Editing THX 1138 (section)

==Etymology and references==
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The significance of the name THX 1138 has been the subject of much speculation. Lucas chose the letters and numbers for their aesthetic qualities, especially their symmetry.<ref>''Reel Talent: First Films by Legendary Directors'', DVD, 20th Century Fox, 2007</ref> Lucas named the film after his telephone number while in college, 849-1138—the letters THX correspond to the numbers 8, 4, and 9 on the keypad.<ref name=ByTheBay>{{cite book|title=Cinema by the Bay|year=2006|publisher=George Lucas Books|location=New York, NY|isbn=978-1-932183-88-7|page=[https://archive.org/details/cinemabybay0000avni/page/36 36]|author=Sheerly Avni|edition=Hardcover|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/cinemabybay0000avni/page/36}}</ref> However, Walter Murch said that he always believed that Lucas intended THX to be "sex", LUH to be "love", and SEN to be "sin".<ref name="Lucas 2004" /> [[John Lithgow]] described the title ''THX 1138'' as "reading like a license plate number".<ref>{{cite AV media
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 | title =American Cinema: The Film School Generation
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Numerous references to "1138" or "THX 1138" appear throughout the ''Star Wars'' franchise,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.starwars.com/news/beyond-a-cell-block-references-to-thx-1138-in-star-wars|title=Beyond a Cell Block: References to THX 1138 in Star Wars|date=September 15, 2015|publisher=StarWars.com|access-date=February 4, 2018|archive-date=January 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180121151411/http://www.starwars.com/news/beyond-a-cell-block-references-to-thx-1138-in-star-wars|url-status=live}}</ref> and other of Lucas' films. THX 138 is the license plate number of John Milner's hot rod in ''[[American Graffiti]]''. Lucas founded [[THX|THX Ltd.]], developer of the "THX" audiovisual reproduction standards.

It is also widely believed that [[Misfits (band)|The Misfits]]' song "[[We Are 138]]" is lyrically inspired from the film. Their songwriter [[Glenn Danzig]] has repeatedly denied this, claiming instead that the song is "about violence."