07-06-2023, 12:23 AM
(07-05-2023, 07:41 PM)Drunk Monk Wrote: And when did they get shortened to droids & bots?
‘77 for droids, right?
I’m still stuck on that wasp question. Am I having a Bladerunner moment?
I thought Huey, Dewey, and Louie were maintenance droids, but I am wrong. You are correct:
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/c...rge_lucas/
Quote:TIL The word "Droid" was created by George Lucas and he makes money on every "Droid" cell phone sold
George Lucas trade marked the word in 1977 for the first Star Wars. Motorola and Verizon has to buy rights to use the word from him
--tg