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Captain Kirk – 2008

June 26, 2008 By: Thor Category: Culture, Politics, Sci-fi No Comments →

I had almost forgotten about this episode. Are the meaning of those words becoming diluted and forgotten?

COOL!

July 13, 2007 By: Thor Category: Humor, Sci-fi No Comments →

Some years ago I had a major project that I was involved in and we were looking for a team building event. So, we took the entire team off to see Star Wars Episode 2 when it was first released, then all migrated over for various other team building events after wards.

The following week some of the guys got together and associated characters from the movie to my team. It was kind of arbitratily done. The guys wouldn’t tell me who the selected for me though, I had to drag it out of them. It’s the same now through this quiz as it was then. AND IT IS STILL JUST AS COOL!!!

Which Revenge of the Sith Character are you?
created with QuizFarm.com
You scored as Yoda

Yoda
81%
Mace Windu
58%
Anakin Skywalker
56%
Obi Wan Kenobi
53%
R2-D2
53%
Clone Trooper
47%
General Grievous
44%
C-3PO
31%
Emperor Palpatine
31%
Chewbacca
28%
Darth Vader
25%
Padme Amidala
19%

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