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[-] JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world 62 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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@lemmy.world 34 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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

[-] CeruleanRuin@lemmings.world 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)
[-] LarmyOfLone@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month 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.

[-] xeekei@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month 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@programming.dev 2 points 1 month ago

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

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