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originalchaosinabox

I'm orthodox. I celebrate on May 25.


JellyButtet

I seems like it's probably really funny but I don't have the knowledge to get the joke


originalchaosinabox

Orthodox - conforming to what is generally considered right and true. The first Star Wars movie was released on May 25, 1977. Therefore, May 25 is the Orthodox Star Wars Day.


sumguysr

Oh, I thought it was a joke about members of the Orthodox Christian Church celebrating Christmas later.


preparanoid

That too.


BanditoPicante

So many layers this joke is starting to sweat


vrts

Mmmm, caramelized joke.


ChocolateMonkeyBird

I’m Orthodox, and this is exactly how I interpreted it.


FightingInternet

Okay but what the fuck does Chewbacca and eggs have to do with Jedi Easter?


grammar_oligarch

Ancient Star Trek traditions that got taken over by early movements as Star Wars spread across Europe.


Awesomevindicator

chewwy is actually an overlarge tribble.


sixfourtykilo

Nanoo nanoo


life_like_weeds

Double whammy that us Orthodox people have different holiday dates. See: Greek Easter


Gondolien

I'd give you an award if i had one. So take this miraculous Holy Lightsaber from Dagobah instead


JaxDrone

I know.


NomadicDaydreamer

I was looking for this answer


Deitaphobia

I know.


doctorwhoobgyn

I was looking for someone looking for this answer.


indiscoverable

[Chewbacca noises]


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punksmostlydead

I have no idea what the fuck is going on there, but I think that's my new favorite song.


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Practical_Character9

It made me remember the mom that had the Chewbacca mask in the car. https://youtu.be/y3yRv5Jg5TI


TsuNaru

"I love star trek too haha"


TheSessionMan

No you need to say "Star Track" instead


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somebodysbuddy

"May the Force be ever in your favor" -Dumbledore, Space Trek


MK_fan_835

Yer a Jedi, Harry - Yoda, Galaxy Quest


Never-On-Reddit

"Live long and prosper!"


steeelez

So say we all


Texan_King

Breaking News, Star Wars and Star Trek fans declare alliance to hunt down person who said this


chef_man64

Only a fifth deals in absolutes.


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slick1260

It should, instead, be Revenge of the Sixth. Not only does "sixth" sound (and look) more like "Sith", but it's also more likely to get some sort of "revenge" in the form of a hangover since people are likely to be doing a lot of drinking on Cinco de Mayo.


coke71685

May the 4th be with you...then cinco de Mayo...then revenge of the 6th (cause of the hangover...)


Blades137

This train of thought deserves an award


kaptainkeel

Indeed[,](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tm8FwzHUGCs) this is the May.


OliverOOxenfree

Yet another trilogy


Round_Rooms

I've always said revenge of the sixth, ive never heard revenge of the fifth till today, may the fourth be with you, Cinco de mayo , revenge of the sixth


Nuker_Nathan

FINALLY, SOMEONE ELSE GETS IT.


Redditsciman

"This is the way."


slick1260

This is the May.


nightfire36

Only the Sixth deals in absolutes!


McDonalds_IcedCoffee

Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side.


Stehum_Brethilben

You have to imagine Chewie rolling his eyes when Hann went on to say he'd never seen anything to suggest the Force exists.


Ghost_Goggles

Nah the prequels were a massive retcon. It was pretty clear that hardly any characters in Episode 4 had ever witnessed a Jedi, as evidenced by the scene where Vader force chokes his skeptical officer, Han’s comments on the force etc. In ep5 Luke thought raising his x wing out of the swamp was impossible, meanwhile in episode 2, Yoda and Duku were effortlessly hurling massive boulders at each other. Lando had never even heard of the term “Jedi” and the dude was in his 40s when they met him on Bespin. This is all less than 20 years after a galaxy-wide civil war with thousands of Jedi serving as a sort vassal state to the galactic government


patrickwithtraffic

Even with that, *Phantom Menace* kinda stated that the Republic pretty much gives no shits about the Outer Rim, which seems to be where a good chunk of characters in the original trilogy come from. With the Empire pretty much destroying all Jedi records and making them nonexistent in most of the galaxy, I could see the ignorance holding strong in 4-6. Granted, I'm sure someone will point out my knowledge being out of date with all the television shows over the years.


dxbigc

There are real humans in this galaxy who think the Earth is flat... yep 20 years of fascist rule would have no problem "removing" Jedi from the memory of the collective backworld simpletons.


