Flash all meet for the first time. Due to poor writing, they all start fighting Superman.
Flash is shown to be much faster than Superman, able to dodge his punches…
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Why didn't Harry continue Dumbledore's Army sessions in the Half-Blood Prince?
Why was there no Dumbledore's Army in the Half-Blood Prince?
In this year Snape is appointed as the new Defence Against the Dark Arts (DADA) teacher, and teaches, if my memory doesn't fault me, difficult non-verbal spells. It seems strange to me…
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Where does human waste go when going to the toilet in the Star Trek universe?
Even if the society in Star Trek has evolved into a cashless state, that still leaves the matter of stools and other bodily excretions (not sweat or blood) to deal with.
Where does that all faecal matter and urine go?
Having not seen any depiction…
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Why is Tom Bombadil not included in the films?
Is there any reason, that we know of, that Tom Bombadil was left out of the films by Peter Jackson?
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Is the Klingon language fully realized, or just a handful of disconnected phrases?
I watch Big Bang Theory a lot and notice they sometimes speak to each other in Klingon and I remember at one point seeing a poster, when I was little, with a bunch of Klingon phrases for like, "where is the bathroom" and "please kill me honorably"…
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What does a Ravenclaw do when they can't answer the riddle for their dormitory?
To get into the Ravenclaw dormitory, they need to answer a riddle. What if they don’t know the answer? How will they get in?
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Does the character of Jar Jar Binks serve an actual purpose in Star Wars?
I'm not asking about just an in-universe explanation. I'm talking about it from the point of view of a writer or of someone analyzing a film or written story.
I recently re-watched all six Star Wars movies, and the only actual act Jar Jar performed…
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What Purpose Did the Laser Gates in "The Phantom Menace" Serve?
In this question about Obi-Wan crossing all the laser gates during the duel with Darth Maul, there's this good screen shot of the laser gates:
Which raises a question I've wondered about over and over. What is the purpose of these gates? If they…
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What were all those visions Rey saw?
When Rey hears the whispers from the basement in Maz's castle and goes to investigate, she ends up opening a chest and finds
Luke's old Lightsaber that was last seen in Cloud City from The Empire Strikes Back before Vader cut off his hand with…
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How did Gandalf get each of his various names?
Gandalf goes by many names in Tolkien's works. Gandalf himself says in The Two Towers:
"Many are my names in many countries. Mithrandir among the elves, Tharkûn to the dwarves; Olórin I was in my youth in the West that is forgotten, in the South…
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Did The Founders evolve from the race that seeded the Alpha Quadrant?
In Star Trek: The Next Generation, Season 6, Episode 20 ("The Chase"), we find out some genetic components were seeded throughout the Alpha Quadrant by an ancient race of beings, known in canon as "ancient humanoids". The holographic message which…
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Which Star Trek character appeared on screen with the most different ranks?
I don't mean due to inconsistency and prop goofs (like O'Brien's notoriously inconsistent depiction).
But field commissions, flashbacks, alternate timelines, Q-manipulations, etc would be in-bounds. It's about how they were intended to appear on…
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