1999

The Hidden Unity is 

Obi-Wan Kenobi and Elvis.

“Spence didn’t get as far as 1999 in his Towards 2012 essay, but he imagined the rise of a “Stormer” generation of what he called “imperial youth.” 

As it happened, his predictions were more or less accurate. In 1999, we had nu-metal, The Matrix, tight clothes, short hair, No Logo anticorporate demos, the emergence of bondage styles, and the Goth underground moving into the mainstream, a revival of popularity for cocaine, and, more significantly, perhaps, the jittery rise of Red Bull, Starbucks and coffee society. 

Comics gave us proactive world-changing superheroes and villains in Authority, Marvel Boy, and Wanted.

Carolyn :

What are you doing?

Lester, Burn ‘em :

Nothing.

Carolyn :

You were masturbating.

Lester, Burn ‘em :

[Whispers] 

I was not.

Carolyn :

Yes, you were.

Lester, Burn ‘em :

Oh, all right.

So shoot me. I was whacking off.

That's right. I was 

choking the bishop,  chafing the carrot.

You know, 

Saying "Hi" to My Monster.

Carolyn :

That's disgusting.

Lester, Burn ‘em :

Well, excuse me, but some of us still have blood pumping through our veins.

Carolyn :

So do I.

Lester, Burn ‘em :

Really?

Well, I'm the only one who seems

to be doing anything about it.

[Grunts]

Carolyn :

Lester, I refuse to Live Like This!

This is Not a Marriage.

Lester, Burn ‘em :

This hasn't been a marriage for years, 

but you were happy as long as 

I kept my mouth shut.

Well, guess what.

I've changed.

And The New Me whacks off when he feels horny... 

'cause you're obviously not going to help me out in THAT department.

Carolyn :

I see. You think you're the only one who's sexually frustrated.

Lester, Burn ‘em :

I'm not? 

Well, then, come on, baby. 

I'm ready.

Carolyn :

Don't you mess with me, Mister.

I will divorce you so fast, it'll make your head spin.

Lester, Burn ‘em :

ON - WHAT - GROUNDS

I'm Not a Drunk.

I Don't Fuck Other Women.

I Don't Mistreat you.

I've Never Hit You.

I don't even try to touch you, since you made it so abundantly clear just how unnecessary 

you consider me to be!

But... I did support you 

when you got your license.

And Some People might think that

entitles me to Half of What's Yours.

Carolyn :

Oh!

Lester, Burn ‘em :

So, turn out the light when you come back to bed, okay?

[Lester Narrating] 

It's a great thing when you realise you still have the ability to surprise yourself.

Makes you wonder what else you can do that you've forgotten about.

Lester, Burn ‘em :

Hey, guys.

Scott Bakula! :

Lester. I didn't know you ran.

Lester, Burn ‘em :

I just started.

Jim II :

Good for You.

Lester, Burn ‘em :

I figured you guys might be able to give me some pointers.

I need to shape up, fast.

Scott Bakula :

Are you looking to just lose weight, or do you want to have increased strength and flexibility as well?

Lester, Burn ‘em :

I... I want to look good naked.

“ Production came to an end on Buffy, Season 3 [1999], and over my Summer vacation, I was reading The Killer Angels, about the survivors of Gettysburg, 

and it immediately made me think of 

The Millennium Falcon.

You know, as most things do.”

— Joss Whedon