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In Dune, what were the benefits of becoming a Guild Navigator? The Spacing Guild plays a pivotal role in Dune media.Their monopoly on space travel makes them a rich and powerful part of the Known Universe. They use so-called Navigators as pilots for their starships who use prescience to "fold space", an ability whic...	In the book two twin brothers (normal humans) from a middle class family are trying to join the Guild and become the navigators. They are simply looking for a chance to get an amazing job: see the universe, get rich, get all the girls, bring honour to their parents. As to what the benefits are to the individual navigat...
Did Harry meet Charlie Weasley before Goblet of Fire? In chapter five of Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire , Harry meets two of the Weasley brothers whom he never met before, Charlie and Bill. Harry looked around and saw that Ron and George were sitting at the scrubbed wooden table with two red-haired people Harry...	So no, Harry and Charlie had never met in person. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Chapter 14: "Norbert the Norwegian Ridgeback"
Why did Biff not pursue a relationship with Lorraine in the original timeline? It seems pretty clear to me that Biff was maniacally obsessed with Lorraine, even in the original timeline, and not the kind of guy who takes "no" for an answer. We know that Biff eventually gave up on her, and she marries George. Still, it...	Biff would not get a thrill out of stealing George's girl; George was so pathetic that Biff might be turned off a girl who had fallen for George and made out with George.
Are the Xindi-Aquatic the only sentient water-breathing aliens in Star Trek? It seems that the majority of alien species in Star Trek breathe oxygen-rich air just like Humans. The Benzites seem to breath some other mixture of gases, and I believe Jadzia mentioned a Hydrogen-breathing alien in an episode of DS9 once. Bu...	The Aquans on the planet Argo are water breathers in "The Ambergris Element".
Why did they need a water tank to transport the humpback whales back to the future? In The Voyage Home , Kirk and crew spent so much time on past Earth only because of unavailability of a strong water tank. They even messed with the history which could be dangerous. But, the question is: Why did they need a water tan...	Inertial dampers aren't that reliable Without water, a zero-gravity environment would still have been dangerous for the whales.
Story identification: a book with red haired people I read a Sci-Fi (I think) book some years ago about a man that travels to another world for a diplomatic mission for a company I think, in this planet he went to a house like a tower or something like that, where a family of red haired people lived, they were led by a...	The Bloody Sun is the thirteenth book of the Darkover series, the third of the "Forbidden Tower" story arc. It is not a family but a Circle of Comyns, who have red hair (and not rarely, six fingers).
Is racial interbreeding possible in Tamriel? Is racial interbreeding possible in Tamriel? So, do / could half-race individuals exist? I know that Bretons are considered to be Men-Mer hybrids, but this is something that has possibly happened during the Mythic Era, so one could argue that we don't have a solid evidence ...	Certainly, there have been cases of intercourse between these "races," generally in the nature of rape or magickal seduction, but there have been no documented cases of pregnancy. Among species that can interbreed, children normally are the same race as their mother The in-game book Notes on Racial Phylogeny states the...
Did the big smuggling outfits operate interstellar vessels that were not controlled by the Spacing Guild? A recent discussion reminded me of a friendly online argument I once had with another fan of Frank Herbert's Dune. This was at least twenty years ago, and it occurs to me that the disagreement was never resolved ...	The Spacing Guild is far more interested in maintaining its own monopoly than in planetary customs enforcement and protecting CHOAM's market monopolies; the Guild's interest is that smugglers are not widely investing in illegal interstellar tech, especially when doing so is itself profitable to the Guild.
Why did this character abstain from fighting? As of the end of Star Wars: Rebels , we see that Ahsoka survived her battle with Vader. Further, at some point after the defeat of the Empire, but likely before the rise of the First Order, she seems to have returned to Lothal to meet Sabine and presumably find Ezra....	As for the attack itself, she has good reason not to be with Han's team trying to infiltrate because she knows there's a risk Vader and/or Palpatine might sense her, and that would blow the plan. There are several unidentified Fulcrums mentioned in the novels throughout the time period of the Original Trilogy films (in...
What's with the bias towards Japanese among the (few) East Asian officers in Starfleet? Sort of related , but here I'm asking about the virtual lack of anyone but people of Japanese descent among the recurring East Asian officers depicted in Star Trek . We have: Hikaru Sulu : Japanese-American (b. San Francisco) Al...	One of the in-universe explanations I've come to regarding the number of relatively few Chinese cast members represented by the crews of Starfleet ships compared to the high percentage of the world population in reality is that one of the in-universe wars might have significantly reduced the population of East Asia, pa...
Why don't the Dark Eldar use "home grown" humans? The Dark Eldar need a constant source of emotion (normally pain) in order to prevent their souls being devoured by Slaneesh. The most common way that they get this is by raiding human worlds and capturing slaves, bringing them back to Commorragh and torturing them. Howe...	If Humans are bred amongst the Dark Eldar and on their worlds, they will eventually become 'domesticated' and grow accustomed to what the Eldar are doing to them, thus producing no more emotion than the Dark Eldar could if they tortured themselves. Because free-range Humans are just so much tastier than factory-farmed....
What killed this character in Episode VIII? At the end of Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi , Luke Skywalker becomes one with the Force. He looks quite exhausted after the encounter with Kylo Ren. But what exactly killed him? <Q> Luke over-exerted himself. <S> This Jedi had not moved since dawn. <S> Duri...	Luke completed his encounter with Kylo Ren and his successful mission on Crait, propped himself up onto the seat, mustered the remaining reserves of his energy and let himself go . From what we can tell about Force Ghostism, is that it seems to be a voluntary act. Luke has reached the final stage of his journey, he has...
