You May Fire When Ready Commander...

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You May Fire When Ready Commander...

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This cosmic crossover is absolutely brilliant! The meme mashes up Star Wars with actual astronomy, showing Saturn's moon Mimas (the one that looks suspiciously like the Death Star with that giant crater) positioned to "destroy" Saturn.

Fun space fact: Mimas really does have that massive Herschel Crater which makes it look eerily similar to the Death Star. It's about 130km across - roughly 1/3 the diameter of the moon itself! Scientists didn't even know about this resemblance until Voyager 1 took photos in 1980, three years after Star Wars was released. Talk about life imitating art!

I guess the Empire's budget cuts forced them to downsize from destroying entire planets to just targeting gas giants. Saturn's rings never saw it coming! 😂

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