I was wondering if they dare do a cold open. Fade in on Luke and Rey on island, lightsaber hand-off, bit of dialogue—BAM! Star Wars music, crawl, time jump.

do you think Disney would EVER have allowed The Empire Strikes Back to be made on their dime?

That Dash Rendar’s Spaceship was pretty cool.

But it worked in “O Brother Where Art Thou”!

It was wizards.