#(ANAKIN is also a daniel as it's his middle name)

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Family Headcannons (my au) part one:

Skywalker family:

When the empire began testing force sensitive subjects Luke and Leia as well as Ezra Bridger were kidnapped from their caretakers and were aged up several years so their bodies would be easier to brainwash than babies, therefore making them roughly six to seven years older than they actually are

While Rosie is the youngest of the family Rosie is technically older than both twins due to the experiment, a fact she teases them for every now and then

Despite technically being the oldest Luke is the more cautious of his siblings with both Luke and Rosie being the more sassy and outspoken ones

Leia and Sarah are best friends, their similar personalities mean the two get on incredibly well with each other

Luke's favourite school club is robotics club which he does along with Daniel, Sami and James.

Leia's favourite is junior soccer which she does with Sarah, Ezra and Eva

Rose's favourite is arts and crafts

When the Senate dissolved shortly after the rise of the empire Padme got a job as a teacher at the school, Anakin also got a job as a mechanic while also joining the air force with Poe

Poe and Finn are Anakin's best friends and the godparents of the Skywalker kids

Wachowski family:

Cobalt was specially sent to Naboo to be part of the Naboo Navy, this was a speciality case so he could learn to be a good pilot for his squad

While there he additionally got a job as a police officer and met Martha, the two becoming a couple shortly after

The two married shortly before the clone wars with the Bad Batch and Sigma squad as well as 99 in attendance

Cobalt was the only member of the s

bad batch who fought in the battle of Genonosis and this was due to him being part of a standard clone commando squad whilst the bad batch were deployed on a special operatives mission elsewhere

While on leave Cobalt would often head to Naboo to be with Martha and the two were like any other married couple when they were together

Joey was the first of the Wachowski kids to join the family, joining about a year into the clone wars, Daniel joining a few months later

Boba despite being legally adopted by the Wachowskis around the same time as Daniel often drifted around by himself for a while before evantually settling a bit into civilian lifestyle, he still does bounty hunting jobs however

When he first joined the Wachowski family Daniel had a massive inferiority complex due to the way his biological parents and several foster parents had treated him and while this has gone away largely since he joined the Wachowski family, it still pops up every now and then

Joey, Daniel and Boba as well as receiving the Wachowski surname also got legal middle names, Daniel's is Miles, Joey's is Peter and Boba's is Alex

Joey is part of the towns baseball team, meanwhile Daniel is in the robotics club at his school and Boba is part of the archery club along with Omega

Daniel is afraid of lightning and the Wachowski's found this out shortly after he joined them, they tried a few unsuccessful attempts at helping him until Martha found a way

All three have a favourite hot chocolate variant Martha makes specially for them Daniel's is with whipped cream, mini marshmallows, crushed peppermint and a biscuit wafer, Joey's is with cream and caramel sauce with mini fudge pieces on top, Boba's is with a melted chocolate orange inside as well as cream and diced bits of orange on top

Starling family:

Wrecker does most of the cooking with Katie and the kids absolutely loving his home cooked meals, Sarah and James also occasionally help him, mostly when baking things such as cakes and cookies

Katie often styles Cynthia's hair however Wrecker also learned how and despite his much larger hands he is pretty good at it, he actually styled Omega's hair when she first joined the bad batch

As an April fools joke the twins got Wrecker a wig and had Cynthia style it, however the joke backfired as Wrecker wore it everywhere that day to embarrass the three of them

Wrecker became one of the assistant coaches for Sarah's soccer time and the whole team loves him

The whole family love going on fishing and camping trips to the lake district and Sarah and James have an ongoing competition to see who can catch the biggest fish

At Wrecker and Katie's wedding Sarah and Cynthia were flower girls while James was the ring bearer, the two married only a month before the rise of the empire, Crosshair claims he didn't cry during the wedding (he totally did)

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Finch rambles: MSB headcanons

(These are mostly headcanons that @daiohficblog and I have discussed on our Magic School Bus Discord server, but there's a few of my own as well.)

Carlos and Wanda are basically adopted twins, even though they live in different families.

One time, when Wanda was six, her actual older brother (Henry) shut her in one of the grocery store freezers. She was there for several minutes before Carlos found her and got her out. Ever since then, Wanda has hated the cold.

