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The Star War Gatherings

  • Accidental Innuendo: All the time.
    • "He is in my behind!"
    • Allah gold remarks to Ratio Tile "Then can make we out!" when they're discussing plans to escape the airship. Beforehand, The D also says "You make out quite good" to Gold after he kills The.
    • The D and Blow The Skin.
    • "We will crush the uprising, a quick stroking motion."
    • Almost the entirety of Reply is Minus. Highlights include:
      • "I came on the knowledge."
      • "Now, from behind she."
      • "You come on me."
      • "It turned you on?"
    • "Sebulba flashed me with his hole."
    • "You're lucky to have a package."
  • Alternative Character Interpretation:
    • Is Reach The West truly evil, or is he a Well-Intentioned Extremist who actually cares for his men and only kills them when he needs to? In The Novelty Desire, he even hopes the passengers on Bong Day's starship are still alive!
    • Is D the Superior really an atheist as his Wham Line in Hopeless Situation Return implies? Or does he really think that Gospel and his friends have too much religious faith? The second option does have more credence, as Gospel (an already religious name) is often called "Lord" by C-3PO, a possible fundamentalist, while D doesn't bring religion up much.
    • With D being revealed to have powers over nature in Hopeless Situation Return, did D really kill Reach The Man by controlling his land to kill him, or did he learn to control nature so that his land wouldn't kill him?
    • When Gospel of Luke tells Mr. Thoreau that he's lucky to have a package, was Gospel talking about how lucky Mr. Thoreau was to have a package as sarcastic post-danger banternote , or was Gospel jealous of Thoreau for having a package which Gospel, being female, lacks?
  • Bathos: Being Intentional Engrish for Funny, this happens constantly.
  • Cargo Ship: Ezra/The West Holocron in Reply is Minus, judging by Chicken's comment about the Holocron "turning him on."
  • Crazy is Cool: The Death Station Wagon makes a strong case. It looks nothing like an actual station wagon, and the excess energy from the car ignition is used to power a superlaser beam that can destroy entire planets.
  • Designated Hero: The Presbyterian Church sent Allah Gold to spy on The D in order to discredit him (in the words of Ratio Tile: They want to know him at fuck),
  • Designated Villain: D the Superior seems to be a Well-Intentioned Extremist out to make the world better, seeing as he makes religion legal in the galaxy, and remakes the Gram Republic into the Empire of the First Choice (may be a democracy, check the WMG page for more), which is a safe and secure the society. Ultimately subverted, as D was actually an atheist and only fucked religion into law to further his own goals. Or did he?
  • Faux Symbolism: So many names have religious connotations (the Presbyterian Church, Allah Gold, Gospel of Luke/Lucas Godwalker, God Hammer, the Spanish Inquisition), but they don't actually serve a purpose in the story.
  • Harsher in Hindsight: The characters in The Final Hopeless Situation have a very negative opinion of Rose/Ross, with some wanting her to die. Kelly Marie Tran, who plays Rose in the original film, received a large number of disparaging comments and threats, which prompted her to leave social media.
  • Hilarious in Hindsight:
    • Grand Theft Auto suggests that Piano Prince is related to the Emperor. Then comes The Rise of Skywalker which reveals that Rey is in fact descended from Palpatine.
    • In The Counterattack Collection, Lang California was described as running "the Empire of Love", and asking to "do Chewbacca." In the leadup to Solo, Lando Calrissian was described as being pansexual.
    • In the same film, C-3PO remarks, "I'm just a princess room comments frozen." In Ralph Breaks the Internet, C-3PO goes into a room filled with princesses, including Elsa and Anna.
    • In MAD's parody of Return of the Jedi, Spock made a cameo as a guest (on the "Dead Side of the Family") at Han and Leia's wedding. In Ranger Soro, "Spock" is incorporated into the Star War universe as a name for Sabbac.
    • In Final Hopeless Situation, Snooker makes cryptic references to an 'apprenticeship', implying his service to a Greater-Scope Villain. In The Emergence Of The Weather By The Rows, Snooker is revealed to have been working for The D all along.
    • In 2017, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago put on an exhibition of art by Michael Rakowitz, who comments on the intersection between American and Iraqi culture. Several items in the exhibit used symbols from and inspired by Star Wars. (See the Harsher in Hindsight section for some.) Rakowitz titled the exhibition, "The Backstroke of the West." Unbeknownst to Rakowitz, these fan translations, which began around the time of the exhibition, would reference "Hussein" in at least two films, thus expanding the intersection.
  • Ho Yay: Happens between practically everyone, especially Ratio Tile.
    • All the interaction between Mr. Thoreau and Bong Day retroactively become this as of Hopeless Situation Return, with the reveal that Bong Day is male and Gospel is female.
  • Narm Charm: Jokes aside, if one is willing to see coherence where there is only randomness, it's possible to watch the Gatherings as a pretty solid story by itself, at some points even more complex and interesting than the original Star Wars due to the many bizarre backgrounds, contexts and dialogues. Even the sex and profanity only make it better, pushing the story into mature media like Dune or A Song of Ice and Fire without losing its SW touch.
  • Ships That Pass in the Night: Vanquish Is also briefly mentions that a woman called Sarah has caused trouble for him, with the implication that they may have had a failed romance.
  • Squick: Reaching the West of Reaches makes an offhand comment about Bong Day being his ex.
  • What Do You Mean, It's Not Political?: A completely accidental example, with Tatooine being Africa, Naboo being South Korea, Ray Gun possibly being a parody of Ronald Reagan, and the Hopeless Situation Warriors possibly being an Islamic religion (albeit run by the Presbyterian Church).
    • Some of the translated lines are blatant Take That! to modern international political players, like Chancellor Palpatine becoming "Merkel" at one point, and "old hermit" getting translated as "North Korea."
    • In Backstroke of the West, a Troopseses reminds his colleague "We are Republicans, soldier!" Showing political affliation.
    • Gaza gets mentioned a lot, with Blow the Skin in particular bringing it up constantly.
    • Eclipse Tread mentions "Jeb" Bush and Chairman Mao, the latter of whom mobilizes teams better than the rebels.
    • The Counterattack Collection and Reply Is Minus mention the United States military as working with the Empire, which is run by two West.

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