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"What I have in my stories is ethics. Ethics and morality are very different cups of tea. I adhere to a very strict rigor of personal ethics and I demand it of those around me as well."
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Unique to the Star Wars universe (LucasFilms has a trademark on it, as far as I know), this contraction has entered the common language of science fiction. It has been used before, however; see droid from Robots of the World! Arise! by M. Wolf.
The only reasonable derivation of the word "droid" is from "android" which means "having human features." However, in the Star Wars universe, the term droid is always used to describe mechanical robots; not all of them have recognizable human shapes. One robot that is human-shaped is C-3PO (See Threepio).
Low moisture planets were much in the minds of science fiction authors; read more about the vaporators of Tatooine.
Alternatively, you might enjoy a look at another kind of automaton with its own point of view; see the self-satisfied door from Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Comment/Join this discussion ( 2 ) | RSS/XML | Blog This | Additional
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