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Star Wars Asciimation by Simon Jansen (fedia.io)
submitted 3 months ago by hitstun@fedia.io to c/gifs@lemmy.world
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[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Oh man, is that the old telnet movie? Towel.blinkenlights.nl or something like that?

[–] hitstun@fedia.io 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The very same. Blinkenlights Telnet went down about four years ago, but the animation is preserved at the creator's site.

[–] x00z@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Incorrect.

telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl

[–] MysteriousSophon21@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Yep it still works! Just tried it on my terminal and it's actually kinda mesmerizing to watch star wars in ascii, brings back all those nostalgic vibes from the early internet dayz.

[–] MelonYellow@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

How fun. Got to the part where Obi Wan gives Luke the lightsaber. I didn’t realize this was so long!

[–] hitstun@fedia.io 1 points 3 months ago

It keeps going. I wondered if I could get anyone to watch this GIF until it looped, finding themselves watching this for 18 minutes.

[–] from_D4rkness@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

wow, I forgot about this... I feel old...