In what way was Luke's training "incomplete"? In Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back , Yoda and Obi-Wan both encourage Luke to stay on Dagobah to finish his training. They beg him: YODA: Luke, you must complete the training. LUKE: I can’t keep the vision out of my head. They’re my friends. I’ve got to help...	It seems to me that for these reasons, Yoda changed his mind and accepted that Luke was finally ready to fulfill his destiny. Therefore, Yoda thought that Luke shouldn't go. As you mentioned, he learned the truth of Darth Vader's identity, but more importantly he learned that he couldn't solve all of his problems with ...
What's the first canon indication that Sulu is Japanese? This comment claims that Sulu is not a Japanese name (technically true), but I always assumed that Gene Roddenberry intended the name to be Japanese but he was just oblivious or ignorant. It certainly seems to me that Sulu conforms more to Japanese phonology...	If you're looking for out-of-universe evidence, I recall George Takei saying in an interview that Sulu was supposed to have a Katana in " The Naked Time ."
Looking for TV show or movie with monsters that came to life from old film reels I am trying to remember the name of what I think was a TV show. This episode featured a film warehouse where monsters were coming to life from the old films. If I remember right, the hero saves the day by burning the warehouse, and as the ...	This sounds like episode 19, starring Patty Duke and John Astin, called "Graveyard Shift", although it's in color. Overall, I'll give this an "eh..." sort of rating; it isn't terrible, but its primary charm is the result of nostalgia, rather than from being a solid, creepy story.
Is it possible to construct a multi-colored double-bladed lightsaber? I was just watching this video of some SW dueling at the 2015 World Fencing Championship, and wondered if it's actually possible in the SW universe to construct a multi-colored double-bladed lightsaber? Are there any accounts of such a thing? If ...	Therefore, two lightsabers with different-colored crystals could easily be combined to form a double-bladed lightsaber.
Who is the most pervasive character in the Star Trek 'verse to cross all series? Cross all series means, has any (major or minor) character appeared in all of: The Original Series The Animated Series The Next Generation Deep Space Nine Voyager Enterprise Discovery The TOS era films The TNG era films (includin...	Unsurprisingly, the winner in terms of bare mentions is almost certainly Kirk (6+3/10): 4 episodes of TNG, all but 8 episodes of DS9 after season 4, and all 4 TNG films, for a total of 274 appearances. Cochrane (3+3/10) Appears in: TOS ("Metamorphosis")
Can Ministry officials Apparate inside Hogwarts? In the recently launched trailer of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald , there are people Apparating inside Hogwarts grounds. As these people later question Professor Dumbledore, it seemed they were Ministry officials. Have we ever encountered such Apparit...	There’s nothing in either the books or movies that says that Ministry officials are able to Apparate onto Hogwarts grounds. We know that the jinxes were removed to allow some Apparition training in the Great Hall.
What happened for them to ban Apparition in Hogwarts? In the new trailer for the new Fantastic Beasts film, it shows people apparating into Hogwarts yet apparition is banned on the Howarts grounds, so I was wondering if anyone knew why it got banned or what happened? <Q> While it’s said many times that it’s not possibl...	It’s never said - presumably it’s just for security reasons. The enchantment on Hogwarts entirely prevents people from Apparating in or out (unless the headmaster lifts the enchantment).
Why did Pratchett name Maurice Maurice? In the Czech translation of Pratchett's book The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents (which I read) the name of the cat is Mauric. Also, there is a word from the translator at the beginning of the book, about how we should pronounce the name. One of the options is very s...	I've yet to find any specific attribution, but presumably the name "Maurice the Cat" is a play on the famous ...
Future history of the human race I have been trying to track down a future history which was published on the Internet around 20 years ago. Would be classed as "space operatic" now, but a story of the human race, rather than stories of protagonists. It was broken into large sections covering a good 10-20,000 years in s...	Very operatic in tone, right on with the timespan and differing levels of detail per "episode" along with differing scope
Why did the Enterprise not have any HAZMAT suits? The USS Enterprise is a huge ship. Some incredibly deadly gases, emissions, etc. are on board the ship at all times in respective areas safely stored and monitored of course. After the second battle with Khan, Mr. Scott tells Admiral Kirk that he's had to take the ma...	Hazmat suits protect the wearer from physical contact with hazardous materials, and usually offer some additional features such as air filtration. So there may not have been any spares for Spock to grab either.
What was the first 3D CGI used in Star Trek? This means I'm seeking the first three-dimensionally computer-modeled and rendered imagery used in Star Trek . We know there was extensive 3D CGI used in DS9 (Odo) and Voyager (USS Voyager). But what is the earliest use in TNG or any of the TOS movies? Note that...	In its very first appearance, the Crystalline Entity was one of the very first CGI sequences used in the Star Trek franchise.
What is the in-universe term for Muggles in other countries? Muggles, as we know, are the people who have no magical ability and are born in a non-magical family. Non-magical people are called Muggles in the British magical community and 'No-maj' in the American community. But we can find wizards in other countries als...	I'd think that most countries would have a local word derived from olde wizarde or high wiz (or whatever the spell language is called) such as Muggle in English, Mugglare in Swedish and मगलू in Hindi (as Abhi stated).
How does Black Panther leave scratches on Captain America's shield in Civil War In Civil War we see Black Panther scratches Cap's shield with his claws, even though both are made of vibranium. How is this possible, especially given that Cap's shield is made of a vibranium alloy which is even stronger than simply using ...	Whether normal Vibranium can be converted into Anti-metal is unknown, but the Wakandans do have small supplies of this Savage Land Vibranium on hand and have equipped the Black Panther with it. Typically the mechanism is that local pressure, while exceeding the yield stress of the "soft" material, cannot be dissipated ...
