THX-1138 in Star Wars
Lestat
Luke knock out the Stormtroopers boarding the Falcon I noticed a THX-1138
reference. After the Imperial Commander notices the Stormtroopers away
from their posts he tries communicating with one and says the following
lines.
IC: THX-1138 whay aren't you at your post? THX-1138 do you copy?
Has Lucas made references to his THX-1138 film in any other films?
Jeanne Mangum
Sigh.... Perhaps this should be added to the FAQ Jake... yes, Lucas manages
to get a THX reference into most of his films, the most obvious being American
Grafitti (the license plate on Paul LaMats car) and Indiana Jones and the
Temple of Doom (the ObiWan Cafe) and BTW, in the film, you'll notice the
reference was changed from the stormtropper to when Luke finds Leia in
cellblock (or whatever) 1183.
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Alec Usticke
> In article <Face0c...@west.darkside.com>, les...@west.darkside.com says...
::snip::
> >Has Lucas made references to his THX-1138 film in any other films?
> Sigh.... Perhaps this should be added to the FAQ Jake...
::snip::
It is in the FAQ . . .
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>I'm not sure about the movie but in the book Star Wars when Han and
>Luke knock out the Stormtroopers boarding the Falcon I noticed a THX-1138
>reference. After the Imperial Commander notices the Stormtroopers away
>from their posts he tries communicating with one and says the following
>lines.
>
>IC: THX-1138 whay aren't you at your post? THX-1138 do you copy?
>
I don't know for sure, but I think I saw THX-1138 on the back
of a license plate in a scene in American Graffiti. I think
it was on the back of Harrison Ford's hot rod.
But I think that license plates only allow 3 characters on each
side of the dash so, if memory serves it showed up as THX-113.
Also, as a side note, If you watch Temple of Doom,
you'll see, at the first of the movie, when Indy and
his blonde bimbo are being chased through that oriental town,
with "short-round" driving, you'll notice that they speed by
a night club named "Club Obi-Wan".
GeeWzzz
copy?
Well, he may say that in the book, but in the movie he says TK-421,
why aren't you at your post?
But, in the movie, Luke DOES say as they are delivering Chewie to
the detention area..."Prisoner transfer, cell block 1138."
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Trevor W Schadt
in Star Wars by Count Ze...@clover.cleaf.
(Lestat) s
> ays:
> >
> >I'm not sure about the movie but in the book Star Wars when Han and
> >Luke knock out the Stormtroopers boarding the Falcon I noticed a THX-1138
> >reference. After the Imperial Commander notices the Stormtroopers away
> >from their posts he tries communicating with one and says the following
> >lines.
> >
> >
>
Um, guys, I hate to burst the bubble here, but in ANH (at least in
my version of it), the Stormtrooper's code is "TK-421," not "THX-1138."
I don't know if that's just my version or whether people are hearing it
wrong, but...
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From the FAQ:
28. What is THX-1138?
Answer: It is 1970 futuristic science-fiction movie starring Robert Duvall,
who plays a character named THX-1138. It was written, directed, and edited
by George Lucas and produced by Francis Ford Coppola. It was adapted from
his first short film that he made at his university.
- THX stands for "Tomlinson Holman's eXperiment" after a friend of Lucas who
invented the THX sound system extensively used by Lucas.
- The name of the movie is also found on Pinky and the Brain's chalkboard in
the Animaniacs animated series.
- THX-138 is on the license plate of a car in another Lucas movie "American
Graffiti".
- Luke says "Prisoner transfer from block 1138" on the Death Star.
- In the novelization of "A New Hope", the stormtrooper whose uniform Luke
wears is designated THX-1138.
- Rieeken says "Send Rouges Ten and Eleven to station three-eight" on Hoth.
- In the children's books by Paul and Hollace Davids, Han Solo prepares for a
party by setting up his THX SuperSound System.
- Noel Nelson reports that a speeder has the license plate THX-1138 at the
Star Tours ride in Disneyland.
- Peter Leyshan reports that THX1138 is the name of a container in the
LucasArts game 'TIE Fighter'. He also reports an uncofirmed sighting of
THX1138 in the movie 'Johnny Mnemonic'.
- THX Sound System can be found at http://www.thx.com/
- There are many more obscure ones, too many to be mentioned here. One
includes a car in a Danish comic that has THX 138 on it.
This FAQ is available via the MIT mail server. Send email to
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send usenet/news.answers/starwars/faq/part1
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--George 'Jake' Tringali
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Richard John
les...@west.darkside.com (Lestat) wrote:
>I'm not sure about the movie but in the book Star Wars when Han and
>Luke knock out the Stormtroopers boarding the Falcon I noticed a THX-1138
>reference. After the Imperial Commander notices the Stormtroopers away
>from their posts he tries communicating with one and says the following
>lines.
>
>IC: THX-1138 whay aren't you at your post? THX-1138 do you copy?
>
>Has Lucas made references to his THX-1138 film in any other films?
Apparently, in Raiders, INDY takes a boat and the registration number is THX
1138 (apparently). I guess it's George's version of Hitchcock's appearing as a
cameo in each film.
Richard John
spa...@asgo.net
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Keith Lee
In Dark Horses's Classic Star Wars: The Early
Adventures #1 on page 2 an Imperial Navy
Officer says, "The THX alert is buzzing, sir!"
to Vader. On the next page Vader proceeds
to walk through a door with a sign reading
"THX" above it.
Brian
: >Luke knock out the Stormtroopers boarding the Falcon I noticed a THX-1138
: >IC: THX-1138 whay aren't you at your post? THX-1138 do you copy?
Exerpt from the rec.arts.sf.starwars FAQ:
29. What is THX-1138?
Answer: It is 1970 futuristic science-fiction movie starring Robert
Duvall, who plays a character named THX-1138. It was written,
directed, and edited by George Lucas and produced by Francis Ford
Coppola. It was adapted from his first short film that he made at
the university.
- THX stands for "Tomlinson Holman's eXperiment" after a friend of
Lucas who invented the THX sound system extensively used by Lucas.
- The name of the movie is also found on Pinky and the Brain's
chalkboard in the Animaniacs animated series.
- THX-138 is on the license plate of a car in another Lucas
movie "American Graffiti".
- Luke says "Prisoner transfer from block 1138" while he
is on the Death Star.
- In the novelization of "A New Hope", the stormtrooper whose
uniform Luke wears is designated THX-1138.
- Rieeken says "Send Rouges Ten and Eleven to station three-eight"
on Hoth.
- In the children's books by Paul and Hollace Davids, Han Solo
prepares for a party by setting up his THX SuperSound System.
- Noel Nelson reports that a speeder has the license plate THX-1138
at the Star Tours ride in Disneyland.
- Peter Leyshan reports that THX1138 is the name of a container in
the LucasArts game 'TIE Fighter'. He also reports an uncofirmed
sighting of THX1138 in the movie 'Johnny Mnemonic'.
- THX Sound System can be found at http://www.thx.com/
- There are many more obscure ones, too many to be mentioned here.
One includes a car in a Danish comic that has THX 138 on it.
Reminder: Always check the FAQ file of a newsgroup before posting a
question or a fact.
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Software Development - Crucial Software
SGUILFOYLE
of Doom passing by a club named the Club Obi-Wan. Well, that is THE club
he was in the entire opening sequence.
But there is a better little thing in the opening sequence to that movie.
The sailor in that rickshaw is the producer of the movie, and the director
and the executive producer are a coubple of Arabs at the airport. The
director being Steven Spielberg, and the exec producer being George Lucas
himself.
And the airport managar is Dan Akroyd.
See what you miss if you don't pay attention.