For several years, I thought Obi Wan Kenobi was describing the destruction of Alderaan as “millions of OYSTERS crying out in terror and suddenly silenced.” For those three of you who don’t know what I’m talking about, the real word is supposed to be “voices.”
Now, what’s weirder to me, weirder than the fact that I actually misheard this line for, near on 20 years, is that for all those 20 years, I never questioned the sanity of that line. I guess i just pictured kind of an Alice in Wonderland scene with the Walrus and the Carpenter. Either way, I never really found this line weird. I guess I simply trusted implicitly in the genius of George Lucas. I think the first time I realized what the real line in that scene, was somewhere around the second prequel. I suddenly realized that George Lucas was, in fact, fallible. And suddenly that line hit me with the full insanity that it rightfully deserved all those years.
So, thanks, I guess, Jar-Jar.