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Why didn't Sauron go looking for other dragons after Smaug died? Another question here mentioned that there are more dragons in Middle-earth than just Smaug. Why did Sauron not search them out, if Gandalf thought that Smaug was important enough to create a quest to get rid of the dragon, because of the danger that he...	He didn't think he needed additional help to win battles Also, according to his wisdom, Sauron knew that the forces he had were enough to ensure his victory.
Is Adm. Holdo's hair dyed? Vice Admiral Amilyn Holdo prominently sports purple hair. Is this her natural hair color? Natural extensions in the answer depending on the correct answer: Is she wholly human and humans in the Galaxy Far Far Away can have this hair color? Or is she partly human or not human? Or does ...	Amilyn Holdo dyes her hair various colours according to her chart on Wookieepedia . As far as we know she is a human from the planet Gatalenta.
What happened to Alderaan after its destruction by the Death Star? In Star Wars Episode 4: A New Hope, the Death Star destroys Alderaan, killing all life on the planet. After its destruction, I assume there was still some debris left from it being destroyed. So what happened to this left-over rock and other debris ...	I presume the remains eventually formed an asteroid belt around the star. I'd doubt if there'd be many survivors to populate it.
Why did they let Mudd go with so much secret information? By the end of S01E07 of Star Trek: Discovery , Mudd knew a lot about the Spore Drive . Also, Starfleet had every right to imprison Mudd as he committed serious crimes against Federation. Why did Captain Lorca let him go free which could be costly? Mudd could ...	Out of Universe they needed to leave Mudd in one piece so he can show up in Kirk's time, and somehow be a very different character. What happened to Mudd was definitely a punishment, given how much he hates Stella, her father and how restricted his actions would be, by being a stay-at-home husband.
Is it normal for the captain on a Starfleet vessel to personally enter coordinates prior to a jump? In Star Trek: Discovery S1:E9 "Into the Forest I Go", we see Ensign Stammets and Doctor Culber have a discussion about another spore drive jump. We read : Culber: You saying you'll actually sit through that with m...	As others have noted, since Discovery is the only ship with a spore drive it is unlikely there is an official protocol outside of what has been set by Lorca.
Is the name "Rohirrim" based on "Houyhnhnm"? Houyhnhnm - Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift Rohirrim - The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R Tolkien I have been reading Jonathan Swift's excellent Gulliver's Travels , and one of the many strange peoples described in the book are the Houyhnhnm , who are talking hors...	According to Tolkien Gateway : Rohirrim is a Sindarin name meaning "the host of the Horse-lords", consisting of the element roch + hîr ("lord, master") + rĩm ("host")
Name a book of the 80s about a group of scientist/students being transported to a parallel universe Can you help me identify this book? I read it in the 80s. What I can remember: It was about a group of people who get sucked into a paralleluniverse / another world after a device malfunctions and explodes.This devices...	Sliders -- in Twistor , the titular device was able to contact a multitude of universes, but was (fairly) easily adjusted to reconnect the home world with the one the lab had been transported into. Sounds almost, but not quite like Michael Crichton's Timeline :
What happened to Spock Prime in ST: Beyond? I'm still trying to get over the fact that my honorary grandfather is dead! Is there any explanation of what happened to his character in Star Trek: Beyond? <Q> The cause of Prime Spock's death has not been confirmed, but his passing was intended to parallel that of Leo...	Spock Prime dies at the start of or just before the events of Star Trek: Beyond. Presumably, he died of old age, given that he would have been 162 at the time (based on his official database entry at StarTrek.com ).
Are there any known cameo appearances in “The Last Jedi”? In The Force Awakens Daniel Craig (James Bond) played a cameo appearance as a storm trooper, for example. Are there any other cameos known for The Last Jedi ? I thought I heard Price William & Harry (UK) both played storm troopers in The Last Jedi , but it ...	Gareth Edwards (director of Rogue One ) plays a resistance trooper on Crait (the red/white planet at the end of the movie).
Should Luke's lightsaber have given away his plan? During Luke's confrontation of Kylo Ren toward the end of The Last Jedi we see that the lightsaber Luke uses a blue lightsaber (which I thought was his original one but that really doesn't matter), not the green one of his own construction. Given that Kylo ...	"So if you really want to dig into it and get an explanation, you can say that he doesn’t 100 percent know what happened to the lightsaber. " First, he explains that Luke is tailoring his projection specifically enrage Kylo. Kylo also fails to realize that Luke isn't leaving footprints . Kylo was also not exactly being...
How do people visually distinguish Vulcans from Romulans in the Star Trek universe? After the Vulcans and Romulans split by just looking at one how can you tell the difference? For example on one of the episodes a guy looks at Spock and says he is a Vulcan but how does he know he's not a Romulan? <Q> Context. <S> Pri...	Vulcans only look different to humans by the ears whilst the Romulan brow ridge would give them away in a flat second.
What did we learn about Snoke in The Last Jedi? Did The Last Jedi (or any script, novelization once that becomes available, etc) shed any new light on Snoke? I do mean that in a pretty general sense in that I'm not after a particular piece of information, but rather, what were his goals, where was he from, who ac...	As JK mentioned, The Last Jedi tells us very little about Snoke. But things we do learn are that: Snoke commands the First Order from his massive command ship . What with Rose's 'sermon' about the casino people and DJ's speech about both sides being in it for money, there's no reason Snoke isn't just in it for power, a...
Why do starships 'fall' when they blow up? From A New Hope to Revenge of the Sith to The Last Jedi, we see starships blown up in battles in space. The larger ships, like Star Destroyers and Dreadnoghts, don't just blow up, however. They partially explode and fall . Larger structures, like the Death Star, explode. Smal...	What you are seeing is those starships "sinking", like how a large naval ship sinks on a planet. When they bank to turn, it may also be because of where their main engines are placed: turn the ship around to place main engines where they can provide the thrust you need for the maneuver you want. But fundamentally it is...
