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From: hobbit@sunybcs.UUCP (Thomas Pellitieri)
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Subject: Hikaru Sulu
Message-ID: <223@sunybcs.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 9-Aug-84 20:25:07 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug  9 20:25:07 1984
Date-Received: Fri, 10-Aug-84 02:52:08 EDT
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[ Don't call me tiny... ]

According to George Takei, the name Hikaru was chosen by Roddenberry.
I think it's safe to take this as canon. (Said at a lecture at State
University of NY @ Buffalo, 3 March 1984)

Also, someone mentioned an animated explaining something about the
cat people. ('"Bem" or "Jem"'..)  There was an animated named "BEM"
so don't rule that out!

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-- 
				-The Parker Hobbit

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