Appearances of the English alphabet in Star Wars.
Apparently Arabic numbers also appear on Tatooine.
This seems odd to me, as I would think that Lucas would be more uptight about worldbuilding like this. I can totally buy Gene Roddenberry claiming that all English in Trek is really "Federation Standard" being translated for our benefit, but not Lucas.
Furthermore, none of the English text shown in the video above seem "necessary for viewer understanding." Why have it be English in the first place?
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