Why Voldemort kept using AK spell in final duel after 2 previous attempts failed? Voldemort wanted to kill Harry with AK when he was 1 year old, which was understandable since he could not predict that that spell would rebound at him. After acquiring a new body and thinking he has the same protection as Lily, he tried...	It may have been that Voldemort was a bit arrogant wanted to prove himself by killing his enemy and not just using something like "Stupefy".
What anime is this character from? Does anybody know who this character is and what anime he is from? <Q> The image itself is an original work by fan-artist Haru titled 唯一無ニ (" the only one ") <A> This is Yato, the protagonist of Noragami . <S> Here is an image from his character information page on the anime'...	The characters depicted in the picture are blue-eyed Yato (holding the sword) and red-eyed Yukine in the reflection in the sword, two of the tri-tagonists from the anime series Noragami .
What was the darkness under Luke Skywalker's island? Luke Skywalker acknowledged a darkness that Rey sensed under the island. Then Rey went down there and it turned out to be a small cave, water, and a strange reflective wall. What was so bad about this? What was "dark" about it? And what meaning was behind t...	That place... is strong with the dark side of the Force. Shortly after this scene, we have Snoke and Kylo Ren conversing about her and noting that the dark side "can get her what she wants", implying it's down that hole. So she goes and finds the mirror wall. It's never spelled out why she didn't turn, or if that event...
How did bombs fall into the Dreadnought? If there is no gravity in space. How can they use gravity to throw bombs into the Dreadnought in the first scene on the movie? <Q> A recent tweet from the head of the Star Wars Story Group, Pablo Hidalgo would suggest that (artificial) gravity plays its part in getting the bo...	As well as having some kind of artificial gravity on the bomber, there were other sources of gravity-like forces.
What were Luke's lessons? Luke tells Rey that there are three lessons he will teach her as he trains her as a Jedi What are the lessons? <Q> He's teaching about the Force, and explaining why he believes the Jedi Order should die. <S> I just saw the movie, and I only remember two. <S> The first lesson is about th...	He's not training her to be a Jedi. It may be that he discovered Rey's connection to Kylo, and she left, before he could give his third lesson. Obi-Wan failed in his training of Anakin. Luke tells her that it is a group of bandits who regularly come back to the island to plunder and kill the caretakers. Because of thes...
Why were these items on the Millennium Falcon? The Falcon appears to contain another copy of the Jedi sacred texts How did they come to be located on the ship? Did Obi-Wan leave it there when he was aboard? Did Han and/or Chewie pick it up at some point? Did they know what they had? <Q> Entirely speculative as...	Yoda almost certainly knew that Rey had taken the books given that he stopped Luke and struck the temple alight himself. It was Luke Skywalker's conviction that the library on Ahch-To should be destroyed, as the Jedi Order had been locked in a ruinous cycle of galactic upheaval since its very inception.
Why didn't Snoke sense this in "The Last Jedi"? Supreme Leader Snoke is a powerful user of the Force, and he is shown to be able to initiate telepathic connections between two people who are strong in the Force across great distances (among other powers). But why didn't he sense what was going to happen in the Last Je...	Snoke could have definitely known that Kylo Ren would kill him. Snoke wasn't reading Kylo's mind. The reason I bring up the rule of two is because it is the Sith master’s goal to have a successful Sith apprentice, who will surpass them and replace them, usually by killing them. He was sensing his feelings and intention...
Realistic dinosaurs in movies, the earliest? I was just watching a trailer for the new Jurassic movie and was thinking to myself that the special effects industry really has grown since the old Godzilla movies. But I'm sure at the time that it was a good special effects. It got me wondering about times earlier than tha...	The first movie dinosaur was a cartoon, Gertie the Dinosaur, in 1914. The Last Dinosaur was a 1977 film about the present-day discovery of an isolated valley where a few dinosaurs still live. The Beast of Hollow Mountain . The Son of Kong .
Why did Snoke’s ship’s weapons arc like this? As the Resistance ships are running away and the transports are being picked off one by one the shots fired travel in what appears to be a parabolic trajectory, arcing “up”, then back “down” to hit their targets. But since in space there’s no up and down defined by a ...	Considering the shots almost never seemed to miss, perhaps they were able to "lock on" or be drawn to the target regardless of firing angle, and the arc was intended to hit their shields from different sides to find a weakness. I'd considered given Snoke's demonstrated mastery of telekinesis and his throne room looking...
Was Rose selfish or unhinged? It struck me as odd that Rose prevented Finn from finishing his run at the battering ram cannon. She seemed to be putting her self interest ahead of any desire to preserve or help the Resistance. In fact, if it weren’t for what happened later, her actions could have spelled the en...	This removes the question of whether Rose is selfish from the table because it is clear she did not undo any outcome that would have been helpful had she not saved Finn. : Finn's attempt to destroy the cannon it was just a logic conclusion for Rose. But what everyone probably knows is that the last bomber was shot and ...
How could C-3PO see Luke? Towards the end of The Last Jedi , Luke enters a room. The first one to notice Luke's arrival is the droid C-3PO and the others turn to see what C-3PO is looking at. However... we later see that Luke never left Ahch-To Island but rather was projecting a Force illusion of himself. The Force...	This isn't just a hallucination or Jedi mind trick, so Luke's projection is seen as real by anything with photoreceptors , which implies they simply receive light, as opposed to do something more elaborate, like scan for life signs.
Why were more ships affected than Snoke’s? When Holdo decides to ram the flagship at lightspeed we see that the action slices through not only Snoke’s ship, but also neatly slices through all the other star destoyers as well, which were shown to be at locations other than in the direct path. How did this ha...	The scene definitely appears to imply that, upon collision, parts of both ships were torn off and blasted behind as hyperspace shrapnel.