Carlos knows that Wanda and Henry don't get along, but part of him still can't fathom that siblings would fight so often. He's the oldest of three siblings, and they're practically three peas in a pod. Any time he gets into a fight with Mikey and/or Maria, it's usually about something silly.

Phoebe's basically a Disney Princess-- she's a good singer, she's kind, and she has a natural talent for befriending animals. She also names all of the animals she befriends.

The comedy act that Carlos puts on in "Getting Energized" (especially the Terminator impression) is something he came up with to entertain his younger siblings cousins at family gatherings. However, it does not work on a crowd of people who have been waiting god-knows-how-long to ride a Ferris Wheel.

Some of Carlos's other impressions

Darth Vader

New Yorker ("Ayyy, I'm walkin' here!")

The "Do you wear wigs" interview from LOTR

A horrible British accent

An even worse Southern country accent

Donald Duck

Anakin Skywalker's "I hate sand" monologue

Carlos cannot for the life of him play an instrument. However, he is a good singer. (Probably the second-best after Phoebe.) Wanda, on the other hand, thinks she is a good singer, but isn't.

Phoebe is the tallest girl in the class, but also the youngest.

The class's birthdays:

Carlos: October 24

Dorothy Ann: November 13

Wanda: November 20

Tim: December 5

Keesha: January 16

Arnold: February 2

Ralphie: March 15 (Since Ralphie's birthday falls on the Ides of March, it's a family tradition to order pizza from Little Caesar's.)

Phoebe: April 25

Carlos will address Tim by his proper name (Timothy) when he's really worried about him.

Some more name HC's for the kids

Phoebe's middle name is Jane, after her late biological mother.

Mikey's initials (Miguel Costa Ramon) spell out "MCR" which also happens to be one of his favorite bands.

Dorothy Ann goes by her first and middle names combined since she has quite a few family members who share her first name.

Phoebe, Carlos, and Tim all have middle names beginning with the letter "J."

Every single one of the kids have been called by their full names when in trouble.

Name HC's for some of the parents and relatives

Phoebe's dad: Leonard "Len" Terese

Ralphie's mom: Susan Tennelli

Ralphie's grandfather: Peter Tennelli

D.A.'s mom: Katherine Hudson

Carlos's parents: Daniel and Elena Ramon

Phoebe is a natural when it comes to horseback riding-- yet another piece of evidence that she is a Disney Princess.

Tim is the best tree climber out of the whole class. He has almost no fear of heights, and trees are a nice, relaxing place to sit and draw. However, it does worry his parents.

Tim: *just chilling in a pine tree*

Mrs. Wright: Timothy Jamal Wright, you come down here NOW!

Tim: Aw man, why?

Mrs. Wright: I asked you to help set the table half an hour ago! Your dinner's getting cold! Besides, you'll break a bone if you're not careful!

(To this day, Tim has never broken any bones while climbing.)

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i started making an npc post about khya’s siblings... & i got attached to daniel... & now i want to add him as a muse...

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Stargate SG-1: 10 Hidden Details About The Main Characters Everyone Missed

While it didn’t receive the same kind of critical attention as other sci-fi TV shows like the Battlestar Galactica remake, Stargate SG-1 garnered a strong fanbase that kept the series going for ten seasons straight, which, in turn, led to multiple spin-off shows. Its cast was central among the elements that people liked about the show; the boasted solid chemistry and developed very well over the course of the series.

RELATED: The 5 Best Episodes Of Stargate SG: 1 (& 5 Worst)

Despite this, because there were many seasons dedicated to these characters, some details about them either got lost or ignored. Then there are the details that most people missed, some of which are highlighted down below.

10 Henry “Hank” Landry - Served In The Vietnam War

Henry “Hank” Landry became the new commanding officer of Stargate Command from the ninth season of Stargate SG-1 to its last. Originally a Major General for the United States Air Force, Landry’s combat experience dates all the way back to the Vietnam War (which was part of the show’s timeline).

During the conflict, he met the future mother of his daughter Doctor Carolyn Lam, who ended up serving as Stargate Command’s Chief Medical Officer following the passing of Janet Fraiser. Landry had a strained relationship with Carolyn, which eventually healed as they worked together in the Stargate program.

