gwern comments on Rationality Quotes: February 2010 - Less Wrong
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From an EU perspective, that page is quite wrong, especially with assertions like
(EU introduced Force-detecting devices left over from the Jedi purges.)
or
(I think Lucas himself wrote in a blind Jedi or two.)
EU?
Expected utility. It's more powerful than the Force.
My initial thought was 'Eliezer Yudkowsky' until I realized that that would be EY and not EU... The way I assume your name is pronounced made that mistake possible.
Expanded universe.
Yet whenever I see that, I think "European Union". And when I first saw Star Wars fans talk about the OT, my first though was, "Old Testament". Actually, that's not far off, in a sense! (It's actually "Original Trilogy".)
ETA: A "Jew" of Star Wars would, I guess, be someone who accepts the OT, but rejects everything thereafter. There seem to be many...
Expanded Universe. All of the books, comics, etc outside of the movies.