How this character is rescued after that fight? Near the end of the movie Rey fights Kylo Ren in Snoke’s throne room and while they both try to force-pick the lightsaber, the lightsaber itself breaks apart in a huge explosion. We later see Kylo unconscious on the floor, but Rey is gone and few scenes later she’s abo...	She took Snoke's escape craft Transcribed from the film By the time the freighter had emerged from hyperspace she’d been frantic—and annoyed Chewbacca enough that he silenced her with an aggrieved howl as she hurried through the air lock. It was terrible to think that they might already be dead—or might die while she w...
What is the meaning of Triquetra symbol on Mjolnir? In the Thor movies, I noticed a symbol of Triquetra . This can be seen on Mjolnir. For example, we can see triquetra symbol on Mjolnir. [I'm pretty sure that I have seen it in the movies too but couldn't find it right now.] Image taken from this website Thi...	This one seems to be closely linked to Odin's magic, which would fit with it's presumed historical origin as a Nordic rune.
Why wasn't Poe told about Holdo's plan? ( Last Jedi spoilers ahead, if you haven't seen the movie, please don't read on.) So, fridge logic moment for me: If Vice Admiral Holdo had told Poe Dameron about the plan to just hold on long enough to make a covert run to Krait, then Poe wouldn't have felt the need to se...	Thematically, Poe's failure to have hope in Holdo, along with the insurrection and the failure of Poe's alternate plan for escaping from the First Order sets him up for future leadership of the Resistance, at least in terms of Yoda's speech to Luke: "Failure is the greatest teacher." He was just demoted for such insubo...
Why did the First Order land AT-M6s so far away from the blast doors? In the end of Star Wars: The Last Jedi , we saw a battle similar to Battle of Hoth. But, unlike Battle of Hoth, nobody was even firing from enemy side in the beginning. Why didn't First Order land AT-M6s near blast doors instead of moving slowl...	Same reason the First Order couldn't shoot the base from orbit. A slow moving object (like an imperial walker) should be able to penetrate a shield, and once inside it can do its damage. The blocking power of a shield is directly proportional to the speed of the incoming object.
What do Luke and Han shoot in the detention block? In the original Star Wars, when rescuing Leia, our heroes shoot the guards, then spend a few seconds shooting some equipment. What are these objects and why are they shooting them? This one looks like door controls, since you see them elsewhere. I guess they don't w...	We see variants of the holocam in several other media (although mostly sub-canon like the Jedi Knight games where you must destroy the holocams to prevent being seen on some missions), but we do see the laser projectors in action in the Clone Wars as automated laser traps . Still, it is obviously the same prop.
Why was Buckbeak considered as belonging to Sirius? In the Half-blood Prince, Dumbledore meets Harry at the Dursley's to tell him about all the things Sirius has left to him, which includes Buckbeak. I was surprised reading this, because I thought Buckbeak was owned by Hogwarts (assuming that an animal can be owned by...	Buckbeak would be executed by Ministry of Magic if it stayed at Hogwarts, Dumbledore wanted to help Sirius escape the castle.
Does Snoke have a lightsaber? I can not recall any scene in which you see Snoke use his lightsaber or even having it with him. So, what about his lightsaber? Doesn't he have a lightsaber? The only thing that I found on the Internet is a rumor about a possible "black lightsaber", but nothing with a reference or true so...	He doesn't seem to have his own lightsaber in either of the films in which he appears. Even when facing Luke in ROTJ, he relied on Vader's obedience to use his own lightsaber, or the Far-more-powerful-than-mere-Jedi-swordplay Sith Lighting (which was a typical Sith approach, by the way - see Count Dooku's initial attem...
How could the First Order see the Resistance ships at the end of The Last Jedi? I found this particular bit at the end of The Last Jedi pretty confusing. I've only seen the movie twice so my recollection may be off, but as far as I can remember: What's left of the Resistance decide to abandon their remaining cruise...	It is possible that the First Order required the code breaker’s knowledge to de-cloack the ships, but even if they didn’t, they wouldn’t have expected to look for those transport ships. I've only seen the film twice, but I recall that after DJ (the character played by Benicio Del Toro) reveals the Resistance's plan, an...
Was this actually this characters plan in the Last Jedi? So during the Last Jedi Luke does his force projection and faces Kylo Ren. He has a brief conversation with Leia obviously before he does this. Whilst he's fighting Kylo, Poe says something along the lines of it seems like a distraction so they can escape. Now...	Therefore, when Luke first appears and gives Leia Han's dice, she would immediately know they weren't real. In Universe Luke was creating a legend of himself which is why he stylized himself looking younger and more of a Jedi look than earlier. The whole film she was trying to teach him to be a leader, not a hero, and ...
Why aren't (ex-)Jedi lightsabers more common? It seems to me that many of the Star Wars movies show Jedi dying in some way or another. Some are obviously destroyed in battle ( Plo Koon , for example) but many aren't and are simply left with the deceased's effects. After the fall of the Jedi Order there should have been...	Although each Jedi may have an affinity with a lightsaber they crafted themselves, they may use another lightsaber as a weapon.
Why did Luke call the lightsaber by a different name? In The Last Jedi , I thought it was a little odd that Luke referred to the lightsaber as a "laser sword". Given that the lightsaber identifies a Jedi, why did he refer to it as such? <Q> He was mocking Rey. <S> He was arguing to Rey that he wasn't the savior she...	Luke wants to make Rey understand that everything beyond the apparatus itself is pure imagination, so he calls the lightsaber by a name that describes the device, but lacks context, to relativize her associations regarding the weapon. I thought it might have been a tribute to Lucas who called a light saber a laser swor...
