stars-war
Explanation
This comic is a multi-panel strip exploring existential dread through the lens of Star Wars fandom. It opens with a character praying: "Dear God, why does everything seem to be falling apart?" God responds by noting that everything in the universe is "without meaning, and has been since..." then trails off.
God then pivots to a game: "Here's a game. Would you try to dig up the most poorly considered argument that ultimately creates the most intense backlash?" The human responds: "Maybe, ethnics backlash in particular, yeah."
The conversation then shifts to Star Wars. The human asks: "But wait, are we going to talk about the universe's meaninglessness, or about Star Wars?" God replies: "There are three Star Wars movies. Three."
The comic operates on multiple levels. On the surface, it jokes about how discussions of cosmic meaninglessness inevitably devolve into pop culture arguments — specifically the perennial Star Wars fan debate about which films "count." God's insistence that there are only three Star Wars movies reflects the common purist position that only the original trilogy is legitimate. The deeper joke is that in a universe devoid of inherent meaning, humans fill the void with passionate arguments about franchise films — and even God, who should have perspective on cosmic meaninglessness, gets drawn into taking sides in the Star Wars discourse.