493: Actuarial - Revision history

Mtcv: /* Explanation */ added expected year of death column

2026-02-11T10:05:12Z

‎Explanation: added expected year of death column

Mtcv: /* Explanation */ list of cast members to table, added alive main cast, added youngest cast member

2026-02-11T08:16:47Z

‎Explanation: list of cast members to table, added alive main cast, added youngest cast member

Lettherebedarklight: /* Transcript */ add Category:Comics with a Spanish translation

2025-12-15T08:58:59Z

‎Transcript: add Category:Comics with a Spanish translation

CalibansCreations: /* Explanation */

2024-11-05T11:22:17Z

‎Explanation

LegoK9 at 21:23, 9 September 2024

2024-09-09T21:23:20Z

LegoK9 at 20:54, 9 September 2024

2024-09-09T20:54:14Z

172.70.85.64: /* Explanation */ You actually changed it from clearly separating hyphens to apparently hyphenising dashes! (Personally, I would have parenthesised the breakout statement. (And you missed one in paragraph above. For which I'd use a comma, if perhaps)

2023-09-25T16:00:10Z

‎Explanation: You actually changed it from clearly separating hyphens to apparently hyphenising dashes! (Personally, I would have parenthesised the breakout statement. (And you missed one in paragraph above. For which I'd use a comma, if perhaps)

LegoK9: Formatting

2023-09-25T00:09:35Z

Formatting

Koolkat38: /* Explanation */

2023-05-11T08:53:03Z

‎Explanation

172.70.206.151: /* Transcript */ separate out

2022-10-19T02:00:03Z

‎Transcript: separate out

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 So far, seven main cast members have died, three are still alive:
 {| class="wikitable"
-!Cast member!!Character!!born!!died!!age at death!!hypothetical age<br />on 2038-01-01
+!Cast member!!Character!!born!!died!!age at death!!age at comic<br />release!!expected year<br />of death*!!hypothetical age<br />on 2038-01-01
 |-
-| {{w|Peter Cushing}} || [https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Wilhuff_Tarkin Grand Moff Tarkin] || 1913-05-26 || 1994-08-11 || 81 || 124
+| {{w|Peter Cushing}} || [https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Wilhuff_Tarkin Grand Moff Tarkin] || 1913-05-26 || 1994-08-11 || 81 || || || 124
 |-
-| {{w|Alec Guinness}} || [https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Obi-Wan_Kenobi Obi-Wan Kenobi] || 1914-04-02 || 2000-08-05 || 86 || 123
+| {{w|Alec Guinness}} || [https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Obi-Wan_Kenobi Obi-Wan Kenobi] || 1914-04-02 || 2000-08-05 || 86 || || || 123
 |-
-| {{w|Kenny Baker (English actor)|Kenny Baker}} || [https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/R2-D2 R2-D2] || 1934-08-24 || 2016-08-13 || 81 || 103
+| {{w|Kenny Baker (English actor)|Kenny Baker}} || [https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/R2-D2 R2-D2] || 1934-08-24 || 2016-08-13 || 81 || 74 || 2019 || 103
 |-
-| {{w|Carrie Fisher}} || [https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Leia_Organa General Leia] || 1956-10-21 || 2016-12-27 || 60 || 81
+| {{w|Carrie Fisher}} || [https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Leia_Organa General Leia] || 1956-10-21 || 2016-12-27 || 60 || 52 || 2038 || 81
 |-
-| {{w|Peter Mayhew}} || [https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Chewbacca Chewbacca] || 1944-05-19 || 2019-04-30 || 74 || 93
+| {{w|Peter Mayhew}} || [https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Chewbacca Chewbacca] || 1944-05-19 || 2019-04-30 || 74 || 64 || 2025 || 93
 |-
-| {{w|David Prowse}} || [https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Anakin_Skywalker Darth Vader] || 1935-07-01 || 2020-11-28 || 85 || 102
+| {{w|David Prowse}} || [https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Anakin_Skywalker Darth Vader] || 1935-07-01 || 2020-11-28 || 85 || 73 || 2019 || 102
 |-
-| {{w|James Earl Jones}} || [https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Anakin_Skywalker Darth Vader] || 1931-01-17 || 2024-09-09 || 93 || 106
+| {{w|James Earl Jones}} || [https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Anakin_Skywalker Darth Vader] || 1931-01-17 || 2024-09-09 || 93 || 77 || 2017 || 106
 |-
-| {{w|Mark Hamill}} || [https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Luke_Skywalker Luke Skywalker] || 1951-09-25 ||  || || 86
+| {{w|Mark Hamill}} || [https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Luke_Skywalker Luke Skywalker] || 1951-09-25 ||  || || 57 || 2031 || 86
 |-
-| {{w|Harrison Ford}} || [https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Han_Solo Han Solo] || 1942-07-13 ||  ||  || 95
+| {{w|Harrison Ford}} || [https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Han_Solo Han Solo] || 1942-07-13 ||  ||  || 66 || 2024 || 95
 |-
-| {{w|Anthony Daniels}} || [https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/C-3PO C-3PO] || 1946-02-21 ||  ||  || 91
+| {{w|Anthony Daniels}} || [https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/C-3PO C-3PO] || 1946-02-21 ||  ||  || 62 || 2028 || 91
 |}
 Although implied, the comic does not specify ''main'' cast; the youngest minor cast member might be [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002921/ Tiffany Hillkurtz], who played a Jawa (uncredited) and was 7 (born 1969-06-24) when the movie was released.

