#1477: Star Wars explain

[Cueball and Megan are walking together.]

Cueball: We’re almost at the Back to the Future date.

Megan: We’re even closer to the Star Wars tipping point.

Cueball: The what?

[Diagram showing a timeline from before 1980 to about 2020. Markers on the line indicate the release date of Return of the Jedi, the release date of The Phantom Menace, and May 13th, with arrows showing the intervals in between these three points.]

Megan: On May 13th, The Phantom Menace will have come out closer to Return of the Jedi than to the present

Cueball: Wow.

[Cueball and Megan stop walking. Megan is in a reflective pose with her hand on her chin.]

Cueball: It’s weird how I’m constantly surprised by the passage of time when it’s literally the most predictable thing in the universe.

Megan: You know, “A long time ago” should have “Plus four more decades” added in rereleases.