9 George Hammond - Intended To Be Nothing More Than A Stereotype

Before Landry was the commanding officer of Stargate Command, George Hammond was the one in charge, starting from the first season of Stargate SG-1 up until Season 8. Since he was the one assigning missions to the SG-1 team, he could’ve easily been written as a two-dimensional order-barking stereotype, though Hammond’s actor Don S. Davis managed to make the character more humane.

Yet, during the initial writing of Hammond’s character, the director for the pilot episode of Stargate SG-1 “wanted him to be the stereotype,” according to an interview with Davis on GateWorld.  Fortunately, Davis was allowed to go beyond this initial characterization by drawing on his own experiences from the actual Vietnam War.

8 Sha’re - Was Originally Named Sha’uri

Though most of the characters in Stargate SG-1 were original, a few of them came from the Stargate movie made by Roland Emmerich.  Among those characters was Sha’re, a member of a group of Ancient Egyptians that were abducted by the extraterrestrial tyrant Ra thousands of years prior to the movie.

With that said, her name in the movie was actually Sha’uri. It's unclear why her name was changed to Sha’re, though SGCommand claims it may have been done because Michael Shanks (Daniel’s actor on the show) had a hard time pronouncing Sha’uri’s name.

7 Vala Mal Doran - Introduced As A One-Time Villain

Besides Sha’re/Sha’uri, the original Stargate movie hardly had any female characters.  In stark contrast, Stargate SG-1 had a lot of female characters, whose roles varied in significance.  

RELATED: The 10 Most Powerful Weapons In Stargate SG-1, Ranked

One of the more popular was Vala Mal Doran, a mysterious humanoid female with former ties to the Goa’uld alien race. According to one of Stargate SG-1’s writers, Damian Kindler, he originally envisioned Vala as “a Lando Calrissian” type of character.  This is why she appeared as a space-faring thief in her debut episode “Prometheus Unbound.”

6 Cameron “Shaft” Mitchell - Nickname Is A Shortened Version Of The Word “Camshaft”

Following the temporary departure of certain characters such as Jack O’Neill and Samantha “Sam” Carter in later seasons, several new characters were brought into Stargate SG-1, including Vala Mal Doran and Cameron “Shaft” Mitchell. 

His nickname “Shaft” brings to mind a certain iconic character who also goes by that name, but there's a simple reason behind it. It’s actually short for the word “camshaft,” in reference to Cameron's talents.

5 Jonas Quinn - Is More Evolved Than An Earth Human

A member of the human-like Langaran race of extra-terrestrials, Jonas Quinn joined the SG-1 team during the middle seasons of Stargate SG-1.  Originally a scientist, Jonas’ main ability was being able to memorize things faster than a normal human.

While there’s debate over whether this trait existed in Langarans in general or not, it was implied in the episode “Metamorphosis” that Jonas was more 'advanced' than humans from Earth when a Goa’uld scientist named Nirrti scanned him.  However, this plot point wasn’t further developed in the show, adding to the mystery of Jonas’ unusual ability.

4 Teal’c of Chulak - Star Wars Is One Of His Favorite Movies From Earth

One of the Stargate SG-1 characters who stuck around the longest, Teal’c of Chulak was a member of the Jaffa: genetically modified humans created by the Goa’uld to serve them and incubate the parasitic symbiotes they rely on.  After Teal’c’s defection from the Goa’uld, he became a permanent member of the SG-1 team and played a major role in the Jaffa Rebellion.

Apart from being tough and stoic, Teal’c has his quirky elements, such as being a fan of certain movies made on Earth, like Star Wars.  Now, he doesn’t specify which movie is his favorite, though a subtle reference to Darth Vader/Anakin means he must have watched the 'first' installment, The Phantom Menace, which came out two years after Stargate SG-1 first aired in 1997.

3 Samantha Carter - Is Able To Sense Goa’uld Symbiotes

Much like Starbuck from the Battlestar Galactica remake, Samantha “Sam” Carter is a tough female military officer who is respected by her male peers and tries to get the job done no matter what.  As a result, she was one of the most popular characters on Stargate SG-1.

