…Since last time, we’ve had a lot of snow. Okay, maybe just me. And those other guys. Man, snow sucks. (Shut it, Californians.) But also! Sharks! Codpieces! And hey, did you hear? Stormtropers aren’t clones!
Weird. George Lucas thinks Star Wars for girls is something other than Star Wars.
— GAIL SIMONE (@GailSimone) January 25, 2015
Sorry, George Lucas. Girls made Star Wars be for girls about five minutes after it first opened.
— GAIL SIMONE (@GailSimone) January 25, 2015
Aww, the kids had the dog outside with them! Just brought him back in. I hardly recognize him under all that snow! pic.twitter.com/GqYwQKpnU9
— Joe Hill (@joe_hill) January 26, 2015
One day, there will be a nerf herder in a #StarWars film and we'll feel bad for making fun of them for all these years.
— Amy Ratcliffe (@amy_geek) February 4, 2015
Vader's screen-used codpiece, ladies & gentlemen. Screen. Used. #StarWars pic.twitter.com/gaEv67yxFy
— Andi Gutierrez (@DeeGoots) January 28, 2015
How lucky is George Lucas that he didn't kill off Darth Vader after the first #StarWars before they knew it would be a franchise?
— Christie Mount (@christiemount) February 3, 2015
She looked right into my eyes and I thought I was on the moon… Of Endor… #StarWars @slcomiccon pic.twitter.com/SLUWZotJYs
— Bryan Young (@swankmotron) February 2, 2015
I'm starting to be able to read Aurebesh. I'm a little embarrassed it's taken me this long
— Aaron Goins (@avgoins) February 4, 2015
#LeftShark
Guess what? The Katy Perry half time show was a secret Force Awakens preview. You just need to analyze it closely. #SuperBowl #HalftimeShow
— Eric Goldman (@EricIGN) February 2, 2015
Tonight is going to make a whole lot more sense when Tom Brady is revealed to be #Fulcrum in #StarWarsRebels.
— Tom(Darth Internous) (@DarthInternous) February 2, 2015
Then this came back….
BREAKING: Lucasfilm confirms stormtroopers aren't clones anymore, which everyone already knew after racists were stupid post-trailer.
— Sam Coff (@SamRS72) February 4, 2015
Morrison dubbed all of Boba's lines for Empire. But they didn't have him do the Stormtroopers too for a reason.
— Jason Ward (@MakingStarWars) February 5, 2015
The Force Awakens and such
I like what JJ said about CG and practical effects being tools. You use a specific tool to get the result you want, not for its own sake.
— Elaine Tveit (@tveitlight25) February 5, 2015
free TFA talk show circuit promo idea: make harrison ford pronounce the names of obscure EU characters and planets
— audrey horne (@nicolecieux) January 28, 2015
The plot of STARS WARS 8 is just @rianjohnson sneaking around Skywalker Ranch fixing the settings on all the TVs. https://t.co/m06Q7wcAxZ
— Tom Elrod (@tbelrod) January 23, 2015
Every time they announce a new Star Wars writer I have this tiny tremble of excitement that it's me and nobody told me yet.
— josh friedman (@Josh_Friedman) January 27, 2015
The Expanded Universe
Reading a script for a Star Wars miniseries we have not announced yet by a writer we have not said is doing it yet…and it's SO GOOD.
— Jordan D. White (@cracksh0t) January 26, 2015
Just read Star Wars #2. Hot damn, that was awesome. I love the way it's very quickly making connections we've always inferred before.
— Germain Lussier (@GermainLussier) February 6, 2015
So, Marvel's version of Darth Vader is something of a murderous dick and I'm kind of digging that for when this takes place. #StarWars
— Guyinthe3rdrow (@guyinthe3rdrow) February 4, 2015
I love that the new @starwars comics aren’t playing it too safe. They’re not afraid of changing our perception of original trilogy events.
— Louis Ghanem (@lgghanem) February 4, 2015
From WEG's Planets of the Galaxy Vol. 2, printed in 1992. h/t @JoinTheSchwarz pic.twitter.com/1YnnVzX6Hi
— Eleven-ThirtyEight (@eleventhirtyate) February 4, 2015
It's shouldn't have taken me 20 years to realize that Mara Jade was the real protagonist of the Thrawn Trilogy…but there you go.
