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by: General Tarfful

date posted: Oct 23, 2007 1:30 PM | updated: Oct 23, 2007 1:31 PM

Lightsaber Lift-Off

Many of you may know that space shuttle Discovery lifted off this morning, carrying on board Luke's ROTJ lightsaber. But what I haven't seen anyone else mention is that it launched at--what else?--11:38 AM.

How fitting.

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	gencrs Technical Manuals from The GFFA
date Posted: Oct 23, 2007 1:45 PM That time was cool. I wander if that was planned.

	hansgirl3 Invoking the Squee
date Posted: Oct 23, 2007 2:24 PM Oh, now that's cool! I didn't realize that! Thanks for sharing!

	Smuggler Jedi Hokey Religions and A Good Blaster at My Side
date Posted: Oct 23, 2007 4:39 PM Very cool. I watched the liftoff today at work. I didn't notice the time.

	Jade Sabre777 A luminous being, I am...
date Posted: Oct 23, 2007 9:16 PM That's awesome - thanks for sharing!

	Aurin_Starkiller
date Posted: Oct 23, 2007 9:50 PM Hmm... I think I'm missing something here. What's the significance of the time again? God Bless, May the Force grant us wisdom...

	APowerfulJedi
date Posted: Oct 24, 2007 9:07 AM Aurin_Starkiller What the significance is, is that THX 1138 was George Lucas's first movie he made and this is very interesting how that turned out with the lift off.

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