I remember when the first Mac came out, completely unexpandable, and The Steve declared that it would never have more than 128K of RAM because that was more than enough for anyone.
Which was ridiculous, because my Apple ][ had 16x that much already.
Your Apple ][ had 2 MB of RAM?!?! Where did you put the auxiliary power supply?!? Perhaps you mean Apple IIgs, right?
Ramworks.
I think the grandparent article was pointing out that an Apple ][ could not have 2MB of RAM "already" when the first Macintosh was released in early 1984, since RamWorks' Applied Engineering and other expansion makers did not offer the 2MB option until later. By September of 1984, it was a moot point, since the Macintosh 512K hit shelves (with the third-party option for more memory).
The main target for this act is to stop a file sharing program / network called Winny. Winny is one of the top File sharing program / network in Japan.
The trick is that many (but not all) Japanese users have moved onto a replacement program called Share and other software, after vulnerabilities in Winny's anonymity features were discovered. Then vulnerabilities were discovered in Share, too, so some users have moved onto yet another replacement.
The creator is facing similar claims to that of the Bittorrent creator, where he has created a tool that can be used to share files with the advantage of being anonymous.
The creator actually already faced those claims and was given a 1.5-million-yen (about US$12,000) fine. He has since starting working a SkeedCast, a file-sharing program that is used by Gonzo and other companies for authorized file-sharing. You can find more information about all this here.
Doesn't sound quite as bad as Independence Day, though. I mean, a PowerBook from 1997 connecting to the Internet on the move?
What's wrong with that? IIRC, I had a cellphone with a special port for use to connnect to a serial(?) port in 1997. You could use it as a modem to call an ISP. It wasn't EDGE technology that allowed it to be on the internet, but it was around.
Yes, but at the speed he was opening programs and web pages (very megabyte-intensive) I see no way it would work with that speed under a 56k landline modem, let alone a 14.4k cellular system, running through an RS232 on that pure bastion of stability, Mac OS 8.
I think you're misremembering just how many web pages he opened. Actually, the final interation of Ricochet modems could not only reach the advertised speeds of 128 kbps (PCMCIA versions were available), but well surpass it in low traffic areas. Anyways, you just shifted the goalposts--from claiming a PowerBook couldn't connect to the Internet on the move at all, to saying it was too slow to do so. Neither is true.
"Thank god Macs are compatible with the mothership!"
Yeah, there's no getting around the silliness in the rest of the plot. However, that's not inherent to Macs -- it should be improbable for any Earth computer of any operating system to be compatible with the mothership, if it weren't for the Earth-computers-are-descended-from-Area-51-voodoo angle that the movie also adds.
That's why it was weird that the grandfather post picked on the one aspect of Independence Day that was plausible and proven in the real world (Ricochet packet radios for wireless Internet connectivitiy), when there were so many honestly incredulous "What-the-" moments in the movie.
Doesn't sound quite as bad as Independence Day, though. I mean, a PowerBook from 1997 connecting to the Internet on the move?
Actually, a PowerBook from 1997 could connect to the Internet on the move. Specifically, mine did. Like thousands of others, I was using a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricochet_(internet_service) Ricochet wireless modem from a company called Metricom. Independence Day made a point of attaching a Ricochet modem to the onscreen computer. And yes, Ricochet's coverage area did reach into Washington, D.C.,--apparently, Metricom was hoping that Ricochet's benefits would impress the federal regulators. Unfortunately, Metricom went bankrupt in 2001. Now that the more ubiquitous cellular networks have caught up with better speeds (Ricochet had DSL speeds at the end), it's unlikely that Ricochet will be revived. But, yes, PowerBooks could connect to the Internet in 1997.
Which part of the article's presentation was sensationalist? If anything, it reported the same details that was reported in Japanese anime press.
One reason you haven't seen a change in attitude is that the attitude has been in the Japanese anime distribution companies and studios for a while, before the Japanese government submitted this request. See these examples:
There are other examples of this prevailing attitude such as the Japanese copyright holders' attempt to remove Death Note anime from YouTube. It's not a universally-held attitude (look up Read or Die director Koji Masunari's comments in 2002), but it's a long-standing attitude.
Actually, it was nine lines, but no matter. The original ANN article did say that this request on unauthorized anime distribution was part of a larger formal statement of requests on regulatory reform and competition policy. What issue do you have with the accuracy of the article?
