I've been re-watching the 2nd and final season of "Terminator - the Sarah Connor Chronicles" (I used to love that show) with great joy, and wonder if there were any official or semi-official continuation of the show - E.g. books, graphic-novels/comics, cartoons, audio-plays? Has the plans/outlines for the never-made 3rd season been leaked? Alternatively, are/were there any really good fanfiction that took up the threds from the show in a good way? BTW, were there any books, graphic-novels etc. released while the show ran (that tied in to episodes)?

It's already been explained that destroying Yavin IV wouldn't be viable due to cooldown , and of course whatever debris would be a danger to the DS1 itself. It's also been explained why they needed to wait till their orbit brought them around the planet . But why couldn't they just shoot through the gas giant? With as much power as they're outputting, surely whatever gassy matter wouldn't impede enough force to still obliterate the moon. They would only need to shoot through a small portion of the planet. If it's the gravity well of the planet, surely with the technology of complicated hyperspace calculations they could compensate (if the gravity would have had any effect on the superlaser).

There are two places where it could have been but it was so quick I didn't really see it. When going through the X-men mansion some older faces can be seen hiding from Wade before they shut the door. He could have been amongst the crowd. I have a feeling I saw his face painted on the side of a building but it was artsy and only shown for a moment so again I'm not sure if it was him or not. Where was Stan Lee's cameo? On a side note I know about the cameo from the teaser trailer but I thought there was one in the film too. Answer According to Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, the writers for Deadpool 2, there was a bust in the X-Mansion of Stan Lee that get's knocked over. They also mention the cameo he did in the trailer. As well as those two Reese alludes to his face being in there somewhere which is no doubt a reference to the painting on the side of the building. There's no Stan Lee cameo this time around. Did you consider one? Wernick: I think there's a pain...

Hawkeye seems to be somewhat unusual in the superhero world in that he doesn't have a primary-coloured uniform, and specifically he's associated with the colour purple. Why did his creators choose purple for him? It seems an odd choice. His uniform (among several examples): The cover of Hawkeye #1: Answer Back in the early days of comics, the usual comic color theory placed heroes along the primary and bright color spectrum and villains were colored with secondary colors. This meant the bright colors; red, bright blues, yellows, and green were more heroic colors and heroes were dressed in them; think Superman, Spider-Man, Wonder Woman, the Flash, Captain America. Villains were dressed in purples, oranges, dark blues, dark reds, and other hues which were far darker. The statement was that villains could have been heroes. If you look at older Spider-Man villains for example you can see how this was used; think Magneto, the Lizard, the original Juggernaut, the Hellfire Club, Dr....

When they are sitting aside from the Orcs and the troll trying to break down the gate Pippin talks about the end and Gandalf reassures him that Death isn’t the end of the journey. Quote: Pippin: I didn't think it would end this way. Gandalf: End? No, the journey doesn't end here. Death is just another path, one that we all must take. The grey rain-curtain of this world rolls back, and all turns to silver glass, and then you see it. Pippin: What? Gandalf? See what? Gandalf: White shores, and beyond, a far green country under a swift sunrise. Pippin: Well, that isn't so bad. Gandalf: No. No, it isn't. Does he refer to the Undying Lands when he is saying this? Answer Yes This dialogue from the film borrows from a dream Frodo has in Bombadil's house: That night they heard no noises. But either in his dreams or out of them, he could not tell which, Frodo heard a sweet singing running in his mind; a song that seemed to come like a pale light behind a grey rain-curtain, ...

I read this book pre-2003. Body swapping was a world norm, science psychobabble explained away. Souls were IDed and tracked by wrist identification that you were supposed to synchronize right after the swap. Occasionally a criminal would bolt with your body, but the penalties were high so...? Some people made money by providing breaks for "more important people." They allowed important meetings or research to continue uninterrupted because the body could go sleep or eat or take care of needs while the mind/soul kept working. Partners body swapped during sex. Businessmen body swapped with belly dancers to experience how a different body moved. I'm sure there was some central conflict like government conspiracy, but the world building construction was what stuck with me. Anyone know what book I'm talking about?

