--- description: He has scientific critiques of 'The Force Awakens' title: Here's How Neil deGrasse Tyson Tried to Completely Ruin 'Star Wars' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteb9de47fa78b12f4/6988765f2dce01b6579e711a/497167562.jpg?branch=production&width=828&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Here's How Neil deGrasse Tyson Tried to Completely Ruin _Star Wars_ by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 21, 2015 6:52 PM CUT  Neil deGrasse Tyson attends the Paley Center for Media presents: "Keepin' It 100: An Evening With The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore" at Paley Center for Media on November 14, 2015 in New York City. Chance Yeh—FilmMagic Neil deGrasse Tyson attends the Paley Center for Media presents: "Keepin' It 100: An Evening With The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore" at Paley Center for Media on November 14, 2015 in New York City. Chance Yeh—FilmMagicChance Yeh—FilmMagic by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 21, 2015 6:52 PM CUT Famed astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson [tried to ruin _Star Wars_ on Twitter](https://twitter.com/neiltyson "undefined") on Monday. In a series of tweets, Tyson offered scientific critiques after viewing the film, which debuted in theaters last week. There were only a few mild spoilers in the Twitter chat, but few took fondly to the scientist’s rebuke of beloved robot BB-8. In case you missed it on Twitter, here’s some of what Tyson said. Read at your own risk. > [](https://twitter.com/neiltyson/status/678995133191184384) > [](https://twitter.com/neiltyson/status/678995970265210881) > [](https://twitter.com/neiltyson/status/678997122801266688) > [](https://twitter.com/neiltyson/status/678999135203143680) > [](https://twitter.com/neiltyson/status/679000395218202624) > [](https://twitter.com/neiltyson/status/679001666138431488) > [](https://twitter.com/neiltyson/status/679002925226528769) > [](https://twitter.com/neiltyson/status/679005974632370176) > [](https://twitter.com/neiltyson/status/679009203034296320) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4157409/star-wars-neil-degrasse-tyson-force-awakens/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4157409/star-wars-neil-degrasse-tyson-force-awakens/"},"headline":"Here's How Neil deGrasse Tyson Tried to Completely Ruin Star Wars","datePublished":"2015-12-21T18:52:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:07:08.500Z","description":"He has scientific critiques of The Force Awakens","url":"https://time.com/4157409/star-wars-neil-degrasse-tyson-force-awakens/","keywords":["movies","Tech","Star Wars topic","neil degrasse tyson","The Force Awakens"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteb9de47fa78b12f4/6988765f2dce01b6579e711a/497167562.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteb9de47fa78b12f4/6988765f2dce01b6579e711a/497167562.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The Paley Center For Media Presents: \"Keepin' It 100: An Evening With The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore\"","caption":"The Paley Center For Media Presents: \"Keepin' It 100: An Evening With The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore\"","creditText":"Chance Yeh—FilmMagic","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4157409/star-wars-neil-degrasse-tyson-force-awakens/","name":"Here's How Neil deGrasse Tyson Tried to Completely Ruin Star Wars"}}]}] ```