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Let’s give a big hand to George Lucas

Being the sci-fi geek I am, I recently watched the entire Star Wars series on DVD. Again. And it struck me that George Lucas has a penchant for severed limbs. Seriously, in almost every movie, at least one character loses a hand or limb.

I don’t think that I’m being OCD about this, because most other movies I watch don’t have quite so many body parts hitting the ground. To make sure I wasn’t imagining things, I compiled this handy list:

Star Wars I: Phantom Menace
Well, nobody lost limbs in this one. That I could see.

Star Wars II: Revenge of the Sith

  • Obi-Wan cuts off bar patron’s hand.
  • Count Dooku cuts off Annikin’s arm.

Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith
This one is a veritable limb-fest.

  • Annikin cuts off both of Count Dooku’s hands.
  • A battle droid loses both arms aboard the ship.
  • Annikin cuts off Mace Windu’s hand.
  • Obi-Wan cuts off Annikin’s real arm. Then both legs.

Star Wars IV: A New Hope

  • Tuskan raider rips off C3-P0’s arm.
  • Obi-Wan cuts off bar patron’s arm (this is becoming a habit with him).

Star Wars V: Empire Strikes Back

  • Luke cuts off the snow creature’s arm.
  • C3-P0 loses all limbs off-screen.
  • Darth Vader cuts off Luke’s hand.

Star Wars VI: Return of the Jedi

  • Luke cuts off Vader’s hand.

So there’s my handy (heh!) list of lopped limbs. I put this question to George Lucas: What is your fascination with dismemberment? I should watch Lucas’ other movies. Did anyone lose limbs in the Indiana Jones movies? Or maybe American Graffiti?

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A sudden realization

And so after 4 days of marveling at how I would wake up each day at exactly 7:26 am, I figured out that my clock had stopped and I’m not actually very smart in the morning.

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Mmm… You can really taste the plywood

Fans of Terrabucks Coffee — the humorous SL parody of our favourite real life coffee shop chain — can now drink prim-based coffee in real life. Or if your avatar sports the black long-sleeve Abbotts Aerodrome shirt, you can now dress your real-world avatar the same way.

My new Cafe Press shop has all kinds of things you would want, and even some things that you wouldn’t want (wall clock, anyone?). All products are guaranteed to contain no plywood and have never been tested on penguins.

Link: Cubey Terra at Cafe Press

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Hey look, my avatar is in a magazine

OK, it’s hardly GQ, but I’m not complaining. In a BC Business Magazine article that’s curiously titled “Get a Life”, Kevin Chong explores the Second Life business activities of two Vancouver residents — Nyla Cheeky and yours truly.


Get a Life at bcbusinessmagazine.com. (Registration required.)

Maybe I’m being too picky, but shouldn’t that photo of my avatar have the caption “Cubey Terra” instead of my real name?

Besides that minor point, it’s a fair assessment of the state of business in Second Life.