No, because Star Wars long ago dispensed with actual space physics. Spaceships wouldn’t maneuver like WW2-era fighters, and giant battle stations wouldn’t suck up the energy of a nearby sun (while remaining frozen) and then belch out precision plasma blasts at a distant star system. Plausibility isn’t an issue.

Why dispense with physics but retain its underlying relativistic effects? Star Wars is a space opera, not hard sci-fi. If they want to treat hyperdrive kamikaze as if the size of the ramming ship matters, they can get away with that easily. Maybe hyperdrive isn’t quite what we think it is.

Every space battle past and future is already marred by “why use incredibly slow moving lasers that are apparently easily dodged?” And million other questions. If you start scrutinizing the actual physics and logic of Star Wars space battles, you have lost the plot.

The light speed crash. People keep asking why she didn’t use autopilot. Two main reasons: a droid wouldn’t have been able to adjust tactics based on what was happening, so having a human pilot ended up coming in very handy. Two, it’s a sci-fi adventure that has always stretched plausibility for the sake of excitement.

That’s actually exactly how you end a 9 episode saga: by returning full circle to the beginning while shedding a surprising new light on it. It feels like it has movement to it — a reason for existing other than repeating the same thing over and over. For me it’s way more satisfying this way.

Laura Dern had nothing to do? I..don’t understand how you could say that. She had one of the entire saga’s most incredible scenes.

You call that “unceremoniously”?

I was born in ‘84, so I guess I’m not an original fan exactly, but TLJ blew me away too. It had real meat to it. For the first time in a long time, Star Wars felt surprising and interesting and unpredictable.

Eek, sounds embarrassing.

Legion and Twin Peaks should have competed for top spot on the ‘Best’ list. The others mentioned aren’t even in the same ballpark. American Gods was grindingly, excruciatingly monotonous.

Yes exactly. They can find the cheapest labor in the poorest countries and sell at the highest prices in wealthier countries. They can also store their money overseas in tax havens. It’s like an elaborate, international version of union busting and tax evasion.

I’ve found that the term “globalism” is usually an anti-Semitic/alt-right dog whistle. Most left-leaning people who legitimately critique outsourcing etc. tend to use “globalization” for the process of breaking down protectionist trade policies at the expense of working class people.

Seriously? So George Lucas is a confirmed sadist. He knows how badly fans want the unmodified originals and cut a deal to ensure that would never ever happen.

Lol exactly. Typical nerd groupthink.

Actually, almost all of human history since the agraricultural revolution is characterized by extreme wealth disparities. In the Roman Empire, a few obscenely rich families wielded political influence and owned huge tracts of land throughout the Mediterranean, while the vast majority existed at bare subsistence level.…

You do realize that the constraints of realism and plausibility are, by definition, looser in fiction right? If people make dumb mistakes in real life, they certainly can do so in a story.

I mean, incredibly dumb stuff happens all the time. Gross incompetence basically defines us as a species. Do you watch the news?

Yeah the nerd backlash against Jurassic World reminds me of Prometheus. Both movies had issues, but the kneejerk hate and flailing attempts to find “plot holes” in every little detail of a science fiction popcorn flick is mind boggling to me.

I bet if we brought dinosaurs back from the dead and they were about to be wiped out by a volcano, there would be plenty of people who advocated rescuing them, genetic abominations or not.

Everyone’s a critic.