Tech giants Elon Musk and Mark Zuckeberg have been engaged in a very public, somewhat silly and self-indulgent battle over artificial intelligence lately. Musk has. A short summary of 's Star Wars Episodes IV–VI. This free synopsis covers all the crucial plot points of Star Wars Episodes IV–VI. Spark. Notes: Star Wars Episodes IV–VI: Plot Overview. Episode IV: A New Hope. Far off in a distant galaxy, the starship belonging to. Princess Leia, a young member of the Imperial Senate, is intercepted. Imperial Star Destroyer. An imperial boarding party blasts its way onto the captured vessel. After winning the Revolutionary War (1783), American settlers in large numbers poured into the west. In 1788, American pioneers to the Northwest Territory established.Leia’s ship is subdued. The dark, forbidding figure of Darth Vader appears, brutally interrogating. Empire’s mightiest weapon—a planet- sized battle station. Death Star. In the confusion, Princess Leia slips away. R2- D2, a maintenance droid (robot). Leia is taken. prisoner, but R2 gets away in an escape pod, along with his best. C- 3. PO. After crash- landing on the planet. The number one mmorpg list online for all of your favorite browser based mmorpg games. Tatooine, the droids set off. R2. insists that he has a mission to perform, but C- 3. PO wants no part. The two droids go their separate ways but are soon reunited when. Jawas, child- sized scavengers who trade. The Jawas sell the droids to Owen. Lars, a moisture farmer on a remote homestead. Owen’s nephew, young. Luke Skywalker, cleans the droids and, as he does so, stumbles across. Princess Leia had hidden inside R2. The holographic. message is addressed to “Obi- Wan Kenobi,” and Luke, fascinated by. Ben Kenobi, a mysterious. R2, however, refuses to. When Luke asks his uncle about. Obi- Wan, Owen is reluctant to even discuss the subject. Obi- Wan was a friend of Luke’s. Luke never knew. Luke mentions his desire to leave. Imperial Academy for starpilots, but Uncle Owen. Luke’s frustration. When Luke’s aunt Beru. Owen that Luke is too much like his father to stay on the. Owen replies that that is just what he’s afraid of. During the night, R2- D2 slips away, intent on finding. Obi- Wan and completing his mission. Luke sets out in search of the. C- 3. PO with him. They soon. find R2 but are waylaid by Sandpeople, barbaric tribal creatures. Luke is knocked unconscious but. Ben Kenobi, who frightens. Sandpeople and brings the group back to his humble shelter. There, Ben explains that he was called Obi- Wan back in days when. Jedi Knight, one of an ancient order of warriors who fought. Old Republic, before the. Galactic Empire. Further, he informs Luke that. Luke’s father was also a Jedi, one of Ben’s closest friends, and that. Darth Vader, a former pupil of Ben’s who. Force. The Force, Ben explains, is the. Jedi’s power. It is an energy field created and sustained. Through training, a Jedi is able to tap into the Force and gain. Vader shows, there. Force as well. Ben gives Luke his father’s lightsaber, the traditional. Jedi. After viewing the entirety of Leia’s message. Ben says that he intends to join up with the Rebel Alliance challenging. Empire and to bring them the plans hidden in R2’s memory. He. urges Luke to join him and to learn the ways of the Force, but Luke. Meanwhile, Princess. Leia has been taken into captivity on the Death Star. There, Leia. is repeatedly interrogated by Darth Vader about the whereabouts. Rebel base, but she stoutly refuses to crack. When. Vader is insolently challenged by the Death Star’s Commander, he. Force by choking the officer into. Grand Moff Tarkin, the Imperial governor. Back on Tattooine. Luke and Ben discover that the Jawas have been slaughtered by Imperial. Fearing for his aunt and uncle, Luke. With. nothing left to hold him on Tattooine, Luke resolves to join Ben. Jedi. With the droids in tow, Ben and Luke journey to Mos Eisley spaceport. Alderaan, the Princess’s home. The Mos Eisley cantina, where the best pilots are to be found. Ben is forced to act with deadly swiftness. Luke from a couple of toughs. Nevertheless, the pair manages. Han Solo, a brash smuggler, and his copilot, the Wookie. Chewbacca, to take them to Alderaan without attracting the attention. Empire. After the deal is struck, Han Solo is cornered by. Greedo, a lackey of Jabba the Hutt and a gangster angry at Solo. Solo blasts his way out of the confrontation. Jabba himself when he returns. Millennium. Falcon, is docked. Solo and Chewbacca are surprised when Imperial. Falcon barely makes it off. Tatooine and into hyperspace on the way to Alderaan. On the