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I can’t believe this is the first time I’ve seen/heard of this.

‘A New Sith, or Revenge of the Hope’…takes the prequels as canon, and argues for an intriguing, sinister subtext to Episode IV.

So it turns out Artoo and Chewie are the Rebellion’s chief intelligence officers, each with suitable cover:

Wherever 3PO goes, being as loud and obvious as he always is, his unobtrusive little counterpart goes with him. 3PO is R2’s front man.

Definitely an interesting take on EpIV for anyone who’s wondered why Obi-Wan claims to have never owned a droid, how Han ended up owning the fastest ship in the galaxy and why Chewie turns down his medal.

(via Kottke)

Words with friends - the only app I’ve paid for (to get the ad-free version, there is a free one too) and it’s bloody brilliant.

Also props to Gadsby for opening our game with ‘Urine’

Best. Thing. Ever.

(via Coudal)

A composite of all world flags weighted by population (and tweaked slightly to make it a little less red)

I wonder if it’s the sort of thing where your your flag just jumps out at you - I can clearly see the Union Flag but can’t see other more populous nations, though it won’t help that nine of them are tricolours.

It’s almost as good as the Earthican Flag.