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Putting Star Wars to the MythBusters Test

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the jamie-i-am-your-father dept.

DangerTenor writes "The cast of the show MythBusters chat about their pasts with ILM, talk about some Star Wars myths (Can you avoid freezing to death in a blizzard overnight by gutting a dead animal like a tauntaun and getting into its carcass?) and why R2-D2 is the perfect sidekick." Not as cool as our interview, but pretty neat.

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  1. The Real Myth by Shadow+Wrought · · Score: 5, Funny

    Does talking backward smarter make you sound? Hmmmmm?

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  2. Deathstar by damonlab · · Score: 5, Funny

    Does the Deathstar run Linux?

    1. Re:Deathstar by Frequency+Domain · · Score: 5, Funny
      Does the Deathstar run Linux?
      No, but if the rebels had only had an Apple laptop they could have uploaded a virus and bypassed that whole shoot down the cooling vent thing.
    2. Re:Deathstar by goldenorfe · · Score: 5, Funny

      The death star runs Gentoo, which is why they were behind schedule building it.

    3. Re:Deathstar by interstellar_donkey · · Score: 5, Funny

      I always thought it ran VMS.

      I don't have a good reason. It just seems like that's what the Empire would use.

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  3. Re:Starwars and the crew by dr_dank · · Score: 5, Funny

    Practical jokes? I'm thinking the SW angle is an excuse to get Kari into a slave Leia outfit.

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  4. Talk like this, I do by everphilski · · Score: 5, Funny

    because third grade english, pass I did not.

  5. Re:That Tauntaun thing... by IAAP · · Score: 5, Funny
    Afterall there's no chance they'll kill some animal in some cold place and put one of their interns in it over night. That would be pretty cruel taking into account that it's just done "to be sure"...

    You mean would be cruel to the animal. The intern, on the other hand, well, they're interns!

  6. The only good wars... by truthsearch · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls. Contrary to what you've just seen, war is neither glamorous nor fun. There are no winners, only losers. There are no good wars, with the following exceptions: The American Revolution, World War II, and the Star Wars Trilogy. If you'd like to learn more about war, there's lots of books in your local library, many of them with cool, gory pictures." -- Bart Simpson

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  7. Real myth needs busting by squidfood · · Score: 5, Funny
    Given the angle of attack, exit wound, etc., did Han shoot first?

    (Personally I suspect some post-Imperial propagandist doctored the data).

  8. Re:nice try, but faulty. by Penguinshit · · Score: 5, Funny


    I find your lack of faith disturbing...

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  9. Ok.. let's get serious now... by jbuilder · · Score: 5, Funny

    Do ANY of the myths they debunk involve Kari wearing that bronze bikini princess leia wore in Ep 6? If not then I really don't see the point in any further discussion.

    And if any of the discussion DOES involve that bikini for GOD sake please take pictures!

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  10. Re:That Tauntaun thing... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    "While bow hunting you often have to track an animal the next morning because a bow wont kill it right away.

    That's why experienced hunters let the ARROW do the killing.