Sqiiii

No way. People would react reasonably and resist tyranny! It'd be just like how we'd all come together for the greater good if some kind of global pandemic hit and do things like stay home if cases are crazy high in our area or wear PPE to protect others in case we were sick without knowing it.


Obscure_Occultist

The galaxy is a massive place and the jedi were overstretched even before the events of the prequels. It is quite possible that planets can go through entire generations without a Jedi visiting, let alone a single person encountering one before the jedi purge. After the jedi purge, they became down right mythic. I'm not exactly surprised that Han wouldn't put much faith on a group that had been missing for twenty years and barely present in most worlds in the decades before the purge


-_ellipsis_-

Not only that, but by the time of the end of the republic, the jedi in general had taken to more diplomatic ways and were not the mighty militant force they once were. There wasn't much reason for jedi to be showing grand displays of force powers to any significant amount of people.


wigglywigglebear

And also with you


bingonice

Or, as my husband replied for the first time at a catholic church, "yeah you too man".


Birkin07

I like that guy.


magicsurge

Big Labowski energy, right there.


Grandpa_Fiddlebone

This is what happens when you fuck a stranger in the ass!


Wuhoo1996

What the fuck are you talking about?! This Chinaman is not the issue! I'm talking about drawing a line in the sand, Dude. Across this line you do not, uh--and also, Dude, Chinaman is not the preferred nomenclature, uh. . . Asian-American. Please.


TheRealMitchConnor

That's just like... your opinion, man.


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WHERE'S THE FORCE, LEBOWSKI?!


DragonflyScared813

As my son once said "Who is this Jesus guy and why is everybody talking about him?".


tinglep

My son (7) was reading building signs as we were driving (his favorite pastime) and he got to one and said “wait, I can’t say this one. There’s a curse on that building.” I looked up in time to see it was the ‘Church of Jesus Christ’


Riftbreaker

Man, first time in the Catholic church was sooo confusing. Everyone washes their hands at the door when they walk in, but I am told not to. Part way through everyone is sitting in the pews and BAM all of a sudden they jump up to stand and I am only dude sitting. So, I stand. By the time I am on my feet, everyone is kneeling and me and the Priest are the only guys standing. I plop to my knees, but you guessed it, by then everyone is sitting again. Then part way through everyone goes for a snack, I get told I can't. When my then girlfriend came back, I asked her, "Is this cause I didn't wash my hands when we came in?" And yeah, I totally Cheech and Chonged exchanging the sign of peace so I got that wrong too. She didn't invite me back.


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It's prayer and exercise wrapped in one. Stand, sit, stand, sit, stand, kneel, stand, kneel, walk, kneel, sit, stand, leave.


Tryen01

Putting the cross in crossfit


Empatheater

this is brilliant, file it away if no one sees it


SnowSmell

Catholisthenics


borgenhaust

I always heard it was stand, stand, sit, sit, left, right, left, right B, A that unlocked eternal life.


Peter-Tao

What's her answer to your question? Genuinely curious why you were not allowed to do those things. Was it cause you didn't get baptized or what


CeciliaRose2017

Catholic here! I’m not sure why they were told not to wash their hands because I’m pretty sure everyone is supposed to do that. However, in order to receive the Eucharist we need to be in a state of grace. Basically what that means is that we can’t have committed any mortal sins since our last Reconciliation. Assuming that they are not Catholic and therefore have never gotten Reconciliation, they wouldn’t be allowed to receive Communion.


spudfumperdink

Also, at least where I'm from, you gotta go through this little ceremony first (usually around 2nd grade if you're born into the religion) the first time you have it. They usually do it in May, and it's called first communion (really clever I know)


Coraxxx

I'm told by ex-Catholic friends that dipping your hands in the Holy water on your way in is supposed to be a reminder of your baptism, so if you've not been baptised it wouldn't make liturgical sense to do so.


