And two uses of “confrontational” in one sentence. Being a worse writer than Barsanti isn’t easy, but this Lindert kid is off to a stumbling start!

The nigh-undisputed greatest Star Wars movie was made in under three years. Maybe, just maybe, the core problem here is a lack of storytelling vision and skill at the Lucasfilm leadership level?

The only “shocking” thing about the ending is that io9 would call it “shocking” in a desperate bait for a few more clicks. Corporation whose franchises are flailing teases mixture of franchises. Yawn.

Christopher Hitchens put it succinctly and humanely: death is, ultimately, a good thing, because it allows the next generations to inherit the earth. Wishing for any other result is a form of gluttony.

Re: Filoni’s characters, it occurs to me there may be a kind of grand irony at play here: when he was starting out, and even getting into the Rebels timeline, he was doubtless barred from doing series/stories about Luke, Leia, and Han because they were too important for mere animation. (Yes, I know that there’s a…

The Temple of Doom says hi. Any movie that’s 30% a woman screaming is a 100% headache in my book.

wtf is this People Magazine detritus 

“without him there drawing in the advertising revenue and performing, where would the staff be?” - doing the same job for an equally, if not more talented host, I reckon.

Maybe, but they wouldn’t even have Obi-Wan tell her she needed to find her own path to atonement and self-forgiveness. He basically told her that because she decided not to kill (yet another) kid, she was now a good person, and should follow her own path, without any indication of responsibility. Just horrible writing…

One million dollars can pay 100 workers 10k each for a month. The questions are, how much does Fallon make per year? And how much could he make without the show? Could he make anywhere near as much as an actor, or by doing stand-up shows selling tickets directly to the public? Or by doing a podcast with ad spots? In…

The audience knows Finn isn’t just “some stormtrooper” (which is what Holdo calls him), but there’s no reason a mere mechanical tech like Rose should know all about him just a day or two later.

IMO, Anakin should absolutely not have achieved Force Ghost status. That said, his redemption, such as it was, did at least cost him his life. Even apart from the galactically  incoherent plotting behind her turn, however, the really galling thing about Reva's redemption is that it appeared to cost her nothing…

The correct spelling of the word in the sub-headline is “its.”

There’s zero excuse for bigotry or harassment, period.

No disrespect to Mr. Lawrence, but why does Barsanti/this piece assume I have the faintest idea of who he is?

“considering the timing, where they were in the process, and his own gat damn words, that is the least likely scenario”

I’m confused as to why Amir messaging from his bedroom is an issue. Would his words be more credible if they were sent from his office?

From Vulture: “Sources close to Feige say he believes he’ll have to talk to potential alternatives soon, but, given Marvel’s history of recasting Black actors, the timing of doing so is a delicate matter. One producer shared that Feige feels ready to sound out Will Smith for his interest, but doesn’t want his call to…

“I’m the only person in the world who hates your reliance on ancient Jedi temples with access to outrageous fantasy magic (Star Wars: Rebels has TIME TRAVEL and nobody talks about that in any other Star Wars story)”

“But good luck finding anything [bonus content] if you’re watching like, Mondo Macabro or Vinegar Syndrome sorts of movies, or any of the many, many non-popular Criterion movies.” That’s an excellent point I will happily concede.