What is the first use of the word "Padawan"? I was thinking about the phrase 'young padawan,' and it seemed to me to be a permanent part of Star Wars lore. Yet, I definitely remember being into Star Wars well before the prequels, while I just re-watched the original trilogy and don't remember hearing the term padawan a...	The term Padawan first appeared as far back as George Lucas's first story treatments for Star Wars.
Would Finn's attack have succeeded? At the end of the Last Jedi, Finn attacks the Battering cannon in a suicide run. There seemed to be some confusion as to whether the attack was a pointless gesture of resignation, or whether it would accomplish its end, which leads to Rose knocking him into the salt flats wi...	Its barrel shone through the lasers, on the cusp of firing. If help was on the way, she could just have cost the rebels the one chance they had to buy some time. I took Finn's look at the end as one of resignation. I think it's the knowledge that no help is coming that determines that Finn's attack would ultimately hav...
Did Kylo Ren ever find this out? Did Kylo Ren ever find out this bit of information? That his mother, General Leia, survived the earlier attack. <Q> Kylo Ren knows that his mother survived. <S> The film's junior novelisation confirms that after his famous duel with Luke, Kylo Ren senses both Rey and Leia boarding ...	This is not to say, however, that Kylo would not become aware of Leia's survival after the events of the movie. Even with that distance between them after the attack, it's a pretty safe bet he could feel her when she uses The Force to reach out and pull herself back on board. The movie evokes Return of the Jedi (when L...
Where did Ben Solo get his red lighsaber and mask when attacking Luke's Jedi School? I have re-watched The Force Awakens after going to see The Last Jedi . In TFA, Rey has a vision of Luke's Jedi school in ruins with the Knights of Ren standing in the ashes. But in TLJ Luke gives more information on the attack (a...	The Temple was destroyed by the "Knights of Ren" but again we learn that these knights were almost certainly other Jedi trainees, not a force of highly colour-coordinated warriors. Visions are hard to interpret, especially when clouded with the dark side of the Force. Also, The memory was confirmed by Luke to Rey later...
How did Iroh manage to escape from the prison during the Day of Black Sun? How did Iroh manage to escape from the prison when the sun was black? As we know the sun got black in E11S03 "The Day of Black Sun, Part 2: The Eclipse". I believe he waited until all the fire-benders were weak and busted himself out, but how d...	When the time came, he burst the bars by either fire bending them immediately before the eclipse took effect or by sheer brute strength.
Why was Ginny not allowed to play Quidditch with her brothers? When Ginny joined the Gryffindor Quidditch team and was showing talent, it came as a complete surprise for her brothers. George said: “Actually, I dunno how she got so good, seeing how we never let her play with us. . . .” “She’s been breaking into your ...	It is also common for brothers to exclude their sisters from games on the grounds that girls can't play the game properly.
Which SFF work introduced walking-and-talking humanoid trees/plants? We see humanoid trees or plants in SFF universe all the time. They can walk and talk. Some are highly intelligent, others are not. Some are mythical creatures, others are aliens. Examples can be: Ent (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, 1954) H...	Finally, I'd bet that we could find some quite old stories where plant-like, mobile, speaking intelligences have a cameo role, but aren't really more than in the background. Murray Leinster's "Proxima Centauri" 1935 had plant people who were mobile and had space ships So I'd have to say that my bet was on LotR as first...
Who turned on the lightsaber? Spoilers for The Last Jedi : Just before Snoke is slain, he narrates Kylo Ren's thoughts/feelings (saying things like "he turns the lightsaber towards his enemy" and so on) we see the Skywalker lightsaber being manipulated through the Force to point towards and then slay Snoke. My qu...	Lastly, Kylo Ren lied about who killed Supreme Leader Snoke because it would be considered treason, and Kylo Ren would then be an enemy of the First Order. When Kylo’s fingers twitched behind his back, the blue energy blade of Luke’s lightsaber sprang into existence, spearing Snoke. Kylo Ren killed Snoke. For him to ki...
How did they learn the legend of Luke? The broom kid in Canto Bight has not grown any older, yet the story of Luke's bravery is already being passed along to become a legend (thus, within the span of a few months?). How is that possible? And BTW, why would the galaxy believe a couple dozen "rebels" that such a stand...	Additionally, I think there were a few other factors (in addition to communication technology and news media being advanced) that helped the story of Luke's last stand spread across the galaxy. As we saw at the end of the film, the Resistance had little support, and Luke's magnus opus is probably being seen as the "spa...
What Dark side organizations exist in Star Wars universe, apart from The Sith? The Sith are clearly the most prominent and well-known dark-side user group, but from both the EU and canon stories, what would be other powerful Dark Jedi organizations or groups? I want to know as I'm writing a fanfic that involves the J...	Depending on the era: Before and during the Clone Wars - The Nightsisters (not exactly lightsaber-wielders, but dark side users they were). The Knights of Ren (cannot be #2 by then, as the Sith were extinct).
Why did Luke say "It didn't scare me enough then, it does now"? In Star Wars: The Last Jedi , after Luke has witnessed how powerful Rey's ability to use the force is, he says to her: I've seen this raw strength only once before. It didn't scare me enough then. It does now. When Luke talks about seeing that raw s...	While we still don't know much about young Ben Solo, we know that Luke was entrusted with him to teach him the ways of the Force, and there was an implication that Ben was already somewhat troubled, something that Luke thought he could overcome, but failed to do, possibly because of Snoke's hold on Ben. Also, I doubt L...
Why not use the Force to pop a vein? This question asks why isn't the Force used to snap a neck instead of choking. It is harder to snap a neck than to hold someone, so it kinda makes sense that it's not used often. However, snapping a neck is a very ineffective way of killing if we have a ranged attack that can't b...	Choking someone is really just extensions of Force grip, in one episode of Clone Wars it is shown that even Padawans could do that when properly angered. We don't see any Force users use it in some super-precise attack. The same answer applies, but for a different reason Think about it this way; in a physical confronta...
