The Empire Keeps Striking Back

From the "Things that make you go hmm" Department...

Disgustedem directed my attention today to this article from the Poughkeepsie Journal, specifically the third item. The key interesting bit here is that the man who is going to jail for selling crack is named "Landocalrissan Butler." This dude was named after Lando freaking Calrissian, from Empire Strikes Back. In the annals of really awful things parents can do to their kids, I'd say this one ranks pretty high. Hell, I unequivocably blame his parents for the fact that he wound up selling drugs.

I'm trying to conceive the circumstances by which this happened. Note that he's 25, which would put him right into the sweet period of 9 months after the release of ESB. One has to assume he was conceived the night that his parents saw ESB for the first time. And clearly, they were completely blown away, not just by the movie, but particularly by Billy Dee Williams performance. Moreover, both parents were sufficiently wow-ed that neither of them bothered to object to this crime.

I wouldn't even be quite as surprised to see a Hansolo Smith, because Han was a key character, and he was just damned cool. Somehow, naming one's kid after the guy who sold the rebels out to the Empire just does not seem right.

Anyhow, I've got to wrap this one up. I told my friend Mofftarkin that I'd meet him for a beer and I'm already late.