I grew up in southern Ontario, actually. I was able to attend the festival a couple of times... all while I was still a teenager. I never had the opportunity as a (youngish) adult before I moved away to Calgary. The only big name I managed to see there was Paul Gross as Hamlet.

No joke, I gasped reading your last paragraph. Oh. My. Gosh.

... I’m so jealous of you right now you don’t even know.

He is absolutely, 100% my second-favourite video game mentor, hands down.

I always thought plot holes were logical inconsistencies, or contradictions, within the story/plot, not “this wasn’t explained in excruciating detail”. But the way people are talking about The Last Jedi—and also the most recent season of Game of Thrones—had me honestly thinking I misunderstood. :-/

Did a little bit of research earlier after my initial comment, because it was bugging me, and he was first named as Palpatine in the novelizations of New Hope and Jedi and mentioned as having been a senator in the Old Republic. The EU, naturally, took some of the extra details like that out of the novelizations. I…

I think it’s important to remember that there are a lot of Star Wars fans who only consume the movies (and many in that strange post-OT and pre-Prequel generation). Palpatine’s history and name was mentioned in Alan Dean Foster’s New Hope novelization and James Kahn’s Return of the Jedi, but not in the movies. I had…

Rey and Maz Kanata have that little conversation in Force Awakens and it seems to me that, in hindsight, Maz was kind of saying to her, “Your past isn’t nearly as important as your future.”

Since I’m older than Jedi by literally only 1 year, Star Wars has been in my life for as long as I can remember. I’ve actively been a fan for 25 years now, though never part of the fandom as such and I’m fascinated that people are treating its “mysteries” and whatnot as though it’s A Song of Ice and Fire.

Did people forget that when the Original Trilogy was all we had, the Emperor didn’t have any more backstory than Snoke...? He showed up for a minor appearance in Empire, died in Jedi, and a lot of people didn’t even know he had a name.

Weirdly, the one thing I don’t miss from working retail is cashing in/out. :D

When I read the headline, I figured he must have sent her 100 loose pennies. That is what a proper asshole would do.

Even though I’m sure nobody cares, this makes me really happy because purple is my favourite colour. I’m not sure I’ve met a shade of purple I don’t like.

ETA: Gosh, I didn’t look at the date on this article... ah well.

My brother is 14 years older than me, and I gained a lot of geekery via osmosis from him (and our mom). Before I sat down to watch the Star Wars movies, I had somehow picked up that Vader is Luke’s dad and Leia is Luke’s sister.

Aaron. (I love Killjoys to itty bitty pieces.)

You know those holes cut into a lot of windows, I guess to let rain back out if it comes in through your screen? My friends, a married couple with three kids, have those in all their windows, including windows that don’t have screens at all, like the huge set of windows in their kitchen. Just to be clear, these…

Dammit, Stojko! I grew up where he was born and skated but figure skating fell off my radar a long time ago so I had no idea about this. D:

Holy shit... Bale and Adams are age-appropriate for each other. Please someone get me a fainting couch asap!

I was a teenage old girl in my first job that I fucking loved, getting harassed nearly every goddamn shift by customers and co-workers alike. Despite wearing an ugly-assed uniform of a polo shirt and long pants, I was convinced that it was somehow my fault, since the constant refrain that I heard from the adults…