{"id":37906,"date":"2026-09-08T12:05:34","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T17:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailysoak.com\/?p=37906"},"modified":"2026-09-08T12:05:34","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T17:05:34","slug":"empire-strikes-back-scene-redubbed-for-new-york-tv-no-i-am-your-non-gestating-parent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailysoak.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/08\/empire-strikes-back-scene-redubbed-for-new-york-tv-no-i-am-your-non-gestating-parent\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Empire Strikes Back&#8217; Scene Redubbed For New York TV: &#8216;No, I Am Your Non-Gestating Parent&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK, NY \u2014 The iconic scene from <em>The Empire Strikes Back<\/em> in which Darth Vader reveals to Luke Skywalker that he is his father has been redubbed for New York television audiences after state officials determined that the deeply offensive, outdated word \u201cfather\u201d no longer complies with the state\u2019s updated parental terminology.<\/p>\n<p>The scene, widely regarded as one of the most famous moments in movie history, will now feature a slightly modified version of Vader\u2019s legendary revelation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, I am your non-gestating parent,\u201d the Sith Lord now tells his son in the New York broadcast.<\/p>\n<p>According to the New York State Board of Cinematic Equity, the original line was deemed unnecessarily specific in identifying Vader as Luke&#8217;s father and could potentially conflict with New York&#8217;s preferred terminology for parents. The replacement was described as a more \u201cinclusive and scientifically neutral\u201d way of conveying the same information.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailysoak.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/03\/illegal-aliens-squat-inside-aocs-new-york-district-office-since-shes-never-there-anyway\/\">Officials<\/a> reportedly have already begun examining <em>The Godfather<\/em>, <em>Father of the Brid<\/em>e, <em>Finding Father Christmas<\/em>, and <em>Father Knows Best<\/em> to determine whether their titles can be broadcast without modification.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK, NY \u2014 The iconic scene from The Empire Strikes Back in which Darth Vader reveals to Luke Skywalker that he is his father has been redubbed for New York television audiences after state officials determined that the deeply offensive, outdated word \u201cfather\u201d no longer complies with the state\u2019s updated parental terminology. The scene, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37907,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1113,263],"class_list":["post-37906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-rated-g","tag-star-wars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailysoak.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailysoak.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailysoak.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailysoak.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailysoak.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37906"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailysoak.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37906\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailysoak.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailysoak.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailysoak.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailysoak.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}