RELATED: BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: STARBUCK'S 10 MOST BADASS QUOTES

Apart from her military prowess, she also possessed unusual abilities after she was temporarily taken over by a symbiote of the Tok’ra. This briefly gave her the power to sense Goa’uld symbiotes nearby, as well as use their technology.

2 Daniel Jackson - Can Speak 23 Languages

Another character that originally appeared in the Stargate movie, Doctor Daniel Jackson arguably underwent the most change in terms of his character as the Stargate SG-1 series progressed. Initially portrayed as a nerdy scientist, Daniel’s main skill is his ability to interpret alien languages, due to having extensive knowledge of those spoken on Earth.

In fact, during the episode “1969,” where the SG-1 team find themselves stuck in that very year and have to find a way to get back to their own time, he claims to know 23 languages in total.  This skill didn’t get much focus, though, as Daniel became less nerdy and more action-oriented.

1 Jack O’Neill - Haunted By The Loss Of His Son

Originally played by Kurt Russell, Jonathan “Jack” O’Neill went from being the secondary protagonist in the Stargate movie to arguably the main protagonist in Stargate SG-1 ,where he was played by Richard Dean Anderson instead. One element that transitioned between the movie and the show was the guilt he felt over his son’s death.

In the movie, it’s revealed early on that Jack’s son found a gun of his father's and accidentally shot himself with it.  His whole character arc in the movie revolved around his coming to terms with this tragedy, in relation to liberating Sha’uri/Sha’re’s people from Ra.  This element continued into the show, where certain episodes focused on it.

NEXT: Stargate: The 10 Deadliest Villains The SG-1 Crew Has Ever Faced

source https://screenrant.com/stargate-facts-details-trivia-main-cast/

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Are you freaking out? Because we’re freaking out.

At Star Wars Celebration Chicago, J.J. Abrams, Kathleen Kennedy and the cast of Star Wars Episode IX blessed us with a title, a teaser, and some very coy answers to host Stephen Colbert’s questions.

The first questions were about filling the void that Carrie Fisher left upon her death in 2016, but Abrams said that rather than CGI her or have someone else play her (because obviously, you can’t), they found a way to make extra footage from The Force Awakens work. “What if we could write scenes around her?”

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Abrams also revealed that Episode IX picks up a few years after The Last Jedi. How much time, they were a little cagey on, but it sounds like three years or more. But our merry band of heroes go on an adventure together, so they won’t be separated like they were in TLJ.

After Colbert realized he wasn’t getting any specific answers about the movie from J.J. and Kathleen, he tossed away his questions sheet and brought out the cast! Anthony Daniels and R2-D2 came out and Daniels gave us the almost title of his book (coming out tomorrow at Celebration!): Telling the Odds. Apparently, however, his publisher thought it wouldn’t be understood worldwide, but we’ll have to wait ’til tomorrow to find out the real one.

Anthony Daniels as C3PO though the years.

Then Billy Dee Williams came out and man was it good to see him. His voice is still like molasses and he seems thrilled to be Lando again. “Lando never left me.” And he wears the yellow Gordon Gartell shirt!

Billy Dee Williams returns as Lando Calrissian.

We were then introduced to Naomi Ackie, who plays a mysterious (to us, because they didn’t tell us anything about her) character named Jannah. All we know is that her hair is GORGEOUS and she may or may not be related to Lando. “Lando is a very charming man, so he could have children all over the universe, that’s all I’m saying.” Whoever Jannah is, she looks like a BOSS. (Also, does her outfit remind anyone of a certain former Millennium Falcon owner?)

The rest of the cast were also as tight-lipped as expected, but we learned that Finn gets his own look (no more borrowing his boyfriend’s jacket), Poe has a Very Rick O’Connell look about him with his new scarf, Rey may have read those Jedi texts she pilfered from Ahch-to, and Kylo Ren won’t be shirtless again (to the disappointment of a good portion of the crowd).

Rey has a stick… But Luke’s lightsaber “still lives,” Ridley said.

This scarf is really working, Poe. REALLY working.

Everyone’s favorite emo Dark Prince may not be our biggest concern…

Finn’s hair is also luxuriating.

