The claim about the book’s pre-existence or about it having a bigger role in the conceptualization of the Star Wars tradition than it had?

You say that like the title ever claimed the movie was actually based on the book.

Once again here to say I’m not saying the movie is based on the book. I, like you, just thought it was fascinating it turned out this way, and that we could wonder if the book is technically considered the beginning of Star Wars mania.

I thought Sheev was named for the prequels. I could’ve sworn they even made light of his name in the Robot Chicken specials.

All I wanna know is, was he Sheev back then?

I wasn’t trying to claim the movie was based on a book (not sure where that’s coming from), just that the book’s status as coming before the movie in terms of release has the weird effect of implying the hype train could’ve begun with a book and that one could argue Star Wars is technically a book series first, even if it’s a movie tradition first.

Like imagine back then any Lord-of-the-Rings-type discussions that could’ve played out, a la “did you see this movie, it’s awesome” followed by “yeah, but did you read the book?”

True, I just find it fascinating the movies have this large orbit of devotion, and then you have this book that could’ve put everyone on the hype train a few months early.

My name has so many variations that I don’t. But I can understand why others do, they don’t want to be associated with either a more common archetype than they are or a less common one, e.g. I have a friend who goes by Lydia, and when people call her Linda, it feels as if she feels the unique implications of her name challenged.

I mean there was a Superboy.

TIL people hate fandom.

Same. Would love DC’s unrealistic take on Tom and Jerry.

Well yeah, that and I wouldn’t be outside of paying for it.

He was the governor of New York State, the son of a previous governor, Mario Cuomo (sadly people didn’t feel any letsa-go with him either). When the son was impeached, his vice governor took over, which sounds like an aspect of the government I hope changes. That’s like switching you out with a proxy. There’s a reason secessionism felt highest with him in office.

One could say that’s a part of my point. He did the whole Stormy Daniels thing eleven times, you’d think he would be convicted, either of that or of monetary abuse and/or setting up policies that killed the elderly en masse during covid.

There wasn’t with Andrew Cuomo, and he was said to have done the whole Stormy Daniels thing with eleven different women. And Andrew Cuomo was a state governor, not the president. Imagine, then, a former president and upcoming presidential candidate like Donald Trump being locked away over a single woman. Sure, it was enough to impeach Bill Clinton when he did it with Monica Lewinsky, even without extra charges (though he was accused of corruption at various times), but if Donald Trump goes to jail or prison for it, it would, to me at least, cement the idea we live in a de facto one party system, since so many other people have walked away having been said to have done worse than those two people, including Andrew Cuomo.

Driving. If it’s far enough away, I can ask for a ride. If it’s any closer, I can walk. Most things I can walk to. I don’t trust myself behind the wheel and don’t feel comfortable contributing to the damage done by vehicles.

Tumblr, depending on where you go on there.

What’s the difference?

I would like it to be happy, so have it beg.

I would go somewhere where I could build a castle, complete with a moat and some torches, and hope I’m a certain fanon version of the avatar.