<![CDATA[This is how old I am: I will NEVER call the first Star Wars film "A New Hope," get your bullshit retcon away from me, it is and always shall be Star Wars, forever and ever amen]]>This is how old I am: I will NEVER call the first Star Wars film "A New Hope," get your bullshit retcon away from me, it is and always shall be Star Wars, forever and ever amen

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/dcfa5fcf-25d4-4f36-83eb-b7458ba915cf/this-is-how-old-i-am-i-will-never-call-the-first-star-wars-film-a-new-hope-get-your-bullshit-retcon-away-from-me-it-is-and-always-shall-be-star-wars-forever-and-ever-amenRSS for NodeWed, 15 Apr 2026 08:50:21 GMTThu, 09 Apr 2026 16:20:37 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to This is how old I am: I will NEVER call the first Star Wars film "A New Hope," get your bullshit retcon away from me, it is and always shall be Star Wars, forever and ever amen on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 20:55:41 GMT]]>@scalzi Saw the first three "real" Star Wars movies in theaters, as they were released. The first one was the best, along with the great music score.

I later saw "episode 1" and couldn't watch half of it. Gah. Gave up on the series then.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.linux.pizza/users/c_merriweather/statuses/116376740949044111https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.linux.pizza/users/c_merriweather/statuses/116376740949044111Thu, 09 Apr 2026 20:55:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is how old I am: I will NEVER call the first Star Wars film "A New Hope," get your bullshit retcon away from me, it is and always shall be Star Wars, forever and ever amen on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 20:53:09 GMT]]>@dan @jay @scalzi quiet you the tv series is peak

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/grumpasaurus/statuses/116376730970616436https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/grumpasaurus/statuses/116376730970616436Thu, 09 Apr 2026 20:53:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is how old I am: I will NEVER call the first Star Wars film "A New Hope," get your bullshit retcon away from me, it is and always shall be Star Wars, forever and ever amen on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 20:47:40 GMT]]>@blogdiva @scalzi Amen!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/davep/statuses/116376709390236763https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/davep/statuses/116376709390236763Thu, 09 Apr 2026 20:47:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is how old I am: I will NEVER call the first Star Wars film "A New Hope," get your bullshit retcon away from me, it is and always shall be Star Wars, forever and ever amen on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 20:43:50 GMT]]>@david_chisnall @billiglarper @scalzi George didn't write any of his Star Wars screenplays, his ex-wife did.

PS: she is the only one of the two to have won an Oscar, and the only one in the creative division of Star Wars to do so. the franchise is notorious for winning in the tech categories not the creative ones. so it’s kinda poetic justice given his vigorous attempts at erasing her from the franchise’s history.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/blogdiva/statuses/116376694347272579https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/blogdiva/statuses/116376694347272579Thu, 09 Apr 2026 20:43:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is how old I am: I will NEVER call the first Star Wars film "A New Hope," get your bullshit retcon away from me, it is and always shall be Star Wars, forever and ever amen on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 20:41:54 GMT]]>@scalzi 🗣 SAY THAT!!!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/blogdiva/statuses/116376686721450941https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/blogdiva/statuses/116376686721450941Thu, 09 Apr 2026 20:41:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is how old I am: I will NEVER call the first Star Wars film "A New Hope," get your bullshit retcon away from me, it is and always shall be Star Wars, forever and ever amen on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 20:38:58 GMT]]>@scalzi Amen!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116292252396474302/statuses/116376675214370555https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116292252396474302/statuses/116376675214370555Thu, 09 Apr 2026 20:38:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is how old I am: I will NEVER call the first Star Wars film "A New Hope," get your bullshit retcon away from me, it is and always shall be Star Wars, forever and ever amen on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 20:37:35 GMT]]>@scalzi To this day, I've only ever seen the first three. And I'm good!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/DukeDuke/statuses/116376669736624811https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/DukeDuke/statuses/116376669736624811Thu, 09 Apr 2026 20:37:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is how old I am: I will NEVER call the first Star Wars film "A New Hope," get your bullshit retcon away from me, it is and always shall be Star Wars, forever and ever amen on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 20:10:21 GMT]]>@scalzi

