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Continuity, Criticisms, and Captain Panaka

by: Dan Wallace

date posted: Jun 24, 2008 3:20 PM

The Last Word in Star Wars

Lucasfilm Licensing keeps an internal database for maintaining continuity called the Holocron. It's made up of tens of thousands of entries, but finally ends with this guy.

That's it. It's a hard stop. Clicking the advance arrow won't take you any further. So here's what Wookieepedia has to say about Zzzanmxl.

I feel a bit like I've reached the end of the Internet.

Dan
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date Posted: Jun 24, 2008 3:34 PM ah, the end of the internet....who knew it would be so...dull. There should be flashing lights or bells and whistles or something......hmmm...

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date Posted: Jun 24, 2008 3:35 PM I will now create a character named Zzzanmxl Plus One. ph

	Pabawan Fragments from the Mind's Eye
date Posted: Jun 24, 2008 4:10 PM Also, this reminds me of the Futurama alien phone book joke. Two massive phone books, divided into two equal-sized volumes. Volume 1: A-W, Volume 2: X-Z. ph

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date Posted: Jun 24, 2008 8:33 PM I will now create a character named Zzzanmxl Plus One. Zzzzanmxl would do it. Then, in a constant game of one-upmanship, eventually we'll have Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzanmxl.

	Dan Wallace Continuity, Criticisms, and Captain Panaka
date Posted: Jun 24, 2008 8:41 PM Also, this reminds me of the Futurama alien phone book joke. Two massive phone books, divided into two equal-sized volumes. Volume 1: A-W, Volume 2: X-Z. But when you're working on sci-fi, it's not a joke! After slogging through a seemingly endless procession of things that start with X, Y, and Z, I was never so happy to see Zzzanmxl.

	Master Ki-Aaron-Mundi I was a Teenage Jedi
date Posted: Jun 24, 2008 11:04 PM Man, Zzzanmxl's gonna be tough to beat. I doubt anyone will attempt a quadruple "z"... but I s'pose another triple "z" followed by a vowel other than "a" would do it. Nah, on second thought, Zzanmxl's earned his spot at the end of the line.

	caledre If There's A Bright Center To The Universe...
date Posted: Jun 26, 2008 4:55 AM Hey...who is the first entry, out of curiosity?

	Dan Wallace Continuity, Criticisms, and Captain Panaka
date Posted: Jun 26, 2008 5:59 AM Hey...who is the first entry, out of curiosity? merf... I need FileMaker Pro to answer that question and can't currently fire it up. I'm pretty sure the numbers come before the "A"s, though.

	Leland Y Chee Keeper of the Holocron's Blog
date Posted: Jun 26, 2008 11:53 PM Fittingly, the first non-number entry in the Holocron is "A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...."

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date Posted: Sep 17, 2008 12:03 AM Wow, there's an end to the internet?! Amazing.