Where did all the stormtroopers go? In the Last Jedi, Finn and Rose are about to be executed by stormtroopers. Importantly, there is a massive contingent of these stormtroopers surrounding them. This is being overseen by Phasma. Then, they are distracted a little. Ok. A rebel transport crashes into the flagship the...	The part of the bay they're in starts falling apart Phasma and Finn share a moment over crossed... The order of events went something like this Finn and Rose are about to be executed. Among the duties that Stormtroopers have onboard Star Destroyers is cleaning, basic maintenance, and damage control. Big boom happens, e...
How can Rey and Kylo Ren talk to each other mentally and see each other's background? So I'm new to star wars (and this website) and I recently watched The Last Jedi. I really enjoyed the movie and would like to understand it more since it has many " Star Wars concepts " I have no idea about. Can someone please explai...	I did some research on the Mind-Bond Through Force subject, because there are several new canon books (where the story develops better than in the movies, for obvious reasons) and apparently, despite what Johnson says, it is NOT a new concept within the Universe. Snoke claims that he did this intentionally, in order to...
What were the original lyrics to "Everyone Knows Juanita"? In the Pixar film Coco , when Héctor performs " Everyone Knows Juanita " for his friend Chicharrón, he changes one of the lines to be more family friendly. Héctor: Well, everyone knows Juanita Her eyes each a different color Her teeth stick out and her...	Someone earlier suggested "her lemons" which would translate as limoncitos or small breast. The most common guess I've heard is 'knockers', which makes sense since it explains why he was able to come up with 'knuckles' so quickly (still quite an achievement to improvise it on the fly, mind). Those are English language ...
Why did Han Solo dump his cargo rather than store it in the hidden compartment of the Millennium Falcon? It is alluded to in episode IV, and explicitly stated in the EU literature, that Han Solo incurred his debts to Jabba the Hutt by dumping a significant amount of cargo whilst being inspected by the Empire. Why did ...	Han knows that the compartments are sufficiently shielded to pass inspection by bored customs officials but they won't stand up to the scrutiny of an Imperial 'Scanning Crew' on a mission to hunt down Spice smugglers.
Time as money movie I'm looking for the name of a short black and white movie in which people were given an allotted amount of time at birth, and used that time to buy things. For example, a can of beans in the store would be priced something like 23 minutes, and that amount would be deducted from one's remaining time....	This looks like it might be The Price of Life , a 1987 short film produced by Chanticleer Films and originally aired on the U.S. cable channel, Showtime.
How were Finn and Rose able to easily return to the fleet? A thought struck me while reading this question . Spoilers: We see Finn and Rose jump away from the chase, get their ship (and thus any navigational data stored on it) destroyed, and yet, hours later, they are able to jump right on top of the First Order ...	The resistance seem to know about Crait and they had the navigational data to jump to the system in the first place. And one doesn't risk a capital ship on a gamble, if victory is assured with a little patience. They knew for sure they would catch up to the Resistance ships, since the movie dialogue of Hux shows they w...
How are fathiers raced? In The Last Jedi , when Finn and Rose were sneaking around near the Canto Bight casino to find a codebreaker, they met a small pack of animals called fathiers. Apparently these were used for some sort of racing event in a race track next to the casino. But what kind of races exactly? Where ...	As such it appears they are raced with a rider like a horse race. Fathier racing is a dangerous business in which falls are often fatal. On the page for Fathiers there are Fathier Jockeys and images of a saddle and whip.
70's or 80's movie with motorcycle equipped with computer display and rifle holster I watched this movie around end of the 80s. One of the main characters (male) was driving some racing motorcycle which had like computer display board giving various information and feedback. I remember the biker had some guns and could...	I finally found out the name of the movie: The final executioner . There were no acrobatic shots while driving bikes (sorry for this too).
TV series from 70s or 80s - 1 female pilot was cloned from the other pilot's fingernail This was a tv show that aired in the US in the '70s or early '80s, possibly on Saturday mornings. Since I was a child, I'm assuming it was a kids program? It was comic science fiction and set on a spaceship. The only 3 specific deta...	This TV series was a spoof of sci-fi movies and shows, it took place on a spaceship and had two clone women who were always arguing about which one was the clone and which was the original.
Time travel short story where past is blank and future is unformed matter I'm looking for the title and author of this short story. The premise is that the main character invents a time machine, but when he travels to the past, there is nothing but void and when he travels to the future there is nothing but chaotic, u...	It's "Escape From Evening", a direct sequel to the aforementioned short story "The Time Dweller" in the eponymous collection.
How different is the Shannara chronicles tv show from the book? I have just finished watching Season 2 of The Shannara Chronicles . Does the story vary much between book and series? I understand plot lines will have been cut but is the overarching story the same? <Q> Season 1 basically covers the Elfstones of Shannara...	What is the same: Ellcrys dying, murder of the Chosen, demon invasion, Amberlee turning into new Ellcrys, Allanon (last druid), Elfstones, Reaper and Shifter demons playing important roles.
Did Poe's reckless behaviour actually save the Resistance fleet? At the beginning of The Last Jedi Poe disobeys orders and leads a successful but costly attack on a dreadnought. Given that for most of the rest of the film. The Resistance fleet is just out of range of the First Order's guns And The dreadno...	Of course, this plan is useless if the Dreadnought is still around with its powerful weaponry for punching through planetary shields. So in all likelihood Poe's actions did not help the Resistance in this case. Also note that the Fulminatrix is never depicted as a super-weapon that could destroy both ground forces and ...
Is there any connection between Gilead in Stephen King's The Dark Tower and in Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale? I have read the first four novels of Stephen King's The Dark Tower series where Roland Deschain comes from the kingdom of Gilead. Although I have not read Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale, I have n...	Gilead is a biblical place originally in what is now Jordan.
