Guest Zoom Rabbit Posted January 29, 2001 Share Posted January 29, 2001 Philology debate! Yippee! A Nubian is, yes, from Nubia...which is a region to the south of ancient Egypt. Here. On Earth. Several thousand years ago. So. Obviously, when Watto comments on the 'Nubian' ship, he isn't saying that the ship was built by bronze age mechanics from the Sudan (all of which are, supposedly, far in the future from the time of Star Wars.) The term he's using appears to be a handy rearranging of the awkward word 'Nabooian,' which fits less handily into everyday speech. I suppose the correct spelling would be 'Noobian,' but spelling it 'Newbian' is much more amusing for our purposes here. No bronze age space cruisers, please. So, what do you think BJ? BJ...? Aw. We scared him off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JR2000Z Posted January 29, 2001 Share Posted January 29, 2001 Everybody knew that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nute Gunray Posted January 29, 2001 Share Posted January 29, 2001 i'm sticking with what i said...i read it in the Visual Dictionary yup, page 7 [This message has been edited by Nute Gunray (edited January 28, 2001).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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