[[Two characters walk & talk together.]] Bald character: We're almost at the back to the future date. Hair'd character: We're even closer to the star wars tipping point. Bald character: The what? [[A timeline appears, labeled at 1980, 1990, 2000, 2010.]] Return of the Jedi | The phantom menace | | May 13th | | | |<------>|<-------->| -----|-----|-----|-----|------ 1980 1990 2000 2010 Hair'd character: On may 13th, the phantom menace will have come out closer to return of the jedi than to the present Bald character: Wow. Bald character: It's weird how I'm constantly surprised by the passage of time when it's literally the most predictable thing in the universe. Hair'd character (gazing into distance): You know, "a long time ago" should have "plus four more decades" added in rereleases. {{Title text: A long, long time (plus 40 years) ago, in a galaxy far, far away (plus a corrective factor involving the Hubble constant) ...}}