2243: Star Wars Spoiler Generator

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Star Wars Spoiler Generator

Title text: The heroes seem to be gaining the upper hand until Darth Juul manages to flip the switch on the car wash control panel from 'REGULAR' to 'PREMIUM.'

Explanation

On December 20, 2019 (2 days after the publication of this comic), the final movie of the "Skywalker saga" of Star Wars films, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, was officially released to the US. It received a world premiere in Los Angeles on December 16, so there are lots of spoilers online, and also lots of people who want to avoid spoilers. Randall has created a flowchart that generates "spoilers" to the film, but as he probably has not seen the film (or, if he has, he doesn't actually want to spoil it for us), all of the so-called spoilers are nonsensical.

The formula for each spoiler is as follows: "In this Star Wars movie, our heroes return to take on the First Order and new villain [villain name] with help from their new friend [friend name]. Rey builds a new lightsaber with a [color] blade, and they head out to confront the First Order's new superweapon, the [superweapon name], a space station capable of [evil plan]. They unexpectedly join forces with their old enemy [character] and destroy the superweapon in a battle featuring [strange event]. P.S. Rey's parents are [character] and [character]".

The First Order is the main antagonist group in the Star Wars sequel trilogy series (episodes VII, VIII, and IX). In Star Wars: The Force Awakens, they use a superweapon in their base, Starkiller Base, to destroy the planetary system housing the headquarters of the New Republic, the democratic government which was formed after the Empire's defeat in Return of the Jedi.

"Building a lightsaber" is one of the rites of passage for becoming a Jedi Knight. In the prequel trilogy (episodes I, II, and III), new Jedi build lightsabers as an official part of the journey towards Knighthood, and in the original trilogy (episodes IV, V, and VI), Luke Skywalker builds a lightsaber between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi as part of his training with Yoda. Rey has used the lightsaber that Anakin Skywalker made and used (which Luke also used when he was a new Jedi) for the first two movies of the sequel trilogy, and so it would be thematically appropriate for her to build her own prior to the trilogy's final entry. Most Jedi lightsabers are either blue or green, with a few notable exceptions (e.g., Mace Windu's purple lightsaber, which was chosen because purple is a cool color). Kyber crystals are aligned with the Light Side of the Force, so Sith must overpower and "bleed" their crystals before they will function for them, causing their distinctive red color. Having a lightsaber of a color other than blue, green, or red is often seen in the Star Wars fandom as a sign of being a "Mary Sue", an accusation which has been made of Rey.

Another common plot point in Star Wars media is the construction, use, and destruction of a superweapon. These are inspired by stories and media of World War II, in which militaries rapidly developed novel technologies and weapons (including "wonder-weapons"), while also launching massive operations to find, attack, and destroy critical elements of their enemies' resources and infrastructure, and constructing elaborate defenses for their own. The attack on the Death Star in particular is inspired by Operation Chastise, the "bouncing bomb" attack on Germany's hydroelectric power plants; Operation Chastise was dramatized in the 1951 book and 1955 film The Dam Busters, which was very thoroughly homaged by A New Hope. The original trilogy of movies had only two Death Stars, but superweapons quickly became a staple of the Expanded Universe fiction, to the point that one book had Han Solo make fun of the Empire's tendency towards building superweapons, proposing such ridiculous names as "Galaxy Destructor" and "Nostril of Palpatine". Superweapons are also common in superhero stories.

Redemption and making allies of old enemies is also a common plot point in Star Wars. Anakin Skywalker fell to the Dark Side and became Darth Vader, but eventually returned to the Light Side to protect his son, and Han Solo was initially a morally ambiguous character who was eventually convinced to join the Rebel Alliance.

Rey, one of the main characters in the sequel trilogy series, is an orphan left behind on the planet Jakku as a child. As Rey is Force-sensitive and adept at using a lightsaber, there is much speculation among Star Wars fans as to the identity of her parents. Many major characters in Star Wars have unexpected heritages of great portent, most famously Luke, who was very distressed to learn that Darth Vader did not kill his father, as Obi-Wan had told him, but is his father. In Star Wars: The Last Jedi, villain Kylo Ren tells Rey that she is the child of "filthy junk traders", but many fans speculate that he was lying to her.

