scytale@piefed.zip to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoWhat are some events in history that most people would be surprised happened in parallel or at least within the same time period?message-squaremessage-square100fedilinkarrow-up1169arrow-down12
arrow-up1167arrow-down1message-squareWhat are some events in history that most people would be surprised happened in parallel or at least within the same time period?scytale@piefed.zip to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square100fedilink
minus-squareYeromon@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up124·1 month agoThe last execution by guillotine in France happened while Star Wars A New Hope was already in theaters.
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up51arrow-down1·1 month agoIt was just called “Star Wars.”
minus-squareOptional@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·1 month agoI love it that I can find my people so easily.
minus-squareBarneyPiccolo@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 month agoYeah, I remember seeing it titled A New Hope, and asking “When did that happen? That wasn’t there from the start, right? I couldn’t have missed that.” Turns out I was right, it was some later interpolation. Lucas doesn’t know to leave well enough alone.
minus-squaredontbelievethis@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up11·edit-21 month agoNo way. Prove it! Edit: looked it up myself. It is true, everything is true. Can’t believe it.
minus-squareLuci@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·1 month agoExecution happened September 10th, 1977. Starwars was released May 25, 1977 (in the US.)
minus-squaredontbelievethis@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 month agoI just checked. Crazy. Thanks for reaffirming.
minus-squareYeromon@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 month agoThe execution happened in September 1977, whereas Star Wars released in May of the same year
minus-squaredontbelievethis@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoJeah, I just checked bit too. Thanks for reaffirming. That is just crazy. Imaging being the last one :D
minus-squareP1nkman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·30 days agoAnd Christoffer Lee (Saruman) was at the execution!
minus-squareYeromon@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up8·29 days agoHe was at the last public excecution which happened in 1939, after this one they were still done but not publicly
The last execution by guillotine in France happened while Star Wars A New Hope was already in theaters.
It was just called “Star Wars.”
I love it that I can find my people so easily.
Yeah, I remember seeing it titled A New Hope, and asking “When did that happen? That wasn’t there from the start, right? I couldn’t have missed that.”
Turns out I was right, it was some later interpolation. Lucas doesn’t know to leave well enough alone.
No way. Prove it!
Edit: looked it up myself. It is true, everything is true. Can’t believe it.
Execution happened September 10th, 1977. Starwars was released May 25, 1977 (in the US.)
I just checked. Crazy.
Thanks for reaffirming.
The execution happened in September 1977, whereas Star Wars released in May of the same year
Jeah, I just checked bit too. Thanks for reaffirming.
That is just crazy. Imaging being the last one :D
Username checked out
And Christoffer Lee (Saruman) was at the execution!
He was at the last public excecution which happened in 1939, after this one they were still done but not publicly
I stand corrected.
Christopher Lee?
Autocorrect lol