Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy is a 2006 Lego-themed action-
adventure video game developed by Traveller's Tales and published by
LucasArts and TT Games Publishing. Part of the Lego Star Wars series, it
is based on the Star Wars media franchise and the Lego Group's Star
Wars–themed toy line. It follows the events of the first three Star
Wars films to be released: A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back and
Return of the Jedi. The game allows players to assume the roles of over
fifty Lego versions of characters from the series. Camera movement was
improved from its predecessor Lego Star Wars: The Video Game. Lego Star
Wars II was critically and commercially successful; it sold over
8.2 million copies worldwide. Critics praised the game for its comedic
portrayal of the film series, which some described as "adorable". The
game's low difficulty, and its handheld versions in general, were
received more poorly. The game won a British Academy Games Award and a
Spike Video Game Award.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lego_Star_Wars_II:_The_Original_Trilogy>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1886:
During a labor rally in Chicago, a bomb explosion and gunfire
led to the deaths of eight police officers and four members of the
public.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haymarket_affair>
1942:
World War II: Aircraft from Imperial Japanese Navy vessels
attacked Allied naval forces, beginning the Battle of the Coral Sea, the
first naval action in which the participating ships never sighted or
fired directly at each other.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea>
1974:
An all-female Japanese team reached the summit of Manaslu in
the Himalayas, becoming the first women to climb a peak higher than
8,000 metres (26,247 ft) above sea level.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manaslu>
1979:
Margaret Thatcher became the first female prime minister of the
United Kingdom.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Thatcher>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
Jedi mind trick:
(idiomatic) A mental feat such as apparently inducing someone to act a
certain way or reading someone's mind, achieved as if by magic or
telepathy.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Jedi_mind_trick>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I was brought up to believe that there is no virtue in conforming
meekly to the dominant opinion of the moment. I was encouraged to
believe that simple conformity results in stagnation for a society, and
that American progress has been largely owing to the opportunity for
experimentation, the leeway given initiative, and to a gusto and a
freedom for chewing over odd ideas.
--Jane Jacobs
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jane_Jacobs>
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