Well they only managed to fire the thing once before it was blown up, so for all we know Tatooine would have been next after Yavin IV.

Okay.

Lars, actually (Beru was his aunt's first name,) and for all we know all they were told was "hey, Anakin's dead, here's his kid." You're right — we weren't explicitly told that they were Tatooine natives — but don't you think that if the intention was that they weren't, Lucas would have had someone mention it in…

Even in the original trilogy Vader is presumably from Tatooine, since he obviously has family there and there's no indication that they're supposed to be immigrants.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't Obi-Wan unaware that Anakin survived their duel until long after he leaves Luke with his aunt and uncle? I imagine that's why he didn't think it was a big deal to leave him there and not change his name. Also, Anakin thinks Padme died, so he has no idea that he's got children…

For some reason I got it into my head that he's some kind of assassin/saboteur sent back from the future to prevent something or other, and also a descendant of Luigi, unbeknownst to both of them, because they're idiots.

He'll also accept sherry, Guinness, mince pies, risengrød, pan de Pascua, and pickles.

I hate to be the one to point this out, but the line from Hudibras that you're quoting may or may not be a reference to 17th century BDSM (the other option is that it's about contraception).

I logged into my Xbox One around 6:30ish ET last night without trouble, unaware that there were even major issues until this morning. Although I didn't attempt to play a game or use an online app — just wanted to stream last night's Doctor Who to the TV — it signed me in automatically and everything looked alright, as…

My hero killed the Archdemon and survived, thanks to having conceived a baby with Morrigan, which may or may not have become some sort of god.

Kind of a rush job, and it looks like somebody already beat me to it. Oh well. Merry Christmas, Kotaku.

Be sure to watch part 2, if you've not already seen Amélie.

The suit still needs a power source. Rhodey's got an arc reactor too, despite never having had shrapnel in his chest.

Animators are generally more comfortable with dialogue-free shorts than they are features. Look at Tom and Jerry — over 150 shorts with both characters almost totally silent, but as soon as there's a feature length film they're talking up a storm.

I think we know who that pigeon answers to.

Popeye isn't even a film yet, but his proof of concept is pretty atrocious. I've not seen Hotel Transylvania, even out of morbid curiosity, since the physiological sensation that I experience even when viewing the poster for more than a few seconds is incredibly unpleasant.

Ahem.

Because that tech demo is less than 2 months old?

Great fluid and smoke, but they really need to work on their cereal simulation tech. Why are so many of them linked?

You'd probably be interested in this, if you haven't seen it already.