Comments on: #OccupyWallSt: Luke Skywalker is the 99% http://boingboing.net/2011/10/18/luke-skywalker-is-the-99.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 18 May 2013 11:02:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Mario II Valenzuela http://boingboing.net/2011/10/18/luke-skywalker-is-the-99.html#comment-1248885 Mario II Valenzuela Fri, 21 Oct 2011 05:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124499#comment-1248885 Funny since the Rebellion was started by members of the 1% who wanted more power and were pissed that the lost it when Palaptine declared himself king of everything. Oh and never mind what happened in the books, even though they are considered cannon and would actually show that Luke was a tool for the 1%. Funny since the Rebellion was started by members of the 1% who wanted more power and were pissed that the lost it when Palaptine declared himself king of everything.

Oh and never mind what happened in the books, even though they are considered cannon and would actually show that Luke was a tool for the 1%.

]]> By: dreadpiraterobert http://boingboing.net/2011/10/18/luke-skywalker-is-the-99.html#comment-1248281 dreadpiraterobert Thu, 20 Oct 2011 18:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124499#comment-1248281 Yay, thanks for identifying yourself as the artist.  Got a link we can source this image to?  It's all over teh intertubes with no artist credit, which makes me sad. Yay, thanks for identifying yourself as the artist.  Got a link we can source this image to?  It’s all over teh intertubes with no artist credit, which makes me sad.

]]> By: Dave Nelson http://boingboing.net/2011/10/18/luke-skywalker-is-the-99.html#comment-1248119 Dave Nelson Thu, 20 Oct 2011 15:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124499#comment-1248119 Darth Maul's response to Luke: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150331576623587&set=a.64656678586.73162.501273586&type=1&ref=nf Darth Maul’s response to Luke:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150331576623587&set=a.64656678586.73162.501273586&type=1&ref=nf

]]> By: wrybread http://boingboing.net/2011/10/18/luke-skywalker-is-the-99.html#comment-1247965 wrybread Thu, 20 Oct 2011 11:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124499#comment-1247965 I'm just surprised to see that they used full justification for the text margins back then. And I'm glad to see that the fact that "jumping the shark" has jumped the shark is being discussed in this thread. I’m just surprised to see that they used full justification for the text margins back then.

And I’m glad to see that the fact that “jumping the shark” has jumped the shark is being discussed in this thread.

]]> By: Franklin Harris http://boingboing.net/2011/10/18/luke-skywalker-is-the-99.html#comment-1246971 Franklin Harris Wed, 19 Oct 2011 15:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124499#comment-1246971 Inherited off-the-charts midi-chlorian count from his dad. Luke is the 1% Inherited off-the-charts midi-chlorian count from his dad. Luke is the 1%

]]> By: Kyle Munz http://boingboing.net/2011/10/18/luke-skywalker-is-the-99.html#comment-1246917 Kyle Munz Wed, 19 Oct 2011 13:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124499#comment-1246917 +penguinchris Not quite. It's a screencap from the DVD combined with a picture of my hand holding the printout. You're right about the digital noise, but I only had to add it to the screencap as the printout pic was already taken with a webcam quality camera.  You're also right about the lack of photoshop, as stated earlier, I used GIMP. +penguinchris Not quite. It’s a screencap from the DVD combined with a picture of my hand holding the printout. You’re right about the digital noise, but I only had to add it to the screencap as the printout pic was already taken with a webcam quality camera.  You’re also right about the lack of photoshop, as stated earlier, I used GIMP.

]]> By: penguinchris http://boingboing.net/2011/10/18/luke-skywalker-is-the-99.html#comment-1246866 penguinchris Wed, 19 Oct 2011 09:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124499#comment-1246866 That's no Photoshop... Looks like someone has a huge TV and a copy of the Star Wars blu-ray, paused on this frame, and held up a print-out in front of it - and then added digital noise to make it blend together. That’s no Photoshop…

Looks like someone has a huge TV and a copy of the Star Wars blu-ray, paused on this frame, and held up a print-out in front of it – and then added digital noise to make it blend together.

]]> By: Justin R http://boingboing.net/2011/10/18/luke-skywalker-is-the-99.html#comment-1246738 Justin R Wed, 19 Oct 2011 03:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124499#comment-1246738 What's this new meme of saying all things OWS-related have jumped the shark?? What’s this new meme of saying all things OWS-related have jumped the shark??