Why exactly did the Sorting Hat originally want to put Harry in Slytherin? I know that the Sorting Hat wanted to for other reasons, but if he made the right decision then why did he ever want to? The Sorting Hat made it very clear that he chose the right house, then why did he ever consider putting Harry in Slytherin? ...	This is confirmed in an interview with J.K. Rowling, when she says the Sorting Hat was strongly tempted to put Harry in Slytherin because of the piece of the soul.
Was the joke about Japanese electronics cut from Back to the Future? I just rewatched Back to the Future the other day. I hadn’t seen it in years , and I swear there was a small scene cut from the movie. It was when Marty was hooking the camcorder to the TV at Doc's house in 1955. I could have sworn there was a sma...	Yes, the scene was from "Back to the Future 3".
Book series with humans fighting bug aliens. They create an AI that decides to help them. Book includes time-travel I'm looking for a series I read a few years ago and I can't remember the author or title Humanity is fighting a race of bug aliens that eat everything. They create sentient AI by mistake but they decided...	The time travel is facilitated not by AI, but by another alien race that makes contact (although secretly) at around the same time as the bug aliens. Alternatively, I suggest Ian Douglas' Star Carrier series Similarity:
Looking for a 70s movie with a generation ship that had farming modules Movie identification. I vaguely remember a colonization ship with farming modules as the setting. I think it was from the 70s. Simon & Garfunkel's "The Sound of Silence" was on the soundtrack playing at the end of the movie. There was some conflict...	Silent Running has a lot of similarities, but I'd like to also mention The Starlost . It isn't a generation ship, but it is set entirely on a spaceship, the Valley Forge, a converted aircraft carrier which houses the last of Earth's forests. There were many humans left alive, the (initial) plot gimmick was that none of...
Does the Infinity Gauntlet from the comics work in other universes? My main question is this, does the Infinity Gauntlet work outside of its own universe? My reason for asking this is because I recall there being a comic book where somebody states that the Infinity Gauntlet from their universe doesn't work in the other...	In the Avengers/Ultraforce comic the Infinity Gems work in the Ultraverse, despite this not being their universe of origin.
Why Is Data Programmed to Dream? I know Data is fully functional in every way, but he's still just an Android. Why is he programmed to dream when he doesn't even need sleep? <Q> When he created Data, Dr Soong evidently believed that dreaming (and by extension, developing a subconscious) were an essential part of an and...	Data has a subconscious mind.
Why didn't Dr. Doofenshmirtz ever get arrested at the end of an episode (or permanently)? I remember one episode (if my memory serves me right) where Major Monograma told Doof that, when they get back home, he will be arrested. But why don't they arrest him permanently, so he can't do all those bad things despite the ...	Considering how his resources and energy are bound by his convoluted and easily thwarted plans, Doofenshmirtz is effectively imprisoning himself in his laboratory.
Story about a child protagonist playing some sort of game It wasn't Enders Game , but it was similar.A boy is living in a not quite dystopic city in the future, and begins to play something like an arcade game, that is about shooting aliens and other players in a ship. Eventually he becomes well known for being good a...	His girlfriend does in fact join him on the alien planet, but only after he has defeated the bad guys. Might be "The Last Starfighter" . This matches all of the points raised in the original question.
Cartoon - boy traps monsters into balls on a magical bracelet As a kid, I used to watch this cartoon show about a boy who captured monsters like giant spiders and put them in these tiny balls, and then summoned them using some kind of magical bracelet. He'd battle with his friends using these monsters. It sounds like P...	This may be one of the Bakugan series , which aired from 2007 through 2012. I am certain It’s called Spider riders about a boy who get transported to another would
Why could Verin not see this channeler's weaves? At the Battle of Shadar Logoth at the end of "Winter's Heart", all of the remaining Forsaken show up to stop Rand's use of the Choedan Kal. The circle being led by Verin finds itself facing one described thusly: Verin frowned at the apparition making its way through th...	Inverted weaves are also invisible.
How do the Hogwarts students fit all of their stuff in their trunks? Do the trunks have special compartments or something?How do they fit all of their school supplies, casual clothes and personal belongings in them?They have big school supplies like a cauldron and a telescope. How do they fit all of their stuff in thei...	The J.K. Rowling writing on Extension Charms states that the school trunks at Hogwarts have Extension Charms built into them, which both make the trunks bigger and the contents lighter.
Why does Luke continue to train Rey like nothing happened? Rey does not attempt to resist the dark side of the Force during her training with Luke Skywalker. Luke tells her to resist and she fails and he is clearly outraged. He says "It didn't scare me enough then. It does now.", referring to Kylo Ren. Luke appears v...	Then, Luke observes her practicing with the lightsaber - NOT as part of instruction, but because she decided to do it herself. He was trying to show her why the Jedi needed to end- Instead, he tried to show her that she didn't own the Force, and could never master it to get what she wanted, and if she tried it would on...
How did the aliens get to Earth in A Quiet Place? In the film A Quiet Place , it seems that Earth has been overrun by blind extraterrestrials who only hunt what they can hear. However, it doesn't seem that the aliens are intelligent enough to have made it to the planet on their own. How did they get there in the first...	so it’s most likely the aliens reside on or within some form of celestial body or hoppped onto a passing asteroid that’s traveled through space and then reached earth naturally. So the idea is if they grew up on a planet that had no humans and no light then they don’t need eyes, they can only hunt by sound.
Did any of the Avengers serve as Heralds of Galactus? The Heralds of Galactus were individuals who were imbued with a fraction of the power cosmic by Galactus himself. Some well known heralds include the Silver Surfer (Norrin Radd of Zenn-La), Terrax the Tamer , Nova (Frankie Raye) and many others (listed here )...	Of those, the only one who could be considered an Avenger is the Human Torch: he has been part of Secret Avengers (during Civil Wars) and of Avengers Unity Squad .