Actually, some anime creators have asked that unauthorized distribution of anime be stopped, regardless of its licensing status in North America. Some have gone on record on asking for this, such as Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex scriptwriter Yoshiki Sakurai, Excel Saga director Shinichi Watanabe, and Romeo x Juliet'sGonzo. On the other hand, some anime creators such as Read or Die director Koji Masunari have implied their consent, and most have not made a comment either way.
Yes and no, but specifically in the case of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, no. Some creators, such as Read or Die director Koji Masunari, openly supported or encouraged fans to view anime, whatever the means. However, Yoshiki Sakurai, a scriptwriter of Stand Alone Complexasked American fans to not download it without authorization while it was still being released in Japan. That's because America's Bandai Entertainment was involved in the production from the beginning; the anime was already "picked up" for the US market before it even aired in Japan. Some fansub groups ignored Sakurai's request, though, and continued distributing his series.
Egan Loo
Anime News Network
What do you mean, can't get here? This is the post-globalist age, ffs. From TFA:
But, that doesn't stop us from drooling over and paying for imports of new gizmos from the other side of the world.
I'm not usually one to rag on the editors for shitty or misleading summaries, but that one was completely pointless.
Can you get reception on a Japanese cell phone in America? How about getting reception for that Japanese computer with built-in TV tuner in America?
The converse is true as well. Can you get visual voice mail on an iPhone in Asia? As the TFA points out, even if one gets their hands on these gadgets in America, some of their features won't survive the trip abroad.
Isn't it odd that they list applications as "tech products", as things we couldn't live without, but they completely miss software that we can't live without such as MP3, ZIP, TCP/IP, and instead list ipods, email, chatting software, etc., all of which couldn't exist without the underlying "tech products". Netscape Navigator is a product. So is Lotus 1-2-3 for DOS, Tetris, Adobe Photoshop 3.0, and the rest.
MP3 is not a "product." It's a compression format and the algorithm used to encode it. ZIP is not a "product." It is a compression format. TCP/IP is not a "product." It is a set of communications protocols.
You're complaining that a list of products should include things that aren't products.
We can't live without field irrigation either. But field irrigation isn't a "product," unlike Kellogg's Corn Flakes.
I hit the submit button too soon. Here's the full reply:
Again, there's a heavy West Coast Bias, as if the IBM PC and Apple and Microsoft were the only tech companies that ever existed. Read a map. The IBM PC was developed in Boca Raton, Florida, two counties away from the southeasternmost tip of the United States.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_PC
And here's something that was developed on the west coast that deserves praise (is it on the list?) The Palm Pilot -- without which, we'd probably not have half of the other items that *are* on the list. Read the article. The Palm Pilot is #18.
Also, exciting innovations such as the mouse which are made at academic think-tanks or research departments of large companies are also not worth mentioning. Do you think these editors bothered to research anything happening at MIT's media lab? Of course not. MIT after all, is on the EAST coast. Read the title. The list is for the 50 best tech products. Innovations in academic labs aren't products yet, until they are sold commercially. The list does include products that were inspired by MIT's Media Lab's work.
Again, there's a heavy West Coast Bias, as if the IBM PC and Apple and Microsoft were the only tech companies that ever existed. The IBM PC was developed in Boca Raton, Florida, two counties away from the southeasternmost tip of the United States.
"Apple's next move is always a hotbed of debate leading up to a product release and with all the rumors flying this year all bets are off until we see the checkered flag, so take with the requisite grain of salt."
Meanwhile, it's full speed ahead for mixed metaphors!
He's also worked on several anime series, such as Speed Racer, some Macross titles, and Neon Genesis Evangelion.
Interestingly, Yoshitaka Amano worked on none of these. As the first paragraph of 1up.com's article correctly says, his former studio (Tatsunoko Production) worked on those titles, not Amano. Speed Racer (Mach Go Go) was before his time at that studio, and Evangelion was after his time there. Macross did launch a mini-spate of "realistic" transforming robot series, and one of these series inspired by Macross was Genesis Climber Mospeada. Amano did design the Mospeada characters, but not the Macross ones.
Keep in mind that the US and Europe mini-sites for AIBO haven't been fully updated yet with the newly announced ERS-7M3 version. The US site mentions the ERS-7M3, but doesn't explain the new features (talking, diary-writing, dictating news, and so on). The Europe site describes the RSS newsfeed dication feature, but doesn't mention some of the other features.
