I read that ILM wasn’t available because they were busy with The Last Crusade and so Shatner and the producers had to go with a 3rd rate VFX house based out of NJ.

That was because the studio couldn’t get ILM at the time for their VFX (because the firm was busy with The Last Crusade) and had to farm out their FX work to some nobody firm in NJ named ‘Ferrin and Co’

My take on your point is that Disney/Lucas doesn’t think the story elements of the EU is without any value, but they didn’t want their new film franchise to be 100% beholden to the exact EU storylines and thus completely predictable to nerd SW fans who will say ‘ITS NOT SPOILERS, READ THE BOOKS!’ and to avoid that…

If their ‘Happy Ending’ continued on 30 years from now...what’s the point in a new story? I think it’s good, modern storytelling that stays within the spirit of the SW saga.

One of my favorite Eponines was from the Japanese cast on the International recording

He got shot in the gut by Chewie, he was definitely not in 100% fighting shape

Holy crap, I never noticed that about the Ultimates titles...

I thought the opposite after watching the film and almost positive Rey is not the daughter of Leia and Han, but definitely of Skywalker blood

I still love his line ‘UMLIMITED POWER!!!’ even if its in an ironic way

So was that character simply speaking Thai, or some made up Star Wars alien language? I thought he looked familiar

I must not watch much of JJ’s stuff (never seen Lost, honest) because I only remember Grunberg in Heroes and Heroes Reborn

I think I counted 3 total scenes of lens flare in the entire movie. No joke, I was on a lensflare count.

Or Damon Lindelof

If you’re being sarcastic, I don’t get the joke

Listen to the Fatman on Batman podcast with Andrew Kreisberg interview, especially pt 2, he goes into a lot of inside baseball discussion on what they're allowed to use for CW DC shows as well as Supergirl. In a way, being restricted from using the big 3 has opened up their creative possibilities in a huge way

Arrow is probably her introduction but probably not her permanent home

I’m guessing his fight scenes w Cruise at the end of the film wasn’t acting...

Because we finally live in a are where retro Victorian era steampunk is cool among sci-fi geeks

Yep, first season was alright (and surprisingly gory) but that abrupt switch in the second season I was like...who are all these new characters and am I watching the same show?

Yes it’s always going to be interesting wondering how the other actors portrayal of the character would end up