I was going to mention Farmer Ted having (offscreen) sex with the drunk girl in Sixteen Candles, but that even disturbed me at the time!

I was 10 years old, and first saw Star Wars during its opening week, in a half-empty theater. A few weeks later I went to see it again, and this time the line stretched the entire length of the mall!

This year I picked Better Off Dead as my Christmas movie. (It's not really a Christmas movie, but does take place during the holidays.) I think a lot of the humor still holds up ("Two dollars!"), but some of it definitely would not play well today, like the high school teacher dating a student being shown as a gag.

This has certainly been an annus horribilis.

So that's why they keep putting gigantic battle stations into Star Wars – they're setting up more "Rogue" movies!

Agreed! (And I'm now a little disconcerted to realize that I also more or less married Princess Leia.)

Li'l bit.

Death sucks. But I don't think any of us can ask for more than to die having earned enough to live comfortably, enjoying the admiration and respect of your peers, and beloved by millions around the world.

Ha! I suspect my need for a companion animal will also grow too strong to resist. But I think I'll channel it into fostering animals short-term, or volunteering at a shelter. I have very few family members who are likely to still be alive when I'm 60, and none that I'd trust with a pet, so the idea of dying before my…

Let us pray it truly is the last.

That would be horrible. I don't know if Leia survives episode 8, but I also find it a little creepy when they work an actor's death into a movie franchise/TV series storyline. I'd be happiest if they just mentioned Leia going off on a galactic walkabout to mourn Han Solo's death, and let it go at that.

I love my dog and cats, but when they're all gone I don't think I'll get any more. I'll be in my 50s at that point, and I don't want to die and leave them alone and confused to god knows what fate.

I've been avoiding the news as much as possible, and immersing myself in movies and shows (currently Sense8) that celebrate goodness and human decency in a shitty world.

I didn't realize just how much Leia was the heart of Star Wars until I saw that scene and found myself tearing up. These films will not be the same without her.

The stars are not wanted now; put out every one,
Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun,
Pour away the ocean and sweep up the wood;
For nothing now can ever come to any good.
— W.H. Auden

She was possibly the best thing about Catastrophe, and Catastrophe is a pretty great show. The energy went up 50% in every scene she was in! She was a force of nature, and her passing dims the world.

I loved how Leia was always the smartest person in the room, and had zero time for bullshit.

For me, Carrie Fisher was the best thing about Star Wars. Mark Hamill and Harrison Ford inhabited their roles beautifully, but Fisher transcended hers. She brought a swagger to Leia that words on a script couldn't convey.

And so young. I thought we'd have Prince around for at least another decade, if not two. And Bowie…well, I just assumed members of his alien species were immortal.

It is shocking and rather dispiriting to me as a prole when someone wealthy and famous dies so young. If people with access to the best health care in the world can't make it past 70, what hope is there for the rest of us?