Death Star, meanwhile, Tarkin has decided to break. Leia by threatening her home planet, Alderaan, with destruction. Faced with this appalling dilemma, Leia reveals the location of. Tarkin proceed with the attack on. Alderaan, merely to demonstrate the power of the Death Star. Aboard. the Millennium Falcon, Ben is stricken, feeling. Alderaan as a massive tremor in the Force. Luke trains. with his lightsaber, even as Han scoffs at Ben’s trust in the Force. Ben replies by having Luke fight blind against a floating target. Luke is able to defend himself by sensing the remote with his. Ben says, into. “a larger world.” The ship exits hyperspace where Alderaan should. Ben realizes the horrible truth when they catch sight of. Death Star, and the Millennium Falcon is. The group manages to hide from the guards in Han’s. Vader senses the presence of his old. Obi- Wan. The ship is unable to escape the Death Star as long as. Ben goes off alone. In his absence, the others learn that Princess. Leia is aboard the station, and Luke convinces them to attempt a. Han and Luke disguise themselves as stormtroopers and, with. Leia out. of her cell. Unfortunately, their activities are soon discovered. Imperial troops. Leia is unimpressed with her rescuers’ planning. Han’s chagrin. As the. Falcon, Ben stealthily. On his way to the ship, Ben is confronted. Darth Vader, who is eager to face his old master. Vader and Ben. duel with lightsabers, and the fight draws the attention of the. Realizing he is trapped, and not wanting to endanger his. Ben allows Vader to strike him down, only to disappear. Vader’s stroke hits, merging his consciousness with the Force. Luke is horrified and lashes out, but the others force him onto. Falcon and make they their escape. The fleeing ship is pursued by Imperial fighters but finally escapes. Leia is convinced that they are being tracked, as indeed. The group travels to the Rebel base, with the Death Star. A quick scan of the blueprints provided by R2 offers. Death Star has an Achilles’ heel. A direct hit. on a small, easily overlooked thermal port will destroy the station. Luke signs. up for the desperate assault, but he is disappointed that Han, having received. Watched anxiously by the. Rebel command, the fleet of small, single- pilot fighters speeds. Death Star. As the station slowly. Rebels, the pilots maneuver. Darth Vader leads the counterattack himself and. Rebels, including Luke’s boyhood friend Biggs. Finally, it is up to Luke himself to make. Vader at the last minute. Han Solo, who returns in the nick of time and sends Vader spinning. Heeding Ben’s disembodied voice, Luke switches. Force to guide his aim. Against all. odds, Luke succeeds and destroys the Death Star, dealing a major. Empire and setting himself on the path to becoming. Jedi Knight. Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. After the destruction of the Death Star, the Empire quickly. Rebel. base. Imperial probe droids fan out across various star systems. Hoth. On the surface. Hoth, Han Solo and Luke Skywalker are on patrol near the newly. Rebel base. Luke sees the Imperial probe strike the surface. Before he can identify the probe. Luke is attacked and knocked unconscious by a hulking yeti- like. Meanwhile, having returned to the base, Han orders Chewbacca. Millennium Falcon for departure. Han explains to the Rebel general that he feels compelled to leave. Jabba the Hutt. As Han heads back to his ship, Leia confronts him and tries to convince. Rebellion. Han tries to get Leia. When Han learns that Luke has still not reported in, he. Hoth night to find him. In the cave of. the creature that attacked him, Luke has been pinioned in ice but. Force and his lightsaber to fight his way back. As he wanders blindly in a snowstorm, Luke has a. Ben Kenobi, who tells Luke that he must seek out Yoda. Jedi master who is to train him in the ways of the Force. As. Luke collapses, Han appears out of the night to rescue him. Luke. recovers after a short stay in the sick bay, and Han and Leia discover. Imperial probe has located the Rebel base. Aboard his command. Darth Vader sees the transmission from the probe and, instantly. Rebel base, orders his fleet to the Hoth system. However, Admiral Ozzel brings the fleet out of hyperspace in such. Rebels are alerted and have time to prepare an evacuation. Furious, Vader uses the Force to strangle Ozzel and promotes Piett. Luke leads the counterattack that attempts to hold off. Imperial army of massive armored walking transports, as. Rebels hurriedly flee the base. For $4,5. 