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A New Hope: The RePlanet Sessions 2022 is this weekend! Sunday Oct 2.

Hear discussion on environmental issues from a range of great speakers. 🧵

Registration is still open to attend virtually.
replanet.ngo/post/a-new-hop…

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Mark Lynas (@mark_lynas), environmental writer, on RePlanet.

What is it, and why does it exist?

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Patricia Nanteza (@PatNanteza), Associate Director for Africa, Alliance for Science, on GMOs in Africa.
How can we make sure African countries speak for themselves on the issue of GMOs, and how can we stand up for science across the continent?

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Yes. #ObiWanKenobi show has changed #StarWars #ANewHope #ANH slightly, it doesn't change the undergirding of ANH, it's a nuanced addition.

In the books, only a few people knew #DarthVader was #AnakinSkywalker. Some #Jedi figured it out. #Thrawn figured it out like c'mon dude.
#GrandMoffTarkin sorted it out or someone told him, I forget. Of course, the #Emperor knew that #DarthVader = #AnakinSkywalker. #AhsokaTano found out. #ObiWanKenobi discovered it was true in the show.
#Reva knew. Here's the clincher - did the babies know? Did Luke and Leia really know? Did #DarthVader know that Luke & Leia were his kids? NO! That's not going to change from the OT. Ever. That's the rule.
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ÂżFue censurada #StarWars en Chile, dado que se estrenĂł en dictadura? La respuesta es si y va para todos los que alegan que no hay que politizarlo todo. Sorry, pero todo es polĂ­tica, desde lo que comes a la ropa que usas. Como sea. Para las versiones dobladas y subtituladas de >
> Chile, Argentina y Paraguay se usó el mismo molde base de la España post franquista, evitando conceptos como "democracia" o "senado" y se cambió la idea de "religión Jedi" por "fe Jedi". Además, de acuerdo al especial de la revista #Rumbo (suplemento juvenil de La Tercera) q >
> fue el medio oficial de #ElImperioContraataca, la Alianza Rebelde eran solo Los Rebeldes a los que definía como " aliados de la princesa Leia, legítima heredera del trono Imperial usurpado por el actual Emperador". Pero tal vez lo más gráfico fue que en 1985/86, cuando en >
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Star Wars Mythbusters
Darth Vader is from the German (or Dutch) for “Dark Father”
1. “General Vader/Imperial Commander” appears on an early-1974 list of potential character names by George Lucas
(screenshots from @jwrinzler’s essential Making of #StarWars book series)
2. “Darth Vader, a tall, grim-looking general” appears in the May 1974 The #StarWars rough draft
3. Darth Vader is not Luke Skywalker’s father until the April 1, 1978 second draft of #EmpireStrikesBack
4. “Darth” doesn’t mean anything in Dutch or German
MYTH BUSTED
Star Wars Mythbusters
Imperial AT-AT walkers in #EmpireStrikesBack were inspired by Oakland container cranes
1. In late-1977, @ILMVFX art director Joe Johnston proposed a two-legged walking tank to replace wheeled or treaded tank concepts for the Hoth battle
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