Buried deep within the bowels of the Wookieepedia: A list of the many things that have ruined Star Wars! To quoth:
Fans realize something LFL does not, that robust 32-year-old billion-dollar franchises, while seemingly healthy, are in actuality as fragile as two bricks tied together with tissue paper. One mistake, one bad mis-step will cause the entire thing to shatter and fall apart; and Star Wars would be ruined forever.
Selections include midi-chlorians, Callista, Boba Fettishism and many, many more.
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26 responses so far ↓
1 Eric Geller // Feb 25, 2011 at 12:02 pm
HAHAHAHA
I love crazy people.
2 Pabawan // Feb 25, 2011 at 1:04 pm
Love it. Though credit where credit is due, this is a port of something the supersnarky Transformers wiki first through out there:
http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ruined_FOREVER
But they don’t bury their snark.
3 Pabawan // Feb 25, 2011 at 1:06 pm
There used to be a brand timeline version of this that went along the lines of (using SW as an example)
1977 – Star Wars is launched, thus ruining Star Wars forever.
Very funny stuff.
4 Pabawan // Feb 25, 2011 at 1:22 pm
“Mando addicts with long-term contracts.” Haw!
Wookieepedia needs more of this kind of stuff.
5 Dunc // Feb 25, 2011 at 1:24 pm
There is nothing in fandom that is not much improved by hefty injections of snark. Nothing.
6 Paula // Feb 25, 2011 at 1:35 pm
“…though it’s possible a proposed initiative requiring all Star Wars fans to purchase an annual “DVD offset” could ensure our fragile brand’s existence through the mid-21st century. ”
Okay. This line made me snort.
7 Amaranthine // Feb 25, 2011 at 1:51 pm
More things buried deep in the bowels of Wookieepedia: all the April Fools day jokes in one place, along with joke pages and even a page for earth:
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Wookieepedia_joke_pages
8 Dunc // Feb 25, 2011 at 1:54 pm
I remember Earth – it was an April Fools joke a few years back.
9 Cy // Feb 25, 2011 at 2:03 pm
This is very funny–and makes me think about my complaints about Clone Wars in a (slightly) different light.
10 jawajames // Feb 25, 2011 at 2:10 pm
Shouldn’t “Star Wars fans” (in several sub-categories) be on that list?
11 Nanci // Feb 25, 2011 at 2:57 pm
That screencap makes me giggle.
12 Jaclyn // Feb 25, 2011 at 3:14 pm
Hey, I like Kyp, what did he ruin?! Never liked Callista, didn’t know they looped her into the clone wars, I’ll have to check it out…
13 Bryan Young // Feb 25, 2011 at 3:22 pm
He’s like every bad thing stupid people say about Anakin’s turn to the Dark Side times a thousand.
14 Nanci // Feb 25, 2011 at 3:25 pm
My problem with Kyp was that he DESTROYED AN ENTIRE SOLAR SYSTEM. I understand that Luke is really big on redeeming and forgiving everyone, but DESTROYING AN ENTIRE SOLAR SYSTEM seems a bit on the harsh side.
But that may be my bias against superweapons creeping out here.
15 Thom // Feb 25, 2011 at 3:31 pm
Yes. Kyp’s “redemption” makes no sense. If Anakin hadn’t died on the Death Star he would have been tried for war crimes and executed. Same should have happened to Kyp.
16 Dunc // Feb 25, 2011 at 3:34 pm
Nanci: There was no other image option. None at all.
17 Jaclyn // Feb 25, 2011 at 6:50 pm
I know he destroyed an entire solar system, as a teenager, right? From what I recall, Kyp was under the influence of a long dead sith ghost, A threat Luke overlooked when establishing his Jedi academy. Don’t feel he ruins anything, just an interesting plot twist. I was far more disappointed by the death of Anakin Solo… saw posted somewhere that the decision was made b/c the prequels were coming out, and they didn’t want people to be confused by 2 main characters named Anakin. Kinda feels like an insult to my intelligence as a reader, like I’d be reading along and suddenly go “Um, wait, Anakin who?”
18 Pabawan // Feb 25, 2011 at 7:10 pm
Did I imagine that Han took Kyp water-skiing in the Jedi Academy Trilogy?
19 jawajames // Feb 25, 2011 at 8:06 pm
i thought they went snow skiing….
i think you’re thinking of Happy Days, where Han took Fonz water skiing. “It’s the ship that jumped the Kessel Shark in less than 12 parsecs!”
20 Dunc // Feb 25, 2011 at 8:23 pm
Wasn’t there some snow park thing with a taun taun? Polar Coruscant or something?
Oh, KJA…
21 jawajames // Feb 25, 2011 at 8:30 pm
i’m pretty sure there needs to be a hot tub time machine added to this story to make it better.
22 Pabawan // Feb 25, 2011 at 9:31 pm
“Hey, I know that wampa!” – Darksaber in five words.
23 Josh // Feb 26, 2011 at 5:03 am
I discovered this a while back, but thanks for bringing it to my attention again.
I don’t know whether this list gives me hope (because it shows SW fans can laugh at themselves) or fills me with despair (because I know people have whinged about all these thngs and more). I’m going to be optimistic and go with hope.
24 Mek // Feb 26, 2011 at 7:57 am
*snort* Love it.
Also, that article is out of date because TOR (the KOTOR MMORPG) has already been claimed by KOTOR fans as ruining Star Wars forever since it was announced. ;)
25 Aaron // Feb 26, 2011 at 2:55 pm
Also Star Tours 2.0 will certainly ruin Star Wars forever. Not even to mention Star Wars in 3D.
BTW: Love how Traviss shows up twice. “Mando addicts with long-term contracts.” Oh, yes, sir!
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