Was the Twin Pines Mall scene at 1:15am for in-universe or out-of-universe reasons? Was the scene in which Marty travels from Twin Pines Mall in 1985 to the Peabody Farm in 1955 always meant to take place at 1.15 in the morning (1985 time), or was this a consequence of Eric Stoltz being fired and Michael J Fox being li...	In the 4th draft of the screenplay , dated Oct 1984, the experiment takes place at 1AM: The mall parking lot was virtually guaranteed to be empty (malls were social gathering places in 1985) to allow them the freedom to hit 88MPH and not attract any attention Brown was trying to evade the Libyans Out of universe, Micha...
What is the history of the front end modification to the Millennium Falcon? A trailer for the movie Solo: A Star Wars Story shows at 1:28 the Millennium Falcon having quite the streamlined front end: When it is seen in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope , it clearly has a more distinctive gap in its front: When...	During the events described in Mwr247's answer, Han Solo launches this escape pod into the Maelstrom to lure the creature chasing them into the gravity well, giving the Falcon back its old signature profile.
Since when is Riker "the best pilot there is"? In "Chain of Command Part II", we have this exchange LAFORGE: You know, this trip into the nebula's going to need someone who can do Titan's Turn in their sleep. These mines need to be laid within two kilometres of the Cardassian ships. But the particle flux from the ne...	All in all no conclusive evidence that Riker is the best of the best, but he at least seems competent.
Did any non-rebels regularly fly X-Wings? In several places, including here , it is mentioned that X-Wings are an iconic image of the Rebel Alliance. Did any unaffiliated faction ever regularly fly X-Wings? By unaffiliated , I mean factions other than the following: Rebel Alliance New Republic Resistance ...	Star Wars: Commander was a mercenary that flew X-Wings but then joined the Rebellion.
Why are The Hunger Games called The Hunger Games? When Katniss destroyed the food stocks of career tributes, she got amused on the idea of the game being The Real Hunger Game because career tributes weren't good at hunting. If the game wasn't real hunger game otherwise, why was it named that way? Note: I am asking fr...	The "Hunger Games" are merely the crowning piece of a society in which feast and famine are used to control the districts and their people:
What happened to the escape pods on the Millennium Falcon? In ANH, an Imperial officer reports to Darth Vader regarding the recently captured Millennium Falcon : There's no one on board, sir. According to the log, the crew abandoned ship right after takeoff. It must be a decoy, sir. Several of the escape pods have ...	In the Star Wars wiki, there is an entry that "At the advice of Obi-Wan Kenobi, Han Solo jettisoned the escape pods of the Millennium Falcon when the ship was caught in the tractor beam of the Death Star", but no evidence can be found in either the movie script or book. Abandoned ship upon entering the Alderaan system ...
Book about an engineer who travels into a medieval time/world with magic and gods, becomes part of a magic priesthood It's a book, probably written in the late 90's early 2000's. And, it's about a time traveling engineer (not Conrad Stargard ) who travels back in time to a medieval world divided into different kingdom...	Sword of the Bright Lady, From M.C planck
Are there any sentient plant species in Star Trek? There are a variety of different species in Star Trek , from all walks of life. Humanoids, insectoids, silicon-based life-forms, the works. However, I can't seem to think of any sentient plant species from across all the Star Trek shows/films. Are there any that exi...	The plants in This SIde of Paradise seem to have some intelligence - they turn to shoot spores into people who aren't already space-hippie-zombies. Phylosians from 'The Infinite Vulcan' ST:
In RWBY was Winter abusive? In RWBY Volume 3, Chapter 4: Lessons Learned \| Rooster Teeth - YouTube Winter hits again the first time was in Watch you see Winter asked Weiss "How have you been?" Weiss was telling her, and Winter for no reason hits her. <Q> This question is difficult, because regional and cultural d...	However, the situation does incline itself to being interpreted as abuse simply because of the position of power that Winter occupies within their dynamic: because Winter is established as the definite authority figure as the older sister, when she hits Weiss, it has an uncomfortable resemblance, for the audience, to a...
Post or during apocalypse book I was scrolling through Facebook a few years back and I came across a book about the Earth's surface being too hot to live on. Humanity was forced to go underground. It was advertised, I don’t have much to go on. It sounded like a good book. It’s not Metro. <Q> Was it a book or a onlin...	Published in 2015, it's about how humanity adapts after the moon explodes and the resulting debris showers (the Hard Rain) boil the oceans and cause the surface to become uninhabitable.
Who were and what happened to the previous crew of the Liberator? Did they ever explain the origins of the Liberator and/or what happened to the previous crew besides Avon's "...live rocket launch control. It has been activated." in Space Fall. <Q> "Redemption", the first episode of series two, is where the crew meet t...	The Ships self defence mechanisms ( Zen) killed the crew - all except the pilot who suicided and then Blake found it drifting.
Why don't the people of Rohan recognize Gandalf's staff? From this link , (specifically in number 8) 8. NO ONE TAKES GANDALF’S ‘WALKING STICK’ One of the subplots in Two Towers is Théoden’s possession by Saruman with the help of Gríma Wormtongue. Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli along with Gandalf the White, head on to R...	The average person in Middle-Earth is unlikely to think of a wizard's staff as anything special.
What kind of a ship could Obi-Wan and Luke have purchased for 10,000? In ANH, Luke is shocked by Han's quote for the cost of passage on the Millenium Falcon to Alderaan. Ten thousand? We could almost buy our own ship for that! What kind of a ship (if any) could have been rationally purchased for 10k on Tatooine a...	, 10,000 Credits would almost get you a low-end starship
Why is it called an axolotl tank? Early in the book Dune Messiah , the readers are introduced axolotl tanks, which are tanks that can reproduce livings beings (at least according to the Wiki). Why are they referred to as this. Axolotls are these weird amphibians from the Latin American area, I believe, so I don't know...	Axolotl is the term for the tadpole form of the genus Ambystoma, a species of Terran amphibian now found only on Ecaz.