Anime/cartoon about various gems giving powers to their holder I don't really remember if it was cartoon or anime but in this were few gems and each gem gives power to its holder. I only remember three characters from this show: there was this guy, I think he was the main guy and he got this red armour suit. In the...	I think you are looking for Power Stone . In the anime finale, Falcon's second Power Change form, using the Light Stone, is a white jet-like android with black and yellow eyes and angelic wings. The girl with fire powers is Rouge :
In Bleach, how do the shinigamis get their zanpakuto? Each shinigami has a weapon (zanpakuto) and this is the way they release their own powers, but how do the shinigams acquire these objects? <Q> Different souls have different spiritual pressure ( reishi ). <S> Through training, souls can improve their use and control...	When a Shinigami obtains their own Zanpakutō they learn it's name as a way of "activating" it.
Is there any canon evidence of a second "One Ring?" In the videogame "Middle-Earth: Shadow of War" the opening scene shows Talion, really Celebrimbor, forging a second Ring of Power to combat the original One Ring. My question is whether this is completely made up for game purpose or if there is some obscure refere...	No The idea of creating another ring in order to oppose it to the One Ring is alien to the way Tolkien built the world.
Was Voldemort's offer to Harry to join him in the first book actually a real offer? In the first book, Voldemort realizes that Harry has the Philosopher's Stone. He essentially asks Harry to join him. Was this a real offer, or was Voldemort just trying to manipulate Harry into giving him the Stone? Clearly, Voldemort ...	Probably not - he’d have to kill Harry because of the prophecy. Voldemort was just trying to get the Philosopher's Stone.
What do the flags at the pod races represent? In Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace , during the podracing scene, just before the race begins, a small number of flag-bearers make their way across the screen, one of which is C-3PO. Flag-bearers during podrace. When considering the flags, at first thought, I w...	The flags are intended to identify the racer to the crowd and to advertise the racer's sponsor/s.
What were these artifacts in Skin Game? I know it's been out for a while, but I was just re-listening to Skin Game and realized I could not identify all the referenced artifacts found In Hades vault Some were easy, some less so. Any ideas? For the record they were: “ancient wooden placard” a “circlet woven fr...	The remains of the Holy Spear (the Spear of Destiny, or the Lance of Longinus), that pierced Christ's side during his crucifixion.
Who felt this character in The Last Jedi dying? As we know, Luke dies at the end of The Last Jedi, without immediate witnesses. I'm assuming that it might be possible in principle for other force-aware people to feel this. My question is simply: Who felt that character die? In particular, does his main adversary ...	Without any evidence to the contrary, we can assume that he thinks that Luke is still alive. The only ones who witnessed it were First Order soldiers with Kylo Ren, who saw (from their viewpoint) Kylo run Luke through with a lightsaber a second after which he disintegrated into thin air. She's shown to have an innate a...
Has anyone else in the Star Wars universe ever run out of fuel? In The Last Jedi the Resistance ships are in a situation where their fuel reserves get gradually depleted. Has this ever happened in Star Wars before? Has anyone else ever run out of fuel? I'm thinking primarily of ships which are in normal operationa...	There are 2 specific episodes in which ships were either out of fuel or running so extremely low that it hindered operation of the ship S02E15 - "The Call" The Ghost is essentially running on fumes to the point that they barely have enough fuel reserves to run the heating systems or use the weapons. - "The Forgotten Dr...
How does General Grievous survive in space? Near the start of Episode III (and several times throughout the Clone Wars TV series) we see General Grievous waltzing about in the vacuum of space without concern. Yet during his confrontation with Obi-Wan in the same film, it's apparent that not only are his organic eyes co...	Similarly, his eyes too may well be protected by something similar. Grievous' organs are well pressurized and encased in a Duranium chest plating.
Why doesn't Gotham City execute their villains? I am not asking "why doesn't Batman kill?", he has his own moral code that he abides by to avoid becoming a villain himself. However, Gotham City should have no such qualms. It would most likely be extremely popular with the general public, and America still practices ex...	It is quite probable that Gotham is located in a state that doesn't have the death penalty.
Sci fi story with a coke sign on the moon? I can remember reading a sci fi story where a rocket package was placed on the moon and when detonated sent the explosion of glitter fragments into the lunar atmosphere. And because of the lack of wind maintained its pattern ..and a matrix was placed inside the canister which...	"The Man Who Sold the Moon" by Robert A. Heinlein, published in the anthology of the same name, and part of the "future history" series.
What model of crashed ship is on Ahch-To? On Ahch-To, there's a brief shot of what appears to be a crashed X-wing, which is presumably how Luke got there, as depicted in this apparent promo image: What model of X-wing is it - is it one of the newer split-wing models, or a "classic" X-wing? <Q> Although I stand by my a...	With material now available from Rise of Skywalker, we can clearly see this is a T-65 rather than the newer T-70. When Luke left the Jedi Academy, he took his X-Wing with him, leaving it where you see it in the image in the question.
Is there more than one invisibility cloak in the HP world? I've finished reading the 4th book - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and I've noticed that in Moody's trunk there is a second invisibility cloak. Or was it the second one? Are there more than one invisibility cloak in the world? If so then is it not a dea...	The Cloak of Invisibility that Harry owns is a true invisibility cloak, supposedly made by Death, that has been in use for generations and has never failed and (presumably) never will.
When will Harry Potter enter the public domain? Will Harry Potter ever enter the public domain? <Q> Objectively the answer to "will it enter public domain" is yes. <S> According to The Duration of Copyright and Rights in Performances Regulations Act (1995) , the Harry Potter books will enter the public domain 70 years...	Copyright expires at the end of the period of 70 years from the end of the calendar year in which the author dies... So unless all currently influential media companies die and get replaced by new companies whose main intellectual properties are all younger than Harry Potter or we see a major change in the way politici...
