Jun 23, 2026 · 1 hr 27 min · 11 segments
This week we take on our biggest "What If?"yet, as we ask What If George Lucas was an Ancient Alien Theoriest and his tales of Galactic Warfare was a message from the stars before mankind's Initiation…
Bunny RoseHosthistory of the galaxy at least according to a man by the name of george lucas which begs the question who the fuck is george lucas and how does he know so much about what happened a long time ago in a galaxy far far away from our own
Well, this is actually interesting because this is the first time we're covering a fun, friendly religious cult.
Is cult the right word? Like, it seems like there are many different religions mixed in here and most of them are at odds with each other.
Yeah, it's a cult like in their unwavering belief in all the information that the followers collect from George.
The followers that are known as Galactic Historians.
Um...
worst of it is that they have undying loyalty to
I mean, in fact, up until very late, the abstinence was encouraged and a lot of followers, especially in the 80s and 90s, remained virgins long after you'd expect them
And so no real issues with doomsday conspiracies, unless you count the odd Death Star or commune like existence, unless you count Skywalker Ranch.
from the outside, it seems all good.
In
fact, about the only toxic trait I could find in this whole thing is that George himself has a tendency to throw the odd tantrum, especially when his historical accuracy and sources are questioned.
uh which is why we won't spend too much time it's not even just that that we're not spending too much time with him outside of this story george lucas isn't a particularly interesting uh topic because like you said he isn't a big bad cult
history of the galaxy at least according to a man by the name of george lucas which begs the question who the fuck is george lucas and how does he know so much about what happened a long time ago in a galaxy far far away from our own
Well, this is actually interesting because this is the first time we're covering a fun, friendly religious cult.
Is cult the right word? Like, it seems like there are many different religions mixed in here and most of them are at odds with each other.
Yeah, it's a cult like in their unwavering belief in all the information that the followers collect from George.
The followers that are known as Galactic Historians.
Um...
worst of it is that they have undying loyalty to
I mean, in fact, up until very late, the abstinence was encouraged and a lot of followers, especially in the 80s and 90s, remained virgins long after you'd expect them
And so no real issues with doomsday conspiracies, unless you count the odd Death Star or commune like existence, unless you count Skywalker Ranch.
from the outside, it seems all good.
In
fact, about the only toxic trait I could find in this whole thing is that George himself has a tendency to throw the odd tantrum, especially when his historical accuracy and sources are questioned.
uh which is why we won't spend too much time it's not even just that that we're not spending too much time with him outside of this story george lucas isn't a particularly interesting uh topic because like you said he isn't a big bad cult
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