Now I'm not talking about part of Voldemort's soul inside Harry which he never intended to put there. What I am asking is when he went to the Potter's house, was he only intending to destroy Harry because of what he had heard about the prophecy, or did he have some intention to create another horcrux based on this particular killing? I have a very faint memory of reading somewhere that Voldemort had intended to use Harry's destruction as a means of adding another horcrux, which was the reason why his soul was torn apart and latched onto Harry (being unstable due to the horcruxes he had already made) when his curse backfired, which seemed to make sense (Voldemort had probably killed lots of people after making his horcruxes and before attacking Harry, and even after creating the Nagini horcrux he has done so many times, but his soul did not break apart and latch on to random objects in those cases). Now I cannot find what gave me this idea. Is this mentioned anywhere in ...

I rarely introduce movie canon into a question, but I'm watching Goblet of Fire and there's the scene where Moody/Crouch Jr is helping Harry figure out how to solve the first task (dragons), where he says, "Krum's head may be filled with sawdust, but Karkaroff's is not; you can bet he's got a plan." Is there a basis in canon that Viktor Krum's head is "filled with sawdust", i.e. he's kind of dopey? Or is this just a characterization choice used in the movie? I didn't get the vibe off Viktor in canon that he's a "dumb jock" or not a talented wizard. So what gives about Viktor Krum? Is he daft or is he a smart and capable wizard who happens to be the best Quidditch Seeker in the world? Answer Krum is definitely NOT a very bad wizard. As Nominsim noted in the comment, he performed a self-transfiguration charm for the second task (1/2 way done but fully effective - it got him where he needed AND he didn't damage himse...

In Episode 9 of Season 6: Littlefinger commanding the knights of Vale comes to the rescue for Jon Snow and his army. Sansa had sent crow to Littlefinger asking help from him, surely she would have gotten a reply of confirmation from Littlefinger. It would be understandable that Sansa would want to hide from Jon that LittleFinger might be able to help them as she wasn't sure about whether LittleFinger will help her. But why would she hide that the Vale's Army is coming to join their army from Jon? Knowing LittleFinger, he might have planned to let Jon's and Bolton's army destroy each other before sending his army to finish off the battle, just to reduce his loss. But why would Sansa? Did she play Jon? She knew Ramsay well, she knew Ramsay would play a game with Jon before the battle start, she warned Jon, she knew Rickon is as good as dead, she knew that to beat Ramsay she have to play a bigger game. She has started showing that she could play the politics of Game of Thr...

I'm trying to remember the title of book. It's about a girl, who as the title implies, is resurrected by nanobot technology. This is illegal, as using too much of it takes up "points", and she's using too much. Her father is the inventor of this technology. She feels detached from her previous identity and most of the book is her struggle with existential questions. There was also interludes in poetic format showing the final moments of the girl after the accident that caused it all. I think the girl had "Fox" in her name, and the book had a title format of "The __ of (protagonist name)."

Is the 40k just Fantasy in the future? They exists in parallel worlds or Fantasy is an enclosed space quadrant of universe in 40k? Answer Short answer : Games Workshop officially stated that the 2 universes are not linked in any way. (edit if you find a link to that statement, but i'm sure of it) Long answer : the two worlds were previously kind of related but Games Workshop broke the link in the third edition of 40k The context (and timeline) of this affirmation is important This is a link I found with a quick search. (Maybe not canon, be careful with this info) In earlier editions of both Warhammer Fantasy and Warhammer 40,000, there were many indications that the Warhammer World, the planet that is the primary setting for Warhammer Fantasy, was located in the same universe as Warhammer 40,000. In later editions of both games, Games Workshop moved to create more of a separation between the two fictional universes, although they have also never completely denied the earlier co...

In Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace, Nute Gunray instructs a Droid Commander to "process them" (referring to Queen Amidala and her entourage). The Droid Commander then asks they be taken to "Camp Four". From the script : QUEEN AMIDALA, SIO BIBBLE, and FIVE OF HER HANDMAIDENS (EIRTAE, YANE, PADME, RABE, SACHE) are surrounded by TWENTY DROIDS. CAPTAIN PANAKA and FOUR NABOO GUARDS are also held at gunpoint. NUTE and RUNE stand in the middle of the room. BIBBLE : ...how will you explain this invasion to the Senate? NUTE : The Naboo and the Federation will forge a treaty that will legitimize our occupation here. I've been assured it will be ratified by the Senate. AMIDALA : I will not co-operate. NUTE : Now, now, your Highness. You are not going to like what we have in store for your people. In time, their suffering will persuade you to see our point of view. Commander. (OOM-9 steps forward) Process them. OOM-9 : Yes, sir! (turns to his sergeant) Take th...

