The claim about the book’s pre-existence or about it having a bigger role in the conceptualization of the Star Wars tradition than it had?

You say that like the title ever claimed the movie was actually based on the book.

Once again here to say I’m not saying the movie is based on the book. I, like you, just thought it was fascinating it turned out this way, and that we could wonder if the book is technically considered the beginning of Star Wars mania.

I thought Sheev was named for the prequels. I could’ve sworn they even made light of his name in the Robot Chicken specials.

All I wanna know is, was he Sheev back then?

I wasn’t trying to claim the movie was based on a book (not sure where that’s coming from), just that the book’s status as coming before the movie in terms of release has the weird effect of implying the hype train could’ve begun with a book and that one could argue Star Wars is technically a book series first, even if it’s a movie tradition first.

Like imagine back then any Lord-of-the-Rings-type discussions that could’ve played out, a la “did you see this movie, it’s awesome” followed by “yeah, but did you read the book?”

True, I just find it fascinating the movies have this large orbit of devotion, and then you have this book that could’ve put everyone on the hype train a few months early.

I mean there was a Superboy.

TIL people hate fandom.

Same. Would love DC’s unrealistic take on Tom and Jerry.

That moment when Lemmy is only a month old and it already has traditions.

They mean if a human gets rabies, they can pass it on to their significant other.