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 In the title text, it is said how {{tvtropes|TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou|Black Hat's offensive is so effective that he appears to have caused grief even to his own author and creator}}, [[Randall]], who only managed to check up on the ''Star Wars'' cast before getting too depressed.
-So far, seven main cast members have died:
+So far, seven main cast members have died, three are still alive:
-# {{w|Peter Cushing}} ([https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Wilhuff_Tarkin Grand Moff Tarkin]) in 1994
+{| class="wikitable"
-# {{w|Alec Guinness}} ([https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Obi-Wan_Kenobi Obi-Wan Kenobi]) in 2000
+!Cast member!!Character!!born!!died!!age at death!!hypothetical age<br />on 2038-01-01
-# {{w|Kenny Baker (English actor)|Kenny Baker}} ([https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/R2-D2 R2-D2]) in 2016
+|-
-# {{w|Carrie Fisher}} ([https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Leia_Organa General Leia]) in 2016
+| {{w|Peter Cushing}} || [https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Wilhuff_Tarkin Grand Moff Tarkin] || 1913-05-26 || 1994-08-11 || 81 || 124
-# {{w|Peter Mayhew}} ([https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Chewbacca Chewbacca]) in 2019
+|-
-# {{w|David Prowse}} ([https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Anakin_Skywalker Darth Vader]) in 2020
+| {{w|Alec Guinness}} || [https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Obi-Wan_Kenobi Obi-Wan Kenobi] || 1914-04-02 || 2000-08-05 || 86 || 123
-# {{w|James Earl Jones}} ([https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Anakin_Skywalker Darth Vader]) in 2024
+|-
 Randall has used this idea again in [[893: 65 Years]] and published a [http://blog.xkcd.com/2012/07/12/a-morbid-python-script/ 'morbid' program] (the original code has been removed, but an implementation can be found on Github) that uses actuarial tables to calculate the probability that someone will die within a given time. The offense that provoked Black Hat was mentioned already in [[269: TCMP]] and then returned to in both [[1019: First Post]] and [[1258: First]].

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 # {{w|James Earl Jones}} ([https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Anakin_Skywalker Darth Vader]) in 2024
-Randall has used this idea again in [[893: 65 Years]] and published a [http://blog.xkcd.com/2012/07/12/a-morbid-python-script/ 'morbid' program] (the original code has been removed, but an implementation can be found on Github) that uses actuarial tables to calculate the probability that someone will die within a given time. The offense that provoked Black hat was mentioned already in [[269: TCMP]] and then returned to in both [[1019: First Post]] and [[1258: First]].
+Randall has used this idea again in [[893: 65 Years]] and published a [http://blog.xkcd.com/2012/07/12/a-morbid-python-script/ 'morbid' program] (the original code has been removed, but an implementation can be found on Github) that uses actuarial tables to calculate the probability that someone will die within a given time. The offense that provoked Black Hat was mentioned already in [[269: TCMP]] and then returned to in both [[1019: First Post]] and [[1258: First]].
 A similar setting with Cueball and Black Hat also discussing movies appears later in [[1751: Movie Folder]]. But then Black Hat is reading on his smartphone.

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 So far, seven main cast members have died:
-* {{w|Peter Cushing}} ([https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Wilhuff_Tarkin Grand Moff Tarkin]) in 1994
+# {{w|Peter Cushing}} ([https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Wilhuff_Tarkin Grand Moff Tarkin]) in 1994
-* {{w|Alec Guinness}} ([https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Obi-Wan_Kenobi Obi-Wan Kenobi]) in 2000
+# {{w|Alec Guinness}} ([https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Obi-Wan_Kenobi Obi-Wan Kenobi]) in 2000
-* {{w|Kenny Baker (English actor)|Kenny Baker}} ([https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/R2-D2 R2-D2]) in 2016
+# {{w|Kenny Baker (English actor)|Kenny Baker}} ([https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/R2-D2 R2-D2]) in 2016
-* {{w|Carrie Fisher}} ([https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Leia_Organa General Leia]) in 2016
+# {{w|Carrie Fisher}} ([https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Leia_Organa General Leia]) in 2016
-* {{w|Peter Mayhew}} ([https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Chewbacca Chewbacca]) in 2019
+# {{w|Peter Mayhew}} ([https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Chewbacca Chewbacca]) in 2019
-* {{w|David Prowse}} ([https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Anakin_Skywalker Darth Vader]) in 2020
+# {{w|David Prowse}} ([https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Anakin_Skywalker Darth Vader]) in 2020
-* {{w|James Earl Jones}} ([https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Anakin_Skywalker Darth Vader]) in 2024
+# {{w|James Earl Jones}} ([https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Anakin_Skywalker Darth Vader]) in 2024
 Randall has used this idea again in [[893: 65 Years]] and published a [http://blog.xkcd.com/2012/07/12/a-morbid-python-script/ 'morbid' program] (the original code has been removed, but an implementation can be found on Github) that uses actuarial tables to calculate the probability that someone will die within a given time. The offense that provoked Black hat was mentioned already in [[269: TCMP]] and then returned to in both [[1019: First Post]] and [[1258: First]].

