New Star Wars films from Disney: SPOILERS WELCOME

[Primula Baggins]

Just stay away from anything Disney, that's all I'd suggest. Refuse mysterious packages, and check the backseat of your car before you get in.

Just sayin'.

This is fun to follow. Should we start a betting pool on who posts it next (my money's on Boing Boing, or maybe Gizmodo or AICN)? And maybe a side pool on how long it takes to show up on Entertainment Weekly or CNN?

[Primula Baggins]

I should point out, in self-justification for my laziness, that the material you based all this on is equally "out there" but has NOT gone viral. Your forming it into a narrative is what made it so much more attractive.

[Voronwë the Faithful]

And now ScreenCrush: http://screencrush.com/wookieeleaks-for ... mpilation/

Headline: "Wookieleaks: Some Insane Person Has Compiled Every 'The Force Awakens' Rumor Into a Plot Synopsis."

I've graduated to "Insane Person." Woohoo! I've always wanted to be publicly recognized as insane, but no one ever really believed me.

Oh, someone believed you.

[River]

It was here first, folks. We are Star Wars spoilers hipsters. Or something.

[Primula Baggins]

And we all know that Han shot first.

[Passdagas the Brown]

It was here first, folks. We are Star Wars spoilers hipsters. Or something.

River talking to an excited friend who just discovered the synopsis:

"Yeah, that's old news. And I know the guy who wrote it. He shared it with me before anyone else saw it. Did you have anything else to tell me? No. Run along then."

[Primula Baggins]

Let's all practice our world-weary expressions, shall we?

[River]

PtB, I'm actually way more understated than that. I wouldn't tell anyone where I first saw it unless they pushed. I don't actually like it when someone looks like they're seriously considering throwing something at me.

[Dave_LF]

And CinemaBlend too. That one made the Google News "Editor's Picks" section.

[Primula Baggins]

From the article:

Star Wars Super Fan Uses Common Sense And Leaked Spoilers To Create Outline Of Force Awakens

Here’s the deal: one hardcore Star Wars fan from Making Star Wars took all the rumors and leaks and spoilers that have been floating around and, using that as a road map, along with a dose of common sense, has compiled a possible outline of The Force Awakens.

. . . it definitely has the swashbuckling feel of a Star Wars movie, though whether that’s because as huge Star Wars fan wrote this or because it’s the real story remains to be seen.

Well played, sir! Well played, I say!

[Passdagas the Brown]

I appreciate that. But all I did was write a synopsis based on a bunch of reports from a website so that y'all could get a sense of what the film might be about. Credit goes to The Hall of Fire! Thanks Elrond.

I'm actually pretty surprised that no one else among the tens of millions of Star Wars fans out there did something like this.

[Primula Baggins]

The credit's yours, of course—that was a lot of work, and I was very surprised that you went ahead and did it; my griping about the format of the original spoiler posts wasn't meant as a nudge, and I don't think anyone else's was, either. But of course we've all enjoyed the result, including the wider result!

[River]

I'm trying to decide if I should post PtB's work to reddit in the hopes of sweet sweet karma or if I should wait for someone else to do it (like PtB/DarthLightlyBruise)...

[Voronwë the Faithful]

I think you should post it take credit for it, and start a big flame war with DarthLightlyBruised!

[Passdagas the Brown]

Let's do it!!! I love manufactured flame wars.

But I think it's already been posted at reddit somewhere...

[River]

Haven't seen it in r/movies or r/starwars. Anyone else want the honors or should I risk either going down in flames or kissing my inbox goodbye?

[Primula Baggins]

I'm not on reddit, so I have no advice to offer. . . .

<makes popcorn>

[Passdagas the Brown]

Haven't seen it in r/movies or r/starwars. Anyone else want the honors or should I risk either going down in flames or kissing my inbox goodbye?

It's here on reddit:

https://np.reddit.com/r/StarWarsLeaks/c ... a_per_msw/

188 comments.

In addition to it being covered in a broad range of entertainment media (including Yahoo), a whole bunch of popular Star Wars podcasts (Star Wars Underworld, Full of Sith and Now This is Podcasting), have gone through the entire synopsis on their shows.

I just love that this all started with a request from a few Halofirians. Reminds me of how Viagra began as recalled heart medicine. And for some reason, no one was giving the pills back.

[River]

One would think that would've generated more excitement on reddit. Maybe they should've tried a different sub.

Behind every great man is a bunch of whiny friends. Or something.

[Primula Baggins]

I'm proud to have been one of them.