the fact that is said 1980 implies that star wars is going at the same time as our own planet in the same universe i am not a star war fans so can someone please tell me what event in star wars happens during the watergate incident?
Edit: i am not a part of the subreddit just found the post recommended to me
The correct time frame is 3 ABY (After Battle of Yavin, the events in the original Star Wars). I am sure the meme was just using the original release date of the movie The Empire Strikes Back in which the battle on Hoth took place.
You might have known all this, but I wanted something to do while I was waking up and drinking my coffee
Im pretty sure the Empire does not use BBY/ABY though, considering they lost that particular battle.
Edit: From another comment below, the Empire seems to use BFE/AFE (before/after Formation of the Empire), although wookiepedia mentions that this was invented in 2017.
Yeah I don't think there is a direct event that points out to the people that the government had been using events to grasp more power and dissolve power from senate, as it had been done prior to start of the serieis. One could argue this was clearly shown in the prequels. The prequels show over reach, false flag attempts, the assassination attempt, and use of order 66 to claim the Jedi order was the enemy and he needed wartime powers. Just so happened to fall around the time the Patriot Act was being signed in by Bush after 9/11.
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pentastarm@piefed.ca · 21 pts · 1d
JustPlainDave@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 1d
I wonder why Cliff isn't there.
FenrirIII@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3h
Getting a drink at Toshi station
thiscat@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 12 pts · 1d
the fact that is said 1980 implies that star wars is going at the same time as our own planet in the same universe i am not a star war fans so can someone please tell me what event in star wars happens during the watergate incident?
Edit: i am not a part of the subreddit just found the post recommended to me
olosta@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 1d
The first thing that appears on screen is "a long time ago, in a galaxy far away".
sik0fewl@piefed.ca · 8 pts · 1d
Yes, but light can only travel so fast, so we weren’t able to take this picture until millions of years later - in 1980. It’s all relative.
Hupf@feddit.org · 2 pts · 1d
Lrrr
thenextguy@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 1d
A galaxy that just happens to be populated with humans who speak English. What were the odds?
Radiantprime@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 1d
Pretty sure they're speaking Basic I'm not sure what you're watching
The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 1d
OZFive@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 1d
Please allow me to geek out for a short minute...
The correct time frame is 3 ABY (After Battle of Yavin, the events in the original Star Wars). I am sure the meme was just using the original release date of the movie The Empire Strikes Back in which the battle on Hoth took place.
You might have known all this, but I wanted something to do while I was waking up and drinking my coffee
bob_lemon@feddit.org · 3 pts · 1d
Im pretty sure the Empire does not use BBY/ABY though, considering they lost that particular battle.
Edit: From another comment below, the Empire seems to use BFE/AFE (before/after Formation of the Empire), although wookiepedia mentions that this was invented in 2017.
WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1d
If it was added after 2014, it doesn't count.
LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 1d
Yeah I don't think there is a direct event that points out to the people that the government had been using events to grasp more power and dissolve power from senate, as it had been done prior to start of the serieis. One could argue this was clearly shown in the prequels. The prequels show over reach, false flag attempts, the assassination attempt, and use of order 66 to claim the Jedi order was the enemy and he needed wartime powers. Just so happened to fall around the time the Patriot Act was being signed in by Bush after 9/11.
JustPlainDave@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 1d
Order 66.
saltnotsugar@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1d
Officer: Can I get…like a sweater?
Vader: No.
dfyx@lemmy.helios42.de · 5 pts · 1d
Clearly you meant
3 ABY22 AFE and not 1980.AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1d
ESB empire was not to be fucked with
trd@feddit.nu · 4 pts · 1d
Ahh the epic fight at Røros
MsFlammkuchen@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 1d
Beautiful town