So I saw “Rogue One” on my birthday, but then my friends wanted to see it a week later.

I went anyway, even though I’d already seen it. That’s right, two times. I guess you could call me a … rogue one. Ha, get it? Because of rogue? Like, not following exactly following what’s normal. And then “one,” like you would use describe a person?

Like when someone says to you “you’re a wild one” or “a clever one” or “officer, he’s the one.” It’s an adjective followed by one. And in this case, I used rogue because I was breaking the norm. Put together it’s “rogue one.”

See, it’s funny because the new Star Wars movie is also called “Rogue One.”

They need a call sign for their ship and they were being rebellious rebels, so they went with “Rogue One.” Then I was being funny, so I also went with “rogue one.” See, it was them saying “rogue one,” then me saying “rogue one” and is, therefore, a hilarious reference.

It’s not the other ways around, me saying it then them saying it because that’s not funny. That’s a coincidence. Coincidences aren’t funny. Unless it’s a funny coincidence, like reaching for hand sanitizer at the same time and getting a staph infection, or if someone at the office party happens to sneeze when the punch bowl is brought out, getting a staff infection.

Or when you walk up and someone you didn’t realize you knew waves to you and you start to react until you realize they are waving to someone else and you chuckle at the mistake to cover up to the world and yourself that you’re secretly dying inside. Haha! Good times!

This would not be one of those coincidences. This would just be overlapping diction. No, this was wholeheartedly intentional.

You see it’s “rogue one,” like I’m a person who is a bit whacky, and yet also a singular human being that stands out in some way from similar human beings, but it’s in unspoken relation to the title of a relevant pop-culture reference, in this case, the movie “Rogue One.” They both share the same or similar phrase and therefore contain the ingredients for some good old classic comedy.

You see puns have been around since the dawn of time, since dads were able to grunt “Hi hungry, me Dad” and kids would roll their eyes and smack rocks together, or whatever it was kids did for fun before TV. It’s known as wordplay, and this is indeed playing with words.

I took a now common phrase, “Rogue One,” and I used this technique of wordplay (refer back to “me Dad”) to create a connection people can relate to, yet would’ve have connected themselves; at least not with someone modicum of shame, which I severely lack.

Anyways the movie was pretty good. Sass-bot was sassy. 7/10