28.12.07

LEGO Star Wars

I am so ticked off. My LEGO Star Wars game, the first one--the one with I, II, and III on it--won't run on Vista, which occupies one of the two computers in my home, and our other computer doesn't have a compatible graphics card. After we'd installed and uninstalled it on one computer, and installed it on the other did I come to this conclusion. Advice: Don't install any computer program or game without checking to see if your computer is compatible. Especially if it's a particularly big file or program.

Saphira

The Core

What exactly is the Core? It is a term used to describe the central area of the galaxy, and was also called the Imperial Core, during the Imperial Era, of course, and the Galactic Core. The Core Worlds were the heavily populated, very important planets and/or systems situated around the Core. Planets are oft described with their distance from the Core. Example: Utapau is 51,000 light years from the Core. It is a good indicator, except for the fact that you don't know in what direction to travel to get there. I'd think it would be a whole lot harder to travel in 3-D instead of our 2-D roads, for which it is simple to construct a map. It is debated whether humankind came from one of the Core Worlds, Coruscant in particular, though there is no material evidence.

Saphira

27.12.07

Kouhuns

I am a poisonous millipede and I tried to kill Senator Amidala. Who am I? A kouhun (cow-HOON)! These footlong anthropods were given to Zam Wesell by Jango Fett as a means to assassinate Senator Amidala. Kouhuns possess four- to ten- centimeter long stinger tongues and a fatal bite. Native to Induomodo, these creatures were also found on Outer Rim planets, such as Geonosis and Tatooine, but also on Core Worlds including Coruscant. These hardy bugs can survive on almost any terrain but extreme cold. Kouhuns can be red, white, black, or brown, dependant on the breed of bug.

Saphira

26.12.07

Kamino

Included in Attack of the Clones, you might know this planet, but not as well as you think. There's more to Kamino (kuh-MEE-no) than tall people and water. There are three known moons, one of which is named: Korasa (cor-OS-suh). It is 70,000 light years from the Core, its day is 27 hours long, and its year is 463 Earth days. Long ago, fierce climactic changes flooded all the continents, leaving the tall, elegant Kamioans to figure out how to live on a planet completely covered with water. The Kaminoans can only see ultraviolet light, so the white walls of Jango Fett's lounge there were actually shaded for the Kaminoans. This planet was erased from the Jedi Archives either when Jedi Master Sifo-Dyas made an order for a Clone army for the Republic, or when Darth Tyranus, Count Dooku, killed him to keep the army secret. Taun We was the female Kaminoan who gave Obi-Wan a tour through the Clone life cycle in Attack of the Clones. The prime minister was a male called Lama Su. Also, a species called the Aiwhas carried the Kaminoans in and above water. Those are the two native species of Kamino.

Saphira