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-I think a mention is made to the Battle of Tanaab.  What is his little maneuver? -- [[RKZ]]
-:The article [[Battle of Tanaab]] covers it pretty well. --[[User:Marudubshinki|maru]]  [[User talk:Marudubshinki|(talk)]] [[Special:Contributions/Marudubshinki|Contribs]] 05:51, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
-== Class and accent ==
-:''"(and indeed his policy of using ethnic dialects to identify classes of characters, such as giving some - though not all - senior Imperial officers British accents)."''
-Nevermind the fact that the actors who played the imps WHERE British, due to the fact that the film was shot in the U.K, and the extras were hired there. --[[Iorek Brynson]]
-=="Overtly played"?==
-:''"Lando Calrissian was the only character in the original Star Wars trilogy to be overtly played by an African-American actor, Billy Dee Williams (though James Earl Jones supplied the voice of Darth Vader)."''
-Perhaps my English is failing me, but how does one "overtly" play a character?  I'm guessing the point being made is that although the Star Wars saga had an African-American playing a prominent role, the actor was never seen, and the character himself was not actually black. If my interpretation is indeed correct, wouldn't it be clearer to say "Lando Calrissian was the only character in the original Star Wars trilogy to be ''visibly'' played by an African-American actor..."? I'm going to go ahead and edit it, feel free to refute/revert/discuss :)
-Also, I'm going to delete "African-American" and say simply "black", since "African-American" restricts the field to American actors, leaving the possibility that an actor of African descent was involved, he just was not an American. --[[User:RicardoC|RicardoC]] 04:01, 16 October 2005 (UTC)
-== Lando's the man! ==
-Colt 45 baby! ;) [[User:The Wookieepedian|The Wookieepedian]] 14:24, 8 December 2005 (UTC)
-== Last Paragraph ==
-I have a question about the line of thought presented here regarding Han Solo leading an "immoral life of a smuggler."  Is it really "immoral" to smuggle goods when all trade is effectively controlled by an evil Empire to begin with?  This is akin to calling the Alliance "those immoral Rebels" for trying to overthrow the established Government.  Just, you know, FFT.  [[User:Wavy G|Wavy G]] 23:59, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
-:You're misled by the movies- most restrictions were imposed by local planetary governments and moffs, and so many of the restrictures made perfect sense. Furthermore, one of the most lucrative and popular things to smuggle was [[glitterstim]], a spice whose body destroying effects are best compared to heroin and methamphetamine. --[[User:Marudubshinki|maru]]  [[User talk:Marudubshinki|(talk)]] [[Special:Contributions/Marudubshinki|contribs]] 02:12, 5 February 2006 (UTC)
-::I don't really follow the Expanded Universe, so I wasn't aware that this was what Han Solo was smuggling.  I always assumed he just shipped goods for Jabba the Hutt, who operated outside of the control of the Empire, therefore making it "illegal."  Anyway, the local governors still answer to the Emperor, don't they?  I think anyone who goes against this would be considered a "rebel" but that shouldn't be a statement against their personal character.  But I guess if he's smuggling drugs, that really would be considered immoral.  Oh, what difference does it make.  It's only a movie.  It's not really real (is it?).  --[[User:Wavy G|Wavy G]] 21:16, 5 February 2006 (UTC)
-:::Yes, the governors and planetary government do in the end answer to the Emperor and their populace (hopefully), but that doesn't mean that the Empire is controlling everything- remember, the Empire, except when it took an especial interest in things, was essentially a federal government. If a system did not attract any attention, it had considerable autonomy. --[[User:Marudubshinki|maru]]  [[User talk:Marudubshinki|(talk)]] [[Special:Contributions/Marudubshinki|contribs]] 21:20, 5 February 2006 (UTC)
-:Also in the last paragraph - someone has written that Calrissian served in the Clone Wars. I didn't hear that bit of dialog... please explain? [[User:Sentinel75|Sentinel75]] 12:45, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
-::Actually, that is a bit odd. I'm fairly sure that Calrissian mentions the [[Battle of Taanab]] in that line; also, Calrissian would have been rather young during the Clone Wars. --[[User:Marudubshinki |maru]]  [[User talk:Marudubshinki| (talk)]] [[Special:Contributions/Marudubshinki | contribs]] 02:08, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
-:::Well, the actor "[[Billy Dee Williams]]" of Lando Calrissian is 6 foot tall. [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001850/bio]