Talk:Minbari

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[edit] Satai

Actually Grey Council members are called Satai not Catai.

Satai is not a noun, thus it is incorrect to say they are 'called' Satai. The word Satai is actually 'satai-', and is an honorific prefix, like the Japanese suffix '-dono' or '-sempai' but its use is exclusive TO members of the Grey Council. Actually, when you watch the first season and think about it the Minbari draw quite a few parallels to Edo period Japan and Pre-Meiji Shinto-Buddhism. Verlocs 02:47, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

I don't think that that distinction was made, and while it certainly is used as an honorific, it is also used as a title of office (e.g. "you are satai!" or the computer's recitation of what "satai" means when Sinclair researches it, see "Soul Hunter").

[edit] True seekers

I've added a True seekers section and cited the heck out of the religion section. Someone please carry the torch and cite the rest of the article? -Harmil 16:00, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Stellar Location

Do we have a confirmed source for Minbar's location in Space? While the rest of the paragraph is Canon (7th planet, colder, crystals, ice, length of year), 25LY seems a ludicriously small distance between Civilisations, especially one which has been spacefaring for a thousand years.Draffa 23:04, 16 January 2007 (UTC)