Saturday, May 10, 2025

THE PUZZLE CORNER: MAY 10, 2025

 ðŸ˜ŽFUN FACT
George Lucas gave Mel Brooks permission to parody Star Wars on one condition, that there would never be any Spaceballs based merchandise. To this day, no one is certain whatever happened to all the props and prototypes shown during the movie.

BEFORE AND AFTER
Two separate items share at least one word, and so can be combined to create something new. Based upon the clue below, do you know what the new thing is?
Richie, Ralph and company on a long running soap opera.

NUMBER PLEASE
Get ready! We ask the question, but the answer is just a number.
With the selection of Leo XIV, to date: how many Popes have there been?

We’ll reveal all next weekend but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX📦 and discover the results from the May 3, 2025 Puzzle Corner as we celebrated Star Wars Day.

AKA, ALSO KNOWN AS
What was George Lucas’ original title for what eventually became Star Wars, Episode IV: A New Hope?
THE Star Wars.
Okay, like we said, it was the working title. Luke Skywalker was originally named Luke Starkiller, so there was a lot of rewriting between first draft and finished screenplay.

TRIVIA TIME
What characters appeared throughout all nine movies of the original three trilogies?
The droids R2-D2 and C-3PO.

THE LETTER SHUFFLE
Do you know how many other words you can make out of the letters in STAR WARS?
ANSWER: Granted, there weren't as many as one might suspect, but you can still form:
A, art(s), at, as, ass, aw
Rat(s), raw
Sat, saw, Stars (star doesn't count because it was part of the original phrase), straw(s)
Tar(s)
War (wars doesn't count because it was part of the original phrase), was, (and) wart(s).
If more than the 21 listed above are possible, please let us know.

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