Galactic Empire Times: Obi-Wan Kenobi Is Dead, Vader Says
From the Galactic Empire Times: Obi-Wan Kenobi Is Dead, Vader Says.
CORUSCANT – Obi-Wan Kenobi, the mastermind of some of the most devastating attacks on the Galactic Empire and the most hunted man in the galaxy, was killed in a firefight with Imperial forces near Alderaan, Darth Vader announced on Sunday.
The comments are pretty cool, too.
May 11th, 2011 at 4:38 pm
One man’s terrorist organization is another man’s freedom fighters.
http://whitenoiseinsanity.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/reaganmeetstalibanwhitehouse.jpg
May 11th, 2011 at 8:14 pm
Amusing post JBC.
If you want to start to understand the killing of OBL, you can’t do much better than listen to this man. From wiki, “His research on international terrorism was officially used by the 9/11 Commission in Washington DC.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkIsifrc0aM&feature=player_embedded
May 12th, 2011 at 10:08 am
saw this on boingboing
the comments are priceless and the sidebars pretty amusing as well
you can almost hear that regulator and James Earl Jones voice
nice pic Smith! good ol trading-arms-for-hostages Saint Ronnie!
i dunno knarly, I listened to that guy and wasn’t impressed, he hedged his bets left, right, center, up (uh oh, just lost shcb) and down. mb they do have him alive (doubt it) and this is all an elaborate psyop, but I think they were happy to have him dead and grab all his computers and hard drives (what a treasure trove that must be!) The Rs wet dream of torturing OBL would have been a rallying point for psychopaths (both R and ienj). Better a dead terrorist than a live symbol of islamic extremist nut jobbery.
Obama. Cleaning up Rethugglican failures since 2008.
(now can we finally close Gitmo? also, can we please put John Yoo and Cheney in jail? thx)
May 12th, 2011 at 10:22 am
So here’s what gets me on this:
Kenobi was on Tatooine, hiding in plain sight. Surely, the Tatooine government knew of OWK’s presence there. If the Tatooing government was harboring OWK, why are we still supporting them? Personally, I think that it’s time for regime change.
May 12th, 2011 at 11:34 am
Great. Now we’ll have to listen to wwnj talking endlessly about ‘turning em all to &@(#*%$!!! glass from orbit!’ (again)
Anyone else thinking another ‘environmental disaster’ like Aldreraan is in the offing? Where in the galaxy is Darth Cheney right now, hmmmmm?
Wake up sheeple, it’s unbridled sociamalism!
Hang on, there’s a knock at the exterior hatch, brb
May 12th, 2011 at 12:13 pm
Can anybody explain to me why in some publications his name is spelled “Obi-Wan” and in others it is spelled “Ubi-Wan”?
May 12th, 2011 at 1:26 pm
Wwnj’s spell it the wrong way, damn republicams can’t do anything right, pretty sure it somehow proves they are racist
May 12th, 2011 at 1:40 pm
no, saying crap like “mudhut countries” or π!@@#&$ and $P!($ caused the financial meltdown makes folks think you are somewhat racist (plus all the other crap that you say) Just sayin.
Hey when are you going to show us your Harvard transcripts wwnj? Just askin!
May 12th, 2011 at 2:23 pm
Are you kidding! I don’t even know what state Harvard is in! (and don’t care) I’ll get started on some forgeries. You never know, I might want to run for public office sometime.
May 12th, 2011 at 6:19 pm
Enk,
That wasn’t “hedging bets left right and centre” that was making it clear that no-one has been given sufficient information to make an intelligent bet. Take off your blinders. Torturing OBL would be stupid, the smart thing would have been to humiliate him and his followers in front of the world in a court of law and when found guilty execute him. He got off with a seriously light, quick death.
Also,
“I think that there is an important point being missed among all this discussion. Would the U.S government especially the Bush regime, really want Osama on the stand. Bush is already considered a war criminal in most countries, can you imagine the information OBL could divulge in the witness box. Make no mistake, DEAD MEN DON’T TELL TALES.”
More to the point(s):
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/mike-friends-blog/some-final-thoughts-on-death-of-osama-bin-laden
May 13th, 2011 at 6:24 am
God damn Michael Moore is a butthole.
May 13th, 2011 at 6:42 am
Yeah, I don’t think you can fault the SEALs for killing him on the spot. Put yourself in their shoes – the most wanted and dangerous terrorist ever is standing in front of you in a dark room with people screaming and guns laying around, he could’ve had a suicide vest on, who knows. It must have been so intense.
I think OBL getting shot in the head in his own house by a U.S. commando is a pretty satisfying ending, imo.
Of course, that’s if you think he really was responsible for 9/11 ;)
May 13th, 2011 at 3:33 pm
ethan continues to amaze us all.
May 13th, 2011 at 4:17 pm
I just heard on the holochannel that ‘Ubi-wan’ had a large stash of really raunchy ‘wookie pr0n’ at his hideout. Lord Vader is carefully reviewing the holo cubes to thwart future plots by these ‘rebels’…. a trrrrst by any other name!
May 18th, 2011 at 12:09 pm
Smith – that was the most profound thing that I said all day.
May 22nd, 2011 at 6:52 am
Of course we’re all glossing over the fact that Darth Vader didn’t really kill Obi Wan either. I guess we can expect Osama back for at least two more sequels?