Is Navik, the Rodian senator of Dark Tide I and Agents of Chaos II, the same person as Narik, the Rodian senator of Balance Point? It's a one-letter difference and seems like it could have easily been an author's mistake that slipped past editors.

On a related note ...

Are we sure that Senator Navik (Narik) is the same as Navik the Red from a few decades earlier on the timeline? Somehow I always assumed they just shared the same name, but is it already official that they are the same guy?

For some reason I always thought the rock wart was the creature eaten by the worrt, which would mean your first and third questions answer one another.

But I see it is not cited as such on the Wooki, so I could be wrong....

Wookieepedia mentions Romodi has extensive facial scarring (although I don't recall if this is accurate to the novelization). If true, then he couldn't be Motti.

Is Navik, the Rodian senator of Dark Tide I and Agents of Chaos II, the same person as Narik, the Rodian senator of Balance Point? It's a one-letter difference and seems like it could have easily been an author's mistake that slipped past editors.

Rather obscure question on MC80s, inspired by the post just above: should we still accept the statement in the original 1984 Guide to the Star Wars Universe that the Headquarters frigate has 29 turbolaser batteries of five guns each, for an implied total of 145, plus 36 ion cannon...?

And the question I came to ask, which is about the stormtroopers on Tatooine in ANH.

In Ep.IV, Vader tells Commander Praji to "Send a detachment down to retrieve the plans", and Galaxy Guide 1 accordingly describes the Desert Sands stormtrooper unit; a transcript of a debriefing from their "senior officer", stormtrooper DSS-0956, describes how, "After long weeks aboard Lord Darth Vader's Star Destroyer", they deploy to Tatooine specifically for the search for the droids. The ICS pic of Devastator shows a "+Sentinel+-class landing craft with Commander Praji's landing search team boarding".

+- Can we get some real armament figures for these ships (and MC80's)?

• The stats we already have are what we intend to stick with.+

Does this mean no other film vehicle or vessel will be given the same kind of look-over like the Executor had (to make them fit more with the films)? Or has any changes already been made and will thus be reflected in upcoming publications?

^ Interview with Jake Lloyd, the last paragraph of page 28 (Insider # 39, Aug./Sept. 1998):

Jake admitted that he did have a favorite co-star, but it was not Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Kenny Baker, Sam Jackson, Warwick Davis, or any of the familiar names associated with Episode I. Instead, it was his six-year-old sister, Madison. "She played Princess Ellie," Jake said with pride. "She got to be in a lot of scenes. She's standing right behind Artoo, and before the scene started, she'd rub his head...

And on page 30, first paragraph:

Jake also said that Madison would be ready if Princess Ellie ever was called to battle: "She has one mean kick to the leg," he said.

In recent places on the 'net, like Pablo Hidalgo's blog entry here, it's been pointed out that the red-helmeted pilot from A New Hope named Naytaan by a CCG card is actually being portrayed by Jack Klaff. According to the film's credits, Jack Klaff is supposedly portraying "John D". And you can't even argue that Naytaan is John D's last name, since Empire at War has since named him John D. Branon. Would Naytaan be considered this guy's official name, because John D is not actually named in a source outside of the film credits? It's all rather confusing, and I wonder if LFL could clear this up somehow.

Leland, is Vilim Disra from Allegiance the same dude as Moff Disra from +Hand of Thrawn+?

Thanks.

Hi Tasty!

Was the TIE pilot Qorl (from the "YJK") who stranded on Yavin IV after the Battle of Yavin intended to be the pilot Luke fights on Yavin 4 (in "The Day after the Death Star") ?