]]> By: peromyscus http://boingboing.net/2011/10/18/luke-skywalker-is-the-99.html#comment-1246684 peromyscus Wed, 19 Oct 2011 02:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124499#comment-1246684 That would be the Sando Aqua Monster. http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Sando_aqua_monster "There's always a bigger fish." That would be the Sando Aqua Monster.
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Sando_aqua_monster

“There’s always a bigger fish.”

]]> By: Kyle Munz http://boingboing.net/2011/10/18/luke-skywalker-is-the-99.html#comment-1246665 Kyle Munz Wed, 19 Oct 2011 01:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124499#comment-1246665 I might be picking nits, but it's Photoshopper Unknown because it wasn't photoshopped, it was GIMPed. FOSS FTW. I might be picking nits, but it’s Photoshopper Unknown because it wasn’t photoshopped, it was GIMPed. FOSS FTW.

]]> By: jimh http://boingboing.net/2011/10/18/luke-skywalker-is-the-99.html#comment-1246641 jimh Wed, 19 Oct 2011 00:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124499#comment-1246641 This deal keeps getting worse all the time! This deal keeps getting worse all the time!

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2011/10/18/luke-skywalker-is-the-99.html#comment-1246562 Brainspore Tue, 18 Oct 2011 23:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124499#comment-1246562 Skywalker may be part of the 99%, but he's also about 1% machine. Skywalker may be part of the 99%, but he’s also about 1% machine.

]]> By: Matthew Vosburgh http://boingboing.net/2011/10/18/luke-skywalker-is-the-99.html#comment-1246544 Matthew Vosburgh Tue, 18 Oct 2011 23:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124499#comment-1246544 He owns a flying car and a T-16 aircraft, his mother is a queen, his Dad is a knight and the right hand man of the emperor of the universe.  How much more 1% can you get? He owns a flying car and a T-16 aircraft, his mother is a queen, his Dad is a knight and the right hand man of the emperor of the universe.  How much more 1% can you get?

]]> By: grimc http://boingboing.net/2011/10/18/luke-skywalker-is-the-99.html#comment-1246543 grimc Tue, 18 Oct 2011 23:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124499#comment-1246543 <blockquote>My brother just asked, "How does one join an extinct cult?"</blockquote> Posthumously.

My brother just asked, “How does one join an extinct cult?”

Posthumously.

]]> By: Palomino http://boingboing.net/2011/10/18/luke-skywalker-is-the-99.html#comment-1246509 Palomino Tue, 18 Oct 2011 22:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124499#comment-1246509 He was 'Forced" into it! He was ‘Forced” into it!

]]> By: MarcVader http://boingboing.net/2011/10/18/luke-skywalker-is-the-99.html#comment-1246496 MarcVader Tue, 18 Oct 2011 21:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124499#comment-1246496 I find your lack of demands disturbing. I find your lack of demands disturbing.

]]> By: TheOmbudsman http://boingboing.net/2011/10/18/luke-skywalker-is-the-99.html#comment-1246455 TheOmbudsman Tue, 18 Oct 2011 20:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124499#comment-1246455 http://www.occupycoruscant.org/ http://www.occupycoruscant.org/

]]> By: Donald Petersen http://boingboing.net/2011/10/18/luke-skywalker-is-the-99.html#comment-1246425 Donald Petersen Tue, 18 Oct 2011 20:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124499#comment-1246425 Or, for a more pertinent idiom akin to shark jumping, shall we say the meme has "won the podrace"? Or maybe just "supplanted Lapti Nek." "Gone to Endor"? "Celebrated Life Day on Kashyyyk"? Or, for the real sourpusses out there, maybe it's just "gone to Toshi Station to pick up some power converters." Or, for a more pertinent idiom akin to shark jumping, shall we say the meme has “won the podrace”?

Or maybe just “supplanted Lapti Nek.”

“Gone to Endor”?

“Celebrated Life Day on Kashyyyk”?

Or, for the real sourpusses out there, maybe it’s just “gone to Toshi Station to pick up some power converters.”

]]> By: Teller http://boingboing.net/2011/10/18/luke-skywalker-is-the-99.html#comment-1246417 Teller Tue, 18 Oct 2011 20:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124499#comment-1246417 That's so dumb. You just go back in time, man. That’s so dumb. You just go back in time, man.