Why didn't Aunt Petunia tell Harry how to get into Platform 9 3/4? I always wondered why Hagrid never told Harry how to get onto the platform. Well perhaps it was because he knew that Petunia Dursley knew how, and expected her to explain to Harry how to walk through the barrier. In HP and the Deathly Hallows , inside ...	The Dursleys hate magic, they also hate Harry. An additional possibility: She did not think it would be a problem She may have assumed other magic was at work beyond "run at it".
Zombie Outbreak movie with a cure I need help identifying the name of this film. PLOT: It's about a zombie outbreak somewhere in the city the plot starts then it revolves the surviving group hiding in a cabin until the zombies follow them.Due to the outbreak, the government tries to use a health patient data to fi...	The plot sounds like Open Grave (2013) where a group of infected people (suppressed by a cure) have the zombie virus, a treatment developed due to one patient (a woman) being immune.
Why was Dolores Umbridge not arrested after the end of Harry's fifth year? Dolores Umbridge sent two Dementors to kiss Harry Potter illegally. She used a Blood Quill — a dark artifact — on at least two students — Harry and Lee Jordan. She was planning to use the Cruciatus — one of the Unforgivable Curses — on Harry to ...	Because there were more pressing issues at the time The minister of magic, Cornelius Fudge, did not want to believe that Voldermort had returned which both Dumbledore and Harry claimed.
Are there Humans in Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck Comic Books? There are certainly plenty of people in those comics, but a lot of them are anthropomorphic birds and anthropomorphic mammals. I do remember a lot of people who looked similar to humans back when I read those comic books, but I don't remember closely inspe...	While there are some standard humans (as noted in Valorum's answer ), most of the people we see (aside from the primary cast) are humanoids with some vaguely canine features (the nose, mostly), rather than actual humans :
Who is sample No. 118 in The Case of Charles Dexter Ward? In H. P. Lovecraft's The Case of Charles Dexter Ward , Dr. Willett Enters Joseph Curwen's dungeon and resurrects a dead person identified as No. 118 by reciting the incantation of the Ascending Node over his salts. Dr. Willett is told by The resurrected...	It is completely unknown. Based on his use of Dark Ages Latin, the skilled wizard whose salts were number 118 would seem to be somebody who was not otherwise alluded to in the story.
Looking for a story where the protagonist defends against mind reading by repeating a counting-out rhyme Don't know much for sure about this story. I've never read it; only heard a review at some point in mid-nineties on Polish TV. The author may very well be Polish, but there's a chance it was a translation (Yup, I'm ...	This is indeed, Alfred Bester's 'The Demolished Man' where the protagonist Ben Reich plans the murder of a business rival. The main character wants to commit a crime in a world of telepaths and needs to keep it secret, so he fills his head with a catchy bit of verse -- a mindworm.
Is Hagrid's coat charmed? From Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Chapter 4: From an inside pocket of his black overcoat he pulled a slightly squashed box. Harry opened it with trembling fingers. Inside was a large, sticky chocolate cake with Happy Birthday Harry written on it in green icing. A few pages later:...	Since, Hagrid was frequently out on official Hogwarts business and his vehicle of choosing was a motorbike, Dumbledore could have easily granted him the use of the extension charm on his coat
Why didn't Robert keep the Stormlands after the rebellion? After the rebellion, Robert gave the Stormlands to his brother Renly. Why didn't he keep the Stormlands for himself, to have more power? <Q> TLDR: because he was generous because of the balance of power because he didn't want power <S> Long Answer: ...	Because one Westeros-like feudal king can only directly control a limited amount of land. It is known that Robert Baratheon didn't really like power.
Shouldn't Dragonstone's staircase have gates to be more effective? Here is a screenshot from season 7 episode 1, "Dragonstone", of the staircase. It seems pretty impressive, with massive walls and a long, skinny path. Good for defence. But to be more effective, shouldn't it have some gates on the path? Defence in De...	Gates would allow an attacker to capture a single gate post and then either siege the castle from there or make slow hops from gate house to gate house.
Was Hagrid's performing of magic detected when he came to take Harry from the Dursleys? While reading this answer, I recalled that in the first book, Hagrid performs magic around Harry (on the hut on the rock, where he comes to deliver Harry's mail and take him to London). He gives Dudley a pig tail, lights a fire wi...	When Hagrid did magic to retrieve Harry from the Dursleys, Harry both hadn’t started training at Hogwarts and didn’t have his wand yet, so any magic performed around him at that time would have been ignored by the Ministry. Harry was young and wandless so the Ministry wouldn’t care yet.
What would Ollivander do if none of the wands choose a wizard? We see in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Harry tries out several wands before the holly and phoenix feather wand chooses him. Harry tried. And tried. He had no idea what Mr. Ollivander was waiting for. The pile of tried wands was mounting highe...	Ollivander would probably use the data from the wands that quasi worked and just built the kid a custom wand, probably free of charge, and take an immense amount of satisfaction from building the best wand for the kid.
What's with Raven telling Cinder to kill Qrow? What is with Raven telling Cinder to kill Qrow then attacking him herself only to go and kill Cinder but Qrow is still alive was this some kind of trick? Did Qrow and Raven plan to kill Cinder the whole time and secretly in on a plan together? Or was Raven serious but chan...	Raven killed Cinder because she killed was pure evil and had to be dealt with.
Who is the most recurring Star Trek character who was always themselves? Impersonation, simulation, alternate universes and general xeno- and techno-shenanigans are a mainstay of the Star Trek franchises. It occurred to me that I can't really think of a main character who was not subject to: recreation on a holode...	Guinan Not only has Guinan never (afaik) appeared on a holodeck as a hologram, Robert O'Reilly did appear in several Star Trek episodes as another character entirely and not as Gowron or in costume as Gowron. Reference: "Jake Sisko", Memory Alpha (note: Jake was not 'impersonated' by an alien, but was possessed by a wo...