00, Would You Start Your Mighty Empire With These Five 1. AMC Pacers? Today, on a very special episode of Nice Price or Crack Pipe we give you the opportunity to binge purchase America’s fishbowl, the AMC Pacer. We’ll just have to decide if this collection is really worth picking up the Pace(r). Humpty Dumpty, that sentient egg of rhyme, wrecked his shit so badly that even an entire army army couldn’t get his act together. In contrast, all that yesterday’s 1. Ferrari 3. 48. TS needed was some front end work and a visit from Mr. Clean. Okay, so I might be glossing over some pertinent points, but honestly it’s your job to do the heavy lifting here and decide whether the asking price made it worth dancing with that Prancing Horse. In the end, the potential for future wallet- emptying shenanigans doomed the Italian’s $2. Crack Pipe loss. Anthropologists tell us that our distant ancestors started out as opportunistic hunter- gathers, and I’d say that’s an innate trait still with us today since as a species many of us like collecting things. It’s what sets us apart from the animals… um, except for crows, they collect stuff too. Where we tend to differentiate however, is in what we collect. Some people like to collect Faberge Eggs while others, a little further down the sagacity spectrum, amass things like old newspapers and sodden Kleenexes. It’s part of the circle of life. Today we have an opportunity to fall somewhere in between with a collection of five AMC Pacers that a Tucson area collector has decided to pass- on, in bundle fashion. Now, as we all know, the Pacer was AMC’s attempt to differentiate through abject oddness. The car was initially intended as a tour de force of uniqueness featuring an exceptionally wide footprint for its overall length, a longer door on the passenger side for ease of egress, and a sloping hood flanked by pod- like headlamps made possible by the planned use of a GM- sourced Wankel engine. Everything but the Wankel survived, and AMC was able to shove their inline six in as motivating force when GM stiffed them by cancelling their rotary engine project. The Dick Teague designed Pacer would immediately become iconic for its looks so no one seemed to care about the mill. The bubble- like design would see its shape and window openings aped elsewhere; in cars like the Porsche 9. Kool- Aid party pitcher. It’s a car with history, and now five of them could be yours. The seller does such a good job describing each of those five that I’ll just step back for a moment and let let the magic happen here.(1) White AMC Pacer with flames: 1. AMC Pacer. This Pacer has tan interior. Some tearing on the driver side seat. The panals are in decent shape with no serious damage or cracks. Body is straight. No rust on this car.(2) Grey 1. Pacer. This Pacer has red interior. Some tears on the driver side seat, but overall it’s in pretty decent shape. Body is straight. No rust on this car.(3) Tan 1. Pacer. This pacer has tan/brown interior. This Pacer has a rebuilt engine in it. The interior is in pretty decent shape with no rips or tears on the seats. Body is straight. Slight surface rust on the car. Nothing major.(4) Two tone white/yellow 1. Pacer. Light brown interior. The interior in this car is in pretty good shape. The driver side fender has a small dent in it. Other than that, the rest of the body is straight. Very minor surface rust. There is also a 1. This car does not run and was used as a parts car. I know, right? Take a deep breath and you’ll be okay. The seller says that he has clear titles for all five, including the parts car, and that up until a few months ago the four cars in the pics were drivers. Obviously you can’t keep a good Pacer down and so it most likely wouldn’t take much to make each fully roadworthy again. Take that yesterday’s Ferrari. The reason for the mass sell- off is given as work and a move so you don’t have to worry about them being cursed or anything. The cars aren’t in Indiana (how perfect would that have been?) but instead are located in Tucson, Arizona. That means rust and mold probably aren’t of issue, but of course a non- functioning AC will be. The price to take ownership of this highly desirable and singularly unique collection is $4,5. That works out to just $9. You now need to vote on that price and this collection and decide which way it will go. Is $4,5. 00 a good deal for a good deal of AMC Pacers? Or, is this a collection that’s destined to only collect dust? You decide! Tucson, AZ Craigslist, or go here if the ad disappears. Help me out with NPOCP. Click here to send a me a fixed- price tip, and remember to include your Kinja handle.
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