# How Many More Bloody Star Wars Threads Do We Need? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 24, 2005, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-more-bloody-star-wars-threads-do-we-need/305210 "2005-05-24T02:11:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Fringe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b5a626/32.png) [@Fringe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fringe)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2005, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-more-bloody-star-wars-threads-do-we-need/305210/21 "2005-05-24T19:17:48Z")
Is there something else bothering you besides this Case? It seems you are rather…agitated. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2005, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-more-bloody-star-wars-threads-do-we-need/305210/22 "2005-05-24T19:20:49Z")
I fell asleep in the theater during the first Star Wars. And I haven’t watched one since. I do realize that it’s a very important film in terms of its cultural influence, but damn, it’s boring. I consider it to be the _Gone With the Wind_ of sci-fi. ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2005, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-more-bloody-star-wars-threads-do-we-need/305210/23 "2005-05-24T19:31:54Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > I fell asleep in the theater during the first Star Wars. And I haven’t watched one since. I do realize that it’s a very important film in terms of its cultural influence, but damn, it’s boring. I consider it to be the _Gone With the Wind_ of sci-fi. Ah, proof positive, **Liberal** is crazy 🙂 or Freddy Mercury in disguise. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2005, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-more-bloody-star-wars-threads-do-we-need/305210/24 "2005-05-24T21:08:22Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > I fell asleep in the theater during the first Star Wars. And I haven’t watched one since. I do realize that it’s a very important film in terms of its cultural influence, but damn, it’s boring. I consider it to be the _Gone With the Wind_ of sci-fi. I don’t know nuthin’ 'bout missing droids. These aren’t the ones you’re looking for. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2005, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-more-bloody-star-wars-threads-do-we-need/305210/25 "2005-05-24T23:20:45Z")
> [@](#): > > No Republican SUV drivers with squalling children declawing helpless kittens? Somebody called? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2005, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-more-bloody-star-wars-threads-do-we-need/305210/26 "2005-05-24T23:54:13Z")
> [@spectrum](#): > > 1. 3263827 ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-more-bloody-star-wars-threads-do-we-need/305210/27 "2005-05-25T00:35:06Z")
> [@Bippy the Beardless](#): > > Ah, proof positive, **Liberal** is crazy 🙂 or Freddy Mercury in disguise. Well, Freddy Mercury was pretty cool. . . ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-more-bloody-star-wars-threads-do-we-need/305210/28 "2005-05-25T01:04:26Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > 3263827 1701 ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-more-bloody-star-wars-threads-do-we-need/305210/29 "2005-05-25T01:11:02Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > 1701 8675309 ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-more-bloody-star-wars-threads-do-we-need/305210/30 "2005-05-25T01:13:58Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > 8675309 That would be breaking hte rules, if we had any rules. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-more-bloody-star-wars-threads-do-we-need/305210/31 "2005-05-25T01:44:14Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > 8675309 24601 ---
**Author:** ![Rhubarb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/59ef9b/32.png) [@Rhubarb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhubarb)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-more-bloody-star-wars-threads-do-we-need/305210/32 "2005-05-25T03:04:25Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > 24601 OU812 ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-more-bloody-star-wars-threads-do-we-need/305210/33 "2005-05-25T03:09:05Z")
> [@Rhubarb](#): > > OU812 5150 ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-more-bloody-star-wars-threads-do-we-need/305210/34 "2005-05-25T07:45:10Z")
5318008 ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-more-bloody-star-wars-threads-do-we-need/305210/35 "2005-05-25T08:43:08Z")
> [@Case Sensitive](#): > > Is nothing else _happening_ in the world that’s worth discussing? Clearly not. > [@all you other weirdos](#): > > a bunch of damn numbers What’s with the damn numbers? ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-more-bloody-star-wars-threads-do-we-need/305210/36 "2005-05-25T10:39:42Z")
3263827 - Trash compactor code in Death Star 1701 - Enterprise 8675309 - Phone number from song that I don’t know but Google tells me is by Tommy Tutone. 24601 - don’t know OU812 - joke - Oh, you ate one too! 5150 - don’t know 5318008 - Boobies!! If in calculator and inverted. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-more-bloody-star-wars-threads-do-we-need/305210/37 "2005-05-25T10:53:10Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > 5150 - don’t know Title of a Van Halen album, which was a police code for… some kind of violation that I can’t recall. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-more-bloody-star-wars-threads-do-we-need/305210/38 "2005-05-25T11:04:05Z")
24601 is Jean Valjean’s prisoner number in _Les Miserables_. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-more-bloody-star-wars-threads-do-we-need/305210/39 "2005-05-25T13:33:16Z")
8675309 - Tommy Tutone’s only hit - “867-5309/Jenny” 5150 - Van Halen album - police code for mentally unstable suspect - also the name of Eddie’ home recording studio ---
**Author:** ![askeptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@askeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/askeptic)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-more-bloody-star-wars-threads-do-we-need/305210/40 "2005-05-25T15:00:27Z")
OU812- David Lee Roth Album made after the breakup with VH in response to their album Eat’em And Smile THX1138-Great concept but disturbing movie- a student project by Spielberg in film school Staring Robert DiNero in arguably his best role besides the Great Santini. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-more-bloody-star-wars-threads-do-we-need/305210.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-more-bloody-star-wars-threads-do-we-need/305210.md?page=3)