I had hopes this would be the second lightsaber-free SW series, but hey, the Barriss Offee story. I’ll take it.

I will have to disagree there. Season 3 is Exhibit A on why Terry Matalas shouldn’t have anything to do with Trek.

At the same time, he admits that producers “wore him down” on rules he’d previously been firm on

I guarantee the lesson the studios are about to take from a lot of money being made is they shouldn’t share any more of it than they absolutely have to.

Surprise level: zero.

If Filoni had actually slipped the bridle, we’d be getting more Plo Koon.

They really missed an opportunity for Moff Gideon to walk into the holoconference with an “I bid you dark greetings.”

I see no problem with a new Trek show set in this time period—as long as Matalas isn’t the one in charge.

I hope that the 3 replies to @Avatar News are all “Why is this being done in live action and not animated?”

It was a mistake to let TV producers treat us like comic book readers have been treated for decades.

Three Tie Interceptors are chasing a ship through a water-filled canyon.

I think Gaunt needs to be reserved for Mark Strong.

I, who should have been directly in the crosshairs of ad tageting for a movie like this, have (still) seen exactly zero ads for it and was unaware of its release until people started talking about how bad it was doing at the box office. I can’t help but think these things are related in some way.

This sounds like the people who made all those Left Behind movies had some money left over.

If that’s an Elder Thing, it looks nothing like it was described in the notes. If it’s a shoggoth, it’s disappointingly solid and non-amoeba-y.

For better or worse, he’s the Greek chorus of Star Wars--the only character allowed to break the fourth wall and address the audience directly.

If this represents a threat to the “Look at all the easter eggs you missed!” ecosphere, I have to think of it as an additional plus.

It only took two and a half years from people going bugfuck about how good the Volume looked on the Mando premiere to being full “Oh no, man, it doesn’t have the warmth of vinyl” snobs about it.

Is that or is that not a VT-49 Decimator that Stellan Skarsgaard’s character is flying?

Reboot Max Headroom?