{"id":633,"date":"2007-08-28T18:51:05","date_gmt":"2007-08-28T23:51:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/?p=633"},"modified":"2007-08-29T05:28:34","modified_gmt":"2007-08-29T10:28:34","slug":"like-he-needs-_help_-making-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/08\/28\/like-he-needs-_help_-making-money\/","title":{"rendered":"Like he needs _help_ making money?!?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/aralani\/396065205\/in\/set-72157594237045286\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/183\/396065205_d2d086ca5b_d.jpg?w=450\" alt=\"Imperial Green by Ar'alani\" vspace='10' data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThere are many things George Lucas might need assistance with, but I wouldn&#8217;t have thought that making money was one of them.   Someone, however, apparently believes that the the federal government should be in the business of providing him with even <em>more<\/em> publicity for his mighty <em>Star Wars<\/em> empire.<\/p>\n<p>If the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scifi.com\/scifiwire\/index.php?category=0&#038;id=43631\">reports are to be believed<\/a>,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nThe original prop of Luke Skywalker&#8217;s lightsaber from the first Star Wars movie will be sent into space aboard the space shuttle Discovery in October to commemorate the film franchise&#8217;s 30th anniversary, according to a joint announcement from Lucasfilm, the Space Center Houston and Southwest Airlines on Aug. 27.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This is complete with all sorts of palaver, including someone in a Chewbacca suit handing the thing over to the astronaut, and an honor guard of storm troopers and a caravan of gas guzzling monsters.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/aralani\/\">Ar&#8217;alani<\/a> for the photo, and <a href=\"http:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/SubEvilBoy\/\">Sub-Evil Boy<\/a> for the pointer (via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.g4tv.com\/thefeed\/blog\/post\/678844\/Lukes_Saber_Headed_For_Space.html\">G4&#8217;s The Feed<\/a>).<\/p>\nNo tag for this post.\n\t<h4>Related posts<\/h4>\n\t<ul class=\"st-related-posts\">\n\t<li>No related posts.<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are many things George Lucas might need assistance with, but I wouldn&#8217;t have thought that making money was one of them. Someone, however, apparently believes that the the federal government should be in the business of providing him with even more publicity for his mighty Star Wars empire. If the reports are to be &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/08\/28\/like-he-needs-_help_-making-money\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Like he needs _help_ making money?!?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p90sy-ad","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":524,"url":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/03\/23\/524\/","url_meta":{"origin":633,"position":0},"title":"I&#8217;m so glad they filled that gap&#8230;","author":"Nic McPhee","date":"23 Mar 07","format":false,"excerpt":"Wookieepedia 46,273 articles since March 4, 2005 The Star Wars encyclopedia that anyone can edit. 'nuff bloody well said. I blame PeeZed for the pointer - he has so much to answer for!","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Computing&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Computing","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/category\/computing\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":809,"url":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2008\/03\/01\/never-were-truer-words-spoken\/","url_meta":{"origin":633,"position":1},"title":"Never were truer words spoken","author":"Nic McPhee","date":"1 Mar 08","format":false,"excerpt":"Most of you have probably already seen this, but it's just so fun that I felt that I had to give it a plug. Also, posting this proves that I'm alive without actually requiring much mental function. And remember... Don't talk back to Darth Vader - he'll getcha! Actually, I\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Mildly amusing&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Mildly amusing","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/category\/mildly-amusing\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":223,"url":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2005\/08\/29\/martin-fowler-likes-open-space-meetings\/","url_meta":{"origin":633,"position":2},"title":"Martin Fowler likes Open Space meetings","author":"Nic McPhee","date":"29 Aug 05","format":false,"excerpt":"Martin Fowler just blogged in a positive way about Open Space meetings, and he's smarter (and more experienced) than your average bear (e.g., me). 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