The Japanese site has the most details of the new Mind 3 capabilities: http://www.jp.aibo.com/
One factoid not mentioned in the linked article is that the new AIBO can blog.
Yes, blog. In addition to "talking" and keeping a "diary" of its daily routine, it can automatically and wirelessly upload its entries to an public blog website for all to read. (For all Japanese-literate, at least.) As with any blog, the owner and similarly squishy entities can submit comments to AIBO's entries.
Sony actually thought it was necessary to post the following warning: "* [People] can write comments, but AIBO cannot respond to the comments."
Plus, you can train AIBO with your daily routine by importing your Microsoft Outlook schedule into him/her/soulless thingy. For example, AIBO can dictate today's news headlines as you eat breakfast.
I'll let the concept of an unholy alliance between robotic dogs, blogs, and Microsoft Outlook sink in before the blood-curdling begins.
But you sold away that right in exchange from a large advance from Sony. You can't have it both ways. You can have your freedom or you can take the corporate dollar.
Actually, Mr. Motoharu Sano did not sign away that right for these particular songs, according to Sony itself. The Forbes article link edited out an important paragraph from the original AP news feed article:
Sony Music spokesman Yasushi Ide said Sano is no longer considered "a Sony artist," although negotiations will decide whether his recordings under the Sony label will be offered at iTunes or not. The outcome will depend on each contract, and talks are continuing, he said.
Without this paragraph, the Forbes article and the Slashdot article is slightly misleading. Sano is not allowed to sell his earlier songs that he signed away to Sony, but he can (and did) sell his newer songs that under his own label, DaisyMusic. This is what Sano's own website says.
In short, what Sano did is perfectly legal and demonstrates the problem with current signing contracts: musicians have near complete freedom under their own labels, but are nearly helpless to dictate terms under the major labels.
"I don't think the public knows what it wants Congress to do, but it wants Congress to do something," said Dan Burton, the senior lobbyist for Entrust Inc., an online security company and member of the trade group. "They don't have a lot of confidence that Congress will do the right thing."
When I read that quote in the article, another quote became all too tragically clear:
"Toute nation a le gouvernement qu'elle merite" - Joseph de Maistre
You might know it better by this slight rephrasing in English:
"[In a democracy,] the people get the government they deserve."
Do something about it! Don't treat politics as taboo among your friends and family. As long you don't become confrontational, education and discussion are the first step towards a working democracy.
If one thing I found was that I was more bound to side with the Empire simply after seeing how inept the Republic truly was.
The new perspective gained from watching the first three puts the whole series in a new light.The Empire really became what it was simply because the Republic and Jedi had become so egocentric and inept they had to be replaced to move forward.
The same can be said for real-life historical precedents: the diseased Roman Republic-turned-Empire before the literal barbarians at the gate, the decadent Russian czardom before the Russian Revolution, the power-seizing military coup d'état of Cambodia before Khmer Rouge, the enfeebled Reichstag before the Third Rei--ehrm, mustn't invoke Godwin's law...
However, as history also shows above, what would replace the corrupt institutions were not always shining beacons themselves....
The Rebel Alliance are the counter-revolutionaries, with everything good and bad that it implies about them and the original "revolutionaries" they fought.
Yes this is stupid. Like that R2D2 and C3P actually met first time on 4th episode. But also they were all made by Vader/Anakin and were pals thru 1, 2, 3 and then bang - 10 seconds scene - "lets get their memory ereased", "eeek (droids)" - this one destroyed me completely...
Actually, Episode IV notes that R2-D2 and C-3PO were familiar with each other before that movie through their mutual last master, "Captain Antilles." (That explain not only why they were so pally in the very beginning, but also the entire Droids sub-franchise, which is predicated on the two droids knowing each other after the prequel trilogy and the mind wipe but before the original trilogy).
Only C-3PO was made by Anakin, and only C-3PO had his memory wiped (listen to the dialogue carefully: "Have the Protocol Droid's mind wiped."). That makes R2-D2 the only "character" who remembers all of the events in the six movies firsthand. That actually works with Episode IV, with R2-D2 having a bit of a clue where to find "Obi-wan Kenobi" somewhere on this whole planet called Tantooine.
