Turns out that stench was just Danielle Serini 

I appreciate her commitment to actually sending letters. Like that’s some old school, “I’m gonna put a stamp on it” racism that you rarely see anymore.

Eight days. For a child’s life. FFS

So is this the harshest penalty in the Tamir tragedy to date? Or did I miss something else?

If Tamir had been holding a real gun...and the dispatcher relayed that information clearly...that the shooting is still unjustified.

Yeah, not a great job there dispatcher. But, let’s not forget that the officer who shot a fucking 12-year-old playing with a fucking toy had been fired from another department because he showed poor judgement with his weapon and was considered a danger to the public.

Best not follow that ABC News link. The comments there nearly killed off any remaining affection I have for my fellow human beings.

but they’ll sell you star wars branded oranges...

Clash of the titans. I can see Lucas behaving like a petulant child and Disney sayng, “OK, we are still getting a license to print money here. Give the little guy what he wants.”

This exactly. “I have never purchased nor intend to purchase the ‘special edition’ versions”.

“it was never released in very high quality”

It does change things. Not so much to picket in the streets, but enough to matter.

You know, I bet Fox likes money, too. I’m sure a deal could be reached between Fox and Disney that would benefit them both.

Fox financed the first film.

I downloaded these a while ago, but just got around to putting them on a Blu-Ray and watching them this weekend. As an online editor, I have an immense amount of respect for the work and care that was put in to these. They really are something special.

I wouldn’t be surprised if Lucas stipulated that they could never rerelease the unaltered versions.

They do. I mis-posted.

20th Century Fox owns the rights to the first six movies. Disney can’t do a thing about it until 2020.

Disney still does not own the distribution rights to the first movie.

Those are the honest people. They've done studies. Most people read in an "E" shape on the net (they read the beginning, skim, read half of the middle, skim again, and read the end) and most people respond to comments in less time than it takes the average person to formulate a rational response. Again, they've…