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When did Star Wars Chapter 2 become Episode V?

@edentarchives Sci Fi Star Wars · 850 words · read ~317 times.

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As every good geek knows, Star Wars Episode IV A New Hope was originally called… "Star Wars". That's it. No subtitle. No episode number. When Empire Strikes Back came out, it was called "Star Wars Episode V" - which necessitated rewriting history and calling the original film "Episode IV". But at what point did the second Star Wars movie become known as Episode V? I've been reading "The Making of the Empire Strikes Back" by J. W. Rinzler, which I shall quote from extensively. Originally, i…

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Building an ersatz scanning table

@edentarchives mobile · 300 words · read ~252 times.

I found a bunch of my old school-books that I wanted to digitally capture. I do have a flatbed scanner, but most of my 1980s workbooks were far too large for it. So I decided to build a cheap scanning table. Ingredients Old Phone Tripod - £8. White table Selfie-stick button! - £2 The Bluetooth selfie-stick button was necessary because tapping the screen on the phone made the somewhat-unstable tripod bounce around a bit. Not great for in-focus shots. It took a few attempts to find a s…

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