The 9th Doctor took Time Vortex from Rose just for few seconds and his cells started to die leaving him no choice but to regenerate. Previously, Rose possessed Time Vortex for several minutes (She spent time in TARDIS while coming to The Doctor from 21st century and then her dialogue time while killing Daleks etc), but she didn't die. Why? Provided that humans are softer than Time Lords and she possessed Time Vortex for longer duration, why didn't she die? Answer I believe her conversation afterwards indicates that it's more like she was possessed and the TARDIS kept her safe, as it was her plan to save The Doctor. We know that the TARDIS is conscious ( 6x04 The Doctor's Wife ), and Rose also seems to indicate this in her line: I looked into the TARDIS, and the TARDIS looked into me. Sure, the Doctor corrects her ( "You looked into the time vortex. Rose, no-one's meant to see that." ), but it may be that The Doctor simply doesn't realise this yet (A...

Harry has part of Voldemort living within himself. When Voldemort's spell rebounded when he first tried to kill Harry, part of Voldemort's soul latched on to Harry, which basically makes him and Voldemort the same person (that's why Voldemort didn't kill Harry in the forest, he essentially killed part of himself). We know that the wands choose the wizard. Draco defeated Dumbledore and became owner of the wand, then Harry "defeated" Draco and won the allegiance of the Elder Wand. However, he did this when there was still a part of Voldemort's soul living within him. So, when Voldemort killed Harry in the forest and the two had their final battle, why was the Elder Wand not conflicted on who its master was? Did it not recognize the part of Voldemort that lived in Harry? Why would the wand not answer to the both of them since Harry was still part Voldemort when he "defeated" Draco? Answer It was Harry who defeated Draco, not the Voldemort's pa...

From McCoy Memory Alpha On stardate 41153.7, the 137-year old Admiral Leonard McCoy inspected the USS Enterprise-D during its first mission. He commented on the great significance of the ship's name to Lieutenant Commander Data, telling Data "You treat her like a lady... and she'll always bring you home." (TNG: "Encounter at Farpoint") Why exactly would a medical doctor go inspect a new ship? He wasn't a line officer (his "admiralty" was a special rank of "branch admiral". or an engineer, and Enterprise-D wasn't some marvel of medical technology. Why would Dr. McCoy travel all the way to Deneb IV to do this? I would prefer canon explanation (I don't have a better theory than "it may have been due to being the only surviving senior officer of NCC-1701/NCC-1701-A Enterprises", and as per comments, that theory is wrong). Answer According Leonard McCoy's memory beta wiki page, the novel Encounter at Farpoint expla...

If you look at the answer supplied to this question: How did Magneto get his powers back after M-Day? you see that Magneto's powers were restored through the High Evolutionary's extremely dangerous technological procedure . This suggests to me two things. The X-Gene is still a factor for mutants, even though they can't access their abilities. A lot of mutants would probably be wanting to get their abilities back. While there are some who are probably happy to be "normal", I suspect there is a fairly large population of mutants who would be willing to take the same risks as Magneto to restore their abilities. I would also think that Magneto would be one of the people pushing to restore those powers to the mutant population. So why aren't more mutants gaining their powers back through this process? Answer While the High Evolutionary would love to have such a willing group of subjects (he is a bit amoral in his quest for knowledge) the technology and capabil...

Lord Voldemort is known to most of the wizarding world as "Lord Voldemort." Would he have been named this on the Marauder's Map or would he have been called "Tom Riddle"? Answer Film logic The map in the film appears to shows the person's chosen name, not their given name. That's why Newton Scamander's name shows up as Newt. Presumably " Lord Voldemort " would show up with that name, rather than "Tom Riddle." Book logic The map in the book appears to shows the person's given name, not their chosen name. In Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Harry spies " Bartemius Crouch" in Moody's rooms. Had it been using Barty Crouch's preferred name, it presumably would have shown up as " Barty Crouch". Presumably " Tom Riddle " would show up with that name, rather than "Lord Voldemort". Peeves was not the only thing that was moving. A single dot was flitting around a room in the botto...