The title text refers to the bottom option of the [strange event in battle] section. Apparently Lord Juul (or Darth Juul) is fighting the heroes in the Sith car wash. It is unclear what "flipping the switch" from Regular to Premium would do, but it seems to be beneficial to Darth Juul. A "premium" car wash usually has more features than a regular car wash, such as more cleaning brushes, waxing the car, cleaning the tires, etc., so perhaps the premium mode activates additional lightsabers.

This is the second false-fact-generating comic, after 1930: Calendar Facts.

Table

Entry	Explanation
New villain
Kyle Ren	Kyle Ren is one letter away from Kylo Ren, the adopted "Sith name" of Ben Solo, son of Han and Leia Solo. Kylo is one of the antagonists in all three movies in the sequel trilogy, but there's nobody in the films named "Kyle". (There are a handful of Legends characters named Kyle, most famously Kyle Katarn, protagonist of the Star Wars: Jedi Knight video game series.)
Malloc	Malloc is a function used in the C programming language for memory allocation in the running of a program. Malloc may sound similar to Malak, the antagonist of the Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic video game, and/or be the shortened form of Kardue'sai'Malloc, an extremely minor background character in the New Hope cantina scene.
Darth Sebelius	Sebelius is the last name of several people. Kathleen Sebelius is a former state representative and governor of Kansas who was Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services under President Obama. Sebelius was the named party in a Supreme Court case that upheld the provisions of the Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare"). The naming of Sebelius as a villain may reference the fact that the ACA has been controversial among certain groups. Jean Sibelius is a renowned Finnish composer. Sibelius is also the name of a piece of music software. Randall may have chosen this surname as it sounds similar to Darth Sidious, the overarching villain in the first six Star Wars films, who returned in The Rise of Skywalker as Palpatine.
Theranos	Theranos was a medical technology company founded by Elizabeth Holmes which claimed to have developed revolutionary blood tests that could produce more data from limited volumes of blood than ever before. They were eventually found to have engaged in fraudulent activity, having tricked investors into thinking their technology was performing better than it actually was or ever could, which resulted in the bankruptcy of Theranos and fines and prison sentences (served from 2023 on) for Holmes and Theranos president Ramesh Balwani. Theranos also sounds similar to Thanos, the main villain of the Infinity Saga in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Lord Juul	Juul is a brand of e-cigarettes. In addition to the broader controversy surrounding electronic cigarettes, Juul has been investigated for its sale of flavored additives for their cigarettes, which are alleged to be particularly attractive to minors. Juul is reminiscent of the "uu" in the names for clones Joruus C'baoth and Luuke Skywalker in Star Wars Legends stories, thus implying Lord Juul is a clone of a character named Jul. Jul is the Scandinavian name for the midwinter holidays, which fits as the comic appeared within the Yule season of 2019.
New friend
Kim Spacemeasurer	May be a parody of the name Luke Skywalker, one of the main characters in the original trilogy of films. Other "Nounverber" names in Star Wars include Starkiller, Luke's original last name that was later applied to Starkiller Base in The Force Awakens, and Biggs Darklighter, Luke's childhood friend and fellow Rebel pilot who died in the attack on the original Death Star. Another Star Wars comic posted a few weeks before this one, 2229: Rey and Kylo, shows those characters actually deciding to measure properties of space.
Teen Yoda	The Child, commonly called "Baby Yoda" by fans and the media, is a breakout character from the Disney+ series The Mandalorian. Randall parodies this with a teenage version of the character teaming up with the main characters. This may be in analogy to Groot in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, who appeared as an adult, then child, then teen, or other adaptations of original characters like the Teen Titans.
Dab Tweetdeck	A dab is a dance move which is many decades old but was made popular by that name in the late 2010's. TweetDeck is an application for managing Twitter accounts. Taken together, "Dab Tweetdeck" could be a character name proposed by clueless Disney executives to attract "the kids" to see The Rise of Skywalker, although one would think that this name would be heavily promoted and thus not a spoiler in that case. Tweetdeck sounds similar to Twi'lek, one of the humanoid alien races in Star Wars, who often appear as dancers.
Yaz Progestin	Yaz sounds like the first name of Maz Kanata, a supporting protagonist in the sequel trilogy. Yaz is a medication which contains Progestin, which imitates the effects of progesterone, a female sex hormone. It is used for purposes including birth control and acne treatment.
