Mashable explains the original Star Wars trilogy in three minutes in the latest video in their ongoing TL;DW series (see previously). They bring up a very valid question during the video, “why doesn’t the parasitic worm-creature in the Death Star’s trash compactor die when the trash is compacted?”
Darth Vader’s just hanging out on his Death Star, blowing up planets at the behest of the government.
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