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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
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| − | + | This comic references a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDnoczxzQyg scene] from the third theatrically-released ''{{w|Star Wars}}'' movie, ''[[wikia:c:starwars:Return of the Jedi|Return of the Jedi]]'', wherein [[wikia:c:starwars:Darth Vader|Darth Vader]] confronts his son, [[wikia:c:starwars:Luke skywalker|Luke Skywalker]], who had recently surrendered to [[wikia:c:starwars:Galactic Empire|Imperial]] soldiers. In the movie Vader notes that Luke Skywalker has constructed [[wikia:c:starwars:Luke Skywalker's lightsaber|a new lightsaber]] following the loss of his [[wikia:c:starwars:Luke skywalker#Lightsabers|original]] during their [[wikia:c:starwars:Duel on Cloud City|duel on Cloud City]] (Luke Skywalker's original lightsaber actually having been Anakin Skywalker's second). It makes a joke on the fact that a real laser would not have any way of stopping, and would therefore continue forever. Because Vader slightly tilts the active lightsaber, the beam ends up slicing straight through the hull of a large section of the Death Star. Randall maybe also makes a reference to "Hull Breach", a science fiction space combat playing card game. | |
| − | The title text | + | The title text makes allusion to {{w|GRB_080319B|GRB 080319B}}, an unusual gamma ray burst in 2008, visible to the human eye - if the lightsaber continued forever, it could theoretically have been the cause of GRB 080319B. The {{w|Star_Wars_(film)|Star Wars}} {{w|Star_Wars_opening_crawl|opening crawl}} starts with the text "A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...", so emitted light could end up in our time when traveling a long distance. |
| − | Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader have had a similar conversation before in [[1397: Luke]] | + | Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader have had a similar conversation before in [[1397: Luke]]. |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
:[Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader are talking. Vader holds the handle of a powered-off lightsaber.] | :[Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader are talking. Vader holds the handle of a powered-off lightsaber.] | ||
| − | :Vader: | + | :Vader: <em>'''I see you have constructed a new lightsaber.'''</em> |
:[Vader turns it on. The beam of the lightsaber continues upward out of the frame.] | :[Vader turns it on. The beam of the lightsaber continues upward out of the frame.] | ||
:Lightsaber: Snap-Hisss | :Lightsaber: Snap-Hisss | ||
:[Vader looks up toward where the beam is pointing.] | :[Vader looks up toward where the beam is pointing.] | ||
:[Vader looks back at Luke.] | :[Vader looks back at Luke.] | ||
| − | :Vader: | + | :Vader: <em>'''Where does it end?'''</em> |
:Luke: Doesn't. | :Luke: Doesn't. | ||
:Intercom (out of view): ''Hull breach all along sector five!!'' | :Intercom (out of view): ''Hull breach all along sector five!!'' | ||
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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