Our girl Kelly Marie Tran got the huge cheer she SO deserves and teared up! (#RallyforRose)

We don’t get any answers on whether Rose joins the group on their upcoming adventure or how she’s doing after her coma or if love of her life Finn chooses her (or one his many other suitors), but we confirm that she has scenes with Rey! (Please pass Bechdel, please pass Bechdel, please pass Bechdel.)

Look at KMT’s delightful laugh!

Joonas Suotamo spoke about continuing the great Peter Mayhew’s legacy and bringing his son — dressed as an Ewok! — to set (to the delight of everyone, but especially Daisy Ridley). Then we met the new droid D0, BB-8’s newest pal, and then it was off to the races. And by races I mean our hearts were racing as the trailer sent us all into a tizzy.

What do you think of today’s Star Wars Celebration reveals? Who is the Skywalker that rises (my money is on Palpatine — never forget his conversation with Anakin in Revenge of the Sith)? How can a Skywalker rise when it’s the “end” of the nine-film Skywalker Saga?! What new Jedi powers will Rey display, beyond outstanding acrobatics while wielding a lightsaber? Who does Finn choose to share his heart with? It’s the middle of a war, but we all need love…

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker will blast into theaters in December.

Get Ready for the #TheRiseofSkywalker — #StarWarsCelebration #EpisodeIX recap by @ConStar24 Are you freaking out? Because we're freaking out.

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Notes: Weapon of a Jedi, Pt. 2

WARNING: These notes will completely spoil The Weapon of a Jedi. If you haven’t read it, stop and go here.

(Here’s the first installment of the notes.)

Part Two

I wanted Luke’s time on Devaron to feel like a fairy tale, with a simple, linear progression and a dreamlike quality – and to feature him going (literally) into the woods, as one must in such stories.

So the second part of the book begins with a dream that gives Luke a clue about how to get into the Temple of Eedit. Except Luke isn’t himself – he’s a Nautolan who can breathe water. Awakening in the middle of the night, he sees the moons and stars in Devaron’s night sky match their positions in his dream – proof that the Force is at work.

To reach the Jedi temple Luke needs a guide – but the ruins are forbidden and supposedly haunted, and no one will go there. He almost hires Farnay, the teenaged daughter of the Devaronian secretly fixing Luke’s Y-wing, but there’s no way her lone packbeast can carry the two of them, let alone the droids and their gear. Only one guide is both willing and able to take Luke – a solitary Melitto named Sarco Plank, who’s nicknamed the Scavenger and has a grim reputation.

Originally, Farnay had a larger role in the story -- she was Luke’s guide, with the Scavenger only showing up in the final chapters after following Luke from Giju. But my editor Michael Siglain thought that Sarco needed to show up earlier, and it would be more interesting if the reader didn’t know quite what to make of him at first.

It was a good call. The tension between Luke and Sarco gave the journey into the woods a heightened sense of danger, Sarco fit the fairy-tale archetype of an uncanny guide better than the good-hearted Farnay, and I found Sarco more interesting as an antagonist damaged by loneliness and bitterness. Even better, Luke saw that in Sarco and pitied him – an appropriate reflection for a gentle action hero.

Both Sarco and his packbeasts were ticketed to be The Force Awakens Easter eggs. Since the details would be filled in later, I tried to write Sarco and his beasts essentially as blanks, but found the writing stalled – skipping over descriptions and interactions threw me out of the rhythms I needed to work. So I fleshed out both guide and creature, even though I knew whatever I came up with would have to change.

“Temporary Sarco” was a scarred Devaronian – the name “Sarco” was a play on “sarcoma.” His mounts, meanwhile, were eyeless, segmented insects that I named diplopods, whose movements and sounds left Luke (and me) faintly nauseated.

The mounts became The Force Awakens’ happabores, but I’d grown attached to my diplopods and was sad to lose them. Fortunately, I saw a chance to resurrect them for The Secret Academy, which meant I also got to blow one apart, complete with a really nasty description of bug innards and poor Zare Leonis drenched in green goop.  

The creature switcheroo had a happy ending, but Sarco proved more challenging. The “casting choice” for Sarco came down to two The Force Awakens aliens: a hulking brute and an insectile biped without a face. The brute looked like he’d squash Luke in a fight, so I expressed my preference for the insect.

