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Posted on 05/04/2026 1:17:49 PM PDT by fwdude
All around the world, “Star Wars” nerds are spending Monday celebrating the holiest day in the galaxy: May the Fourth. Stemming from a cheeky pun based on a bit of Jedi jargon (“May the force be with you”), the day has become an excuse to rally around the lore of what very well may be the greatest science-fiction series of all time (no disrespect to the “Star Trek” fans out there).
If there’s a ground zero for the “Star Wars” universe (aside from Tatooine), it’s definitely the Bay Area. George Lucas originally moved here after graduating from film school at the University of Southern California in the 1960s and has since made it the headquarters of his company, basing Lucasfilm in San Rafael (it moved to San Francisco in 2005) and later starting Industrial Light and Magic in San Francisco’s Presidio and building Skywalker Ranch 40 minutes north of the city in Nicasio.
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There are a few high schools here in Southern California that still offer wood shop. Auto shop also. But you are largely correct.
I saw that one. Live and in color.
I miss the South.
The West and Southwest doesn’t do education. I can’t speak for the North or Northeastern states.
The Army moved us every 18 months for twenty years. Eleven new homes. New schools for the kids.
Back 30 years ago, Virginia schools taught Civil War. Georgia schools taught Civil War. Texas schools taught Alamo.
I’m glad the bands still exist in different places. Collegiate bands can only come from high school bands, right?
That’s just a great pic. The dark paneling, the vending machines, the t-shirt, the ashtray. I want a time machine back to 1977.
There's original and there's ORIGINAL, before all the "enhancements" to the theatrical release version.
There is a serious group of people who have a religious fervor over the original format, faulty effects, patina and all. They are feverishly working to restore the original version. And they will KILL to defend "Han shot first."
Did you miss out on Firefly or The Expanse?
Half and half. We have the Firefly DVDs, but not The Expanse.
May the farce be with them.
I saw the first movie, thought it was great for special effects but pretty much boilerplate space opera as SF stories go. Wasn’t impressed enough to go to any more of them. I’d rather read than see a movie anyway. I do, however, have a first edition of the paperback novelization somewhere in a box in the garage - wonder if it’s worth anything?
People tend to overrate the affect school has upon people. Anyone can pursue anything on their own if they choose.
The original was filmed using stop-motion film cameras. That looked better than those make later using CGI.
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