— Noah J Nelson (@noahjnelson) January 25, 2015
Remember how Sheev was a big deal for like a week and then no one cared?
— Bryan Young (@swankmotron) January 27, 2015
Star Wars life
Is it in poor taste to play "Duel of the Fates" on my phone when office meetings get intense? I submit to you that it is not. #StarWars
— Nickolas Dimondi (@Battlebugs) January 27, 2015
My neighbors got the exploding Death Star lamp from Ikea! They're either cooler than I thought or just oblivious. pic.twitter.com/Ow0I9mqqKo
— Matt Martin (@missingwords) January 27, 2015
My son takes Mandarin at school. So what language is he using in his room when asked? Jabba's language, of course. #DisneySide #StarWars
— Linda Scruggs, RN (@MOMtility) February 5, 2015
Now my mixer is is more powerful than you could possibly imagine! #StarWars #Rebels #alliancetorestoretherepublic pic.twitter.com/iwm30xi09d
— Aubrey Suleiman (@AubreySuleiman) February 2, 2015
I have never felt older than when I was asking NFL players about Avengers vs Star Wars.
— Aaron Nagler (@AaronNagler) January 28, 2015
My wife thinks our house guests would not appreciate staying in a room with all 7 original #StarWars theatrical posters. I say who wouldn't
— Shawn McGaughey (@SlymDayspring12) January 26, 2015
Important questions
My 6-year-old: "Daddy, why don't the #Sith walk up behind the #Jedi, put the lightsaber on the their backs and THEN turn it on?" #StarWars
— Mark Crandley (@mcrandley) January 26, 2015
"Are there hyphens in Aurebesh?" Just a normal conversation at the office. #StarWars
— Chris Malico (@CJMalico) February 5, 2015
Does having a Business Administration degree mean I'm qualified to apply for Lando's job at Cloud City? #StarWars #SeriousQuestions
— Ryan Malin (@BrushYourTeeth) January 26, 2015
What if Luke and the Rebel's blowing up both Death Stars was Darth Vader's ultimate long-con for redemption? #StarWars
— Abel Arias (@Abelg81) January 23, 2015
Ok, if you buy a Darth Vader toy and the box comes with a warning about a choking hazard, is that ironic?
— Lenin Dominguez (@leninwtigger) February 5, 2015
Snark
The worst thing about Han shooting first: Greedo was just reaching for his wallet to pay the bar tab. #RIPGreedo #StarWars
— Steven Johnson (@stevenjof) January 27, 2015
*pours wine for date* So as I was saying, how did Luke finish his training w/ Yoda in the few hours it took Han & Leia to get to Cloud City?
— patrick (@tastefactory) February 3, 2015
Yes, this call is for a Mr. Bossk. You left your boots at the alley. We have them here at the Imperial Lanes. Here til 9. #StarWarsVoiceMail
— Patrick Pacacha (@pbpacacha) January 24, 2015
Sorry I haven't posted in a few hours… but I've been busy. These Marvel and Star Wars action figures weren't gonna battle themselves.
— Alisha Lively (@AlishaAprx) February 3, 2015
I have an RSS feed that aggregates TFA rumors for me, which I look forward to reading in my down time. Lots of chaff, but every so often a nice rumor or drone photo.
But your tweet compilations are consistently some of the highest-quality articles on my feed. I always get at least two or three real chuckles out of them. I enjoyed them when they were weekly posts, and are glad that they seem to be more frequent of late.
StarWars.com has tried doing their own version, but it’s a bit watered-down and corporate.
Thanks very much, and keep up the good work.
Thanks!
Yeah, I’m trying to keep it at least weekly or semi-weekly. It can depend on a lot of factors – how many tweets I’ve collected, which depends how much time/energy I have to search the hashtags throughout the week, if there’s a holiday, if there’s major news… And putting ’em together takes a good chunk of time, too. It’s not hard, just time consuming.