Chewie and Yoda were apparently aquaintances and yet the Wookie never mentioned this to Han, or if he did, despite the trust between the two of them, Han didn't consider it to be a reason to believe in the Force.
To give the creators credit, Chewbacca, as a layman, only saw Yoda do something (anticipate an attack from clone troopers without seeing it and react decisively with his lightsaber) that Han himself saw Luke (anticipate an attack from a target droid without seeing it and--eventually--react decisively with his lightsaber). Even then, Han said, "I call it luck."
The fact that Jedi were annihilated or hunted into exile on Chewbacca's home planet probably gives Han Solo even more reason to think that the Force is a "hokey religion." Still, it would have been fascinating if the ROTS actually had a 10-year-old Han Solo in a cameo, as the creators had planned:
Perhaps more grating however was the death of Padme - it was utterly unnecessary, Vader did not know if she was dead or not and so Palpatine could easily have lied and told him she was. More than that though, it contradicted Leia's recollections in Jedi - where she remembers her "real mother." It has been suggested that she remembers her through the force, but then, why doesn't Luke?
Interestingly, the Return of the Jedi novelization wrote that "Luke claimed, 'I have no memory of my mother..."--with the use of the word "claimed" implying that Luke was not telling Leia the entire truth ("from a certain point of view" of course.;) to sidestep her question.
In any case, Leia's quote in the ROTJ dialogue ("She died when I was very young" and "Just...images, really. Feelings.") is consistent with her only "knowing" her mother briefly (and not with real "memories" but "feelings") before she died, if only by being Force-sensitive.
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Schools are censoring students using Google Docs. If you click the last link and log in to your Google account, you will see the list of words:
Don't you feel sorry for the poor student who has to write a report about actor Dick Van Dyke?
I remember when the first Mac came out, completely unexpandable, and The Steve declared that it would never have more than 128K of RAM because that was more than enough for anyone.
Which was ridiculous, because my Apple ][ had 16x that much already.
Your Apple ][ had 2 MB of RAM?!?! Where did you put the auxiliary power supply?!? Perhaps you mean Apple IIgs, right?
Ramworks.
I think the grandparent article was pointing out that an Apple ][ could not have 2MB of RAM "already" when the first Macintosh was released in early 1984, since RamWorks' Applied Engineering and other expansion makers did not offer the 2MB option until later. By September of 1984, it was a moot point, since the Macintosh 512K hit shelves (with the third-party option for more memory).
The trick is that many (but not all) Japanese users have moved onto a replacement program called Share and other software, after vulnerabilities in Winny's anonymity features were discovered. Then vulnerabilities were discovered in Share, too, so some users have moved onto yet another replacement.
The creator actually already faced those claims and was given a 1.5-million-yen (about US$12,000) fine. He has since starting working a SkeedCast, a file-sharing program that is used by Gonzo and other companies for authorized file-sharing. You can find more information about all this here.
I think you're misremembering just how many web pages he opened. Actually, the final interation of Ricochet modems could not only reach the advertised speeds of 128 kbps (PCMCIA versions were available), but well surpass it in low traffic areas. Anyways, you just shifted the goalposts--from claiming a PowerBook couldn't connect to the Internet on the move at all, to saying it was too slow to do so. Neither is true.
Yeah, there's no getting around the silliness in the rest of the plot. However, that's not inherent to Macs -- it should be improbable for any Earth computer of any operating system to be compatible with the mothership, if it weren't for the Earth-computers-are-descended-from-Area-51-voodoo angle that the movie also adds.
That's why it was weird that the grandfather post picked on the one aspect of Independence Day that was plausible and proven in the real world (Ricochet packet radios for wireless Internet connectivitiy), when there were so many honestly incredulous "What-the-" moments in the movie.
Actually, a PowerBook from 1997 could connect to the Internet on the move. Specifically, mine did. Like thousands of others, I was using a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricochet_(internet_service) Ricochet wireless modem from a company called Metricom. Independence Day made a point of attaching a Ricochet modem to the onscreen computer. And yes, Ricochet's coverage area did reach into Washington, D.C.,--apparently, Metricom was hoping that Ricochet's benefits would impress the federal regulators. Unfortunately, Metricom went bankrupt in 2001. Now that the more ubiquitous cellular networks have caught up with better speeds (Ricochet had DSL speeds at the end), it's unlikely that Ricochet will be revived. But, yes, PowerBooks could connect to the Internet in 1997.
