New headcanon: after the events of Independence Day, the scientists at Area 51 decide that President Whitmore's speech was just too good at uniting humanity. If allowed to continue his term, they think all wars on earth will end as humanity unites to defend itself against the potential return of a common foe. So they make him disappear, staging it as a foreign assassination.

Instead of killing him though, they wipe his memory and use one of the alien flyers to drop him off at a monastery somewhere in the Ford Galaxy. Since he is kinda royalty, they leave him only with a necklace... #independenceday #spaceballs

Lone Star's necklace from Spaceballs, certifying him as a Prince.
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Replying to @neurovagrant@masto.deoan.org

@neurovagrant I just rewatched the scene where Lone Starr reveals his origin. He says he was found on the doorstep of a monastery, but he does not mention what age he was when he was found this way. For all we know he was an adult who simply had his memory wiped...

Spaceballs is officially part of the Independence Day extended universe.

Charlie from Always Sunny explaining some wack-ass theory infront of a corkboard with a ton of letters pinned to it, strung together with red yarn.
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Jul 5, 2026, 19:06 UTCen