709: I Am

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I Am

Title text: Great, LO-M. Do you speak Bocce? I'm supposed to find one that speaks Bocce.

Explanation

In the Book of Exodus in The Bible, God announces His presence to Moses by way of a burning bush. The quotation in this comic is a combination of Exodus 3:14-- "I am that I am", and Exodus 3:16-- "I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob."

And the punchline comes when God introduces "His counterpart, R2-D2", theoretically, in the mind of the reader, God's voice would go from booming and sepulchral to snooty and British, much like the voice of C-3PO in Star Wars. C-3PO's programming forbids him to "impersonate a deity", according to his character in Return of the Jedi.

The reference to Bocce in the title text refers to a language that Owen Lars wanted his protocol droid purchase to be able to speak. C-3PO claimed that it was "like a second language to me." LO-M is a model of droid in the Star Wars universe that was made to compete commercially with 3PO droid like C-3PO.

Transcript

[The Burning Bush of Exodus fame speaks to Moses, who is shielding himself with his arm, as if a great gust of wind is overtaking him.]

Bush: I AM THAT I AM, THE LORD YOUR GOD AND THE GOD OF YOUR FATHERS, OF ABRAHAM, OF ISAAC, AND OF JACOB.

[A droid comes into frame, Moses looks down at it.]

Bush: AND THIS IS MY COUNTERPART, R2-D2.

BLEEP BLOOP

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Discussion

The explanation leaps to the C3P0 explanation without even mentioning Ewoks. It might not make sense without mentioning Ewoks. And that's not a sentence I ever expected to ever type. 31.111.50.225 21:43, 7 May 2013 (UTC)