I read this book in the late 60s or early 70s, but don't know how much earlier than that it may have been published. If anyone can identify the book and/or author, I will be most appreciative. The story was set in a future in which all the needs of society are met by giant automated factories. These factories are controlled and operated by disembodied brains which have been removed from deceased individuals and "wiped" to erase vestiges of personality, or so it is believed. There is a young couple who work for the corporation that owns the factories and somehow they both get killed and their brains are put to work in the factories. They "awaken" and eventually realize with horror that all the brains running the factories are, in fact, still the people they once were, though in most cases driven insane by the knowledge of their situation. Somehow, the two lovers avoid this fate and find a way to communicate with each other. They hatch a plan and find an out-of-th...

I don't have access to my copy of Prisoner of Azkaban currently, but I'm pretty sure I remember correctly that Lucius Malfoy is one of he school governors, since he is a big part of Hagrid's appeal and Buckbeak's attempted execution. But as I was rereading Chamber of Secrets, I noticed this: Lucius Malfoy had been sacked as a school governor. Draco was no longer strutting around the school as if he owned the place. Am I wrong? Or is it someone else? Answer There's no indication that Lucius was reinstated as a Governor. When the governors write to Hagrid, the book reads: We have decided to uphold the official complaint of Mr. Lucius Malfoy, and this matter will therefore be taken to the Committee for the Disposal of Dangerous Creatures. [...] There followed a list of the school governors. It seems a little unusual for the governors to be deciding on this issue if Malfoy was still among their members. (And Harry et al. know that Lucius was fired as governor; they...

In The Vampire Diaries , how old were Stefan and Damon when they were turned? They both had a relationship with Elana. I know that Stefan says he's 17, the same age as Elana. Is it true? And how old is Damon? And, if Stefan isn't 17, how old was he when he was turned?

This question was borne out of another asking why the Dwarven rings produced greed and not invisibility shown here. Consider the following: Sauron encouraged and assisted the Elves in forging the Rings of Power, though in secret Sauron forged his own; the One Ring to rule the Elvish rings...However, as soon as Sauron put the Ring on his finger the Elves sensed his treachery, and thus removed their rings and hid them. My question is, how did the Elves sense his treachery and why were they not seduced by the Rings of Power in the same way as Men and Dwarves? Source Answer Short answer: No one knows. Long answer: To know how the elves managed to sense Sauron we have to understand how the One ring works. What follows is speculative, as we have no definite answer. First, let's speak about Ósanwe. Ósanwe means "communication of thought" in quenya.Tolkien wrote a eight page essay about it named Ósanwe-kenta . Note that the narrator is not Tolkien but an elvish loremaster. Wha...

As the answer to this question explains, during Rey's "dream" 1 in The Force Awakens , we hear Obi-Wan's voice saying: Rey... these are your first steps. The word "Rey" is a sample edited from Alec Guinness saying "afraid" in one of the OT films; the rest of the line was a recording of Ewan McGregor made specifically for The Force Awakens . I actually noticed the line when I saw the movie, and I immediately recognized the voice behind the "Rey" portion as that of Alec Guinness. However, the scene in question is very jarring, fast-paced, disorienting, and confusing, so I had trouble taking in everything that was happening. In all the commotion and rapid-fire changes of scenery and action, I apparently missed another familiar voice. According to this article, the dream sequence also features a brief vocal performance from Frank Oz as Yoda, but I totally missed it, and now I'm dying to know exactly what Yoda said. What does Yoda say d...

I read a book, probably in the late 80s or early 90s, that had several elements. I remember enjoying the book then (it wasn't great art, but it was entertaining), but can't identify it now. The elements I remember was that there was a project called Trillium; there were two or three missiles with horrendous weapons that I believe were telekinetic and I think had American Indian names; the protagonist may have been a rock musician and also had some kind of psychic power. Any idea of the book name and author?

I read this book about ten years ago, I unfortunately don't remember much about the general plot but I do remember some odd specific details. Firstly, although it was definitely a stand-alone book, I read it in a collection titled something along the lines of "Exciting Stories for Boys". I think the first Guardians of Ga'Hoole book was included in this collection but I might be wrong. The book itself was a YA story about a high school boy who lived on earth shortly before it got struck by a meteor; a lot of the book was him going about normal high school business, but at some point he learns that the world is going to end and only a certain number of important people and their families got to board a ship to another planet (his dad was a VIP for some reason I think). I remember that when he boards, there was a child on the ship who wanted to bring a teddy bear, but wasn't allowed to because they didn't have room. Eventually, they put some tubes in the protagon...

