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− | In the {{w|Book of Exodus}} in the {{w|Hebrew Bible}}, God announces his presence to {{w|Moses}} by way of a {{w|burning bush}}. The quotation in this comic is a combination of [https://www.bibleref.com/Exodus/3/Exodus-3-14.html Exodus 3:14] - "I am that I am", and [https://www.bibleref.com/Exodus/3/Exodus-3-16.html Exodus 3:16] - "I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob." | + | In the ''Book of Exodus'' in ''The Bible', God announces his presence to Moses by way of a burning bush. The quotation in this comic is a combination of Exodus 3:14- "I am that I am", and Exodus 3:16-- "I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob." |
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− | The punchline comes when God introduces his "counterpart, {{w|R2-D2}}", implying that the "god" in this case is not actually the {{w|God of the Jews}} as expected, but rather {{w|C-3PO}}, a {{w|Droid (Star Wars)|droid}} from the ''{{w|Star Wars}}'' universe; theoretically, in the mind of the reader, God's voice might humorously go from [https://youtu.be/zUm6rC0o7Po?t=24 booming and sepulchral] in the first frame, to [https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/8d7dcc54-fb0f-4068-a741-c86259cd5112 snooty and British] in the second frame. It could be a reference to a plot point from ''{{w|Return of the Jedi}}'', in which the [https://youtu.be/rk_HB2Pdk2M Ewoks believe C-3PO is a god]. (In the movie, C-3PO states that it's against his programming to "impersonate a {{w|deity}}", but he does so anyway; whether it's actually a violation of his programming is [https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/110974/how-did-c3po-manage-to-impersonate-a-deity-if-it-was-against-his-progamming debatable].) | + | The punchline comes when God introduces "His counterpart, {{w|R2-D2}}"; theoretically, in the mind of the reader, God's voice would go from booming and sepulchral to snooty and British, much like the voice of {{w|C-3PO}} in ''{{w|Star Wars}}''. C-3PO's programming forbids him to "impersonate a deity", according to his character in ''Return of the Jedi''. |
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− | The joke is that "I AM", the name of God in the Bible, is represented in {{w|Hebrew}} by the {{w|Tetragrammaton}}, YHWH. This abbreviation coincidentally{{Citation needed}} follows the 4-character naming convention of ''Star Wars'' droid characters such as C-3PO and R2-D2 and, like the latter, contains identical characters in the 2nd and 4th positions. (In English translations of the text, this is the part rendered as "LORD" in capitals.) | + | The reference to Bocce in the title text refers to a language that Owen Lars wanted his protocol droid purchase to be able to speak. C-3PO claimed that it was "like a second language to me." LO-M is a model of droid in the Star Wars universe that was made to compete commercially with 3PO droid like C-3PO (and sounds like "Elohim", a Hebrew word for "God".) |
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− | In the title text, "LO-M" refers to the [https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/LOM-series_protocol_droid LOM], a model of [https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Protocol_droid protocol droid] in the Star Wars universe similar to the [https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/3PO-series_protocol_droid 3PO] model; "L-O-M" sounds like "{{w|Elohim}}", a Hebrew word for "God". [https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Bocce Bocce] refers to a language that [https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Owen_Lars Owen Lars] wanted his protocol droid to be able to speak; C-3PO claimed that it was [https://youtu.be/LWPENk8rH7w "like a second language to me"].
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