# New Giant XKCD strip **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 25, 2015, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-giant-xkcd-strip/738544 "2015-11-25T14:14:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![leahcim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b4bc9f/32.png) [@leahcim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leahcim)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2015, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-giant-xkcd-strip/738544/21 "2015-11-26T00:56:54Z")
Best bit: [QUOTE=xkcd] The Death Star plans are not in the main computer. Darn. See if we had found them in the main computer it would be good news since it would mean that no one else had them. But since we didn’t find them, we need to keep searching for anyone with a copy. That all makes sense and I definitely understand how computers work. [/QUOTE] I recall this very discussion happening on SDMB within the last month. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2015, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-giant-xkcd-strip/738544/22 "2015-11-26T02:41:45Z")
Speaking as another webcomic creator: GODDAMMIT, RANDALL! ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2015, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-giant-xkcd-strip/738544/23 "2015-11-26T04:26:11Z")
Is there some context for that bit about the Death Star plans? Is the new Star Wars movie trying to claim that, or something? ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2015, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-giant-xkcd-strip/738544/24 "2015-11-26T04:32:12Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Is there some context for that bit about the Death Star plans? Is the new Star Wars movie trying to claim that, or something? Its only like the entire plot of A New Hope… ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2015, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-giant-xkcd-strip/738544/25 "2015-11-26T10:08:15Z")
> [@Frodo](#): > > I found Artax, the horse from The Neverending Story slowly sinking into lava… snif 😢 Not cool, Randall, killing Artax again. I did like the bit with the people throwing a boatload of rings into the lava. “One of these is probably a ring of power.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![leahcim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b4bc9f/32.png) [@leahcim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leahcim)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2015, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-giant-xkcd-strip/738544/26 "2015-11-26T13:03:53Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > Its only like the entire plot of A New Hope… According to [wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Episode_IV:_A_New_Hope), the actual line is: [QUOTE=Nahdonnis Praji] Lord Vader, the battle station plans are not aboard this ship, and no transmissions were made. An escape pod was jettisoned during the fighting. No life forms were on board. [/QUOTE] Apparently even the most minor character has a name and back story. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2015, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-giant-xkcd-strip/738544/27 "2015-11-26T14:37:42Z")
As much fun as it was, I was hoping the people would be interactive, and that there would be a reference to Time. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2015, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-giant-xkcd-strip/738544/28 "2015-11-26T15:32:11Z")
Is there a practical limit to how big these worlds can be? Now I’m envisioning a to-scale XKCD _ **Death Star** _. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2015, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-giant-xkcd-strip/738544/29 "2015-11-26T16:00:55Z")
No practical limit to sheer size, just to the amount of detail. The blank spaces don’t actually have images for them. With a slight tweak, you could make a separate blank space for solid-white areas and solid-black areas. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-giant-xkcd-strip/738544.md?page=1)