Which part of the article's presentation was sensationalist? If anything, it reported the same details that was reported in Japanese anime press.
One reason you haven't seen a change in attitude is that the attitude has been in the Japanese anime distribution companies and studios for a while, before the Japanese government submitted this request. See these examples:
1999:
Sony
2002:
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex scriptwriter Yoshiki Sakurai
2004:
Media Factory
2007:
Gonzo
2007:
Excel Saga director Shinichi Watanabe
There are other examples of this prevailing attitude such as the Japanese copyright holders' attempt to remove Death Note anime from YouTube. It's not a universally-held attitude (look up Read or Die director Koji Masunari's comments in 2002), but it's a long-standing attitude.
Egan Loo
Anime News Network
Actually, it was nine lines, but no matter. The original ANN article did say that this request on unauthorized anime distribution was part of a larger formal statement of requests on regulatory reform and competition policy. What issue do you have with the accuracy of the article?
Egan Loo
Anime News Network
Actually, some anime creators have asked that unauthorized distribution of anime be stopped, regardless of its licensing status in North America. Some have gone on record on asking for this, such as Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex scriptwriter Yoshiki Sakurai, Excel Saga director Shinichi Watanabe, and Romeo x Juliet's Gonzo. On the other hand, some anime creators such as Read or Die director Koji Masunari have implied their consent, and most have not made a comment either way.
Yes and no, but specifically in the case of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, no. Some creators, such as Read or Die director Koji Masunari, openly supported or encouraged fans to view anime, whatever the means. However, Yoshiki Sakurai, a scriptwriter of Stand Alone Complex asked American fans to not download it without authorization while it was still being released in Japan. That's because America's Bandai Entertainment was involved in the production from the beginning; the anime was already "picked up" for the US market before it even aired in Japan. Some fansub groups ignored Sakurai's request, though, and continued distributing his series. Egan Loo Anime News Network
Can you get reception on a Japanese cell phone in America? How about getting reception for that Japanese computer with built-in TV tuner in America?
The converse is true as well. Can you get visual voice mail on an iPhone in Asia? As the TFA points out, even if one gets their hands on these gadgets in America, some of their features won't survive the trip abroad.
MP3 is not a "product." It's a compression format and the algorithm used to encode it. ZIP is not a "product." It is a compression format. TCP/IP is not a "product." It is a set of communications protocols.
You're complaining that a list of products should include things that aren't products.
We can't live without field irrigation either. But field irrigation isn't a "product," unlike Kellogg's Corn Flakes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_PC And here's something that was developed on the west coast that deserves praise (is it on the list?) The Palm Pilot -- without which, we'd probably not have half of the other items that *are* on the list. Read the article. The Palm Pilot is #18. Also, exciting innovations such as the mouse which are made at academic think-tanks or research departments of large companies are also not worth mentioning. Do you think these editors bothered to research anything happening at MIT's media lab? Of course not. MIT after all, is on the EAST coast. Read the title. The list is for the 50 best tech products. Innovations in academic labs aren't products yet, until they are sold commercially. The list does include products that were inspired by MIT's Media Lab's work.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_PC
Isn't it about time we had a Truth-in-Act-Names Act?
- "Apple's next move is always a hotbed of debate leading up to a product release and with all the rumors flying this year all bets are off until we see the checkered flag, so take with the requisite grain of salt."
Meanwhile, it's full speed ahead for mixed metaphors!He's also worked on several anime series, such as Speed Racer, some Macross titles, and Neon Genesis Evangelion.
Interestingly, Yoshitaka Amano worked on none of these. As the first paragraph of 1up.com's article correctly says, his former studio (Tatsunoko Production) worked on those titles, not Amano. Speed Racer (Mach Go Go) was before his time at that studio, and Evangelion was after his time there. Macross did launch a mini-spate of "realistic" transforming robot series, and one of these series inspired by Macross was Genesis Climber Mospeada. Amano did design the Mospeada characters, but not the Macross ones.
Keep in mind that the US and Europe mini-sites for AIBO haven't been fully updated yet with the newly announced ERS-7M3 version. The US site mentions the ERS-7M3, but doesn't explain the new features (talking, diary-writing, dictating news, and so on). The Europe site describes the RSS newsfeed dication feature, but doesn't mention some of the other features.