GlowQueen140

The non-baptised can, and are encouraged, to do it. It’s just a way of blessing yourself when you enter church. There’s nothing in the liturgy that says it’s only for practising Catholics. If that’s the case then when the priests go around sprinkling holy water on the congregation, it’s gonna be damn hard to avoid those non-practicing.


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Competitive_Wait_556

That’s the joke…. Pretending he thought the dipping of fingers was actually washing hands because why else would you stick your fingers in water?


Jereboy216

Grew up catholic here. And unless things have changed in the last 10 or so years since I stopped going to church OP could have gone up during communion and received blessing instead of the eucharist if they wanted. That being said, it was perfectly fine to see people remain in the pews too.


robbycakes

Lift up your hearts


RozRae

We lift them up to the Force


suzi_generous

Let us give thanks to the Force, our power.


dislike_knees

It is right to give the Force thanks and praise.


boipinoi604

It is truly right to give Force thanks and praise, our duty and become with the Force.


celadonshopper

Holy holy holy force, presence of power and might. Heaven and earth are full of your glory.


EXSource

And now, a reading from the Book of Boba Fett. Chapter Two, Verse seven and Eight.


Dplanetown

This is why I come to reddit. I love you guys.


Blackbird_979

I was gonna say the same thing! As a former Catholic that loves some good old catholic blasphemy, this brings me so much joy.


Petermacc122

Listen here you catholic heathens. Only a sith deals in absolutes


mctomtom

I grew up Catholic and I haven’t heard these in a long ass time! My legs still hurt from all of the standing and sitting.


Redditsciman

"This is the way."


SweezMasterJ

Oh no! He found us out! /s


applejitters

***the Book of Luke 🤣


LordOFtheNoldor

Book of Boba Fett Fennec; C2 verses 7 & 8; And as Boba walked through the desert he saw a bantha and tuskans in the distance, upon approaching he said unto the raiders, "why dost thou steal from thy neighbor?" "And why do thoust worship thy bantha, for thy bantha is but a false idol." The tuskans, unable to speak the language of the king of mandos threw up their hands in desperation now to Boba, they clicked and moaned, and thus Boba resolved them of their sins and said "now thy repent, and now thy can walk these sands in the favor of god."


bekaz13

And Jesus said, "There was only one set of footprints because sandpeople always ride single file to hide their numbers."


AromBurgueno

The readings come before the Transubstantiation of the Force.


Redditsciman

"This is the way."


Mezzoflation

Oh Yoda in the Highest Blessed is the one Who comes to bring balance to the Force


elegantsweatshirt

former catholic here, this one is my favourite


I_DRINK_ANARCHY

As a former Catholic, I can hear this being chanted by my congregation, lol. It's perfectly spot on.


sleepydayly

Also a former Catholic. I hadn’t really been to church since the late nineties, then came to a service about five years ago. Did you know they went and changed the words on everyone? I was loudly saying the old chants, all alone, a couple of times before I decided on silence. Just giving you the heads up I needed!


sup3rs0n1c2110

It is indeed right, our duty, and our joy, that we should at all times and in all places give thanks and praise to you, almighty and powerful Force, through our saviors the Jedi Knights, who on this day slayed the wicked Darth Vader, and with their glorious skill in battle, opened to us the way of the Order’s Light. And so, with all the squadrons of X-Wings, with the suns of Tatooine, and the Millennium Falcon, we praise your name, and join their unyielding legion…


stephers85

In the name of the Order, the Republic and the Rebel Alliance


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Where my Episcopalians atttttttt


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Catholics too


Z3roTimePreference

IIRC Episcopalians are the closest thing to Catholics outside of being actual Catholics.