Have authors ever rewritten their early books to fit future canon in scifi and fantasy works? In the movie industry there is at least one example (Star Wars) of a franchise where early installments were edited post factum to fit the canon of future releases. However, it is quite hard to edit previously released movies,...	Per Wikipedia: King revised The Gunslinger in 2003. Another approach -- more widely used, I suspect -- is not to change the words of the older books, but to later reveal the "secret history" that was really going on so as to change the history without changing the story. The next most prominent science fiction/fantasy ...
Who are the current owners of the Infinity Stones in the MCU before the beginning of Infinity War? Who owns the Infinity Stones in the MCU currently, i.e. before the beginning of the events of Avengers: Infinity War . Who has owned these Infinity Stones up until now? <Q> The Infinity Stones have changed hands variou...	As of Avengers: Age of Ultron , Vision is the owner and host of the Mind Stone, previously taken from Loki's Chitauri Scepter. Previous owners include: Asgard (T:TDW), Malekith (T:TDW), Jane Foster (T:TDW)...
What does Charlotte mean by "this is not me reading you in?" I'm a native English speaker and yet these words make no sense to me. I may have missed the obvious. In S2E1, Charlotte and Bernard descend into a secret research station manned by drones. Bernard is understandably confused by this room's existence. Bernar...	To “read «someone» in” is intelligence community jargon; it means that «someone» is being given information that is of limited distribution due to security classification.
Has any Marvel or DC character been played by the same person, first in cartoon and then in live-action? I know that voice actors tend not to do much camera acting. (The same can't be said in reverse, of course; camera actors lend their voices to movies and TV shows all the time.) But are there any Marvel or DC chara...	Michael Rosenbaum , who played Lex Luthor on the live-action TV series Smallville , provided the voice for The Flash (Wally West) on the animated series Justice League Unlimited . In the Arrow episode Suicide Squad , they show a brief glimpse of a character credited as "Deranged Squad Female" who was meant to be Harley...
Ben Kenobi's other house From my earliest watching of Star Wars, I remember distinctly that Ben Kenobi's home on Tatooine wasn't a Tunisian domed house that we know from the movie, but a cave cut out of the rock itself. The establishing shot was one of the Petra caves, looking something like this After decades of t...	Also note that the walls in Kenobi's house are very rough, so it's hard to discern if this a house or a modified cave.
Why does Heimdall teleport this character? At the start of the "Avengers: Infinity War" movie: Thanos and the Black Order have boarded the Asgardian ship, killed most of the inhabitants and beaten Thor and Hulk. Then: A wounded Heimdall teleports Hulk / Bruce to Earth for safety before Thanos kill him. Why: ...	This is totally based on what I think, What I think is that Heimdall knew that Thor could survive being in outer space until the guardians came (because he probably saw that the guardians were on their way) and that hulk being beaten up he might have assumed that the hulk may turn back to Bruce Banner and might not hav...
Spaceship crash-lands on earth and the surviving members found the human race I am looking for a sci-fi story in which a spaceship with humans crash-lands on earth in the distant past and the surviving members go an founding the human race. This story is at least 30 years old. <Q> However, here is one of the better kno...	The ark was intentionally crashed into the Earth, but the enough of the Golgafrinchans survived to become the dominant species on the planet, wiping out the native hominids. This is a pretty common trope. It might also be Moon Wreck , prequel to The Slaver Wars and The Lost Fleet series by Raymond Weil.
Why was Sirius Black not expelled for trying to expose Snape to a werewolf? Sirius Black manipulated Snape into going near Remus Lupin when was transformed into a werewolf at the Shrieking Shack. James Potter pulled him back at the last moment. "Snape glimpsed me, though, at the end of the tunnel. He was forbidden ...	Sirius came from the Black family, which was known for Dark Arts;yet he was a Gryffindor, and not taken in by blood purity; so Dumbledore could have hesitated to expel him, as expulsion might force him into his family's dark ways.
Why didn't Ultron get the Vibranium directly from Wakanda? In Avengers: Age of Ultron, Ultron goes to Ulysses Klaue to get the Vibranium he needs to forge a body for himself and Vision so why did he simply not go directly to Wakanda. He had access to the world's entire internet and the information stored on it. He coul...	Klaue invaded Wakanda before Avengers: Age Of Ultron , so according to the world, Klaue stole all of the Vibranium in Wakanda leaving only small quantities behind. Ultron likely had neither the knowledge nor the time to process and refine it himself, making Klaue's smuggled shipment of processed vibranium much more att...
How does Thanos know Tony Stark? During the battle of Iron Man and Thanos on Titan Thanos says “Stark?” And then when Iron Man asks "Do you know me?", Thanos says “you are not the only one cursed with the knowledge of everything!” How does Thanos know Tony Stark? And what is meant by "cursed with the knowledge of ev...	Both of them want to save the world and thought wisely (according to their definitions of wise) with Tony using his brain to build Iron Man and fight recklessly and planned to build Ultron, an ultimate AI that could destroy the world, while Thanos wants the universe to be a better, sustainable universe to live in by wi...
