{"id":14804,"date":"2012-07-02T14:00:13","date_gmt":"2012-07-02T14:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thisblogrules.com\/?p=14804"},"modified":"2012-07-01T22:13:36","modified_gmt":"2012-07-01T22:13:36","slug":"thats-no-moon-its-a-ping-pong-ball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thisblogrules.com\/thats-no-moon-its-a-ping-pong-ball\/","title":{"rendered":"That\u2019s No Moon… It\u2019s a Ping Pong Ball!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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That broken sphere up there, that\u2019s no moon. It\u2019s a Death Star. Or, to be more specific, it\u2019s the incomplete Death Star II, the second iteration of the intergalactic battle station, built by the villainous Galactic Empire after the smaller Death Star I was triumphantly blown to smithereens by Jedi apprentice Luke Skywalker at the end of \u201cStar Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since it first appeared on cinema screens in 1977, the Death Star has become an iconic image of science-fiction cinema, initially made famous by Alec Guinness\u2019 ominous line, \u201cThat\u2019s no moon. It\u2019s a space station.\u201d Well, now it\u2019s about to become that little bit more famous, thanks to Japanese internet user tatumaru5963. Y\u2019see, Mr(s). tatumaru5963 has intricately created his\/her own miniature Death Star II, using just a ping pong ball and card stock.<\/p>\n

The creator of this mini masterpiece provided some commentary on his\/her glorious creation, as reproduced here thanks to the wonders of online translators: \u201cThings repeatedly cutting the ping-pong ball, plastic board was finely cut of 0.2, we reproduce the internal structure.\u201d<\/p>\n

Umm, yeah. Check out pictures of the mini Death Star II below.<\/p>\n

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