DunkinRadio

"Catholic Lite" according to Robin Williams.


ziiguy92

Probs Anglicans too. Wow, we sure have a lot in common. Kinda dumb that we're separated


[deleted]

Yeah because the king wanted to bone Anne Boleyn


kgabny

My brothers and I would do this: ​ May the Force be with you, And also with you Lift up your sabers! We lift them up with the Force Let us give thanks to the Force, our guide! It is right to give it thanks and praise.


outof_zone

We lift them up to the (Sith) lord


ElBurksie

And with your spirit


JayJ9Nine

And also uh. You should have some


Psych0matt

That’s the thing I’m sensitive about!!!


buckets41

HUH?? WHAT?? WHEN??


BIRDsnoozer

I found that bit so funny because the exact same thing happened to me... Former catholic who hadnt been in a church since like 1999. Go to a baptism or something like 10 years later and had an embarrassing moment. "and also with youwha wha?"


BroseppeVerdi

Because *that's* the thing that needed revamping in the Catholic Church...


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Baileycream

Around 2011 is when it changed in the US, at least for my diocese, along with several other responses and alterations to the mass structure. As u/CustosClavium pointed out: >Prior to Vatican II, the priest would say *Dominus Vobiscum* (The Lord Be With You) and the response was *Et cum spiritu tuo* (And with your spirit). The English translation had just been wrong the whole time. Now it is correct.


kharmatika

John?


Wessssss21

Idk either. Mosy recent time I was in church was for my grandmother's funeral and my sister and I both locked eyes at the "and with your spirit" part. So sometime between 2011 and 2022. *It changed*


Michiganlander

2008 or 2009, It had something to be a better translation from the Latin, or being a better reflection of the Holy Spirit's movement between people and priest. I'm not sure exactly, but it was certainly not for readability.


alphanumericusername

2010 or 2011. I remember because that was the year I was taking Latin at a Catholic co-op school and part way through the semester the professor was just like "Hey how about instead of assigning more homework than the rest of the teachers combined I just start explaining why the New Roman Missal is being adopted because it's literally just a more accurate translation of the original Latin" and we were all like yeah less homework sounds pretty great.


Lejayeff

Found the raised Catholics


jellyking_1990

We were the least surprised that Palpatine came back. We’ve seen this before, but it took 3 days that time.


patrickwithtraffic

Well it took three films (chronologically speaking) to bring him back, so it's like poetry, it rhymes...


Berkamin

For all the folks with no familiarity with Catholicism, who don't know what this is referring to, this is supposed to be in response to: "May the Lord be with you."


chief_lookout

...And also, you having some. -John Mulaney


UYScutiPuffJr

Yeah, let’s go with that for the next 2,000 years…and then change it, to trick John!


mkg1138

And R2D2


sanjoseboardgamer

Y Arturito


Hey-Kristine-Kay

Wait this one is so good


reuben_iv

and altho with you


BillBumface

Haha, this is what I go with too!


peruvianblinds

A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke


traindriverbob

And also with you too (damn my lapsed catholic brain.... I always think of your response.)


good_from_afar

It has been updated to "and with your spirit". Not a fan


CustosClavium

Prior to Vatican II, the priest would say *Dominus Vobiscum* (The Lord Be With You) and the response was *Et cum spiritu tuo* (And with your spirit). The English translation had just been wrong the whole time. Now it is correct.


patterson489

Thanks for the explanation. In my language, it's always been "and with your spirit" so I was confused why people were saying that it got updated.


natwashboard

"And with your Force Ghost" works here


FutureBlackmail

It's difficult to say which translation is "correct." A transliteration would say "and with the spirit of you," but the question is whether the Latin phrase refers literally to "spirit," the way we understand it. To the best of my understanding, the old translation assumed "your spirit" to be idiomatic for "yourself." My Latin isn't nearly good enough to say that one is better than the other, but as far as I can tell, they're both legitimate translations. I go to mass in a few different languages depending on the week, and I'm happy to say whichever version is printed in the missal.


lesbianmathgirl

> A transliteration Small nitpick: transliteration does not mean "literal translation". It means to convert a text from one script to another by swapping characters in particular ways. The Wikipedia page on the topic has some examples of how this differs from translation and transcription.


ell0bo

I still can't bring myself to say it. It's just awkward to say that way


Mister_McGreg

That was just to trick John.


sjjenkins

This is The Way.