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 Once again, Black Hat is thus provoked into online retaliation bordering on the sociopathic, choosing a form of retribution that doesn't necessarily break any written rules but strikes directly at the heart and/or mind of his opponent. In this case, he tells the ''first'' guy when all his childhood heroes are likely to die - this could make anyone miserable. To do this, he is using {{w|Life table|actuarial table}}s or life tables, which show for each age the probability that a certain person will be alive by their next birthday.
-Cueball reflects that he doesn't wish to become the target of such ire himself, but (without apparent malice on Black Hat's part...) still suffers from a piece of memetic shrapnel from the original attack—Cueball obviously loves the original ''{{w|Star Wars}}'' movies—and Black Hat would know this!
+Cueball reflects that he doesn't wish to become the target of such ire himself, but (without apparent malice on Black Hat's part...) still suffers from a piece of memetic shrapnel from the original attack — Cueball obviously loves the original ''{{w|Star Wars}}'' movies — and Black Hat would know this!
 In the title text, it is said how {{tvtropes|TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou|Black Hat's offensive is so effective that he appears to have caused grief even to his own author and creator}}, [[Randall]], who only managed to check up on the ''Star Wars'' cast before getting too depressed.

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 In the title text, it is said how {{tvtropes|TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou|Black Hat's offensive is so effective that he appears to have caused grief even to his own author and creator}}, [[Randall]], who only managed to check up on the ''Star Wars'' cast before getting too depressed.
-(So far, six main cast members have died: {{w|Peter Cushing}} ([https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Wilhuff_Tarkin Grand Moff Tarkin]) in 1994, {{w|Alec Guinness}} ([https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Obi-Wan_Kenobi Obi-Wan Kenobi]) in 2000,  {{w|Kenny Baker (English actor)}} ([https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/R2-D2 R2-D2]) and {{w|Carrie Fisher}} ([https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Leia_Organa Princess Leia]), both in 2016, {{w|Peter Mayhew}} ([https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Chewbacca Chewbacca]) in 2019, and finally {{w|David Prowse}} ([https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Anakin_Skywalker Darth Vader]) in 2020.)
+(So far, six main cast members have died: {{w|Peter Cushing}} ([https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Wilhuff_Tarkin Grand Moff Tarkin]) in 1994, {{w|Alec Guinness}} ([https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Obi-Wan_Kenobi Obi-Wan Kenobi]) in 2000,  {{w|Kenny Baker (English actor)}} ([https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/R2-D2 R2-D2]) and {{w|Carrie Fisher}} ([https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Leia_Organa General Leia]), both in 2016, {{w|Peter Mayhew}} ([https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Chewbacca Chewbacca]) in 2019, and finally {{w|David Prowse}} ([https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Anakin_Skywalker Darth Vader]) in 2020.)
 Randall has used this idea again in [[893: 65 Years]] and published a [http://blog.xkcd.com/2012/07/12/a-morbid-python-script/ 'morbid' program] (the original code has been removed, but an implementation can be found on Github) that uses actuarial tables to calculate the probability that someone will die within a given time. The offense that provoked Black hat was mentioned already in [[269: TCMP]] and then returned to in both [[1019: First Post]] and [[1258: First]].

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 ==Transcript==
-:[A dialog between Cueball, seated at a computer terminal, and Black Hat, seated in an armchair reading a book. They are facing away from each other.]
+:[Cueball, seated at a computer terminal, facing to the left.]
 :Cueball: I know you shouldn't feed the trolls, but sometimes they just provoke me to where I can't help replying.
 :Black Hat: Yeah, me too. Yesterday this guy kept spamming "First!", so I got a set of actuarial tables and spent twenty minutes telling him when all his childhood heroes would likely die.
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 :Cueball: ...
-:Cueball: Remind me never to upset you, ever.
+:[Black Hat, still reading his book.]
 :Black Hat: 2038: Last of the original Star Wars cast dies.
-:Cueball: Augh!
+:Cueball (off-screen): Augh!
 {{comic discussion}}