YA/children's fiction about a mail-order clone I am trying to recall a book that I read as a child -- late 80s, early 90s. The main character (teen or pre-teen boy) sent away to a mail-order company, and got back a kit for creating a clone. Not sure, but either he had to send a DNA sample along with his order, or the...	According to LibraryThing , it was originally published in 1982. “Mail-Order Family,” it was called, all about this poor orphan girl who didn't have no family till she got a clone
How did Banner get unstuck? In the final battle of Avengers: Infinity War, Banner charges at Thanos, who dodges by shifting phase, much like Vision can. However, instead of Thanos shifting phase himself, it looks like he uses the Infinity Gauntlet to phase Banner and fling him into a mountainside. The scene then c...	We can also rule out a few possibilities: He uses the Reality Stone : This is incorrect as we clearly see him using the Space Stone. Given the Hulk's constitution and rapid healing, being phased into a wall wouldn't kill him but would, presumably incapacitate him for a while, nerfing him until the fight with Thanos had...
Why did Thanos get hit? In Avengers: Infinity War : Thor's new weapon Stormbreaker was thrown by Thor and Thanos was not able to stop it and it pierced him in the chest. With all the Infinity Stones obtained, how could he not block or deflect this weapon? As far as I know the same material made the hammer which He...	At this point in the film, Thanos is the most powerful being in the universe, and he'd already made sure no one could forge a weapon to destroy him (by killing all the dwarves but one and extinguishing their forge). Notice at the end that the Gauntlet looked burnt and beaten up after The Snap, thus showing that the Gau...
What is the fate of the Asgardians at the start of Avengers: Infinity War? Thor: Ragnarok ends with the remaining people of Asgard aboard a refugee ship that meets Thanos' ship. Avengers: Infinity War opens with Thanos and his minions having commandeered the ship and several bodies can be seen on the floor. Thi...	According to the Redditor, Russo confirmed Valkyrie did survive Thanos’ ambush . At one point during Avengers: Infinity War , Thor says that half of his people are dead (which makes sense since that's Thanos' whole m/o). Korg, appears to be living with Thor playing Fortnite and generally not doing much.
Does Stormbreaker have the same worthiness specifications as Mjolnir? I've seen several references to Groot being worthy because he is able to handle Stormbreaker. However, to my knowledge, there is no mention of Stormbreaker having the same requirements of worthiness to wield as Mjolnir did. Have there been any e...	Twitter Mjolnir requires worthiness, not Stormbreaker.
Does Thanos' plan apply to higher order beings? We know that Thanos' plan was to instantly destroy half of all life in the universe His plan doesn't appear to apply to lower or non sentient life forms if it did half the trees in the final Wakanda scene would have disintegrated too Does his plan apply to all...	Thanos did exactly what he said he was gonna do, he wiped out fifty percent of all living creatures.
Does Squirrel Girl have maxed power stats on the Marvel Wiki? According to this answer on the question: " How did Squirrel Girl defeat Dr Doom? ", all of Squirrel Girls power stats are "maxed" out. According to the answer, I am supposed to be able to check Squirrel Girl's entry on the official Marvel wiki and be ...	Per the Official Marvel Handbook (2005 - Avengers edition) , her real stats are as follows.
Why was the Millennium Falcon too small for a cloaking device? In Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back , the Millennium Falcon is reported as being too small for a cloaking device: TRACKING OFFICER: Captain Needa, the ship no longer appears on our scopes. NEEDA: They can't have disappeared. No ship that small has a...	The Millennium Falcon was known to be a "usable" vessel, which reduced the likelihood that it would also have a cloaking device. And since the hyperdrive is essential, logic dictates that the ship can't be running a cloaking device. That, however, would have been suggesting that the information of the Empire was incomp...
How did Thor in Infinity War know that the Time Stone was with the Avengers? In Infinity War , Thor tells the Guardians of the Galaxy that the Time and Mind Stones are safe on earth, they’re with the Avengers. The Mind Stone is OK (it’s part of Vision, after the events of Age of Ultron ), but the Time Stone was w...	Even if he looks surprised by the presence of wizard on Earth, it could explain why he knows that the Time Stone was near the Avengers.
What are Squirrel Girl's 'actual' stats? Is she truly the most powerful being in the Marvel universe? On the Marvel Universe Wiki (" The Definitive online source for Marvel super hero bios ") Squirrel Girl is listed as having the maximum stats in her power grid . However in the Official Marvel Handbook (2002 - Ave...	Squirrel Girl's stats from IGN's Marvel Heroes role-playing game seems to agree with the Official Marvel Handbook (though using a somewhat different scale), indicating that the OMH has the right stats.
How did Thanos (or anyone) know the Infinity Stones would give him this power? In Avengers: Infinity War , Thanos wants the Infinity Gems because having all of them allows him to destroy half the population of the universe with a snap of his fingers. At least a few other characters know about this, and also that ...	In MCU, Infinity Stones are legends and they have been studied and researched for billions of years by different alien races at different points of time. By extensive study and research, obviously. More than that, the construction of their various containers suggests a certain understanding of how to contain and use th...
How does Thanos know his plan will work? How can Thanos be sure that wiping out half the life in the universe will undoubtedly rejuvenate the remaining life and that the finite resources in the universe will be sufficient for the remainder of sentient life? If he knows for certain, it makes sense that he would c...	That being said, he's also done this in microcosm on many planets (like Gamora's) and has been doing so for decades; so, he does have precedent. As for why he did that when he couldn't undo it, Thanos is just the sort of guy to risk whole worlds if it means that he knows his plan for the galaxy works. During the film, ...
Why didn't Thor call down lightning against Thanos? Thor: Ragnarok culminates in Thor realizing that the power of lightning is within him and that he has the power to summon/call/create it. During the beginning scene of Avengers: Infinity War , why didn't he use this to fight Thanos? It seems to me that he went throu...	Had Thor summoned lightning it would have coursed through the metal hull of the ship killing every last asguardian and Thor would have failed in a most fundamental way as a king all in exchange for maybe killing Thanos.
