# There's a hole in the universe.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-hole-in-the-universe/28456>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 7, 2000, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-hole-in-the-universe/28456 "2000-08-07T19:39:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2000, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-hole-in-the-universe/28456/1 "2000-08-07T19:39:00Z")

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Sir Alec Guinness is dead.

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**Author:** ![struuter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9e5f3/32.png) [@struuter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/struuter)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2000, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-hole-in-the-universe/28456/2 "2000-08-07T20:11:42Z")

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Yeah. I heard it in IMHO first thing this morning. Not the way I wanted to start my day.

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**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2000, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-hole-in-the-universe/28456/3 "2000-08-07T23:03:44Z")

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Nothing of the force you have learned, hmmm? Remember, do you not, that killing Obi-Wan make him stronger, yes it will.

To paraphrase a quote from Patton, let us not mourn the loss of brave men, but thank God that they lived.

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**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2000, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-hole-in-the-universe/28456/4 "2000-08-07T23:06:50Z")

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Heard it on the news last night. Anyone want to re-hash details of his death, cause of, that sort of thing?

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**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2000, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-hole-in-the-universe/28456/5 "2000-08-08T01:06:59Z")

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Such is the way of things.

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**Author:** ![AngelD112](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@AngelD112](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelD112)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2000, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-hole-in-the-universe/28456/6 "2000-08-08T01:15:12Z")

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I almost didn’t believe it myself. Its hard to believe that someone as great as himself could be gone. He was the reason that I loved Star Wars. Padeye, thank you for reminding me of that and pugluvr, thank you for starting a thread in memory of such a talented man.

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**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2000, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-hole-in-the-universe/28456/7 "2000-08-08T04:49:54Z")

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When I first read the OP, I thought to myself, “Those damned Minbari.”

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**Author:** ![Tisme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f0a364/32.png) [@Tisme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tisme)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2000, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-hole-in-the-universe/28456/8 "2000-08-08T10:03:45Z")

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Darth Vader finally has the last laugh.