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172.71.242.222: /* Explanation / ...desert birds* are unlikely to ever need to learn to swim. Desert mole to burrow? Leaving it entirely open and vague. ;)

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‎Explanation: ...desert *birds* are unlikely to ever need to learn to *swim*. Desert mole to burrow? Leaving it entirely open and vague. ;)

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162.158.62.27: /* Explanation */ falcons may not have existed then depending on how long ago it was

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‎Explanation: falcons may not have existed then depending on how long ago it was

NotaBene: /* Explanation */ The birds seen in the prequels have been retconned as not actually being ducks

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‎Explanation: The birds seen in the prequels have been retconned as not actually being ducks

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-Having grown up on a desert world, Luke would have no idea of what a duck or any other kind of waterfowl is, while Obi-Wan Kenobi could have seen such creatures during his time as a Jedi (Captain Panaka uses the "sitting ducks" metaphor in ''The Phantom Menace'', so they are known to exist in ''Star Wars'' canon). Perhaps Luke would have understood if Obi-Wan had used a desert bird as an analogy.
+Having grown up on a desert world, Luke would have no idea of what a duck or any other kind of waterfowl is, while Obi-Wan Kenobi could have seen such creatures during his time as a Jedi (Captain Panaka uses the "sitting ducks" metaphor in ''The Phantom Menace'', so they are known to exist in ''Star Wars'' canon). Perhaps Luke would have understood if Obi-Wan had used a desert creature in an equivalent analogy.
 In the title text, Randall muses over the fact that he as a child did not have any problems dispensing his disbelief in a distant galaxy full of humans, but was still derailed by the language. It would seem unlikely that another galaxy has creatures so similar to humans, while at the same time being filled with so many other types of creatures.

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 Kenobi: I understand you are quite a pilot yourself. Piloting and navigation aren’t hereditary, but a number of the things that can combine to make a good small-ship pilot are. Those you may have inherited. Still, even a duck has to be taught to swim.
-Luke: What’s a duck?
+Skywalker: What’s a duck?
 Kenobi: Never mind.

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 {{w|Etymology}} is the study of the history of words, their origins, and how their form and meaning have changed over time. [[Randall]] wonders what Luke would say to Han if he had no idea what a falcon was.
-Normally in sci-fi aliens would have some familiarity with Earth and the things you can find on it, such as falcons. However, Star Wars takes place "a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away" where nobody knows Earth even exists, thus how could the Millennium Falcon be named after an animal they have no knowledge about?  This could be an example of a translation convention made for the sake of the audience; presumably, fast birds of prey exist in the ''Star Wars'' universe, one of which is the namesake of Han Solo's ship, which is then artistically translated from Basic to English as "Falcon".  Likewise with the parsec, which is a unit defined by the distance of a star from the Earth which experiences a '''par'''allax of one arc'''sec'''ond when viewed six months apart (i.e. it is the length of a triangle with a base of 1 AU and the opposite angle of 1 arcsec).  A galaxy which is home to space-faring civilizations will have units of similar magnitudes, which are converted into parsecs for our convenience.
+Normally in sci-fi aliens would have some familiarity with Earth and the things you can find on it, such as falcons. However, Star Wars takes place "a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away" where nobody knows Earth even exists, possibly before falcons exist, thus how could the Millennium Falcon be named after an animal they have no knowledge about?  This could be an example of a translation convention made for the sake of the audience; presumably, fast birds of prey exist in the ''Star Wars'' universe, one of which is the namesake of Han Solo's ship, which is then artistically translated from Basic to English as "Falcon".  Likewise with the parsec, which is a unit defined by the distance of a star from the Earth which experiences a '''par'''allax of one arc'''sec'''ond when viewed six months apart (i.e. it is the length of a triangle with a base of 1 AU and the opposite angle of 1 arcsec).  A galaxy which is home to space-faring civilizations will have units of similar magnitudes, which are converted into parsecs for our convenience.
 In the Star Wars novelization, this joke is made in reference to a duck: [http://www.galaxyfaraway.com/gfa/2006/04/kenobi-and-the-extraterrestrial-duck/]

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-Having grown up on a desert world, Luke would have no idea of what a duck or any other kind of waterfowl is, while Obi-Wan Kenobi could have seen such creatures during his time as a Jedi. Besides, ducks are indeed seen in ''Star Wars'', appearing in ''Attack of the Clones'', and as such enter the official canon, so at least they are confirmed to exist in the ''Star Wars'' universe. Perhaps Luke would have understood if Obi-Wan had used a desert bird as an analogy.
+Having grown up on a desert world, Luke would have no idea of what a duck or any other kind of waterfowl is, while Obi-Wan Kenobi could have seen such creatures during his time as a Jedi (Captain Panaka uses the "sitting ducks" metaphor in ''The Phantom Menace'', so they are known to exist in ''Star Wars'' canon). Perhaps Luke would have understood if Obi-Wan had used a desert bird as an analogy.
 In the title text, Randall muses over the fact that he as a child did not have any problems dispensing his disbelief in a distant galaxy full of humans, but was still derailed by the language. It would seem unlikely that another galaxy has creatures so similar to humans, while at the same time being filled with so many other types of creatures.

890: Etymology - Revision history

172.71.242.222: /* Explanation */ ...desert *birds* are unlikely to ever need to learn to *swim*. Desert mole to burrow? Leaving it entirely open and vague. ;)

1337-PI: /* Explanation */

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Ex Kay Cee Dee at 21:16, 4 May 2022

Davidy22: Reverted edits by X. K. C. D. (talk) to last revision by 162.158.62.27

X. K. C. D. at 01:29, 4 May 2022

162.158.62.27: /* Explanation */ falcons may not have existed then depending on how long ago it was

NotaBene: /* Explanation */ The birds seen in the prequels have been retconned as not actually being ducks

172.71.242.222: /* Explanation / ...desert birds* are unlikely to ever need to learn to swim. Desert mole to burrow? Leaving it entirely open and vague. ;)