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‘Star Wars’ Fan Claims Franchise Gained Wide Appeal Because ‘Anakin Is Space Jesus,’ Twitter Piles On

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supremely bad guy and killer of who-the-hell-knows how many people?“SW is a Christian story, Anakin is space Jesus. Thus why it got wide appeal,” the tweet that opened the flood gates read.

The interaction took place underneath a promo celebrating Pride Month, which triggered an anti-gay response from someone who admonished the “Star Wars” account for making the franchise “political.” The official Twitter account fired back by saying that “queer characters existing isn’t political” and pointed to the fact that “Wars” was in the title of the franchise.

Afterward, a user chimed in about the Jesus comment.A screenshot of the entire interaction, captured by @CritFacts on Twitter, was captioned “What a f—ing time to be alive.” It has since amassed around 14,000 likes and thousands of retweets at the time of publication.

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