# ISIS captures Tatooine

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 25, 2015, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isis-captures-tatooine/715933 "2015-03-25T12:11:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2015, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isis-captures-tatooine/715933/1 "2015-03-25T12:11:45Z")

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> **[Fears Of ISIS In 'Tatooine'](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/isis-star-wars-tunisia_n_6936188)**
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> Fears Of ISIS In 'Tatooine'

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> “Star Wars” fans are being warned away from several locations in Tunisia linked to the movies due to reported jihadist activity.
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> Tataouine, which inspired the name of Luke Skywalker’s home planet of Tatooine, has become a way-station for terrorists looking to enter Libya to join ISIS, CNN reported.
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> CNN said two arms caches have been found in the area this month, including one that contained rocket-propelled grenade launchers and more than 20,000 rounds of ammunition.

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**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2015, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isis-captures-tatooine/715933/2 "2015-03-25T12:15:58Z")

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A wretched hive of scum and villainy indeed.

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2015, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isis-captures-tatooine/715933/3 "2015-03-25T12:49:05Z")

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> [@muldoonthief](#):
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> A wretched hive of scum and villainy indeed.

🙂

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**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2015, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isis-captures-tatooine/715933/4 "2015-03-25T12:50:43Z")

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ISIS must have found the droids and traced them back…home

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**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2015, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isis-captures-tatooine/715933/5 "2015-03-25T13:01:28Z")

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ISIS travels in single file to hide their numbers.

Actually, everybody does that, because that’s how we build the roads, but you get the idea.

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**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2015, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isis-captures-tatooine/715933/6 "2015-03-25T13:52:59Z")

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The have probably also taken that place where Spock’s brother hangs out.

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**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2015, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isis-captures-tatooine/715933/7 "2015-03-25T15:19:03Z")

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Derk-derk-Allah, Solo. Heh Heh Heh. Muhammad Jihad toota mischka al-Baghdadi. Day wonna wonga akbar, heh heh heh.

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**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2015, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isis-captures-tatooine/715933/8 "2015-03-25T17:32:59Z")

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> [@billfish678](#):
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> The have probably also taken that place where Spock’s brother hangs out.

Don’t be silly; what would ISIS want with a starship?

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**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2015, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isis-captures-tatooine/715933/9 "2015-03-25T17:34:22Z")

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Holo deck porn. Even though the buffer only holds 49 virgins at any given moment.

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**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2015, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isis-captures-tatooine/715933/10 "2015-03-25T17:52:52Z")

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I have a bad feeling about this.

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**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2015, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isis-captures-tatooine/715933/11 "2015-03-31T22:13:22Z")

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You don’t need to see our identification. These aren’t the infidels you’re looking for.

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**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2015, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isis-captures-tatooine/715933/12 "2015-03-31T22:47:25Z")

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You just watch yourself. We’re wanted men. I have the death sentence on twelve systems.

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**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isis-captures-tatooine/715933/13 "2015-04-01T00:49:54Z")

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[No](http://www.buzzfeed.com/hayesbrown/isis-probably-would-have-hated-the-cantina-band-tho#.otbVEwaDX)they [didn’t](http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/03/26/isis-hasn-t-seized-luke-skywalker-s-farm-star-wars-geeks-who-rebuilt-it-angered-by-reports.html).

The moral of the story is that HuffPo can never be the worst organization ever as long as ISIS exists. Headline corrected my ass. [Here’s them contradicting themselves](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/26/tunisia-star-wars-isis_n_6946884.html).