The Japanese site has the most details of the new Mind 3 capabilities:
http://www.jp.aibo.com/
One factoid not mentioned in the linked article is that the new AIBO can blog.
Yes, blog. In addition to "talking" and keeping a "diary" of its daily routine, it can automatically and wirelessly upload its entries to an public blog website for all to read. (For all Japanese-literate, at least.) As with any blog, the owner and similarly squishy entities can submit comments to AIBO's entries.
http://www.jp.aibo.com/products/ers7m3/aep04.html
Sony actually thought it was necessary to post the following warning:
"* [People] can write comments, but AIBO cannot respond to the comments."
Plus, you can train AIBO with your daily routine by importing your Microsoft Outlook schedule into him/her/soulless thingy. For example, AIBO can dictate today's news headlines as you eat breakfast.
I'll let the concept of an unholy alliance between robotic dogs, blogs, and Microsoft Outlook sink in before the blood-curdling begins.
Actually, Mr. Motoharu Sano did not sign away that right for these particular songs, according to Sony itself. The Forbes article link edited out an important paragraph from the original AP news feed article:
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/050810/japan_itunes.html?
Without this paragraph, the Forbes article and the Slashdot article is slightly misleading. Sano is not allowed to sell his earlier songs that he signed away to Sony, but he can (and did) sell his newer songs that under his own label, DaisyMusic. This is what Sano's own website says.
http://www.moto.co.jp/WhatsNew/news.html#iTMS1
("Announcement of Song Sales via DaisyMusic, iTunes Music Store")
In short, what Sano did is perfectly legal and demonstrates the problem with current signing contracts: musicians have near complete freedom under their own labels, but are nearly helpless to dictate terms under the major labels.
When I read that quote in the article, another quote became all too tragically clear:
"Toute nation a le gouvernement qu'elle merite"
- Joseph de Maistre
You might know it better by this slight rephrasing in English:
"[In a democracy,] the people get the government they deserve."
Do something about it! Don't treat politics as taboo among your friends and family. As long you don't become confrontational, education and discussion are the first step towards a working democracy.
The same can be said for real-life historical precedents: the diseased Roman Republic-turned-Empire before the literal barbarians at the gate, the decadent Russian czardom before the Russian Revolution, the power-seizing military coup d'état of Cambodia before Khmer Rouge, the enfeebled Reichstag before the Third Rei--ehrm, mustn't invoke Godwin's law...
However, as history also shows above, what would replace the corrupt institutions were not always shining beacons themselves
The Rebel Alliance are the counter-revolutionaries, with everything good and bad that it implies about them and the original "revolutionaries" they fought.
Actually, Episode IV notes that R2-D2 and C-3PO were familiar with each other before that movie through their mutual last master, "Captain Antilles." (That explain not only why they were so pally in the very beginning, but also the entire Droids sub-franchise, which is predicated on the two droids knowing each other after the prequel trilogy and the mind wipe but before the original trilogy).
Only C-3PO was made by Anakin, and only C-3PO had his memory wiped (listen to the dialogue carefully: "Have the Protocol Droid's mind wiped."). That makes R2-D2 the only "character" who remembers all of the events in the six movies firsthand. That actually works with Episode IV, with R2-D2 having a bit of a clue where to find "Obi-wan Kenobi" somewhere on this whole planet called Tantooine.
To give the creators credit, Chewbacca, as a layman, only saw Yoda do something (anticipate an attack from clone troopers without seeing it and react decisively with his lightsaber) that Han himself saw Luke (anticipate an attack from a target droid without seeing it and--eventually--react decisively with his lightsaber). Even then, Han said, "I call it luck."
The fact that Jedi were annihilated or hunted into exile on Chewbacca's home planet probably gives Han Solo even more reason to think that the Force is a "hokey religion." Still, it would have been fascinating if the ROTS actually had a 10-year-old Han Solo in a cameo, as the creators had planned:
http://www.ew.com/ew/preview/movie/0,6115,1051441
Interestingly, the Return of the Jedi novelization wrote that "Luke claimed, 'I have no memory of my mother
In any case, Leia's quote in the ROTJ dialogue ("She died when I was very young" and "Just...images, really. Feelings.") is consistent with her only "knowing" her mother briefly (and not with real "memories" but "feelings") before she died, if only by being Force-sensitive.