]]> By: Donald Petersen http://boingboing.net/2011/10/18/luke-skywalker-is-the-99.html#comment-1246418 Donald Petersen Tue, 18 Oct 2011 20:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124499#comment-1246418 <blockquote>This meme would appear to have jumped the proverbial shark. (Or equivalent Star Wars universe beastie.)</blockquote> Vaulted the <a href="http://mimg.ugo.com/200907/22067/star-wars.jpg" rel="nofollow">Dianoga</a>?

This meme would appear to have jumped the proverbial shark. (Or equivalent Star Wars universe beastie.)

Vaulted the Dianoga?

]]> By: robotnik http://boingboing.net/2011/10/18/luke-skywalker-is-the-99.html#comment-1246413 robotnik Tue, 18 Oct 2011 20:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124499#comment-1246413 Well, there's nobody to exclude you from membership. Well, there’s nobody to exclude you from membership.

]]> By: Al Billings http://boingboing.net/2011/10/18/luke-skywalker-is-the-99.html#comment-1246327 Al Billings Tue, 18 Oct 2011 19:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124499#comment-1246327 A family tradition? A family tradition?

]]> By: ChicagoD http://boingboing.net/2011/10/18/luke-skywalker-is-the-99.html#comment-1246318 ChicagoD Tue, 18 Oct 2011 19:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124499#comment-1246318 It has to be in your blood, man. It has to be in your blood, man.

]]> By: David Pescovitz http://boingboing.net/2011/10/18/luke-skywalker-is-the-99.html#comment-1246259 David Pescovitz Tue, 18 Oct 2011 18:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124499#comment-1246259 My brother just asked, "How does one join an extinct cult?" My brother just asked, “How does one join an extinct cult?”

]]> By: Ramone http://boingboing.net/2011/10/18/luke-skywalker-is-the-99.html#comment-1246257 Ramone Tue, 18 Oct 2011 18:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124499#comment-1246257 I always saw Rush as more of a Jabba myself, living off the underbelly of the Empire. Cheney is def. the Emperor. I always saw Rush as more of a Jabba myself, living off the underbelly of the Empire. Cheney is def. the Emperor.

]]> By: Dan Muhich http://boingboing.net/2011/10/18/luke-skywalker-is-the-99.html#comment-1246258 Dan Muhich Tue, 18 Oct 2011 18:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124499#comment-1246258 Epic Awesomeness. Ok Boingers, I'm giving you the chance to be the first to make your submissions . . . www.occupymycat.com Epic Awesomeness. Ok Boingers, I’m giving you the chance to be the first to make your submissions . . . http://www.occupymycat.com

]]> By: JIMWICh http://boingboing.net/2011/10/18/luke-skywalker-is-the-99.html#comment-1246239 JIMWICh Tue, 18 Oct 2011 18:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124499#comment-1246239 But what about the huge government subsidies to corporate moisture farms? But what about the huge government subsidies to corporate moisture farms?

]]> By: Deidzoeb http://boingboing.net/2011/10/18/luke-skywalker-is-the-99.html#comment-1246224 Deidzoeb Tue, 18 Oct 2011 18:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124499#comment-1246224 Leia = princess = 1%. Seriously tho, there's an elected Queen Amidala, and Leia doesn't act as royal as Han accuses her of, but you can tell by their titles that Lucas kinda plays on our tendency to idealize monarchs. Leia = princess = 1%.

Seriously tho, there’s an elected Queen Amidala, and Leia doesn’t act as royal as Han accuses her of, but you can tell by their titles that Lucas kinda plays on our tendency to idealize monarchs.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/10/18/luke-skywalker-is-the-99.html#comment-1246202 Anonymous Tue, 18 Oct 2011 18:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124499#comment-1246202 Epic.. absolutely epic.   Epic.. absolutely epic.  

]]> By: CSBD http://boingboing.net/2011/10/18/luke-skywalker-is-the-99.html#comment-1246187 CSBD Tue, 18 Oct 2011 17:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124499#comment-1246187 Thanks... for the rest of the day, I am going to be imagining Carl Rove pulling off his mask and throwing Rush Limbaugh into the Death Star Reactor core (built by Haliburton). Rove of course gets a nasty hernia. Thanks… for the rest of the day, I am going to be imagining Carl Rove pulling off his mask and throwing Rush Limbaugh into the Death Star Reactor core (built by Haliburton).

Rove of course gets a nasty hernia.

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