NASA announced recently that it will be launching the original 1977 lightsaber prop, wielded by Luke Skywalker in Episode IV: A New Hope, in honor of the 30th-anniversary of the saga taking place this year. And sixteen million years from now, when it reaches an alien civillization, they will have one of three reactions: 1) "Whose flashlight is this?"
2) "Ooooooh, I'm totally gonna bid on that on xeno-Bay!"
3) "Fucking Earth-Nerds."
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But how's this for some constructive thinking: why didn't they just auction the damn thing, and use the ridiculous amount of money some nerd will drop on it to eliminate world poverty? As in, forever. Because I guarantee you that somewhere out there some pock-marked, too-sweaty-by-half ubergeek is already contemplating liquidating his highly lucrative Silicon Valley-based software company in the hopes of handling Luke's saber hilt in one hand, whilst handling his own "saber hilt" in the other. To the tune of elevendy bizillion dollars. Mad duckets, yo. Mad duckets.
Credit to Rabittoth for his sick "Jaina Solo" wallpaper.
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