Arya tricks/blackmails Jaqen H'ghar into helping her after she's used up her first two victims. I can't imagine he'd be too pleased about killing more people than originally bargained; not to mention it goes against his religious beliefs of balancing the number of lives and deaths. Why does he give her the coin and the words so that she can seek more help? Why would he want to help her even more? Aren't they even? Answer A man hears, a man sees... A man knows Jaqen knows that Arry/Weasel/Nan is actually Arya of House Stark “Some men have many names. Weasel. Arry. Arya.” She backed away from him, until she was pressed against the heart tree. “Did Gendry tell?” “A man knows,” he said again. “My lady of Stark.” He has taken the time to figure out her story and offer her these three free kills in the first place 1 . Totes Besties He also considers himself a friend to her; he says as much when she names him as the third kill: Arya put her lips to his ear. “It’s Jaqen...

At the end of ‘The Return of the King’, Bilbo, Frodo, Gandalf and others boarded a boat and left Middle-earth for Valinor. Is there any canon explanation why they couldn’t just take the ring there in the first place and leave Middle-earth altogether? Would Sauron have gone after them? Couldn’t the elves living there safeguard it? I do realize that without Frodo taking the ring to Mount Doom there would be no story at all, but I wonder whether or not there is any canon explanation for this. Answer Elrond says so in the council: “But Gandalf has revealed to us that we cannot destroy it by any craft that we here possess,” said Elrond. “And they who dwell beyond the Sea would not receive it: for good or ill it belongs to Middle-earth; it is for us who still dwell here to deal with it.” -FotR, Book 2, Ch.2. Basically, since Sauron made it in Middle-Earth they have to deal with it there. Additionally there is concern of it being intercepted by creatures in league with Sauron while on the s...

In Season 3 episode 2 , Dark wings, Dark Words the Character Orell has his eyes rolled back and an Eagle is circling above and Mance says to Jon Snow that he is a "warg". This is the first time we are shown a Warg. OK, by now we all know what a Warg is and in previous episodes Bran also is Warging, although he does not know it yet and we are not show what he is doing. When Bran is Warging he seems to go pretty far away from his actual body while he is in the wolves consciousness. Orwell seems to Warg into an Eagle and when asked by Mance where he was (had been) and he states that he was at the The Fist of the First Men and saw dead Crows . I don't know how far away from the position that they were standing at was from the The Fist of the First Men but, is there anything in the books or the show that sates reasonably how far they can Warg? I also understand that not all Wargs are created equal, as Bran seems to be an extremly powerful Warg as he is able to take over a hu...

Flying lessons would be starting on Thursday — and Gryffindor and Slytherin would be learning together. In Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter Nine - The Midnight Duel Harry's first - At three-thirty that afternoon, Harry, Ron, and the other Gryffindors hurried down the front steps onto the grounds for their first flying lesson. (and only) flying lesson is described. During this single lesson Harry discovers that he has a tremendous natural ability to fly on a broomstick and is made Seeker of the Gryffindor Quidditch team. Flying lessons are never mentioned again in the first book, and as far as I recall, not a single other time in the entire seven books. Harry clearly didn't require them but there were a lot of other students who would have benefited from them, including Hermione. What amount of tutoring is actually available for those wishing to learn to fly at Hogwarts? Are flying lessons mandatory for first years? Do they continue in subsequent years as w...

The One Ring turns the person wearing it invisible. Is there an explanation of how it does this? It appears that direct contact with the skin activates the Ring's invisibility effects; why would it also affect the person's clothing, weapons, etc, as well? The Invisible Man's clothing is visible, so why aren't Frodo's clothes visible? The Hobbit makes it clear that Bilbo's clothing is invisible, since Smaug didn't see it. Is there any possiblity that this varies from character to character? Answer The mechanics of this is never made clear; suffice to say that the Ring is a magic ring, and the invisibility is an area-of-effect spell. It also generally doesn't vary from character to character, although there are a handful of exceptions: Isildur himself becomes invisible but one of the items on his person, the Elendilmir, does not: Isildur turned west, and drawing up the Ring that hung in a wallet from a fine chain about his neck, he set it upon his fing...

