Star Wars
What The Phantom Menace is to the original Star Wars movie
A PREQUEL
Alphabetically our national parks run from Acadia in Maine to this one in Utah
ZION
Craters on this smallest planet are named for giants of the humanities including Bach & Balanchine
MERCURY
German shepherds & Labrador & golden retrievers are specially bred to serve as these guide dogs for the blind
SEEING EYE DOGS
Tolkien called these creatures A little people about half our height and smaller than the bearded dwarves
HOBBITS
Anthony Daniels & Kenny Baker who played these 2 robots are the only actors to appear in all 6 Star Wars films
R2-D2 & C-3PO
Known for its cliff dwellings the name of this Colorado park is Spanish for green table
MESA VERDE
The planets & sun were thought to revolve around the Earth; in the 16th century this Polish astronomer proved otherwise
COPERNICUS
The Labradoodle was originally a cross between these 2 canines
A LABRADOR AND A POODLE
A character known as Sam-I-Am is the persistent purveyor of this title paired offering
GREEN EGGS AND HAM
This actor was injured by his own ship the Millennium Falcon while filming Star Wars: Episode VII
Harrison Ford
This national park has 5 entrances hundreds of waterfalls & more than 300 active geysers
YELLOWSTONE
Planets become nearly spherical in part because rotation helps round off the edges after dense molten matter is pulled towards the center by this force
GRAVITY
Principal predators of wallabies include foxes & these Down Under canines
A DINGO
During WWII the Pevensie children are evacuated from London to an old professor's country estate in this 1950 book
THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE
Star Wars had Darth Vader; Phantom Menace had this other Darth
DARTH MAUL
Evil-sounding park in southwestern South Dakota
THE BADLANDS
The surface of Jupiter's moon Io is continually re-formed by flows of this hotter than the same stuff on earth
LAVA
This Russian's experiments on dogs had implications about human behavior
PAVLOV
The first character Alice meets in Wonderland he wears a waistcoat & a pocket watch
THE WHITE RABBIT
It's the subtitle of Star Wars Episode VI
RETURN OF THE JEDI
Of these 2 California parks Ken Burns said one offers the biggest trees; the other the tallest
SEQUOIA AND REDWOOD
When real this phenomenon is caused by atmospheric dust; when part of a metaphor it refers to a rarity
A BLUE MOON
This tracking dog has been described as a unique-looking dog in a baggy suit
A BLOODHOUND
Harper Lee portrayed this author a childhood friend as Dill in To Kill a Mockingbird
(TRUMAN) CAPOTE