Chris Hadfield Misquotes Yoda, But Has Enough Geek Cred To Get Away With It

Glen Tickle for Geekosystem 2013-05-05 19:47:35 UTC

Yesterday was Star Wars Day, and everyone tried to ride the wave of "May The Fourth Be With You," but some did it better than others. Surprisingly, geeky space heartthrob Chris Hadfield misquoted Master Yoda's most famous line in a tweet. We're willing to forgive Hadfield, considering all the great things he's done, but also because he sent that tweet from freaking space.

In The Empire Strikes Back Luke learns an important lesson about the nature of effort and accomplishment. When Luke says he'll try to life his X-Wing out of the swamp Yoda tells him, "Do. Or do not. There is no try." It's the line everyone goes to when they're doing their drunk Yoda impressions at parties.

It's a line practically every geek knows, but in a tweet yesterday Hadfield got it wrong.

There is no try – only do. May the 4th be with you. twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/…

— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) May 4, 2013

There's no faster way to rile up geeks on the Internet than by getting a Star Wars detail wrong — right, President Obama? Considering the picture shows Hadfield Force-lifting the Earth, and that he's done nothing but amazing things in space, we're willing to give him the benefit of the doubt that he was just paraphrasing and not attempting a direct quote.

Even if he did just get it wrong, how can we stay mad at Chris Hadfield? Just look at those dreamy Canadian eyes. He may have gotten the Yoda quote wrong, but hey — at least he tried!

Image via Getty Images Entertainment, Frederick M. Brown

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Topics: Chris Hadfield, Social Media, star wars day, Twitter, U.S. Geekosystem is a Mashable publishing partner that aims to unite all the tribes of geekdom under one common banner. This article is reprinted with the publisher's permission.

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