I'm just glad I never in muh whole life heard anyone call them Star Wars 2 and 3. 🤪
It's
Star Wars
Empire
Return of the Jedi

Then there's the rest that mean absolutely nothing in any way except theme-park dough, yet are otherwise totally harmless and entirely forgettable but completely watchable because fuckin' Star Wars.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.plus/users/GGMcBG/statuses/116376562658700321https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.plus/users/GGMcBG/statuses/116376562658700321Thu, 09 Apr 2026 20:10:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is how old I am: I will NEVER call the first Star Wars film "A New Hope," get your bullshit retcon away from me, it is and always shall be Star Wars, forever and ever amen on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 20:00:40 GMT]]>@scalzi So say we all.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://wandering.shop/users/jappel/statuses/116376524612725868https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://wandering.shop/users/jappel/statuses/116376524612725868Thu, 09 Apr 2026 20:00:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is how old I am: I will NEVER call the first Star Wars film "A New Hope," get your bullshit retcon away from me, it is and always shall be Star Wars, forever and ever amen on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 19:49:29 GMT]]>@cratermoon @scalzi Erm. Podracing.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://dosgame.club/users/lunarloony/statuses/116376480594743632https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://dosgame.club/users/lunarloony/statuses/116376480594743632Thu, 09 Apr 2026 19:49:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is how old I am: I will NEVER call the first Star Wars film "A New Hope," get your bullshit retcon away from me, it is and always shall be Star Wars, forever and ever amen on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 19:48:26 GMT]]>@scalzi Boba Fett wandered around a bit, had one line, and then died

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://dosgame.club/users/lunarloony/statuses/116376476452604496https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://dosgame.club/users/lunarloony/statuses/116376476452604496Thu, 09 Apr 2026 19:48:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is how old I am: I will NEVER call the first Star Wars film "A New Hope," get your bullshit retcon away from me, it is and always shall be Star Wars, forever and ever amen on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 19:33:55 GMT]]>@scalzi what do you call "Revenge of the Jedi"?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/napili/statuses/116376419415645688https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/napili/statuses/116376419415645688Thu, 09 Apr 2026 19:33:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is how old I am: I will NEVER call the first Star Wars film "A New Hope," get your bullshit retcon away from me, it is and always shall be Star Wars, forever and ever amen on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 19:33:54 GMT]]>@scalzi 🙌🏽 - always got confused when they started calling it that. It's just Star Wars! 🙂

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/genex/statuses/116376419306010038https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/genex/statuses/116376419306010038Thu, 09 Apr 2026 19:33:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is how old I am: I will NEVER call the first Star Wars film "A New Hope," get your bullshit retcon away from me, it is and always shall be Star Wars, forever and ever amen on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 19:32:33 GMT]]>@jay @scalzi "Highlander: there should have been only one"

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://axillae.telent.net/users/dan/statuses/01KNSVPRHW9DBEBV14V1MGRD1Rhttps://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://axillae.telent.net/users/dan/statuses/01KNSVPRHW9DBEBV14V1MGRD1RThu, 09 Apr 2026 19:32:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is how old I am: I will NEVER call the first Star Wars film "A New Hope," get your bullshit retcon away from me, it is and always shall be Star Wars, forever and ever amen on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 19:19:56 GMT]]>@fdr

That's damn right. Han Shot First Dammit ™️.

