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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | In the | + | 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." |
− | The punchline comes when God introduces | + | 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''. |
− | The joke is that "I AM", the name of God in the Bible, is represented in | + | The joke is that "I AM", the name of God in the Bible, is represented in the Hebrew by the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetragrammaton 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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