• @danjoubu
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    702 months ago

    The worst thing about this is ‘threepio’

    • @JusticeForPorygon
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      2 months ago

      The worst worst part is that’s actually how it’s spelled in novelizations (or at least how they used to spell it). Artoo-Detoo and See-Threepio.

      • @andrewth09
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        2 months ago

        I’ve never read a Star Wars book but this makes me unreasonably unset upset.

        • @[email protected]
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          32 months ago

          If you ever decide to try it don’t bother with any of them that came out after Disney took over. Almost all of them are trash.

        • @JusticeForPorygon
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          22 months ago

          I used to have a copy of the original novelization of ANH I could post a picture of that had it but I have no idea what happened to it.

          • @andrewth09
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            42 months ago

            FBI not eff-bee-eye.

            NTP not en-tee-pee.

            RNC not arr-en-cee.

          • @[email protected]
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            32 months ago

            Because the only rational reason to spell it Artoo-Detoo and See-Threepio is if they got paid by the word and they wanted to bolster their paycheck? The alternative that they somehow thought this was a good idea is even worse.

            • @[email protected]
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              32 months ago

              I’m pretty sure it was so they would look more like real names, because Star Wars treated robots (droids) like actual characters which was rare at the time.

            • JackbyDev
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              22 months ago

              Threepio and theee-pee-oh sound different so I understand it in a script. That’s it though.

      • zeekaran
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        22 months ago

        I was seven when I learned this and I’ve always hated it.

      • @[email protected]
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        92 months ago

        Not just 70s and 80s, even 90s and 2000s. I grew up in 2000s thinking it is called Arturito, and I’m sure a lot of people (mostly non fans) think the same.

        • JackbyDev
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          52 months ago

          Pedro Pascal has said this in an interview too lol. It’s so cute! Lil Arthur!

      • @danjoubu
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        32 months ago

        This is hilarious

      • @gerbler
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        22 months ago

        I worked with an Arturo once and his nickname was R2