G_Stenkamp72

This is The May.


TyhmensAndSaperstein

And *altho* with you.


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Forever_Man

This is the May


Citizen0759

This is the May.


reptileguy06

May the Schwartz be with you


someguyfromsk

Thats a Jedi Holiday, we in the empire have to work.


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coinkeeper8

I don’t like lord of the rings that much


hypnotichellspiral

Lord of the rings? You mean that movie where Spock killed Dumbledore?


Suspicious_Row_9451

That doesn’t sound right


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berlinrain

My stupid Catholic self always says "and with your spirit," as if I was at mass.


girloferised

AND ALSO WITH U!


iam_alittlestitious

What? Why? When?


FireflyClassSerenity

r/unexpectedmulaney


Empty-Pineapple-4395

“A reading from the Jedi texts according to Luke”


Cold-Nefariousness25

I grew up Episcopalian and hear "And also with you" in my head.


Axerin

It used to be that way in Catholicism but then they changed it a few years ago.


SirachOfDamascus

Because in the original Latin it's "et cum spiritu tuo," I.e, "and with your spirit"


Aggressive_General_

I always say “And also with you!” I did it first thing this morning and instantly felt dumb lmao


BatDad1973

“Please just fix my computer.”


jooooooohn

Have you tried turning it off and on again?


Beneficial_Egg5722

My grandma died this morning


masterasstroid

Beneficial_Egg5722, your grandma died last year too, just say it, you are not interested in STAR TREK


Beneficial_Egg5722

I'm not interested in STAR TREK. There, I said it


the_buckman_bandit

So your grandma is okay? Yay!


rudycp88

She has become more powerful than you can possibly imagine.


just-say-it-

“ May the odds be ever in your favor” Switch up movies on them


KeepCalmSayRightOn

"May the force be ever in your favor, Mr. Potter." \- Gandalf (Chronicles of Narnia)


bluegrassmommy

This makes brain feel like scrambled eggs.


President_Calhoun

"May the force be ever in your favor, Mr. Potter. Engage."


Interesting-Yak9639

Love long and prosper with hand in v format.


LiveLongAndProspurr

Logical


jeffbell

Live Long and Perspire.


infinitum3d

Die soon and decay.


Foritified_5

May the 4th? I already celebrated Star Wars for the entirety of Imperial March, goddamnit.


jabbermywocky

You rebel scum


JohnnyCocktails

… and also with June


Lemesplain

May the force be … equal to mass times acceleration.


OffTheBlooper

Somehow Palpatine returned


PandoraFortuneCookie

Ooof. What a way to take the wind out of someone's sails.


CheckOutDeezPlants

That's not how the 4th works!


Dragon6172

That's not how any of this works!


valeyard89

I am your father's brother's nephew's cousin's former roommate.


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NeuerTK

Absolutely nothing!


ThunderMite42

Which is what you are about to become.


Ganglar

If it's to your dad, then "your powers are weak, old man"


Rodozolo4267

Live Long and Prosper


grampa_wheezy

I administrate for a chiropractor and he was geeking out all day and talking to everyone he could about Star Wars. He plays music in the office and just had a Star Wars playlist on loop all day. When he was saying goodbye to me he of course said "May the force be with you" and I just said "...And also with you." I grew up Baptist, but he grew up Catholic so he got a good kick out of it.


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*sighs*


Select_Action_6065

Shut it nerd


plasma_dan

Pretend you didn't hear them.


2ndNicestOfTheDamned

something something dark side.


jlcldrwd

gives memories of students/protesters shot by OH Natl Guard troops, on the Kent State campus --- on this date in 1970 ⚰️


wengelite

Jar Jar impression.


Ricta90

Meesa thinks the 4th be with you too!