Death Star

Yes, this blog entry is titled Death Star, and I think everyone at this point has a good idea of what the rest of the blog should entail. I would expect everyone to ponder if I will share my thoughts on the battle station, not a small moon, from the most popular sci fi trilogy of movies ever. Upon reading this title I doubt anyone would have thought, "Death Star? is that a large cube of death...or maybe it is actually a scientific term...Death Star is confusing, please be more precise.

How in the Sam Hill can anyone not know what the Death Star is? And for that matter what happened to it?!? No, the Death Star is not Darth Vader's star ship. You know what, I do not think I am at the root of the possibility of someone not knowing what the Death Star is. How could anyone not be familiar with Star Wars pop culture references? The enormity of the situation of someone not being for sure that Darth Vader is (Spoiler alert for everyone who has been living under a mountain for the past 30 years!) Luke's father baffles me.

Now, I know not everyone is a Star Wars fan, and that is alright. However, I still cannot grasp how a person, be it a man or a woman, would not know what the Death Star is! Wikipedia says this on its page about the Death Star, "The Death Star is one of the better-known concepts from the Star Wars universe and is widely recognizable outside of that context". It is apart of our nation's pop culture, everyone should know about it.

If you feel alienated from this post or you feel this post was directed at you because you do not know what the Death Star is. You probably should feel this way because how could you not know what the Death Star is?! I will not mention names...even if said people would deserve public ridicule. Its the Star Wars franchise, learn it! When good people do not take the time to learn about their culture's popular movie's references, what is happening to that culture, and what is wrong with those people? Take me for example, I have not seen or read Twilight, but I still know its about vampires and werwolves. I do not want to live in a world where the Death Star could be anything from what someone calls the winner of American Idol to a toaster.

Parents, family and friends make your children and friends respectively, go see the original Star Wars trilogy so we can all be on the same page, please!