'Suck on that, Neil': @StarWars cracks BB-8-shaped egg on deGrasse Tyson's smug face [video]

As Twitchy told you, noted astrophysicist/blowhard decided that what America really needed today was him ruining the new “Star Wars” movie by picking apart its problematic science.

This was one of his self-satisfied tweets:

In @StarWars #TheForceAwakens, BB-8, a smooth rolling metal spherical ball, would have skidded uncontrollably on sand.

— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) December 21, 2015

“Star Wars” is great and everything, but its greatness is nothing compared to his. He’s a Real Scientist™. And he definitely knows what he’s talking about.

Except when he doesn’t:

@neiltyson @starwars BB-8 is a real robot created by the SW set engineers, no? Why didn't it skid uncontrollably on set?

— Donve Matthews Band (@Superdonaldo) December 21, 2015

Let’s ask “Star Wars”:

@Superdonaldo @neiltyson BB-8 is very much a real robot with puppeteers. There were a few that did different scenes: https://t.co/WRN5DEIUJ7

— Star Wars (@starwars) December 21, 2015

D’oh!

Um. Except BB-8 is a real robot who really rolled around in the sand. https://t.co/8peeYCIxQE https://t.co/EoxnH3SdSH

— Stephen Gutowski (@StephenGutowski) December 21, 2015

There’s a lesson to be learned here:

@baldingschemer Never assume something Tyson says is clever

— Stephen Gutowski (@StephenGutowski) December 21, 2015

Yup.

Embaaaaaarrassiiiiiing. pic.twitter.com/dA6xthZVer

— Brandon Morse (@TheBrandonMorse) December 21, 2015

Damn. Arrogant, stupid @neiltyson pwned by the official @starwars Twitter account. https://t.co/5WM8E9YmXk

— AgainstTrumpDude (@TheAmishDude) December 21, 2015

HA HA HA https://t.co/LBfb4pkMks

— Mollie (@MZHemingway) December 21, 2015

https://twitter.com/InkSlinger9/status/679026267576897536

https://twitter.com/BoilerOver/status/679023144800141312

@Zilliamson @neiltyson @starwars suck on that Neil

— Matt Masai (@TheMattMasai) December 21, 2015

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