What!? There's No Such Thing As Tantooine?

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Apparently people make a pretty big deal about star wars. I don't get it. It's not real. Yet, over 30,000 people went to a convention for it last year. The real question is, what goes through people's minds when they dress up as a star wars character? I took a stab at some of the possibilities:



"I knew we shouldn't have driven! Now people are gonna know we are fake!"



"My life sucks."


But seriously, dressing up is one thing. Studying maps and piecing together the history of the "star wars universe" is taking it to a whole new level. A quick search found a website with the following map made by a fan:



Important!: This map is scaled in light years! Without taking that into account, you might incorrectly picture an entirely made up universe.


The funny thing is, people actually get upset when the histories of made up places don't fit together correctly. People can imagine that entire universes exist, yet they get enraged when a minute detail of it doesn't flow together correctly. If you can imagine that it exists, just imagine that things that are incorrect don't really matter. What difference does it make?

And what's the deal with making maps anyways? The detail on these maps is almost creepy. Wasting a little time is one thing, but come on:



Oh! So close! I think with a little more detail, middle earth might actually exist.


I mean seriously, what good does that do? I bet 95% of the people that can recite every location found in middle earth can't even identify 25 states in the U.S. Oh well, at least they can find their way to the next convention.



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