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Haha. That thread has a ton of posts anyway.
Anywho, I know a man with a jet who could pick you up and fly you out there. His name is Chuck Xavier.
Here is a picture of his jet.

 

One of my favorite things about Star Wars is....

that you can type it with only your left hand!

like the word, crazed!

or, retarded.

or, farted....

oo oo! or, rewarded!

or, created!

 

The Jedi Guide to Carving a Turkey

First let the bird rest. After you take the turkey out of the oven, you want to let it rest for about 20 to 30 minutes before you start carving. If you start carving too early, the juices from the bird will run all over the place and your turkey will dry out. Also, letting the turkey rest and cool will reduce the chances you’ll scald yourself with delicious but molten hot turkey juice.

Separate the leg and the thigh from the body. Take your lightsaber and cut the piece of skin in between the body and the leg. Once you have some separation, grab the body of the bird in one hand and the leg and thigh of the turkey in the other, and start pulling them apart to expose the joint that holds the leg to the turkey. You know you’ve reached it when you hear a pop. Carve around the joint until you don’t get any resistance. Pull the leg and the thigh away from the body of the turkey all in one piece. Repeat on the other side.

Separate the leg from the thigh. Holding the drumstick, stand the thigh and leg piece up on its end. Take your lightsaber and slice between the drumstick and the thigh bone. When you meet some resistance with the thigh bone, waggle your lightsaber around it a bit until you quell the rebellion. Make the final cut and separate the drumstick from the thigh. Place the drumstick on the platter so the padawans can start fighting over who has dibs on it at dinner time.

You’ve got some great meat on the thigh bone. Don’t let it go to waste by just hacking away at it. There’s one bone in the thigh meat and your goal is to separate the meat from the bone. Grab the end of the thigh bone, and take your lightsaber and carefully start slicing the meat away from the bone. If you’re really careful you can take the thigh meat off in one piece. But if you need to separate it in two pieces when cutting it away from the bone, it’s no big deal. Once you get the meat separated from the thigh bone, you can slice it up for your platter.

Our next step is to separate the X wing from the body. Just kidding... a Wedge of a joke really. Back to the bird: the wing is attached to the turkey by a ball joint. Cut the area between the wing and body until you get to the joint. Once you get there, grab the wing and pull it away from the turkey until you hear a pop. Once you hear that pop, take your lightsaber and start cutting through the tendons and ligaments surrounding the joint until you separate the Y wing from the body. (sorry) You can serve the wing whole on your platter. Repeat on the other side.

You have some options on how to carve the turkey breast. The traditional way is to carve small slices off the side of the breast. There’s nothing wrong with this way, but it does tend to dry the meat out. Also, if you get the wrong kind of lightsaber, you can burn the meat and it won’t look as good when you serve it. So don't let Darth Maul anywhere near your bird.

Another way you can carve the breast meat so that you maintain juiciness is to cut the entire breast off the turkey and then carve it up into smaller slices. Here’s how you do it. Find the breastbone in the middle of the turkey. Pick which breast you’re going to carve first, and make a cut right next to the breastbone on that side.

Continue carving down the side of the breastbone. It helps to use your hands to force push the breast away from the bone as you’re cutting. Keep making small slices with your lightsaber until you can separate the entire breast from the turkey.

Once it’s off, grab your large broadsword lightsaber and slice the meat against the grain starting at the small point of the breast. You can make the slices as thin or as thick as you want. If you don’t think you’ll eat the entire breast, just cut what you’ll use, and wrap the rest of the breast in plastic wrap. It will stay nice and juicy for later.

Happy Thanksgiving. And may the force be with you!

 

Adam savage of Myth Busters announces that on Jan, 10th @ 9pm a new season begins. this year we get a guns in space episode where the Myth Busters tackle the speed of blaster bolts. also rearing earlier that day Star Wars: Revenge of the Myth

 

sounds like a modern armor piercing tracer rounds. no one that i know of in the movie's ever ran out of ammo. they must be very compact.

 

this has inspired me to write a thread about the medical science of star wars. thanks

 

Do you have a little cousin that wears pink by any chance?

 

found this and thought it was cool. Lindsey Stirling is awesome.

 

If John Williams didn't include these two exceptionally talented young people* in Star Wars 7 it's frigging criminal.

wow

Thanks for sharing @Darth Lexor Kai

*EDIT: Heh. She's not that young. Although she doesn't look it she's almost 30. lol
I somehow missed Lindsey Stirling until now. Which is really odd because I watch the crapfest America's Got Talent and missed both when she was on as a contestant, and when they brought her back as a performer.
I'm so glad they didn't get their hooks into her and she made it on her own.

 

Sorry if this is old news. Madame Tussauds SW exhibit opens May 2015 in London. Possible TFA included?

https://starwars.madametussauds.com/london/en/

 

Not my video. Saw it floating around the internet, so I thought of you folks, natch. Enjoy.

 

10 minor Star Wars characters with absurd back stories.

http://www.toplessrobot.com/2010/07/10_minor_star_wars_characters_with_completely_unne.php

 

Oh bother........

 

I guess they can't wait to get out of that landing craft.