<![CDATA[This is how old I am: I will NEVER call the first Star Wars film "A New Hope," get your bullshit retcon away from me, it is and always shall be Star Wars, forever and ever amen]]>This is how old I am: I will NEVER call the first Star Wars film "A New Hope," get your bullshit retcon away from me, it is and always shall be Star Wars, forever and ever amen

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/02e7f0f1-0af4-43e5-b45a-b8c8b8a0ba17/this-is-how-old-i-am-i-will-never-call-the-first-star-wars-film-a-new-hope-get-your-bullshit-retcon-away-from-me-it-is-and-always-shall-be-star-wars-forever-and-ever-amenRSS for NodeMon, 13 Apr 2026 15:03:12 GMTThu, 09 Apr 2026 16:20:37 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to This is how old I am: I will NEVER call the first Star Wars film "A New Hope," get your bullshit retcon away from me, it is and always shall be Star Wars, forever and ever amen on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 16:40:18 GMT]]>@scalzi "The Great Schism Has Begun!"

But not really because you're right.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Lazarou/statuses/116375736717175537https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Lazarou/statuses/116375736717175537Thu, 09 Apr 2026 16:40:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is how old I am: I will NEVER call the first Star Wars film "A New Hope," get your bullshit retcon away from me, it is and always shall be Star Wars, forever and ever amen on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 16:36:02 GMT]]>@scalzi I also will never consider "The Phantom Menace" canon. Delete the entire film from the timeline and nothing of value is lost.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://zirk.us/users/cratermoon/statuses/116375719939707302https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://zirk.us/users/cratermoon/statuses/116375719939707302Thu, 09 Apr 2026 16:36:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is how old I am: I will NEVER call the first Star Wars film "A New Hope," get your bullshit retcon away from me, it is and always shall be Star Wars, forever and ever amen on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 16:32:19 GMT]]>@scalzi My kids honed their eye rolling skills on their parents’ insistence that, “watching the Star Wars movies in order,” means that we start with “Star Wars”.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sfba.social/users/pirateguillermo/statuses/116375705306263269https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sfba.social/users/pirateguillermo/statuses/116375705306263269Thu, 09 Apr 2026 16:32:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is how old I am: I will NEVER call the first Star Wars film "A New Hope," get your bullshit retcon away from me, it is and always shall be Star Wars, forever and ever amen on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 16:31:04 GMT]]>@scalzi I was so very confused when I saw it an Nth time at the theatre and it had changed the scroll.

It was GASLIGHTING.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://wandering.shop/users/kithrup/statuses/116375700382345683https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://wandering.shop/users/kithrup/statuses/116375700382345683Thu, 09 Apr 2026 16:31:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is how old I am: I will NEVER call the first Star Wars film "A New Hope," get your bullshit retcon away from me, it is and always shall be Star Wars, forever and ever amen on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 16:30:35 GMT]]>@scalzi Same. And the red-suited superhero is named Captain Marvel, and Pluto is a planet, and you type two spaces after the period.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/nerpulus/statuses/116375698479469694https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/nerpulus/statuses/116375698479469694Thu, 09 Apr 2026 16:30:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is how old I am: I will NEVER call the first Star Wars film "A New Hope," get your bullshit retcon away from me, it is and always shall be Star Wars, forever and ever amen on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 16:29:53 GMT]]>@scalzi my brother born in 02 does the same🤷‍♂️

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.nl/users/vmachiel/statuses/116375695727015323https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.nl/users/vmachiel/statuses/116375695727015323Thu, 09 Apr 2026 16:29:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is how old I am: I will NEVER call the first Star Wars film "A New Hope," get your bullshit retcon away from me, it is and always shall be Star Wars, forever and ever amen on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 16:28:06 GMT]]>@scalzi speaking of retcon, how long does it take to do the Kessel Run?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://redwombat.social/users/sortova/statuses/116375688762696922https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://redwombat.social/users/sortova/statuses/116375688762696922Thu, 09 Apr 2026 16:28:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is how old I am: I will NEVER call the first Star Wars film "A New Hope," get your bullshit retcon away from me, it is and always shall be Star Wars, forever and ever amen on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 16:27:04 GMT]]>@scalzi

I have, on my bookshelf, a copy of the novelisation of the first film, published in 1977 and written by George Lucas. As a child, the second and third were repeated on TV a lot but I never saw the first one, so I grabbed the book when I saw it.

I was confused by a lot of the uproar around the restored scenes in the remastered ones, because things like the scene with Jabba were in the novelisation.

The title of the book is:

Star Wars: From the adventures of Luke Skywalker.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/david_chisnall/statuses/116375684674898470https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/david_chisnall/statuses/116375684674898470Thu, 09 Apr 2026 16:27:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is how old I am: I will NEVER call the first Star Wars film "A New Hope," get your bullshit retcon away from me, it is and always shall be Star Wars, forever and ever amen on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 16:26:32 GMT]]>@kayeluvian YES KAY THANK YOU

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/scalzi/statuses/116375682557546715https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/scalzi/statuses/116375682557546715Thu, 09 Apr 2026 16:26:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is how old I am: I will NEVER call the first Star Wars film "A New Hope," get your bullshit retcon away from me, it is and always shall be Star Wars, forever and ever amen on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 16:24:32 GMT]]>@scalzi This is the truth. I didn't even watch the sequels because I was sure they couldn't match the original, one-and-only Star Wars.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.scot/users/VanessaK/statuses/116375674725061033https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.scot/users/VanessaK/statuses/116375674725061033Thu, 09 Apr 2026 16:24:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is how old I am: I will NEVER call the first Star Wars film "A New Hope," get your bullshit retcon away from me, it is and always shall be Star Wars, forever and ever amen on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 16:22:28 GMT]]>@scalzi ditto 'Raiders of the Lost Ark'. It isn't called 'Indiana Jones and... whatever' 👍

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://the.voiceover.bar/users/kayeluvian/statuses/116375666570337849https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://the.voiceover.bar/users/kayeluvian/statuses/116375666570337849Thu, 09 Apr 2026 16:22:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is how old I am: I will NEVER call the first Star Wars film "A New Hope," get your bullshit retcon away from me, it is and always shall be Star Wars, forever and ever amen on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 16:22:17 GMT]]>@scalzi
This is the way.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://indieweb.social/users/scotclose/statuses/116375665837198329https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://indieweb.social/users/scotclose/statuses/116375665837198329Thu, 09 Apr 2026 16:22:17 GMT