Are there strict boundaries for what you can do in the magical world? For this not to be a primary-opinion based question I want to get a canon-based answer to this question. Does magic have rules or laws? For instance: Are there any boundaries beyond which magic cannot be done? Something that you can't get with ma...	For your first question, yes, there is an example in the books, that you can't create love via a potion or spell.
How did the basilisk decay so fast? How did the Basilisk decay so rapidly in the Harry Potter film? Only 5 years passed from CoS to TDH Part 2. It should have had flesh left on it, but all they show are only bones. The chamber is not said to have bugs, creatures or anyone alive within it, so the flesh can't have been ...	The basilisk didn't appear to have free access to the tunnel leading up to the Chamber, which raises the question of where all of these animal bones came from; the most logical conclusion seems to be that they're the primarily corpses of living animals that happened to die - from whatever cause - within the tunnel. It ...
Do lightsaber blades/blaster bolts cast shadows? Do lightsaber blades and/or blaster bolts cast shadows? (I know it's possible to see a blade's shadow on the ground during Episode VI, but that was clearly due to technical limitations, not intentional.) I'd appreciate an answer that lines up with the canon, please. <Q> ...	However, if you have a strong enough light source, you should be able to see a shadow from a lightsaber or blaster bolt. In Legends a lightsaber wasn't really the same thing as a blaster bolt.
How did this character get the Hulkbuster Suit in Infinity War? During the Wakanda battle in Avengers: Infinity War we see Bruce Banner (The Hulk) piloting a Hulkbuster Suit to fight off Thanos's army. How did he get the Hulkbuster Suit? Did Tony give it to him at some point? <Q> Banner helped Tony design the V...	Even if it wasn't deployed back to the orbital platform (as it is referenced as "Tony's old Hulkbuster Armor" in Spider-man: Homecoming when being loaded onto the cargo plane from Avengers Tower), it is obviously designed to be called upon over a long distance. In Avengers: Age of Ultron , it is stated that Tony and Br...
What happened to the planets Thanos already culled? In Avengers: Infinity War Thanos snaps his fingers and half the population of the universe is destroyed. We also know that Thanos has destroyed half the Asgardians, half of Gamora's people and half of many more civilisations already through the old fashioned ...	Whether this was done intentionally by Thanos or how the stone understood his desire is unclear, but either way the stone acted based upon his desires in the situation. We don't know yet... He wanted those characters to not be a threat so he could "consult" with Gamora and Quill. I'm pretty sure that since he only dest...
Old anime people trapped in a computer I need help identifying one old anime that was about people getting trapped inside a computer. I don't remember much about it but I remember that there was a mad scientist that put himself on purpose inside a computer. Then he was able to control the computer and somehow the com...	The setting is in the inner world of a computer system known by its inhabitants as Mainframe.
How does Thanos know what size slot is needed to hold each Infinity Stone? As we see in Avengers: Infinity War , not only does Thanos have the gauntlet but he also collects all the stones. However... how did he know what was needed to house the stones? I am not too bothered by "a mystical item forged by dwarves u...	A small scene where the Destroyer leaves the Asgardian vault shows a gauntlet with all the stones. The back of the hand happens to be 5 times bigger than the same size divided by 5 (that is, the knuckles), so it goes quite naturally that the slots in that area are a little smaller than the one on the back.
How does the Bifrost still work after the destruction of Asgard? We know that after Thor uses Mjolnir to destroy the Bifrost in Thor , travel to other worlds was rather difficult and required other means, such as Dark Energy mustered by Odin (as stated by Loki in The Avengers ), use of the Tesseract, or (rather more ...	The Bifrost was also able to be called upon using dark magic and was also imbued into Stormbreaker, allowing its wielder to access the bridge at any time.
How does the barrier at kings cross tell the difference between a normal passerby muggle and a muggle born witch or wizard? It seems like it would be quite hard to tell the difference between a muggle born witch/wizard and a normal muggle just passing by, they seem to be virtually the same except for the witch/wizards ...	We already know that magic can distinguish between Muggles and Muggleborns, e.g., the Muggle-Repelling Charm from Goblet of Fire : Muggle-Repelling Charms on every inch of it.
Why does this character not reveal SG-1's location in "Secrets" In the closing moments of Stargate SG-1 S02E09 "Secrets", Amaunet looks directly at Daniel but does not give up SG-1's position to Apophis. Given that nowhere else in canon can the host best a goa'uld, without technological help such as the Tollan device, ...	Her specific personal motivations to do so are unknown, but the goa'uld leaders are all selfish megalomaniacs. The pregnancy made Amaunet vulnerable to Apophis' enemies:
Cartoon with magical gauntlets and underwater city So a few years ago, I used to watch this cartoon with my dad around 5 years ago and I can't remember for the life of me what it was. Here's all the stuff I can remember: The story and magic were based on these magical gauntlet/glove thingies that all the main charact...	An evil Bakugan called Naga was tempted to take the power of the Infinity and Silent Cores, which formed the Perfect Core that balanced Vestroia, but absorbed too much negative energy and thus was trapped within the Silent Core and destabilised Vestroia. I feel like the title started with a "k" Lots of k's in the name ...
Have there been any examples of 'advanced' technology used for fetal medicine in the Star Trek universe? I haven't seen all episode of all the shows, nor have I read all the books, so I wasn't able to answer this myself. But has there been any advancements shown in any of the alpha or beta canon of Star Trek regardi...	In Deep Space Nine "Body Parts" the fetus of Kirayoshi O'Brien is transferred from his Mother Keiko to his surrogate mother Kira after Keiko is injured. In the Voyager episode "Collective" they come across a group of children Borg and one of them is a little baby that gets returned to the Borg Collective.
