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Contents 1 This is not a general Droid article 2 Disambiguation Message 3 Behaivour 4 Trademarking 5 Vandalism? 6 Fair use rationale for Image:A new hope 2.jpg 7 Unsourced bizarre comment

[edit] This is not a general Droid article

This article is not about droids in general, this is about Star Wars Droids, in particular, C-3PO and R2D2. -- Joecool94 11:41 PM, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

I agree - this is what struck me when I read the opening paragraphs to this article, which I expected to be about "intelligent" robots in general. From the text, it appears that the word originated from a contraction of "android", which first appeared in a Star Wars novel. I move that this article be generalised more, as I think the word has entered common usage^{[citation needed]}. Leevclarke (talk) 23:43, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Disambiguation Message

Has anyone else noticed the current disambiguation message is humorously similar to the often quoted, "these are not the droids you're looking for" line from the movie? Was this intentional, and if so does it break the "serious" theme that Wikipedia has come to be known for? Just a thought. --Aethumus 08:13, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

I would be surprised if it was unintentional. I wouldn't change it because it does make sense. --Lyght 23:02, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

I put back the older message back. Not the "go about your business" one, but the one this article had before it. It's still encyclopedic and factual, and it was the accepted one for a long time. If you disagree, please feel free to remove it.72.51.179.30 21:47, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Behaivour

"They exhibit human-like behaviour, however, e. g. react emotionally, think intelligently and self-reflective, and require sleep"- Do droids really need sleep? While they enter sleep mode, like R2 did in Episode 4, I never heard it was a requirement-just a way to save power when there was nothing better to do. Furthermore, lot's of them aren't that intelligent or emotional, or even sentient. -LtNOWIS 17:15, 25 Feb 2005 (UTC)

I changed it say that some droids exhibit human-like behavior. I also removed the part about requiring sleep since I agree that it's not true. If someone else has a source for saying it's required, they can add it back in (of course, unless they state their source, it will probably be removed again). --Aidje 17:11, 2005 Mar 7 (UTC)

Wow. I just realized that my changes never got saved. *smacks forehead* I guess I'll go do it now. --Aidje 15:59, 2005 Mar 23 (UTC)

[edit] Trademarking

Anyone know if the word "droid" is trademarked by Lucas? I heard it was in the case of the "Droids" TV show back in the 80's, but since the word is a take off of Asimov's "android" and that word is freely used, can "droid" be used in the same fashon without permission from Lucasfilm? --Cyberia23 16:22, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)

A trademark search in the US shows that there are some live trademark claims by Lucasfilm LTD: [1], [2] ("toys, games and playthings, namely, skateboards") [3] ("Toys, games and playthings, namely, hand held units for playing electronic games; skateboards; toy action figures and accessories; construction toys; toy building blocks and connecting links for the same.") [4] ("Providing news and information programming in the field of edutainment, and entertainment relating to motion picture films, and to science fiction via a global computer network and other electronic networks. ), [5] ("Entertainment services, namely, providing audiovisual entertainment in the field of edutainment and entertainment via global computer networks; providing audiovisual entertainment in the field of science fiction via a global computer information network or other electronic computer networks; providing news and information in the field of education and entertainment relating to science fiction topics via global computer networks and other electronic networks; providing news and information in the field of education and entertainment relating to motion picture films via global computer networks."), [6] ("computer peripherals; interactive entertainment software and CD-ROMs featuring science fiction."), http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=k418l1.2.5 ("toy action figures and related accessories.")

As well as some dead/abonded claims including [7] ("housewares, namely, mugs, plates, bowls, lunch boxes, lunch pails, vacuum flasks, thermal insulated containers for food and beverage, drinking glasses and cups, paper cups, plastic cups, paper plates, paper bowls, hair combs, hair brushes, electronic and non-electronic toothbrushes, non-metal decorative boxes, serving trays not of precious metal, decanters, pitchers, figures, figurines, sculptures, and statuettes made of terra cotta, earthenware, glass, porcelain, resin, crystal and china, wastepaper baskets, soap dishes, toothbrush holders, china ornaments, wind chimes, plastic coasters, cocktail picks, comb cases, commemorative plates, cookie cutters, cosmetic brushes, corkscrews, soap dishes, dispensers for liquid soap, drinking flasks, toothpick holders, pepper mills, pastry molds, pudding molds, powder puffs, salt shakers, and all purpose portable household containers; back scratchers; cookie jars; drinking steins; shot glasses; sports bottles sold empty; non-metal coin banks; children's dinnerware; candlesticks not of precious metal; coffee service not of precious metal, flasks")

I'm no lawyer, but I believe you'd be safe using "droid" or "droids" within fiction, but you might be weary of using it as your book's title.—Pengo 00:52, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Vandalism?

the changes on 16 December appear to be vandalism, most likely accidental, if there is no objection I will remove it after seven days time. I have sent a message to the user asking them to clarify or remove the edit.--Kent Witham 04:26, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

unable to find user as it seemed to be an anonymous edit. Therefore I justremoved it, if the original editor would like to add what they were attemting to add they could certainly do so.--Kent Witham 04:38, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:A new hope 2.jpg

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BetacommandBot (talk) 04:26, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Unsourced bizarre comment

"A philosophy held by many fans of the original Star Wars Episode IV is that a droid by definition is a servant robot completely devoted to its sentient master; any robot not so devoted was simply a robot." I have been a fan of the original Star Wars for 30 years, and this is the first time I have ever heard of this. This is not a "a philosophy held by many fans". -- 76.104.46.56 (talk) 03:40, 25 March 2008 (UTC)