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WildCard !!

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May 20, 1992, 2:45:45 PM5/20/92
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I set my VCR on "repeat" and managed to transcribe Greedo's Conversation
with Han. I didn't include Han's side because I didn't feel like typing
it out.

DISCLAIMER: This is what I thought I heard when I went over it over and over
and over and over (ad nauseum), so if anyone disagrees on whether or not
that's *actually* what Greedo said then keep it to yourself. I don't wanna
hear it. ;)

------------------------------------

Greedo: Oota-goota, Solo? [Going somewhere, Solo?]

Han:.....

G: Soam peeta-lay, [ It's too late, ]
EE mal-ai tran tee-tachk-ma gee-ghkeet'na. [You should have paid him when
you had the chance.]

H:......

G: Jabba wa-neen-chi chko-ka [Jabba's put a price on your head so
a noo-ee shah-nee trai-tran-a-ee large every bounty hunter in the
wan-ya rooska. heh heh heh galaxy will be looking for you.hehe]

H:......

G: Chaski nya wich-yootzoo. [ I'm lucky I found you first. ]

H:.....

G: El chai-ya chkoolka in-tai [ If you give it to me I might forget
cool-a-coo-soo-a. I found you. ]

H:....

G: (interupting) Tsee-na hai chee-kee! [ Jabba's through with you! ]

H:....

G: So chkool ROOL ya pool ya-ya ool-ra [ He has no use for smugglers who
si pachki chka coo-shoo-koo poo-yoo-wa drop their shipments at the first
twee-pee. sign of an Imperial cruiser. ]

H:....

G: KTRA! Jabba POO pa coom-PAK ni [ You can tell that to Jabba, he may
ACHKat AN-pa! only take your ship! ]

H:.....

G: Oochlay yoo-ma... [ That's the idea... ]

H:.....

G: Chess bookoo-too ta chkeest-a [ I've been looking forward to this
CHKREN-ko, ya ol-chka. for a long time. ]

H:...... (insert blaster fire and one dead bounty hunter)


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Well there you have it. Use it wisely.... :)

- WildCard !!

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Richard Pieri/Stainless Steel Rat

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May 20, 1992, 4:42:38 PM5/20/92
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Yeesh! The least you could have done was include Solo's lines! :-)

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Gregory A. Martin

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May 20, 1992, 8:01:12 PM5/20/92
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wild...@nevada.edu ( WildCard !!) writes:
>I set my VCR on "repeat" and managed to transcribe Greedo's Conversation
>with Han. I didn't include Han's side because I didn't feel like typing
>it out.
>DISCLAIMER: This is what I thought I heard when I went over it over and over
>and over and over (ad nauseum), so if anyone disagrees on whether or not
>that's *actually* what Greedo said then keep it to yourself. I don't wanna
>hear it. ;)

[phonetic transcription deleted]

>Well there you have it. Use it wisely.... :)

> - WildCard !!
>+------------------- wild...@redrock.nevada.edu ----------------------+

Here's an interesting quote from the Star Wars Official Poster Monthly
Issue Twelve from an article entitled "The Sound Master" about Ben Burtt:

"The words of Greedo for instance, the alien who threatens Solo in the bar
at the Mos Eisley spaceport, and that of the bug-eyed golden robot in the
sandcrawler, were basically the Peruvian Incan language, spoken by a
linguistics expert and just phased electronically to give the voice a
strange quality."

There you have it, for all you Greedo fans. Anyone out there know the
Peruvian Incan language? It would be interesting to find out if the spoken
dialog matches the subtitles.

Greg Martin
g-ma...@uiuc.edu

Gorsuch JDN

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May 21, 1992, 12:47:24 PM5/21/92
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In the program 'From Star Wars To Jedi : Making Of A Saga' shown in
UK a few years ago we see an interview with the guy who 'invents'
the Star Wars languages, he says ' we take interesting sounds from
languages such as Swahili and Chinese and string them together, there
is no attempt to make them literal ', so I doubt that Greedo's speech,
or even Jabba's actually means anything.

Unless you read 'Hitch-Hikers Guide To The Galaxy', when Arthur
Dent's remark 'I'm having serious problems with my lifestyle' falls
through a time warp and emerges at a peace conference, unfortunately
in the language of one of the warring species it is a deadly insult,
starting an intergalactic war.

Jon


Stephen Ch Litterst

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May 21, 1992, 11:24:59 PM5/21/92
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In article <11...@ecs.soton.ac.uk> jdn...@ecs.soton.ac.uk (Gorsuch JDN) writes:
>
> In the program 'From Star Wars To Jedi : Making Of A Saga' shown in
>UK a few years ago we see an interview with the guy who 'invents'
>the Star Wars languages, he says ' we take interesting sounds from
>languages such as Swahili and Chinese and string them together, there
>is no attempt to make them literal ', so I doubt that Greedo's speech,
>or even Jabba's actually means anything.
>
Actually, most serious directors, such as George, tend to hire linguists to
develop some sort of "pidgin" language. I know that this was done for the
Star Trek series' and movies' and at least for the Ewok language in Jedi.
Steve
kyr...@bach.udel.edu

Richard D Dietz

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May 26, 1992, 10:25:33 PM5/26/92
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Subject: Re: Wierd thing
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References: <1992Apr24.1...@midway.uchicago.edu> <43cv9=h...@rpi.edu> <92116.104...@psuvm.psu.edu>
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In article <92116.104...@psuvm.psu.edu> EAO...@psuvm.psu.edu (Ernie Oporto) writes:
>In article <43cv9=h...@rpi.edu>, cle...@aix.rpi.edu (Paul Jason Clegg) says:
>>I remember that! I think it was an Imperial Troop Transport; the only
>>place I ever saw it was in a Sears Wishbook Christmas catalogue. I think
>>it was one of those "Sears-only" products...
>
>Definitely not....I forget where I got mine, but there were no Sears stores
>near my house when I was a kid. I got the dark grey model with the sound
>effects. This was one of my favorites. I could have sworn there was a
>picture from the movie on the box and I think I remember seeing it when I
>was a kid in the scene where the stormtroopers were checking the doors for
>the droids.
>

I always thought this was weird, but the rebels had one on Hoth.
If you look closely in one of the shots inside the base you'll
see it.

-Dick Dietz (rdd...@eng.uiowa.edu)

Richard D Dietz

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In article <1992May14....@uwm.edu> ma...@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Mark William Hopkins) writes:
>In article <1992Apr30....@wam.umd.edu> myle...@next01pg2.wam.umd.edu (Alan Brady Ward) writes:
>>What I heard a while back is that Lucas is waiting for computer technology
>>to get to where he wants it before starting on anymore SW trilogies.
>>
>>My hope/guess is he won't need wait that much longer (if T2 is any
>>indication).
>>
>>Al
>
>Episode III is the Bane of the Jedi. It is a seriously written tragedy and
>romance set in the waning years of the Republic immediately following the
>Jedi victory in the Clone Wars dealing with the rise of a young, newly married
>and ambitious Jedi hotshot named Anakin Skywalker.
> :
> : (Much deleted)
> :
>the Famous First Scene of the rebel ship being pursued by the huge imperial
>star ship is reenacted, and the story ends with the quote "A New Hope."

Where did this "Bane of the Jedi" stuff come from!?!?! I must
have missed something. If it's another script, please e-mail it
to me! Can anyone expand on this...

Thanks in advance,
Dick Dietz (rdd...@eng.uiowa.edu)

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