@Ridley Wolf  
He was. Nopony else recognised Twilight’s costume.  
Maybe if the fair was in Canterlot where he seemed to be slightly more significant it would make more sense, but not in Ponyville.

@Background Pony #4874  
The book was about obscure Unicorn history, not obscure Unicorns.  
Just because one of accomplishments was obscure, doesn’t mean that he was.

At least give us a chance to cover up our ears after the SPOILER ALERT, Twi!

That’s so adorkable, Twi.
 
Gotta love the logo with Starswirl’s beard. XD

@Background Pony #4874  
unless that fair was made by ponies who knew about Starswirl…

@Background Pony #4874  
your logic is wrong, Twilight is not the only nerd pony around.

This episode kind of trolled me. I mean, they bring up Starswirl the bearded, and just when I thought we were going to learn something, BAM Discord. {That motherpranker is going to pay for that.}  
@Background Pony #4874  
Most likely the joke was made because she lives in Ponyville, a small town founded by Earth ponies. I’d be surprised if he was actually famous there.

@Background Pony #4874  
Well, the museum wasn’t exactly packed…

*pomf*

This is wrong on so many levels. Nopony is supposed to know about Starswirl, the joke related to his original mention in Luna Eclipsed was that Twilight is such a nerd only she knew about this obscure hero. And now there’s a dedicated fair of Starswirl.

i am with RD in this, sounds lame and boring, what discord made them to do was more fun.