TI-83	Droids in the Star Wars universe typically have names with letters and numbers, such as R2-D2, C-3PO, BB-8, etc. Randall has created a new character called "TI-83". In real life, the TI-83 was a model of graphing calculator manufactured by Texas Instruments that was commonly used in American high schools. This mirrors the origin of the name "R2-D2", which was inspired when Lucas was working on American Graffiti and was asked for Reel 2, Dialog Track 2, which was abbreviated "R-2-D-2". He remarked that it would be a "great name" and included it in his then-in-development script for Star Wars.
Lightsaber colors
beige/ochre/mauve/aquamarine/taupe	These are different colors, none of which is a traditional color for a lightsaber. Beige is a pale-grayish yellow. Ochre is a clay earth pigment ranging from yellow to deep orange or brown. Mauve is a pale purple color; purple has been used for a lightsaber in the prequel trilogy series, by Jedi Master Mace Windu. Aquamarine is a blueish green color. Taupe is a dark brown color between brown and gray.
Superweapon names
Sun Obliterator	There was an Star Wars Expanded Universe superweapon called the "Sun Crusher", which would infiltrate a star system and shoot a special torpedo into the star to make it go supernova. May also be a reference to one of the doodles from What If?.
Moonsquisher	There were no Star Wars superweapons with the word "Moon" in their title (or "squisher"), but in the no-longer-canon New Jedi Order series, Chewbacca was squished by a moon that was intentionally de-orbited by invading Yuuzhan Vong.
World Eater	Possibly a reference to Alduin, the main villain of the popular game The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. In the Expanded Universe, the Empire used World Devastators, massive machines that would strip-mine planets with tractor beams and make weapons and spacecraft from the extracted resources. Another possible reference is to the Planet Eater doomsday machine from the original Star Trek series. A further possible reference is to the World Eaters space marine legion from Warhammer 40,000 franchise. Or a world eater redstone contraption from Minecraft. Or the boss for the Corruption biome in Terraria. Or Jörmungandr. There are a lot of things that this could be referring to.
Planet Zester	A zester is a cooking tool for zesting citrus fruit, that is, scraping off the outer layer of a citrus fruit to obtain the flavorful outer layer of its skin. Zesting a planet would be devastating to anything built or living on its surface.
Superconducting supercollider	A supercollider, or particle accelerator, is a machine used to accelerate charged particles to very high speeds, for testing in particle physics. The Superconducting Super Collider was a proposed accelerator which was to be constructed in Texas, but was cancelled partway through construction. There has been some minor controversy over the safety of high-energy particle collision experiments, which could theoretically produce black holes, strangelets, or other doomsday scenarios, but all scientific examination of the energies involved has shown that all currently-existing and planned particle accelerators pose no threats. So far, the Earth has not been destroyed by any particle accelerator.[citation needed]
Station capabilities
blowing up a planet with a bunch of beams of energy that combine into one	This is how the Death Star was depicted in Star Wars: A New Hope. Many beams converged together to form one energy beam. The superweapon was used to destroy the planet Alderaan, as a way to intimidate Princess Leia.
blowing up a bunch of planets with one beam of energy that splits into many	This is how the superweapon on Starkiller Base was depicted in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. A single energy beam split into several beams, allowing it to attack many planets. The superweapon was used to destroy the planets in the Hosnian system, the headquarters of the New Republic.
cutting a planet in half and smashing the halves together like two cymbals	Jango Fett's "seismic charge" weapon, which he used in a dogfight against Obi-Wan Kenobi in Attack of the Clones, produced a plane wave that cut asteroids in half; presumably a larger weapon of this kind could do the same to a planet.
increasing the CO2 levels in a planet's atmosphere, causing rapid heating	This is a reference to climate change currently occurring on planet Earth. The overwhelming consensus among climate scientists is that this is that this shift is caused by human factors, such as the burning of fossil fuels releasing ancient carbon sources into the air as carbon dioxide, and mass deforestation reducing the number of trees converting the carbon dioxide into sugars and cellulose. Climate change has been addressed repeatedly by the comic before, including 164: Playing Devil's Advocate to Win, 1321: Cold, 1379: 4.5 Degrees, and 1732: Earth Temperature Timeline. This seems to have occurred on the planet Venus. Venus' atmosphere is 97% carbon dioxide, and it is also the hottest planet in the Solar System, due to a greenhouse effect, preventing the planet from cooling.