The brute showed up in Maz’s castle sporting the name Grummgar, while Sarco picked up a last name – Plank -- from Story Group and appeared onscreen in Niima Outpost. Or at least he did for a split-second or two. His lack of screen time definitely counts as a Star Wars first-world problem: yeah, I was a little disappointed, but I forgot about it the first time I went to Target and saw a Sarco Plank figure. I mean, if you could have told my nine-year-old self that one day he’d get to name half a Star Wars figure, he’d have been amazed that anything in his future could be that cool. My 46-year-old self had pretty much the same reaction.  

Still, Sarco presented a problem – he didn’t have eyes or facial expressions, which made me realize how much I rely on those things in describing the interplay between people. After some thought, I invented a library of reactions for Sarco that both Luke and the reader would learn to interpret.

Sarco’s “page time” came at the expense of Farnay, but rethinking her place in the story made the role stronger. In both versions of Weapon, Farnay gave us valuable exposition about the village of Tikaroo and the damage the Empire had done to it. With Sarco taking over the role of guide, the reader got that information earlier. And by having Farnay decide to follow Sarco, I made her a more active character that readers would root for.

But the biggest challenge came once I got Luke into the temple and it was just him and his training. I had the droids to make mostly unhelpful comments, and I could use Obi-Wan’s voice a bit, but a long stretch of the book would be essentially Luke grappling with the Force. At least Irvin Kershner had Frank Oz and Yoda!

Those scenes depended on an understanding of how the Force worked, how the Jedi were able to do the things they do, and about the apparent paradox of their affecting their surroundings while letting go.

Thinking about that led me to Yoda’s words: it’s life that creates the Force and makes it grow. A Jedi in tune with the Force can feel it surrounding him or her, ready to take over once the Jedi lets go and trusts it. That was the lesson Luke would learn. Not completely -- he needed his time on Dagobah for that -- but enough to make the kind of breakthrough Yoda could build on.

I decided it would help the storytelling to break the lesson in two: awareness of the Force, followed by learning to surrender to it. For the first part, I settled on a simple test (pulling a lever Luke couldn’t touch) and a lesson from nature (the sapdrinker that lands on Luke’s hand).

Luke’s breakthrough comes when he admires the insect and feels its energy in the Force, then extends his awareness and grasps that he’s surrounded by the Force created by life, from the pikhrons and the birds to the microscopic creatures in the air and on the face of the pillar and the lever. Luke can’t sense the lever itself – it’s inert rock – but he can locate it by tracing the life covering it, and the Force energy generated by that life. The lever, essentially, is an emptiness in the Force that Luke moves by interacting with the living things around it.

There was no big action scene – just an insect tickling Luke’s arm, a moment of realization and a hand gesture. And it was only half of Luke’s breakthrough. But once I had it worked out it was a pretty satisfying section to write.

Notes from Part Two:

The Nautolan Jedi from Luke’s dream isn’t Kit Fisto, but Knox. Knox is Halsey’s Padawan, cut down by Savage Opress at the Temple of Eedit in the Clone Wars episode “Monster.”

Luke being unable to swim is a reference to what may be the oldest Star Wars continuity debate: in Marvel #15 Leia can swim but Luke can’t, while in Splinter of the Mind’s Eye the situation is reversed. I always thought the former made more sense. Luke took swimming lessons on Tatooine? Really? Where, when and most glaringly why?

As noted in Part One, Eedit was always envisioned as the temple where Luke would train. I enjoyed thinking about how the villagers of Tikaroo would remember the Jedi and the skirmish at the temple. Farnay’s retelling is a distorted recollection, warped by both time and a diet of Imperial propaganda.

I loved writing dialogue for Threepio, who’s never encountered a situation he can’t make about himself. When I had trouble with a line I’d close my eyes and recite it in Anthony Daniels’ voice, tinkering with it until it worked. And then I’d think, “I can’t believe I get paid to do this.”

Eedit and Devaron appeared not only in “Monster” but also in “Act on Instinct,” a 2009 webcomic written by Pablo Hidalgo in which clones destroy a dam to wipe out a droid attack force. Luke dreams of the reservoir created by the dam, and he spots the remnants of the construction while walking through the river valley with Sarco and the droids.

