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Why is Starfire named after an herb?
One of Starfire's co-creators -- comicbook writer, Marv Wolfman -- stated the following in the introduction to New Teen Titans Archives Vol. 4:
Before I go too far, a brief digression. I love puns, ...
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In Return of the King has there been any explanation for the role of the third eagle?
In the book
The Eagles were already present for the battle itself, where they were instrumental in fighting the Nazgûl.
There came Gwaihir the Windlord, and Landroval his brother, greatest of all the ...
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What is the meaning of the Defense Minister's comments on motherhood?
Typically politicians can be relied on to support motherhood; it's a bland inoffensive assertion.
Since the minister has already been making bland statements about the prospects of war, the Lady ...
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Why does John Boyega play Finn with an American accent?
The accent was chosen for him to match his character. Other cast members also had to moderate their accents, albeit to a lesser degree.
John Boyega: Doing an American accent is quite interesting. I ...
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Why is Starfire named after an herb?
According to the show's creator, this pun was intentional.
I love puns and as far as I'm concerned, the worse the better. Hence,
our spicy Starfire is named Koriand'r, after the spice, coriander.
New ...
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Were the original actors used for these characters in the Obi-Wan series?
Liam Neeson was directly employed as an actor on the show.
“I certainly didn’t want anyone else playing Qui-Gon Jinn, and I wanted to show my respect for George [Lucas] and that mythical world that ...
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In Return of the King has there been any explanation for the role of the third eagle?
This is straight out of the text; Gandalf summons the eagles and leads them to Mordor to pick up Frodo and Sam:
Then Gandalf, leaving all such matters of battle and command to Aragorn and the other ...
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Why would Pedro Pascal not like the use of the term "baby Yoda"?
"Baby Yoda" is the unofficial fan nickname. "The Child" is how he was referred to in Disney marketing. Essentially, Pedro used an unofficial term in an official interview.
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In Return of the King has there been any explanation for the role of the third eagle?
There are three eagles simply because there are three characters being carried: Gandalf, Frodo, and Sam. Gandalf is there to guide the eagles, as he is probably better equipped to locate the ring ...
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What are the names of the voice actors of the video game "Cyberswine?"
I was wondering if they used the same voice artists as for some of their other games - the credits to their Xena Multipath Movies are on youtube; that game has the same sound editors as Cyberswine (...
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Were the original actors used for these characters in the Obi-Wan series?
A definitive answer to James Earl Jones is he is no longer voicing Darth Vader. Disney used a service called Respeecher to synthesize Jones' Vader voice
During the creation of the Obi-Wan Kenobi TV ...
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What inspired the fascist logo in the Doctor Who serial "Inferno"?
This may not be the definite answer you were seeking, as there don't appear to be any authoritative sources that could confirm what the designers were thinking. However, the origins of these kinds of ...
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Besides 'not sharing any DNA' why was The Watch TV series disowned by Rhianna Pratchett?
Rhianna Pratchett hasn’t said any more publicly, and discussion of The Watch is conspicuously absent from Terry Pratchett’s official biography, despite Pratchett being involved in early production ...
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Are there any actors besides Sean Bean who were in both Game of Thrones and The Lord of the Rings?
Royd Tolkien played credited characters in both an episode of Game of Thrones (GoT: Hardhome) and in the film The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
'Gondorian Ranger'
'Wildling'
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Why (out of universe) were the red and gold uniform colours in Star Trek swapped?
The original uniforms were Red, Blue and Green
This was confirmed by the show's costume designer William Ware Theiss:
Trekkies everywhere will swear Spock wore blue, Scotty wore red and Kirk wore ...
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Why (out of universe) were the red and gold uniform colours in Star Trek swapped?
The changes to the uniform colors were a product of several factors, but the deep red originated with Star Trek II and was carried over to the senior command officers in Star Trek: The Next ...
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Did the makers of Universal Soldier (1992) pay anything to Buffy Saint-Marie, who wrote the song "Universal Soldier"?
“Universal Soldier” is not protectable IP
First, short phrases do not get copyright protection.
Second, trademark protection only arises if there is a reasonable risk of confusion that the goods and ...
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Out of Universe, was Vader always planned to be Luke's father?
In the third episode of Vice TV docuseries Icons Unearthed: Star Wars, Marcia Lucas reveals that the idea of Vader being Luke's father originated during a dinner with Willard and Gloria Huyck, co-...
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What was Mace Windu's connection to the Whills supposed to be in early drafts of the script for Star Wars?
It was told to the Whills by "C.J. Thorpe"
The opening line given in the question isn't quite right:
Journal of the Whills
I
This is the story of Mace Windy, a revered Jedi-bendu of Ophuchi,...
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Why was Andor delayed to September 21?
The show's main actor, Diego Luna explained in an interview that the delay was to allow the first three episodes to be released simultaneously rather than having fans wait three weeks for three single ...
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Was Emmeline Vance's name inspired by the fantasy author, Jack Vance?
No, the name Vance was most likely a coincidence.
As @Valorum says above in the comments, JKR claimed that nothing in her books is inspired by anyone living. (This does not extend to anyone dead. This ...
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Are there any actors besides Sean Bean who were in both Game of Thrones and The Lord of the Rings?
Yes, Robert Aramayo is credited as Elrond in The Rings of Power and as Young Ned in Game of Thrones.
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Are there any tools or code for analyzing Arrival logograms?
The Art and Science of Arrival factbook gives us a translation guide for 18 common words. There were, we learn, around 100 words that were generated as a vocabulary and a sophisticated computer ...
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