triggering the end credits before the movie is done	The closing credits or end credits of a film is the list of cast and crew who were involved in the making of the film. It would be quite strange to show the end credits of the film before it has concluded, although it is one of the types of credits gag used in other media. This entry is considerably less damaging to a planet[citation needed] than the other 4 entries in this section, but if early audiences are left unsatisfied by the movie, they might tell everyone else not to see it, which would put the Star Wars franchise in a perilous financial situation. This would negatively impact the villains as well as the heroes, but they might consider this a worthwhile trade if it is their best option at harming the heroes. This option may be a reference to exploiting a glitch to trigger a credit warp in games such as Super Mario World. This may also be a reference to the Netflix interactive movie "Bandersnatch" in which certain choices triggered the end of the movie and caused it to start the credits.
Old enemy/new friend
Boba Fett	Boba Fett is a famous bounty hunter introduced in the Star Wars Holiday Special and made popular by The Empire Strikes Back. On the Empire's orders, he helped capture Han Solo as part of a plot to capture Luke Skywalker. He later tried to prevent Luke from rescuing Han, but was knocked into a sarlacc pit, where he was presumed eaten. In the Expanded Universe, he survived and did eventually join the protagonists against extragalactic invaders; his survival has not been confirmed by Disney's new canon, but he would be a plausible character to bring back in The Rise of Skywalker. A Mandalorian (not Boba Fett, but a bounty hunter using body-armour from the same planet) is featured in the new Disney+ series, The Mandalorian.
Salacious Crumb	Salacious B. Crumb is a Kowakian monkey-lizard who was Jabba the Hutt's jester. He wasn't exactly a major adversary, but he did pull one of C-3PO's eyes out. He was last seen on Jabba the Hutt's sail barge, which was made to explode after Han, Luke, and the rest of the heroes escaped from it, and is presumed dead.
The Space Slug	In The Empire Strikes Back, Han Solo pilots the Millennium Falcon into a giant cave to evade pursuit and get time to effect repairs. He is interrupted when the cave turns out to be the mouth of a giant space slug, which the Falcon barely escapes. A giant space slug might be a powerful ally in a battle against a giant space station.
The bottom half of Darth Maul	Darth Maul was cut in half by Obi-Wan Kenobi at the end of The Phantom Menace. His "upper half", attached to mechanical legs, has returned as a villain in the Clone Wars TV series and Solo. Given that Maul was a Sith and Kenobi a Jedi, who trained Luke, who trained Rey, it would be extremely unexpected for his "bottom half" to join forces with the heroes, although presumably his bottom half would have to be attached to something, which might be better disposed towards Jedi. If Darth Maul's bottom half did join the heroes, they might aid the heroes by using force kicks.
YouTube commenters	The sequel trilogy has received more mixed reviews from watchers than Disney might like, and many vocal non-fans have taken to commenting on YouTube (via videos and comments) on what they don't like about the new movies and new characters. If The Rise of Skywalker fully wins the crowd, an alliance between the heroes and their former critics would be extremely powerful, but with Rotten Tomatoes showing a critics' aggregate score of less than 60% ("rotten"), it's going to be an uphill battle.
Battle feature
a bow that shoots little lightsaber-headed arrows	May be a reference to the bowcaster, a laser crossbow weapon used by the Wookie Chewbacca. It is unclear if the lightsaber-headed arrows are actually lightsabers in itself, as they would seem difficult to produce (as opposed to the Death Star, or even a bunch of sword versions of the arrow).
X-Wings and TIE fighters dodging the giant letters of the opening crawl	The "opening crawl" is a signature motif used in all the main Star Wars films, to explain the backstory and context of each film. X-Wings and TIE fighters are fighter-type spaceships used by the Rebels (and Resistance later on) and the Empire (and First Order), respectively. A dogfight scene during the opening crawl would involve breaking the fourth wall, as the opening crawl is not presumed to be part of the universe of the films (except when so parodied, such as in Airplane II: The Sequel).
