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Re: Hank's Comments

Lee Thompson shadow@nwlink.com
Fri, 23 Jul 1999 21:09:56 GMT


On Fri, 23 Jul 1999 12:58:43 PDT, you wrote:

>1.  Why do they always try to change words that work perfectly in English.  
>Another good case is changing Lupin to The Wolf.

That's due to a copyright issue.

>2.  Giving the Imperial Admirals British accents just makes the series feel 
>more like Star Wars.  Lucas delibrately gave many Imperial characters 
>British accents. Although how does Obi-Wan fit into that?

To Americans, at least, British accents give an air of nobility or imperialism.

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Lee Thompson               
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