IMovie 11 finds my backup disk and lists it in its event library

I have a dirctory containing iMovie events on an external drive, with a backup (made by SuperDuper!) on a second external drive. In an attempt to be helpful, i guess, iMovie 11 finds my backup disk and lists the events thereon in its event library. It also appears to optimize it every time it finds it after a fresh backup.
Can this behavior be stopped (short of ensuring that the backup drive is offline when I start iMovie)?

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