At the end of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them , Newt send up the Thunderbird with the short-term memory eraser. After they do that, Jacob Kowalski goes out into the rain to forget what happened. But then Queenie goes out and conjures up an umbrella, in addition to the fact that he was under cover for most of the time. Then Jacob goes and wanders off, bumping into Newt along the way. But when Queenie goes into his new bakery, he appears to recognize her. This is in addition to that His confections are magical-beasts shaped. This would imply that he still remembers things. So, the question is: Did Jacob not lose all of his memories? If he did, what happened at the end with Queenie? Answer As I understand it, there's a chance that Jacob will actually remember Queenie. The memory eraser potion made from Swooping Evil venom erases bad memories - but despite all else that happened, Jacob's experiences with and of Queenie are unlikely to be considered "bad". Thu...

In the Star Trek franchise, do the letters in the title " Borg " represent anything other than an abbreviation of the term " Cyborg "? If it is an acronym, what does " Borg " stand for? Answer No, it has no extraneous meanings. It is a contraction of the word "cyborg" as you have denoted. The most curious part is why the Universal Translator would choose the word "Borg" in the first place. It implies the Borg and Federation Galactic have common shared words, or perhaps the Borg created a word that would have the proper connotation from the Federation database. Language translations do not usually support contractions of words from language to language.

We see how the Phoenix was launched, and that its flight was successful - however it doesn't look like it would survive re-entry (no heat shield etc and we have no mention of deflector shields being part of its design) so how was the flight to end? Eject the forward section and land it like an Apollo capsule? Is there anything in canon or the expanded universe which tells us how Cochran got it back on the ground? Edit: so it looks like there are heat tiles on the side of the forward cockpit, on the opposite side from the crew windows - however, they dont extend all the way done the fuselage so that might indicate that just the crew cabin is returned to earth. However, that would mean that the guts of the Phoenix would be left in orbit - not a great situation if you want a continued program, especially considering the dialog suggests a lot of the basic structural material was very hard to get hold of. Would love some corroboration on this. Answer I'm struggling to find a fully...

In Deathly Hallow, when Voldemort kills Harry, Harry does not resist the spell. When Harry was in King's Cross, Dumbledore says that it was important that Harry did not resist the spell. Why did Dumbledore say that? What were the implications of Harry not resisting?

I was wondering how Star Wars hyperdrives work. I'm mainly interested in how they use energy (i.e. electricity or any other types of power) to cause a ship to go faster than light's speed. I'm aware that going faster than the speed of light is impossible according to real-world physics, but how does a hyperdrive in the Star Wars universe work? Do hyperdrives generate wormholes? Do they simply make the ship accelerate faster than lightspeed? Do they create warp bubbles, or is there some other way they cause starships to go faster than light? What are the generally accepted ideas and/or theories of how hyperdrives in the SW universe work? Is there a canon explanation? Answer The science behind Star Wars is only peripheral. So, those subjects are not very well defined and/or elaborated. After all, when peoples can move objects with the power of their mind, why bother about those scientific details? Anyway, a Hyperdrive is just what allows travel faster than light through so...

I never quite understood the disconnect between the Klingon appearance in the original series and the others (TNG and beyond) until I read recently on Wikipedia : A canonical explanation for the change [in Klingon appearance] was given in a two-part storyline on Star Trek: Enterprise . The two episodes, " Affliction " and " Divergence ", aired in February 2005. An earlier story arc featured the Augments, genetically-engineered humans left over from the Eugenics Wars of the late 20th century, and who were defeated by Captain Jonathan Archer and the Enterprise in Klingon space. The Klingon High Council fears that Starfleet was developing armies of Augments; after gaining access to genetic material from the Augments, the Klingons perform experiments to increase their own intellect and strength. The experiments turn disastrous when a flu strain mutates and becomes a deadly plague that spreads across the Empire, causing physical changes resulting in the afflicted bearing...

At the end of Diablo 2 Baal destroys the Worldstone, but I'm really hazy on the purpose of the 'World Stone'. Are there any official explanations, in a novel or statement by blizzard what the stone's destruction did to Sanctuary? How does this lead into the story of the next game? Answer Executive Summary: The destruction of the Worldstone had devastating physical effects to the Arreat Summit's immediate surrounds - turning it into a massive crater and poisoning the land. But it had a more interesting effect: with the Worldstone no longer actively reducing humankind's powers, they are reverting to nephalem with the associated powers that they once held. Full Explanation: The purpose of the Worldstone was two-fold. The first is revealed in the novel, The Veiled Prophet. The Worldstone was the foundation for Sanctuary, as it was used to create it: he cannot be touched, for he’s tied to the very foundation of Sanctuary, the Worldstone! and Distance had no meanin...

