Sertou

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[–] Sertou@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (2 children)

What, laser-sword welding space wizards weren't crazy enough for you?

[–] Sertou@lemmy.world 65 points 1 day ago (7 children)

In Star Wars, a Galactic Standard Year corresponded to the time it took Coruscant to orbit it's star once, 368 standard days.

[–] Sertou@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

There were 3 generations of starships named Enterprise between TOS and TNG. Surely that's the most relevant measure of a generation for Star Trek.

[–] Sertou@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah, I can't work up much existential dread at this prospect. Given the immensity of the universe, the odds of this happening anywhere that it will affect the human race anytime soon are pretty damn slim.

[–] Sertou@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

My point is that Ashoka, no longer being a Jedi, was no longer bound by the order's rules. As such, she was free to start a family is she so desired. That said, she could have done so even after order 66. That she apparently didn't do so suggests that she had no such desire.

Master Leem wasn't the only exception to the prohibition against marriage. Jedi Master Ki-Adi-Mundi was also granted an exception due to the low Cerean birthrate. He was allowed by the other Jedi to follow the Cerean custom of polygamous marriage—he had four honor wives and seven daughters.

[–] Sertou@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Ashoka was no longer a Jedi by the time order 66 was issued.

Also, while the Jedi weren't allowed to marry and were discouraged from forming strong attachments, this didn't always stop them. One Jedi master married and had several children with the council's knowledge, and was even allowed to remain a Jedi master, Thracia Cho Leem.

https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Thracia_Cho_Leem

[–] Sertou@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

The Mercury Eight was a runner in its day.

[–] Sertou@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

Yeah, that's a new one on me too. Where I'm from, "Merc" is usually gearhead speak for a Mercury not a Mercedes. Then again, I'm old and out of it, so what do I know.

[–] Sertou@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

John Carter: 1970 Death Dealer: 1973

[–] Sertou@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (3 children)

And neither is from the 1980s.

[–] Sertou@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago

That's just not so. J.M. Barrie's book popularized Wendy as a girls name, but it predates the book by centuries.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy

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