Looking for a name of a cartoon/animated movie from 90's In this cartoon a bunch of friends transform with powerful suits/weapons along with their cars/bikes to fight the bad guy. He has a giant head (not MODOK) like computerized and a robotic mask. He was broad shouldered and always wore a black cape/overall. There w...	Tormack, among others like him, covets the power of Galtar's supernatural weapon, the Golden Lance, to combine it with the stolen ancient and indestructible Sacred Shield, which rightfully belongs to Goleeta and Zorn. Miles Mayhem, the main villain, does wear a large mask (as does everyone else), but no cape. It is pos...
Has Galactus ever been depicted as anything other than a humanoid? Galactus, the Devourer of worlds, is depicted as a humanoid in the comics and according to Wikipedia : His true form cannot be perceived by most beings; each species sees Galactus in a form they can comprehend, similar to their race or a deity of the...	In the Ultimate universe, Galactus takes the form of Gah-Lak-Tus, a type of hive-mind being composed of many robotic drones.
How did Doctor Strange regain use of his hands? At the beginning of the movie, Stephen Strange loses most of the mobility in his hands, prompting him to seek out treatments and eventually culminating with his finding Kamar-Taj where he becomes a superhero. After Strange really starts beating up bad guys, etc., we don'...	We also see that Strange does regain full if not near full use of his hands. If his magic were taken from him like the man in the end credits scene, his hands would be messed up again. Strange probably learned and was subjected to a combination of such practices as those and reiki, qi gong, etc., plus whatever alternat...
When does the movie "Solo: A Star Wars Story" take place in relation to Star Wars Episodes 1-6? Han Solo is a young man in the movie Solo: A Star Wars Story. This obviously places the film before Episode 4, but its relation to Episodes 1-3 confuses me. Darth Maul makes an appearance at the end of Solo: A Star Wars ...	We can actually use Chewbacca's stated age in the movie, compared to his stated age at the end of the Clone Wars, to determine fairly accurately when Solo: A Star Wars Story takes place. The film takes place between episodes 3 and 4. Maul's latest canonical appearance prior to the rise of the Empire, which we see plent...
Why wasn't this TNG space creature hailed before they fired on it? In "Galaxy's Child," the Enterprise comes across a space-dwelling organism that is with child. The organism fires a stream of radiation at the ship, and, to defend himself, Picard orders the firing of phasers. This kills the creature, much to the chag...	The captain ordered a phaser burst at minimum power intended to be a smack on the nose to allow the Enterprise the chance to escape, it was not meant as a killing blast
Is there an identifiable origin for the association of minotaurs with battle axes? I was playing an old video game today, and I had to kill an minotaur armed with a battle axe. Afterward, I thought to myself, Minotaurs in fantasy imagery tend to carry axes a lot. I wonder where that originated? A few examples immed...	The association of Minotaurs and axes is derived from mythology via the fact that both are associated with Crete, as you mention.
Why is this specific pose so prevalent in the MCU at the moment? Recently I noticed this oddly specific pose, which I am now dubbing the Super Hero Holds Two Things Together Pose (or SHHTTTP for short), has appeared from what I can tell at least six times in the MCU, possibly more. You will of course notice that I...	As one of the comments said ( and really they should take all the credit ), there just happens to be scenes where things had to be held together (or pulled apart) where legs can't be on the ground, showing that even though this character had good like super immense strength for whatever [origin] reason, is still giving...
In RWBY vol.4 did team RNJR kidnap Qrow? In the end of the video we see Qrow getting stung and he was first poisoned there, but the next morning he and the children wake up and the children see him leaning against a tree. Ruby noticed something was wrong. That was the moment the poison was discovered, but still the c...	They wanted to get him a cure for the poison.
In the Wizarding World, is flying without a broom or other object/creature, a dark art? In book 7, Harry and several members of the Order of the Phoenix seem to be shocked / surprised that Voldemort can fly without transfiguring or without the aid of a broom or enchanted object (motorbike, car, etc...) or a magical cre...	It’s not described as being Dark magic, just hard to do. No, there's a cultural tradition of using wands and broomless flight is (as you might imagine) very risky!
Does Solo serve as a Stormtrooper? Related: Do we ever see regular (non-stormtrooper) ground troops? In Solo: A Star Wars Story , Solo enlists in the Empire with a career goal of being a pilot, but he washes out of the required training and is reassigned to infantry work. During the period of Han's infantry service...	This makes me conclude that Solo is a trooper in the imperial Army and not the more specialized stormtrooper corps. Formally known as Imperial swamp troopers, mudtroopers are part of the Imperial Army, whose infantry is gradually being phased out in favor of stormtroopers. This photo from Rogue One shows imperial offic...
Story where Mars is sucking the air from the Earth Not sure if that was a short story or a novel where this took place but a pilot figures it out and flies to Mars in the funnel that is stealing the atmosphere <Q> Nonstop to Mars by Jack Williamson . <S> " <S> That's just it," her tired voice told him. <S> "Mars...	According to the overview: Space traveller Flash Gordon (Buster Crabbe), his lady love Dale Arden (Jean Rogers), and scientific genius Dr. Zarkov (Frank Shannon), blast off for Mars, where a mysterious force is sucking the nitrogen from the Earth's atmosphere. The villain behind the Earth-threatening scheme is the neve...
What does the TIE designation used in the Empire's starfighters names mean? Is there a specific meaning behind the TIE designation used in the names for the Galactic Empire's starfighters (TIE Bomber, TIE Fighter, and TIE Interceptor) and if so what is it? <Q> TIE stands for Twin Ion Engine - sub-light propulsion tec...	From the Star Wars wiki : The TIE series derived its name from the SIE-TIE twin ion engine (...)

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