a Sith educational display that uses Force lightning to demonstrate the dielectric breakdown of air	Force lightning is a power that Force users can use to generate electric energy from the user's hands. It was first used in Return of the Jedi by Emperor Palpatine (Darth Sidious) when Luke Skywalker refuses to give in to the dark side of the Force. Palpatine attempts to kill Luke with Force lightning, but Darth Vader saves Luke by throwing Palpatine down a reactor chute. Palpatine also used Force Lightning on Mace Windu and Yoda during their battles at the end of Revenge of the Sith. None of these uses of Sith lightning were intended to be educational on the nature of lightning, although they could have been very educational on the pain, cruelty, and "unlimited power!" offered by the Dark Side of the Force. This might also be a reference to Sith holocron — a device to store Force-related information and secrets, possibly. Possibly also a reference to 2229: Rey and Kylo
Kylo Ren putting on another helmet over his smaller one	Kylo Ren is famous for wearing his helmet in The Force Awakens, which he styled after Darth Vader's helmet. Putting on another helmet over it would require a comically large helmet that might be compared to Dark Helmet, a character from the parody film Spaceballs who parodies Darth Vader.
a Sith car wash where the bristles on the brushes are little lightsabers	This may be a reference to some reactions to Kylo Ren's "lightcrossguards". In-universe, his lightsaber is said to contain a Kyber crystal of unusual power and instability, which produces excess energy that must be vented through side channels. However, many watchers found it ridiculous to present a lightsaber that appeared to have little lightsabers sticking out of it, and produced fanart accordingly. While an unexpected car wash finale scene seems unlikely, it is not without precedent in cinema; Adolescence of Utena featured the title character unexpectedly entering a car wash and transforming into a car (followed by a segue into a car race sequence). George Lucas, the originator of Star Wars also wrote the movie "American Graffiti," which featured cars prominently. A subsequent movie "Car Wash," has been seen as a commentary on or imitation of "American Graffiti." Including a Sith car wash might reference the relation between these two films.‘Car Wash,’ a Raunchy 1970s Comedy Brimming With Meta and Mayhem.
Rey's parent #1
Luke	Luke Skywalker is the main character of the original Star Wars films. Of all of the characters presented here, he is the one with the greatest likelihood of being Rey's father. When Maz gave Rey Luke's lightsaber, she said "[t]hat lightsaber was Luke's, and his father's before him, and now, it calls to you." Luke does not seem to recognize Rey as his child (or as anybody in particular), but Darth Vader did not recognize Luke or Leia as his children -- and indeed did not know that he had any living children -- until they were grown. However, unlike Anakin Skywalker, or the Luke Skywalker from the pre-Disney Expanded Universe, no canon materials have presented anyone with whom Luke has fallen in love or fathered a child.
Leia and Han	Princess Leia and Han Solo are the other main characters of the original Star Wars films. It is unlikely that Leia or Han are Rey's parents as they did not seem to recognize Rey in any of the sequel trilogy films, nor is there any indication that they have had more than one child (Ben Solo, AKA Kylo Ren).
Obi-Wan	Obi-Wan Kenobi was one of the main characters in the Star Wars prequel trilogy. He, along with Qui-Gon Jinn, discovered Anakin Skywalker, who later became Darth Vader. Kenobi dies at the second act of Star Wars: A New Hope, sacrificing himself to allow Luke, Leia, and Han to escape the Death Star. Marriage and parenthood were forbidden by the Jedi Order, and Obi-Wan generally adhered to the Order's rules more closely than Anakin did; Obi-Wan did feel some mutual romantic attraction with Duchess Satine of Mandalore, but they both chose to remain in their respective organizations rather than pursue a relationship. Also, Obi-Wan stopped having a physical form decade before Rey was conceived.
a random junk trader	This is who Kylo Ren claims that Rey is descended from: worthless, random junk traders.
Rey's parent #2
Poe	Poe Dameron is one of the main characters of the Star Wars sequel trilogy. He is a pilot in the Resistance. He is only 13 years older than Rey, and thus is most likely not her father.
BB-8	BB-8 is an astromech droid owned by Poe Dameron. It is unlikely that Rey is descended from a (non-living) droid, Alan Dean Foster's treatment of Episode IX aside.
[ Amilyn Holdo /Laura Dern]	Vice Admiral Amilyn Holdo, portrayed by Laura Dern, was a leader in the Resistance. She dies at the end of The Last Jedi, sacrificing herself by jumping to light speed straight into the First Order's pursuing starship. Randall presents both Admiral Holdo, the character, and Laura Dern, the actress, as separate options for Rey's mother, but the former is not supported by any story material and the latter is impossible (Dern is alive here and now, not "a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away").
a random junk trader	(see above)
that one droid from the Jawa Sandcrawler that says Gonk	This is a droid from Star Wars: A New Hope that says "Gonk". As in the BB-8 entry, it is unlikely that Rey is descended from a droid.