@scalzi

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/stonebear2/statuses/116376364419529056https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/stonebear2/statuses/116376364419529056Thu, 09 Apr 2026 19:19:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is how old I am: I will NEVER call the first Star Wars film "A New Hope," get your bullshit retcon away from me, it is and always shall be Star Wars, forever and ever amen on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 19:15:00 GMT]]>@scalzi I’m almost afraid to ask what your feelings on Episode IV are…

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/jimfl/statuses/116376345023599966https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/jimfl/statuses/116376345023599966Thu, 09 Apr 2026 19:15:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is how old I am: I will NEVER call the first Star Wars film "A New Hope," get your bullshit retcon away from me, it is and always shall be Star Wars, forever and ever amen on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 19:13:22 GMT]]>@HighlandLawyer @johnhattan @scalzi
As a young child, that was an amazing experience. I remember my jaw dropping with the opening space battle scenes, I'd never seen anything like it.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/MostlyTato/statuses/116376338611394197https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/MostlyTato/statuses/116376338611394197Thu, 09 Apr 2026 19:13:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is how old I am: I will NEVER call the first Star Wars film "A New Hope," get your bullshit retcon away from me, it is and always shall be Star Wars, forever and ever amen on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 19:06:07 GMT]]>@scalzi Dang straight!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://dice.camp/users/StefanEJones/statuses/116376310077257050https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://dice.camp/users/StefanEJones/statuses/116376310077257050Thu, 09 Apr 2026 19:06:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is how old I am: I will NEVER call the first Star Wars film "A New Hope," get your bullshit retcon away from me, it is and always shall be Star Wars, forever and ever amen on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 19:04:19 GMT]]>@scalzi The first film's success opened the door to more films and the "New Hope" label. The rather odd of idea of making prequels to provide backstory for "Star Wars" triggered the name change. That backstory might have been provided via flashbacks in sequel films.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Corb_The_Lesser/statuses/116376303002582865https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Corb_The_Lesser/statuses/116376303002582865Thu, 09 Apr 2026 19:04:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is how old I am: I will NEVER call the first Star Wars film "A New Hope," get your bullshit retcon away from me, it is and always shall be Star Wars, forever and ever amen on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 18:49:58 GMT]]>@scalzi and Han shot first

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/fdr/statuses/116376246613256473https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/fdr/statuses/116376246613256473Thu, 09 Apr 2026 18:49:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is how old I am: I will NEVER call the first Star Wars film "A New Hope," get your bullshit retcon away from me, it is and always shall be Star Wars, forever and ever amen on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 18:43:14 GMT]]>@scalzi Ditto, man, ditto.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/meganL/statuses/116376220123636742https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/meganL/statuses/116376220123636742Thu, 09 Apr 2026 18:43:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is how old I am: I will NEVER call the first Star Wars film "A New Hope," get your bullshit retcon away from me, it is and always shall be Star Wars, forever and ever amen on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 18:41:18 GMT]]>@scalzi @jsnell Stood in line 3 hours 3x to see “Star Wars” in 1977, when the spaceship flew over our heads at the beginning we knew it was going to be very special. And it always was 🙂

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://twit.social/users/PenguinToot/statuses/116376212506087510https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://twit.social/users/PenguinToot/statuses/116376212506087510Thu, 09 Apr 2026 18:41:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is how old I am: I will NEVER call the first Star Wars film "A New Hope," get your bullshit retcon away from me, it is and always shall be Star Wars, forever and ever amen on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 18:17:18 GMT]]>@scalzi Haha, same, but most around my age also does that... guess it's a "kids these days" kinda thing.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116343350213493496/statuses/116376118144238229https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116343350213493496/statuses/116376118144238229Thu, 09 Apr 2026 18:17:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is how old I am: I will NEVER call the first Star Wars film "A New Hope," get your bullshit retcon away from me, it is and always shall be Star Wars, forever and ever amen on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 18:16:05 GMT]]>@scalzi Remember the happy era when it was a story of how any farm boy could grow up to destroy the evil empire, and not the story of the chosen son of Evil Jesus?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/faduda/statuses/116376113337763312https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/faduda/statuses/116376113337763312Thu, 09 Apr 2026 18:16:05 GMT