1 Young Adam: Do you mean to say Star Wars doesn't exist in this timeline?
2 Jamie: Sure it does. All those laser satellites Reagan built to protect us from Soviet nukes.
3 Young Jamie: You have actual laser satellites?
3 Young Adam: Cool!!!
4 Adam: Yeah. Best peace-keeping idea ever.

For those who didn't grow up in the imminent-fear-of-nuclear-death era of the 1980s, you might find this fascinating reading.

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2023-02-19 Rerun commentary: The 1980s weren't just the imminent-fear-of-nuclear-death era, but also the imminent-fear-of-dying-from-AIDS era, the imminent-fear-of-everyone-getting-cancer-due-to-ozone-depletion era, and the imminent-fear-of-Satanism-spread-by-Dungeons-and-Dragons era.

Good times!