Following the release of The Rise of Skywalker, we can conclude that the correct version of the spoiler would read as follows:

In this Star Wars movie, our heroes return to take on the First Order and new villain... Darth Sidious (i.e., Emperor Palpatine, who is said to have "somehow" returned) ...with help from their new friend... D-O (a droid who turns out to have vital information). Rey builds a new lightsaber with a... yellow blade (although this blade is not actually completed until the end of the movie), and they head out to confront the First Order's new superweapon, the... Final Order ...a fleet of spacecraft capable of... blowing up a bunch of planets with a bunch of beams of energy (one from each Star Destroyer). They unexpectedly join forces with their old enemy... General Armitage Hux and Kylo Ren/Ben Solo ...and destroy the superweapon in a battle featuring... a storm of Force lightning. P.S. Rey's parents are... a random junk trader ...and... a random junk trader, who is a clone-son of Emperor Palpatine.

Transcript

Star Wars Spoiler Generator

[Shown below is a branching flowchart of sorts that begins at the phrase "In this Star Wars movie, our heroes return to take on the First Order and new villain...", then flows through various paths to build up a story.]

In this Star Wars movie, our heroes return to take on the First Order and new villain...

Kyle Ren

Malloc

Darth Sebelius

Theranos

Lord Juul

...with help from their new friend...

Kim Spacemeasurer

Teen Yoda

Dab Tweetdeck

Yaz Progestin

TI-83

Rey builds a new lightsaber with a...

beige

ochre

mauve

aquamarine

taupe

...blade, and they head out to confront the First Order's new superweapon, the...

Sun Obliterator

Moonsquisher

World Eater

Planet Zester

Superconducting Supercollider

...a space station capable of...

blowing up a planet with a bunch of beams of energy that combine into one

blowing up a bunch of planets with one beam of energy that splits into many

cutting a planet in half and smashing the halves together like two cymbals

increasing the CO₂ levels in a planet's atmosphere, causing rapid heating

triggering the end credits before the movie is done

They unexpectedly join forces with their old enemy...

Boba Fett

Salacious Crumb

The Space Slug

the bottom half of Darth Maul

Youtube commenters

...and destroy the superweapon in a battle featuring

a bow that shoots little lightsaber-headed arrows

X-Wings and TIE fighters dodging the giant letters of the opening crawl

a Sith educational display that uses Force Lightning to demonstrate the dielectric breakdown of air

Kylo Ren putting on another helmet over his smaller one

a Sith car wash where the bristles on the brushes are little lightsabers

P.S. Rey's parents are...

Luke

Leia

Han

Obi-Wan

a random junk trader

...and...

Poe

BB-8

Amilyn Holdo

Laura Dern

a random junk trader

that one droid from the Jawa Sandcrawler that says Gonk

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Discussion

Here is a fully documented R implementation! Enjoy: Learning R: Build xkcd’s Star Wars Spoiler Generator

I made this JavaScript implementation of the generator: https://codepen.io/qgustavor/full/gObgBxo 172.68.24.70 22:33, 18 December 2019 (UTC)

there are some words that should be capitalized: First Order, Sith, Force, Jawa... Also ochre is misspelt and colors should NOT be capitalized. Thanks!141.101.98.196 10:21, 19 December 2019 (UTC)

who said that the rise of skywalker would be released two days before the publishing date after stating that it's going to be released on the twentieth?

Re: Malloc, there was also a Darth Malak, the antagonist of Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic and a recurring character in the Old Republic comics 172.69.69.244 02:08, 19 December 2019 (UTC)47.221.57.204

Should something be linked to about diectric breakdown, or is that considered obvious in the context of, er, Force lightning? Also, am I remembering right that Dark Helmet, in Spaceballs, wears a smaller helmet with a really big helmet over it? Maybe not! Robert Carnegie [email protected] 141.101.98.250 02:48, 19 December 2019 (UTC)

There are a couple of posts to be found online that refer to "Darth Sebelius" in the context of Obamacare, but they're all on pretty niche forums. --NotaBene (talk) 03:07, 19 December 2019 (UTC)

Perchance generator: https://perchance.org/q3wi2jqf0j 173.245.54.59 03:16, 19 December 2019 (UTC)

