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Re:The Star Wars Route: Do a traceroute to 216.81.59.173 by chrismarlow9 on Saturday February 09, 2013 @12:03PM (#5193062)
From the creator:

http://www.asciimation.co.nz/asciimation/ascii_faq.html

From his page he says he just ported what this guy did to telnet.

Re:The Star Wars Route: Do a traceroute to 216.81.59.173 by Tekker on Sunday February 10, 2013 @05:45AM (#5196033)
It should be noted that the Star Wars asciimation guy also did the thoroughly awesome Jet Powered Beer Cooler using a jet engine built in his shed (in NZ) to chill his guinness to a respectable 2c, of which I am in awe.

http://www.asciimation.co.nz/beer/index.html

Re:The Star Wars Route: Do a traceroute to 216.81.59.173 by Wintamute on Saturday February 09, 2013 @02:53PM (#5193760)
Oh my God he made it in a simple text editor using copy and paste. Mind blown.