So this is what a wombat looks like. The mystery is finally solved.
I found this photo over on Yahoo in the photo section of Yahoo News. This evidently was one of the most emailed photos for yesterday. I enjoy going there to see what photos people are emailing to each other. The photos usually fall in to different categories - fashion models in their underwear or cute baby animals.
These wambats are from the Chicago Zoological Society’s Brookfield Zoo. The baby wambat’s name is “Joey” and the mother’s name is “Kambora”.
Now that I know what a wombat looks like, I have to wonder why Luke Skywalker was bragging about shooting them. When being briefed on the mission to take out the Death Star, he told everyone he used to bullseye wombats in his T-16 back home. He also claimed that they were not much bigger than two meters. From the looks of the photo, they are a lot smaller then two meters. I think maybe he was exaggerating his story a bit to make it sound somehow more impressive.
I never liked Luke Skywalker. There was just something about him that rubbed me the wrong way. If he wasn’t trying to suck face with his own sister, he was bragging about killing cute defensive animals. I’m surprised he didn’t try to tell everyone about the time he got into a bare knuckle fist fight with a Jawa. He would undoubtedly leave out the part about Jawas only being 3 feet tall or the fact that the Jawa kicked his ass.
Luke Skywalker is a dick.
Luke used to shoot Womprats. Totally different. Wombats are cute- womprats are total dicks so it’s okay to shoot them. Just like the Irish.
Womprats? Are you sure? You are probably going by the re-re-re-edited version of Star Wars. I’m talking about the one where Han shot Greedo first and Luke bragged about killing these cute and cuddly Wompbats.
I think so. Who is the biggest Star Wars dork here? I’m too lazy to check wikipedia.
Yeah, he shot womprats, not wombats.
I agree; it was womprats. But he should shoot a few of these fuckers, too, just to keep them in line.
Yeah, you guys are right. It was womprats. Schooly emailed me a scan from a Star Wars comic he has in his personal collection that clearly shows Luke said womprats. I stand corrected.
I still think Luke Skywalker is a dick.
Yeah, Luke is kind of a dick. But when you see how whiny and irritating his father was when he was Luke’s age, you can see where he gets it.
Luke wasn’t a dick. He helped millions of beings regain their freedom! So what if he blew up some reptillians every so often?
Millions? I’m totally calling ‘bullshit’ on you, Sloofus. Who exactly did he save?
And if you reference any novels or things in the “Expanded Universe,” I reserve the right to kick you in the nards.
Womprats are, I’m told, not much bigger than two meters.
It was my understanding that they are about the size a deathstar exhaust port.