In hindsight, Artoo’s flippant suggestion that Threepio switch heads with a battle droid was a little much, but I was playing with an idea I’ve always loved: what does it mean that something’s in Artoo’s memory? Does Artoo reminisce, or are old memories only accessed when some new input makes them relevant? And what does an astromech consider relevant, anyway? There’s a great story in there that I hope gets told one day.

I wrote a section where the droids discovered a damaged recording showing parts of the Eedit battle, but it was essentially Luke stopping to watch TV. It was more powerful for him to understand what had been lost by exploring the ruins and using the Force. That scene was replaced with the discovery of the frieze in the hall. At least in the first printing, there’s a stray reference to the recording. 

The recording included snippet of a meeting including several Jedi, among them Obi-Wan and Anakin – but Luke only saw his father from behind. Entertaining, but it felt like toying with both the protagonist and the reader. Cutting it was the right decision.

Luke remembering basic stances, the four defensive posture and using the lightsaber as a focus came from Brian Daley’s A New Hope radio drama – Obi-Wan teaches him these lessons aboard the Millennium Falcon on the way to Alderaan.

The idea of Luke fighting multiple remotes was considered for Empire, and there’s a scene in the Donald F. Glut novelization where Luke ably fights two remotes only to stop smiling when another two join the exercise – a scene I remembered as a kid, and a concept that was part of the outline from the very beginning. We discussed revisiting another scene from the novelization in which Yoda tosses a metal bar into the air for Luke to slash apart with his saber, but the staging was awkward and it undermined the simple progression from the temple to the lever to the remotes.

Next: The ghost of duels past, a troublesome rock formation and the further adventures of Farnay. All right here!

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Stargate SG-1: 10 Hidden Details About The Main Characters Everyone Missed

While it didn’t receive the same kind of critical attention as other sci-fi TV shows like the Battlestar Galactica remake, Stargate SG-1 garnered a strong fanbase that kept the series going for ten seasons straight, which, in turn, led to multiple spin-off shows. Its cast was central among the elements that people liked about the show; the boasted solid chemistry and developed very well over the course of the series.

RELATED: The 5 Best Episodes Of Stargate SG: 1 (& 5 Worst)

Despite this, because there were many seasons dedicated to these characters, some details about them either got lost or ignored. Then there are the details that most people missed, some of which are highlighted down below.

10 Henry “Hank” Landry - Served In The Vietnam War

Henry “Hank” Landry became the new commanding officer of Stargate Command from the ninth season of Stargate SG-1 to its last. Originally a Major General for the United States Air Force, Landry’s combat experience dates all the way back to the Vietnam War (which was part of the show’s timeline).

During the conflict, he met the future mother of his daughter Doctor Carolyn Lam, who ended up serving as Stargate Command’s Chief Medical Officer following the passing of Janet Fraiser. Landry had a strained relationship with Carolyn, which eventually healed as they worked together in the Stargate program.

9 George Hammond - Intended To Be Nothing More Than A Stereotype

Before Landry was the commanding officer of Stargate Command, George Hammond was the one in charge, starting from the first season of Stargate SG-1 up until Season 8. Since he was the one assigning missions to the SG-1 team, he could’ve easily been written as a two-dimensional order-barking stereotype, though Hammond’s actor Don S. Davis managed to make the character more humane.

Yet, during the initial writing of Hammond’s character, the director for the pilot episode of Stargate SG-1 “wanted him to be the stereotype,” according to an interview with Davis on GateWorld.  Fortunately, Davis was allowed to go beyond this initial characterization by drawing on his own experiences from the actual Vietnam War.

8 Sha’re - Was Originally Named Sha’uri

Though most of the characters in Stargate SG-1 were original, a few of them came from the Stargate movie made by Roland Emmerich.  Among those characters was Sha’re, a member of a group of Ancient Egyptians that were abducted by the extraterrestrial tyrant Ra thousands of years prior to the movie.

With that said, her name in the movie was actually Sha’uri. It's unclear why her name was changed to Sha’re, though SGCommand claims it may have been done because Michael Shanks (Daniel’s actor on the show) had a hard time pronouncing Sha’uri’s name.