For a less US-centric view, the movie was released officially in France and Norway (and probably also other countries) already on the 18.12. (that is December 18). So "On December 20, 2019 [...], the final movie [...] will be released." should say "[...] will be released in the US."162.158.134.220 12:01, 19 December 2019 (UTC)

Another generator: http://xkcd-2243.surge.sh/

I don't know enough to add to the actual page, but the Sith car wash reminded me of this. Perhaps it was also part of the inspiration for it? https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/tesla-laser-windshield-wiper-patent/ 141.101.69.35 15:28, 19 December 2019 (UTC)

"A New Hope" should just be called "Star Wars". 141.101.76.16 18:58, 19 December 2019 (UTC)

C#/LINQ: https://dotnetfiddle.net/r0JMJz

The title text just means that there are more lightsaber brushes to hurt the heroes, right? 162.158.106.78 22:32, 19 December 2019 (UTC)

Is the Kyle Ren option a reference to being "A Kyle" (as defined at Urban Dictionary as "A Kyle is a young white man of low socio economic standing with a propensity to drink large quantities of Monster energy drink and do dumb stuff like punch holes in walls.") After all, Kylo Ren did tend to get angry and break stuff? Mneimeyer (talk) 23:01, 19 December 2019 (UTC)

Is darth sebelius a reference to the sibelius composing software?

I would think the Sibelous software (1993-present) would instead be a definite reference to the Finnish composer (1865-1957) already part-posited as a possible influence for the Darth. Although I'd probably defer that suggestion in favour of the politician (1948-present, in direct politics until 2014?) even if I'd actually never heard of them from this side of The Pond. Still, there are weirder connections, so who knows? 162.158.158.93 20:18, 21 December 2019 (UTC)

Please clarify the reference to Rey as a "Mary Sue." The linked article says that the only agreed on meaning for the term is that it is derogatory. Other than that, it appears to mean different things to different people. So it's inclusion here does not help explain the comic. What is it about Rey that gave her that label. Is it that she is not canon? Is it that she is overpowered? Probably better to just remove the Mary Sue jargon, and say whatever it is they say about those with other colored light sabers directly. 108.162.246.77 01:45, 22 December 2019 (UTC)

While I'm not sure about Rey being entirely a Mary-Sue (in my mind an 'author avatar' character - whether or not a prime protagonist or ascending sidekick, they're just too competent for the role and often a Mcguffin baker), she definitely has more than a little plot-armour (and plot-weapon-skill) that I hope, when I see the filmm (within a week, by current plans), bodes for something other than 2xrnd(trader(junk)) as patentage. Or something else that's actually awesome to get round that without being deus ex. But by dint of Windu's actor having been asked what colour of weapon he wanted (then him having requested what he did and then being granted it, - which might not have gone that far with less imaginative or influential actors) I'd count that as a very Mary-Sue-like thing, even if the rest of the badassness of that particular Jedi (the tone written prior to the resulting casting of the badass actor to fit) was just standard Major Supporting Character/Lancer fare. But just my musings, nothing official... 162.158.158.179 13:07, 22 December 2019 (UTC)

I'm considering going through the table and adding a note for whether each thing is actually in Star Wars. would that be a good idea? 172.68.141.136 06:48, 22 December 2019 (UTC)

"Triggering the end credits before the movie is done" is a reference to the "Credits Warp" category in video game speedrunning. Where a normal speedrun aims to clear the final level and/or defeat the final boss as fast as possible, a "Credits Warp" aims to gain arbitrary code execution and trigger the end credits without finishing the game. The most famous example is Super Mario World in 45 seconds. 141.101.77.62 14:24, 23 December 2019 (UTC)

I think the mouseover text is a reference to this scene in "Space Balls": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXOAc5yt218 ("Space Balls" is a satire of several films, including the original "Star Wars" trilogy.) In the "Space Balls" scene, the bad guys are using a robot to vacuum all the air out of the atmosphere of the planet. The bad guys have the upper hand until the good guys are able to flip the switch on the vacuum cleaner. "She's gone from 'suck' to 'blow'" is a fairly famous line in the movie. I don't know enough "Star Wars" to understand the reference, but if you flip a car wash from "regular" to "premium" I assume the bristles/lightsaber blades would spin faster. Mattj256 (talk) 21:07, 23 December 2019 (UTC)