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That moment when you realize that Thor is about Luke Skywalker’s mom falling in love with Captain Kirk’s dad.
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Electronic Arts (EA), maker of the highly popular Star Wars: The Old Republic video game - is the target of a boycott orchestrated by hateful anti-gay groups. Why? Because they had the courage to give players around the world the option of including a gay romance storyline in their interactive Star Wars game.
Right now, thousands of anti-gay letters are flooding Electronic Arts headquarters, threatening to push the company and its staff to the dark side (“Homos are ruining gaming!” wrote one boycotter. “I urge all parents to keep any EA games from their children to prevent them to be AIDS-spreading, Satan-loving scum,” wrote another).
But we can do something about it - if we channel the force for good. Companies like Electronic Arts need to be rewarded when they do the right thing. And together we can help them stand their ground. Sign this urgent letter to Electronic Arts (EA) now, asking them to stay strong and resist the dark side. When 50,000 of us sign on, All Out members will make news by dressing as Star Wars characters and delivering your letters directly to Electronic Arts headquarters:I don’t usually post things like this, but if there was ever going to be an exception, it’d be a Star Wars themed one.
use the tumblr force, we must. sign the petition, we shall.
THIS IS THE BEST PETITION I HAVE EVER SEEN.
Nerdy gay love. Oh my word. I love the internet. Hm, maybe EA’s not quite as worthy of the Golden Poo after all. Let’s see how they handle this.
Oh look Palpatine ordered two strippers dressed like Jedi.
Inspired the invention of the cell phone.
First interracial kiss on TV.
Tackles social issues through diplomacy from the perspective of a post-scarcity society.
Star Trek is the thinking-person’s Sci Fi.
Then you have George Lucas’s weird religious space opera. Star Wars has more in common with L. Ron Hubbard’s Battlefield Earth than it has with Star Trek.
Reblogging again for Chris’s added and accurate comments.
Yes. I know for a fact that my school’s IB HL Philosophy class regularly shows episodes from Star trek to bring up relevant ideas and to start discussions.
