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Is there a term for the science fiction trope where a character lists two historical things and a future thing?
Aug 26 '18 at 2:53
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A story where a small child takes on the pain of the world
Feb 11 '19 at 6:01
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What did Darth Vader mean by “There’ll be no one to stop us this time.” Who had “stopped” Vader—or the Empire—previously?
Jan 10 '17 at 1:08
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Why couldn't Scotty beam Spock out of the radiation chamber in Wrath of Khan?
Dec 31 '18 at 23:57
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Do all 'Far Side' cartoons take place in the same universe?
Apr 17 '18 at 17:52
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What's the origin of the trope that dragons used to be common but aren't any more?
Oct 14 '19 at 23:22
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Gruesome animated barbarian show from 2006 (like an animated Conan the Barbarian)
Oct 8 '18 at 20:43
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Young adult fantasy novel where young girl was priestess-in-training in a dark sacred cave
Oct 23 '17 at 12:21
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Why did Sauron die when the Ring was destroyed in Mount Doom?
Dec 15 '18 at 4:54
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Why didn't Vader execute Piett?
Dec 25 '19 at 3:20
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How was Luke's prosthetic hand in Episode V filmed?
Jul 19 '19 at 3:41
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80's/90's Show/movie about a telekinetic Alien Cat crash-landed on Earth
Jan 30 '17 at 17:19
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Nuclear missiles about to land but time stops except for a lone housewife. What show is it?
Sep 19 '18 at 3:49
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What's with the bias towards Japanese among the (few) East Asian officers in Starfleet?
Mar 6 '18 at 17:59
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What is the earliest instance of “Dark Elves” in modern Fantasy?
Jan 13 at 16:42
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Why did George Lucas set Star Wars in the past instead of the future?
Dec 8 '19 at 22:54
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To what extent can Emperor Palpatine actually see into the future?
Jan 15 '19 at 4:26
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Why did Biff not pursue a relationship with Lorraine in the original timeline?
Feb 26 '18 at 23:31
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Are there characters from Tolkien's Legendarium that came back from the dead?
Dec 13 '17 at 14:55
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Are there any Starfleet vessels named after non-humans?
Jan 26 '18 at 4:06
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Did Luke play any significant role in “Return of the Jedi?”
Jan 12 '17 at 18:42
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Why would word of Princess Leia's capture generate sympathy for the Rebellion in the Senate?
Jul 19 '19 at 20:06
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What does this line mean in Zelazny's The Courts of Chaos?
Jun 10 '19 at 6:48
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Is there an actual army in 1984?
Nov 10 '16 at 19:08
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Has there been a multiethnic Star Trek character?
Jun 5 '19 at 20:39
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Smart people send dumb people to a new planet on a space craft that crashes into a body of water
May 27 '19 at 1:55
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What were the first humans with alphanumeric designations?
Nov 16 '17 at 17:44
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80s sci fi film with quest to replace lost female droid companion
Oct 17 '18 at 4:54
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What is this green alien supposed to be on the American covers of the “Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy”?
Jul 17 '19 at 22:12
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Did the Empire know the Falcon was going to Alderaan?
Aug 31 '18 at 15:04
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