Whilst answering this question , an interesting question came to mind. In the chase through the Hoth asteroid field in The Empire Strikes Back , the Millennium Falcon takes refuge in a cave, which turns out to be the belly of a Space Slug (Wookieepedia tells me that this creature's proper name is an Exogorth ). I never really thought about it before, but how does this creature breathe? Wookieepedia mentions how it gains nourishment They fed on the minerals of asteroids, various stellar energy fields, mynocks (another silicon-based lifeform), ships, and other unfortunate creatures that unknowingly passed into its mouth. but school biology teaches me that all living things need to breathe. Since Wookieepedia is normally pretty good at collating any ridiculous explanation that might have been given in any form of canon and I don't see anything specified, I fear there may be no answer, but I am still curious. Answer Presumably, they don't need to. As your excerpt hints at, a...

By the end of PoA, we find out that Lupin, Snape, and Dumbledore all knew about the passage under the Whomping Willow the whole time. So why was it not guarded (by Dementors or something/one else) since this seems like an obvious entry into Hogwarts for Black? Update: Sorry this wasn't clear when I originally asked, but I thought it was obvious that the Whomping Willow itself was not an effective guard against Black. He already knew how to use the knob to disarm it, which we know can be done by a large stick for those going out and easily reached by those coming in.

In Star Wars: A New Hope , Han famously makes a comment about Wookiees ripping people's arms off. This got me to thinking whether this was a reasonable generalisation. Has Han Solo ever met another Wookiee aside from Chewbacca? Canon preferred but Legends is acceptable, Answer Yes, but after A New Hope In the recent marvel comic six issue crossover event, Darth Vader Down , Han and Chewie encounter Black Krrsantan , a Wookiee warrior. While this comic is considered canon, it takes place after A New Hope , so it won't help explain Han's comment.

Coincidence? Or did Glen A. Larson just really like the cool effect? Answer From Wikipedia : KITT's scanner is similar to that of Cylons from the science fiction series Battlestar Galactica. Glen A. Larson, the creator of both Knight Rider and Battlestar Galactica has stated that the two shows have nothing else in common and to remove any fan speculation, he stated in the Season One Knight Rider DVD audio-comments, that he simply reused the scanning light for KITT because he liked the effect.

A few comments I read before Star Trek: Discovery premiered indicated it was part of the original timeline, but after seeing the show I'm not 100% sure: many of the consoles we see here are similar to those in the current films. As that could just be "modern looks for a dusty timeline" I want to make sure and ask: is Discovery set in the original or the Kelvin timeline? Answer Star Trek: Discovery is set in the original timeline, not in the Kelvin one. The visuals similar to those of Abrams' movies are easily explained by both of them being modern products, created with modern technologies and responding to modern audience tastes and expectations. According to one of the creators of the show, Bryan Fuller : Star Trek: Discovery will be set in the “Prime Universe” (so in the timeline of the original shows, not the J.J. Abrams reboot films), about a decade before Captain Kirk’s five-year mission. “We can redefine the visual style,” he said. “We get to play with all...

In Star Trek: The Next Generation, the rank of Starfleet officers is denoted by the “pips” on their collar. An Ensign has one, a Commander three, a Captain four, and Admirals have three pips in a box on each side of their collar. Is the system based on anything from real life? Or did the Star Trek production crew just make it up? Answer According to Wikipedia , Star Trek rank insignia are based on the United States Navy and the British Royal Navy. However, the rank designations are not constant throughout the entire franchise.

I had a query about what genre of fantasy does Narnia belong to- high or low. Wikipedia says that High fantasy is defined as fantasy set in an alternative, fictional ("secondary") world, rather than "the real", or "primary" world while low fantasy is defined as fiction where magical events intrude on an otherwise normal world What type of fantasy would Narnia be? Surely most of the narrative takes place in Narnia which is a secondary world but since the main characters basically live in the primary world it can be considered an 'intrusion'. So what is its official genre? Answer As pointed out in the comments to this question, there can't be a definitive answer because genres are a fluid thing. I wasn't aware that some commentators regard the idea of a link between the real world and the magical one as archetypal of high fantasy, and I'm not sure why,as for me at least, the distinction between high and low is about the dichotomy betwee...