heliotis (02/01/83)
It is February 1st -- premiere day for "Star Wars" on HBO, so... Here it is folks! The results of the poll that asked the question: 'Please give your opinion on about whom Yoda was talking when, in "The Empire Strikes Back", he said to OB-Wan, "No, there is an Other", referring to someone (besides Luke?) who could restore the republic.' For the record, I did not include people who made more than one guess, unless they indicated one much more strongly than the other, in which case I discarded the weaker guess. I feel I must tell all you potential poll takers not to fear a deluge of response. This was one of the hottest items on the net two months ago, and look -- well under 100 responded! I shall keep a list of names and votes, so that I can congratulate the correct people when "Return of the Jedi" comes out. The article following this one is a "sorted list" of all the responses, minus some useless lines (I used it to check for ballot stuffing). I am presenting it here because reading the lines in this way helped me realize how crazy we netters all are. 54 total votes, 22 different votes 16.7%: Princess Leia 11.1%: Han Solo 9.3%: Don't care 9.3%: Boba Fett 7.4%: Someone New 7.4%: Lando Carlissian 5.6%: Darth Vader 5.6%: nobody 3.7%: Wedge 1.9%: Leia's and Luke's son 1.9%: FtG 1.9%: Leia's and Han's son 1.9%: Won't know in R.o.t.J. 1.9%: Luke's father 1.9%: Lost relative of Luke 1.9%: Don't know 1.9%: Mr. Spock 1.9%: OB-2 Kenobi 1.9%: R2D2 1.9%: Luke's severed hand 1.9%: Obi-wan Kenobe 1.9%: "Other"==>"Luke gets another shot at success"