A Cool Way to Watch a Star Wars

Simon Jansen, Sten Spence, and Michael Edwards created an ASCII (text) version of Star Wars. It’s available via telnet.

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You need telnet to view it. Install it if it’s not already installed:

$ sudo apt-get install telnet

or

$ sudo apt-get install telnet

Let’s connect to a server and enjoy the movie:

$ telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl

To exit, press Ctrl-] and type close.