Every once in a while, there’s a reminder of just how amazing Twitter can be. One moment, I’m running a harmless contest, and the next, Rian Johnson tweets me a photo of the cover page to the script for Star Wars Episode VIII.
How did we get to that point? We’ll here’s the quick story.
As a member of the press, I was sent an early Beta code to download Star Wars Battlefront on PlayStation 4. However, I don’t have a PlayStation 4 (yet) and decided to give it away on Twitter. I said “Followers must tweet me a pic of the favorite Star Wars thing you own before 1pm PST. Coolest wins the code.”
And that spawned some really awesome entries.
@GermainLussier Gotta be my signed Art of SW book. Many OT cast members who have passed. Also a signed Beru postcard pic.twitter.com/nbSja316Nu
— Supernovaa30 (@Supernovaa30) October 6, 2015
https://twitter.com/embed/status/651478245712510976
https://twitter.com/embed/status/651472889473056769
I mean a guy named his kid Ezra, the main character on Star Wars Rebels. Another has the Millennium Falcon for a toilet seat and a lightsaber plunger. That’s just awesome. But, of course, the contest also spawned some funny responses, mostly friends trolling me.
@germainlussier pic.twitter.com/L0WhqYE1AY
— Dustin Sandoval (@DustinMSandoval) October 6, 2015
That’s a photo from my Instagram, photoshopped into a frame.
@GermainLussier pic.twitter.com/QJmvmBNTOe
— Eric D. Snider (@EricDSnider) October 6, 2015
@keithcalder @EricDSnider @GermainLussier How about exclusive confirmation of a STAR WARS/HARRY POTTER crossover? pic.twitter.com/hIptVwMDNn
— Matt Singer / mattsinger.bsky.social (@mattsinger) October 6, 2015
Then, film producer Keith Calder got into the mix with some really funny tweets.
https://twitter.com/embed/status/651474696249020416
https://twitter.com/embed/status/651475549659860992
And that’s just the start of it. (Side note, both You’re Next and The Guest are awesome, go check them out.)
Finally Calder actually posted something legitimately awesome and Star Wars related.
https://twitter.com/embed/status/651477923828858880
And honestly, it would be hard to beat a platinum record of the Weird Al album with The Saga Begins on it. But Rian Johnson, the writer and director of Star Wars Episode VIII then jumped in.
https://twitter.com/embed/status/651478904046268416
That’s what you call a mic drop. The actual script to Episode VIII.
That didn’t stop Calder, though.
https://twitter.com/embed/status/651479701983072256
And honestly, that made me laugh so hard I cried. Too funny.
Things went on for there, but in the end, I gave the code to the guy who named his kid Ezra. I think that was the right decision. And no matter what, it just goes to show that sometimes Twitter can take things from your email, to the tippity top of the Star Wars universe.
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