Posted on 03/02/2007 12:03:51 AM PST by Dallas59
Many are claiming that the destruction of the Death Star was not a result of the Rebel Attack and its valiant fighter pilots (especially the hero of the Resistance, young Luke Skywalker), but instead was the result of internal sabotage.
That's right - the demise of the Death Star was an inside job.
Like many Americans, I was fed this story when I was growing up. But as I watched the video, I began to realize that all was not as it seemed. And the more I questioned the official story, the deeper into the rabbit hole I went.
Presented here are some of the results of my soul-searching regarding this painful event. Like many citizens, I have many questions that I would like answered: Who was really behind the attack? Why did they want the Death Star destroyed? No matter what the answers, we have a problem.
The creators of the argument, in their treatice "Uncomfortable Questions: Was the Death Star Attack an Inside Job?" watched the video of the destruction and determined that all was not as it was originally reported by the Imperial government. They ask: "...was the mighty Imperial government really too incompetent to prevent a handful of untrained nerf-herders from destroying one of their most prized assets? Or are they hiding something from us?" I think we all would like to know that answer.
The authors present some damning arguments against the official story, such as:
Why was the rebel pilot who supposedly destroyed the Death Star reported to be on the Death Star days, maybe hours, prior to its destruction? Why was he allowed to escape, and why were several individuals dressed in Stormtrooper uniforms seen helping him?
Why has there not been an investigation into allegations that Darth Vader, the second-ranking member of the Imperial Government, is in fact the father of the pilot who allegedly destroyed the Death Star?
It is very hard to deny such hard evidence. Note that Vadar also left the Death Star prior to the explosion! It is all very suspicious indeed.
If you need to know more, the folks on Digg have a large thread going on the subject. That is the only current discussion center, as the originating site is mysteriously down at the current time. Also, according to a copy of the original post in the Digg thread, this material was originally found on he James Randi Educational Foundation site. James is a well known skeptic and debunker of well...everything. And, evidently, a fan of "Star Wars" parodies.
A Star Wars ping for future.
I think Murtha and Pelosi need to immediately launch a House investigation into this. Imagine, misleading so many for all these years now.
Oh wait, didn't that happen during the Carter years?
Never mind!
Vader lied, millions died.
All the Jewish stormtroopers were told to stay home that day.
OK, it's time for them to put down the Mountain Dew and Doritos, turn off the computer, go outside, and get some exercise. Then, get a real job, move out of their parents' house, and date a real person.
will you be saying that when you need his computer expertise?
Nope, they come to me for IT/computer help.
The earlier version happened during the Carters years. The later version happened under the Clinton Administration. Do you think it was coincidence that both happened under Democrats' Administrations? I think not...
Never cross Galactic Halliburton...
They're known to work with those weird catlike assassins that live in yurts... Interstellar Blackwater or something like that. I don't think they ever got any footage of them but they've been mentioned by high level sources once or twice.
Well, heck..., now I'm going to have to pull out my Star Wars DVDs and start watching them all over again...
Regards,
Star Traveler
P.S. -- Don't tell anyone, but Deep-Throat told me who did it...
BAWHAHAHAHA...dude...priceless..absolutely priceless...
man oh man...post of the day vote!!!
lob a grassy knoll in there and some dodgy photos...and we could all write some books about it...
Ah, I see, you're one of those in denial... ;)
I love it! I just love it......
Fantabulous.
Here's Randi's thread, where a bunch of their users contributed their own scenarios:
http://forums.randi.org/showthread.php?t=55261
It's often a pretty funny website, although you can get tired of the nonstop debunking. :)
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