Why was John Knoll at a NASA press conference? Because the space agency has discovered a real-life Tatooine: A planet that orbits two stars at once. The New York Times writes:
The official name of the new planet is Kepler 16b, but astronomers are already referring to it informally as Tatooine, after the home planet of Luke and Anakin Skywalker in the George Lucas “Star Wars” movies, which also had two suns. Indeed, a representative from Mr. Lucas’s production company, Lucasfilm, expected to participate in a news conference at NASA’s Ames Research Laboratory in California, Kepler’s home office.
So, not a moon. Or a space station. I’m so relieved.
Let’s just make sure that all blond-haired boys from that planet grow up to be Jedi instead of Sith Lords.
You know everytime NASA says Tatooine, George Lucas receives a check. Government conspiracy people get ready to think up a new one.
if there’s a bright center to the universe, we’ve now discovered the planet that it’s farthest from!
Finally, a market for SPF 5 million.
Watch out for sarlacc pits.