7 Vala Mal Doran - Introduced As A One-Time Villain

Besides Sha’re/Sha’uri, the original Stargate movie hardly had any female characters.  In stark contrast, Stargate SG-1 had a lot of female characters, whose roles varied in significance.  

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One of the more popular was Vala Mal Doran, a mysterious humanoid female with former ties to the Goa’uld alien race. According to one of Stargate SG-1’s writers, Damian Kindler, he originally envisioned Vala as “a Lando Calrissian” type of character.  This is why she appeared as a space-faring thief in her debut episode “Prometheus Unbound.”

6 Cameron “Shaft” Mitchell - Nickname Is A Shortened Version Of The Word “Camshaft”

Following the temporary departure of certain characters such as Jack O’Neill and Samantha “Sam” Carter in later seasons, several new characters were brought into Stargate SG-1, including Vala Mal Doran and Cameron “Shaft” Mitchell. 

His nickname “Shaft” brings to mind a certain iconic character who also goes by that name, but there's a simple reason behind it. It’s actually short for the word “camshaft,” in reference to Cameron's talents.

5 Jonas Quinn - Is More Evolved Than An Earth Human

A member of the human-like Langaran race of extra-terrestrials, Jonas Quinn joined the SG-1 team during the middle seasons of Stargate SG-1.  Originally a scientist, Jonas’ main ability was being able to memorize things faster than a normal human.

While there’s debate over whether this trait existed in Langarans in general or not, it was implied in the episode “Metamorphosis” that Jonas was more 'advanced' than humans from Earth when a Goa’uld scientist named Nirrti scanned him.  However, this plot point wasn’t further developed in the show, adding to the mystery of Jonas’ unusual ability.

4 Teal’c of Chulak - Star Wars Is One Of His Favorite Movies From Earth

One of the Stargate SG-1 characters who stuck around the longest, Teal’c of Chulak was a member of the Jaffa: genetically modified humans created by the Goa’uld to serve them and incubate the parasitic symbiotes they rely on.  After Teal’c’s defection from the Goa’uld, he became a permanent member of the SG-1 team and played a major role in the Jaffa Rebellion.

Apart from being tough and stoic, Teal’c has his quirky elements, such as being a fan of certain movies made on Earth, like Star Wars.  Now, he doesn’t specify which movie is his favorite, though a subtle reference to Darth Vader/Anakin means he must have watched the 'first' installment, The Phantom Menace, which came out two years after Stargate SG-1 first aired in 1997.

3 Samantha Carter - Is Able To Sense Goa’uld Symbiotes

Much like Starbuck from the Battlestar Galactica remake, Samantha “Sam” Carter is a tough female military officer who is respected by her male peers and tries to get the job done no matter what.  As a result, she was one of the most popular characters on Stargate SG-1.

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Apart from her military prowess, she also possessed unusual abilities after she was temporarily taken over by a symbiote of the Tok’ra. This briefly gave her the power to sense Goa’uld symbiotes nearby, as well as use their technology.

2 Daniel Jackson - Can Speak 23 Languages

Another character that originally appeared in the Stargate movie, Doctor Daniel Jackson arguably underwent the most change in terms of his character as the Stargate SG-1 series progressed. Initially portrayed as a nerdy scientist, Daniel’s main skill is his ability to interpret alien languages, due to having extensive knowledge of those spoken on Earth.

In fact, during the episode “1969,” where the SG-1 team find themselves stuck in that very year and have to find a way to get back to their own time, he claims to know 23 languages in total.  This skill didn’t get much focus, though, as Daniel became less nerdy and more action-oriented.

1 Jack O’Neill - Haunted By The Loss Of His Son

Originally played by Kurt Russell, Jonathan “Jack” O’Neill went from being the secondary protagonist in the Stargate movie to arguably the main protagonist in Stargate SG-1 ,where he was played by Richard Dean Anderson instead. One element that transitioned between the movie and the show was the guilt he felt over his son’s death.

In the movie, it’s revealed early on that Jack’s son found a gun of his father's and accidentally shot himself with it.  His whole character arc in the movie revolved around his coming to terms with this tragedy, in relation to liberating Sha’uri/Sha’re’s people from Ra.  This element continued into the show, where certain episodes focused on it.

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