News that I missed, courtesy of The Babylon Bee:
CONSTANTINOPLE – Orthodox Star Wars fans have reportedly begun preparations for Star Wars Day, which they say occurs on May 11th. They view the more popular “May the 4th” as a valid holiday on a heretical day.
Orthodox Star Wars Day is celebrated similarly to its “May the 4th” twin, but all the decorations have “May the 11th Be With You” printed on them. Orthodox fans also do not recognize the prequel or sequel trilogies and consider the expanded universe (collection of novels under the ‘Legends’ brand) as part of the Star Wars canon.
“Boba Fett’s real name is Jaster Mereel!” orthodox fans can often be heard shouting on May the 11th.
The lack of a pun in the holiday’s name famously caused Mark Hamil, who portrayed Luke Skywalker, to pull his support from any fan events related to the orthodox holiday.
“It’s quite simple,” explained Boris Stojakavich, a patriarch amongst orthodox fans. “Typical Star Wars fans are on the Gregorian Calendar instituted by the Catholic church. We are on the Galactic Standard Calendar – the actual calendar of the Star Wars galaxy – so the holiday occasionally lags behind the schismatic fans.”
“So you see – our timeline is correct. May the 11th be with you!”
When reached for comment, Lucasfilm head Kathleen Kennedy only said that there is one Star Wars Day recognized by the company. “
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The point here is that it’s become a religion of sorts?
Or families just having fun?
No point. Just Geek silliness.
The joke is also the Christian internecine fights over calendars and dates.
I feel the Bee’s Catholic and Orthodox jokes have gotten better recently. Used to seem like their jokes in those areas missed more often than their Evangelical ones. Maybe one of their newer writers is Catholic, so they are more relevant.
The Jehovah’s Witnesses don’t celebrate either day.either day. Furthermore, they believe the official Star wars movies put out in theaters contain mistranslations. They use the Chad Vader series on YouTube put out by the Watchtower Bible and Tract society.
Does the headline refer to the events of 1915-17? Hopefully not. I have an Armenian Orthodox friend who I am certain would fail to see the humor in the headline, to say the least. His grandparents were forced to flee for their lives. 1.5 million were butchered in the genocide, along with many other Orthodox Christians.
Faithful: I believe the headline refers to the events of May 29, 1453. See the They Might Be Giants video above 🙂
The Adventists celebrate it on the 3rd.
“The Adventists celebrate it on the 3rd.”
Good one. 😉
Ahem. No.
The 3rd is the vigil.
Liturgically valid, but with shorter readings.
“Does the headline refer to the events of 1915-17? Hopefully not. I have an Armenian Orthodox friend who I am certain would fail to see the humor in the headline, to say the least. His grandparents were forced to flee for their lives. 1.5 million were butchered in the genocide, along with many other Orthodox Christians.”
My eighth-grade history teacher was a Lebanese Armenian who told us the story of the Armenian Genocide in 1980. We were dumbfounded that such a thing could happen. I don’t think anyone had that in mind on this post, but it’s a good reminder of what the Turks did. I think the intent was just the thought of how calendar differences can lead to humorous results in the case of Star Wars. But the Turkish oppression of Christianity isn’t funny at all, and it has continued with Azerbaijani attacks on modern day Armenia. I think any bad taste in this post was entirely unintentional.
Hopefully not.
It doesn’t. See the song at the end.
@Bruised Optimist: I think possibly you missed Pinky’s joke.