Oh my god I’m glad I’m not the only person that sees this
Author: Aulia Masna
Former tech journo, used to write for Macworld, DailySocial, e27. Ex , ran a national startup initiative program in Indonesia. Very much into the news.
The rebellion starfighters in Star Wars are called X-Wing, Y-Wing, B-Wing, and A-Wing. These people at Lucasfilm must have the incredible foresight of the Super Nintendo/Nintendo 64 controller.
On the other hand, how the hell would the people in the Star Wars universe know what those letters mean? They don’t read Earth alphabets, they use their own, called Aurebesh. Their equivalents for those letters look nothing like ours. So in the stories, who came up with the names of those starfighters and why?
Trailer for The Empire Strikes Back given modern treatment a la The Force Awakens. Updated ROTJ and original trailers below for comparison
Just for kicks, here’s the trailer for the original Star Wars movie
Twitter emoji for Star Wars: The Force Awakens
About half of American adults (49%) “ever play video games on a computer, TV, game console, or portable device like a cellphone,” and 10% consider themselves to be “gamers.”
Young men are particularly likely to play games (77%) and identify as “gamers” (33%).
Gaming and Gamers
Star Wars world premiere
Droids, Jedi and Stormtroopers walk the red carpet for the world premiere of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” in Hollywood.
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