Young adult sci-fi novel where main character undergoes bone surgery It was a sci-fi/young adult novel I would have read in mid 90s. I do not recall details about the author or cover. From what I can remember, the main character undergoes extreme plastic surgery to hide his identity, including bone lengthening/short...	This character could be Mark Vorkosigan , who first appears as a secondary antagonist in Brothers in Arms (1989), as the protagonist of Mirror Dance (1994), and as a recurring character in later novels of Lois McMaster Bujold's Vorkosigan Saga . I do not recall if bone lengthening or shortening was involved specificall...
Why Tommen was called "First of his name" even if there has been a Tomen II Lannister? Why Tommen is called "first of his name" while there has been a Tommen II Lannister ? <Q> Because he is a Baratheon, not a Lannister. <S> After all, his father is Robert Baratheon , isn't it? <S> Because the current numbering da...	Because he was king Tommen. While many people believe otherwise (and are correct) he still has the Baratheon name by right making him King Tommen Baratheon, first of his name .
What forms of Muggle transport were used by the magical community? The magical community has a bunch of ways for traveling anywhere across the world, some of which are Portkeys, Apparation, the Floo network, broomsticks and many others. However, they still picked some Muggle technology to use as a means of transport. ...	Prior to the introduction of the International Statute of Secrecy, wizards and Muggles used the same kind of everyday transport: horse-drawn carts and sailing ships among them. Durmstrang students arrive Hogwarts with a ship and they live in it during their time at Hogwarts.
Why doesn't Princess Leia go straight to Yavin IV? At the beginning of A New Hope , Princess Leia has just received the stolen plans for the Death Star. Yet rather than take these plans directly to the Rebel base on Yavin IV, she first stops off to pick up Obi-Wan Kenobi. From dialogue in the movie we also learn that,...	Based on the pre-SE/Prequel novelization of Return of the Jedi , Senator Bail Organa had raised Leia telling her to seek out Obi-Wan if she was ever desperate. Even just in the context of the untouched original movies, Leia is clearly has been just barely able to stay ahead of the Empire, and needs to get the plans som...
Short story (probably) where characters played a Civilization-like game, I think on Titan I vaguely remember a short story (I don't think it was book-length) about some people who lived in an off-planet base, possibly on Titan, and a popular past-time for the major characters was a complex, competitive game that simula...	Breaking the Game from the Worthing Saga by Orson Scott Card matches at least your civilization type game part.
Did Arthur C Clarke portray any gay characters in his fiction? Arthur C Clarke was gay. Did he portray any of his characters as gay (or otherwise LGBT)? <Q> Duncan Makenzie, the protagonist of Imperial Earth (1976) is a bisexual man, and sexual encounters with both genders are described. <S> In fact, a romantic/sexua...	An example in the story is Loren, a man for Earth, which identifies as an heterosexual (but with a small tendency for homosexuality), is married to a woman and although in love with Marissa, has a one night stand with her brother, Kumar. Yes, in The Songs of Distant Earth, pretty much everyone on it is, at least, bisex...
Book about people with telepathy I remember reading a book, and the "hero" discovered he had the power of telepathy, and then found a woman that also had this power. Before realizing there were many other hidden with the same powers, I thought it was called the Invisibles or something similar? Book was out in UK. Wa...	Could this be The Impossibles by Randal Garrett and Laurence M. Janifer under the pen-name of "Mark Phillips"
Man wakes up too soon and scene isn't set I'm looking for a story published between 1955-62. A man wakes up too soon and finds that he has been "living in a play" and the scene hasn't been set for that day. Would probably have appeared in Fantasy and Science Fiction. <Q> This story is likely "Yesterday was Monday" ...	This sounds like Fear by L. Ron Hubbard , although that novella predates the time range provided (and every other answer given here, including Yesterday was Monday , which was published 11 months later in the same magazine that carried Fear ). The idea is that days are sets in a play, and people are actors (who don't k...
At what speed should a ship travel from Jupiter to Earth to reach Earth in only 3 hours? In Alien Resurrection , the science ship was parked in "unregulated space" while they did experiments. Then, when the aliens get loose, the ship starts an autopilot trip program to fly back to Earth. When Ripley asks how long unti...	The ship would be traveling at between 0.193 and 0.285 c to take three hours to cover the distance, depending on the distance between Earth and Jupiter at the time. With even acceleration all the way, the end speed would have to be 0.4c, which means that the acceleration would have to be 1,154 gees.
Where is Wakanda in the MCU? Where is Wakanda located, according to the Marvel Cinematic Universe? The Marvel Atlas places it in West Africa, but having watched Black Panther it seemed to be much further southeast <Q> The issue is that the first time we see a reference to the location of Wakanda is in Captain Ameri...	This is actually a little unclear, but it appears to border Uganda in East Africa.
Sci-Fi Channel film - Alien/parasite invasion where the parasites enter through the mouth The movie has aliens/parasites outside surrounding a place, some of the smaller aliens take over people's body by entering through a human's mouth. the bigger aliens were outside. One scene has a lady seducing a guy and once she s...	The alien impregnates a local woman, who gives birth (by having them eat her from the inside out) to thousands of "slugs", that share the original alien's mind. Considering the time frame you're suggesting Night of the Creeps seem more likley though, I think I remember Slither having a theatrical run back in 2006 It is...
Is there an element similar to Kryptonite which weakens or kills a Marvel superhero? I listen a lot (and, even guess) that Marvel has copied DC a lot. It got me wondering whether a substance similar to Kryptonite exists in Marvel universe. <Q> It seems to me that when Stan Lee and Jack Kirby created the Marvel superher...	In my 40+ years of reading Marvel, I can't think of any similar weakness among Marvel characters, apart from Hyperion's vulnerability to argonite - but then, Hyperion is a deliberate Superman pastiche.

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