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From: psc@lzwi.UUCP (Paul S. R. Chisholm)
Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers
Subject: Re: Empire Troops
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Date: Sun, 15-Sep-85 22:20:58 EDT
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In article <203@3comvax.UUCP>, michaelm@3comvax.UUCP (Michael McNeil) writes:
> Remember the scene in *Star Wars* where the troops are conducting a
> house-to-house search of the city, and the robots see them coming
> and lock the door?  When the troops get to the door, they knock,
> then one says, ``This one's locked, go on to the next.''  It seems
> a bit odd for a totalitarian state to be stopped by a locked door....
>Michael McNeil, 3Com Corporation, ..!ucbvax!hplabs!oliveb!3comvax!michaelm

I always thought that such doors were only supposed to be openable from
the outside; if it's locked, no one can be hiding inside.  (Except for
an R2 droid with a hacker's dream for a limb!)
Granted, there's nothing to support this in movie or film.
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