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Is Grogu the same species as Yoda?

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Why do Matilda's parents treat her so badly?

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What fluid was the Rebel ground crew pumping into the starfighters?

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Mando's Mandatory Meandering?

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Book about a good dark lord, think "not Sauron"

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Universe made of rock

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Tolkien's art - Lake Mithrim

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Futuristic novel where war is unconstitutional and people have limbs amputated but replaced by powerful prosthetics, triskelion logo from 60s

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Post-apocalyptic published in Asimov's in the 1980s; main character named Georges - travels in time on highways (on foot)

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Did any storylines or content from The Clone Wars exist prior to its broadcasting?

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Was Kip's defiance relevant to the Galactics' decision?

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Short story about a guy who takes a drug to re-experience better times

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What are the Stargate dial home device symbols used to dial Earth from Atlantis?

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Science fiction movie featuring a gynoid that becomes conscious and escapes her place of work

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What happened to Ro Laren's nose ridges?

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YA Novel : 'A Drop Of ? Water'

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Photographs of people with their eyes closed leads to a faster-than-light device

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Identify a movie about security tester who is tricked into working for secret agency [closed]

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Do the books make any reference to Flitwick being a duelling champion?

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Story about time traveling to the dinosaurs where travelers have an option to stay in the past

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The Aquanauts, series of books in a post-apocalyptic future

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What happened to the boa constrictor that Harry let loose in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone?

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Name of short story about gate builders with an AI called "the chimp"

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Why were some fleet troopers wearing a beige baseball cap?

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Are there any indications that Luke "knew it to be true"?

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Short story about an astronomer who has horrible luck - maybe by Poul Anderson [duplicate]

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Sci-Fi novel about a world with early iron age technology, it is a world shaped like a flat disc on a giant pillar

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Why does Mister Mxyzptlk need to have a weakness in the comics?


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