Yeah, when I read the book Tom Savini was who I pictured.

Yeah, Episode 2 should have ended with the creation of Vader, so we could have had an entire new Vader movie. There were some things hinted at by Obi Wan in Star Wars that I really wanted to see in the prequels, and Vader hunting down and killing Jedi was one of them.

The original trilogy had three big things that the prequel trilogy lacked: some hints of a bigger backstory/mysterious past, some big surprising reveals, and some villain continuity. In Star Wars, the Jedi were this mysterious organization, Obi Wan was this sort of mysterious guy, and there were tantalizing hints…

That you've genetically engineered your slaves makes it even creepier.

As an archaeologist, I have to say there is so much wrong with that I don't know where to begin. There was not a thing called The Maya Empire. Are you saying Caracol was the capital of The Maya Empire like Rome was the capital of the Roman Empire? Can you define the word "empire" for me?

I would love to see some scholarly citations from you saying they are. What was the imperial capital? Can you name some emperors? You're the one making the assertion that they are an empire by using the word "empire". You could avoid taking sides by using some other neutral word. Like "civilization."

That actually would have been interesting. We never did see a really crappy Jedi.

One thing that always bothered me about TPM—why was Anakin a slave?

I would suggest that you not make sweeping generalizations that they ARE an empire, then.

No, there would still be cats and nudity.

That's what I was thinking, too.

Yep. Can't argue with physics.

if I'm on my second life-bond, do I get two younglings? I'm asking for a friend.

No, no. Every timeline has to have Grant, Lee, Hitler, and Churchill. It's physics, man. You can't argue with physics.

no, dear god, absolutely not.

They don't look to scale, though. Look at the windows on the Klingon ship, for scale. It's enormous.

They've established that the zombies can't open doors.

and you don't see the first zombie until about 500 pages in.

Kitty Rapture would be a good name for a band.

If you are buying the 5 lb bag at Sams, you should put it in those plastic boxes for cereal. That would hold the entire bag, and you wouldn't have to subdivide it into a bunch of Pringles cans.