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Can’t wait to see those flight jackets when everybody gets together for the next Avengers movie.

Or Rey herself have been conceived in that way — that allows Kylo Ren’s revelation that her parents were nobodies to be correct, while also not making her just randomly the most naturally adept Force user ever. And when he finds out, there’s extra tension from her having such a close similarity to his sainted… Read more

I had forgotten about that. So dumb.

And even if we’re limiting it to comedians, Richard Pryor and Redd Foxx have something to say.

Chewie picking up a stormtrooper’s rifle and killing more stormtrooper’s with it really put a spotlight on the fact that their armor isn’t even strong enough to withstand a single shot from their own weapons. Like, why do they even wear this armor, which offers no protection, but probably does restrict their range of… Read more

The second-highest grossing movie of all time, and yet by 2028 the overall franchise will have wound up losing money.

Station or GTFO

It’s like Abrams was unfamiliar with Star Wars before being brought in to do IX. Literally the first Force user we encounter (whether in release order or story order) is not related to anyone else in these movies.

They could’ve also not done this trilogy as a remake of the original trilogy.

Clarification: b8ta CEO Vibhu Norby shared a statement to io9 about the definition of “shopper cadence” in store monitoring: Read more

Part of the beauty of capitalism is that if you cease to exist, you fucked up.

This is a nice face-saving statement, but the real story is they got Star Wars and Star Trek mixed up and didn’t realize what they’d signed on to.

You’re reading the chart wrong -- the X axis is yard line, not distance. A 41-yard FG would be from about the 23 yard line, so probably about 80% success rate.

The vindication of Washington sports fans.

delete this

Revenge for the last time teams from these states played to a dramatic 24-23 finish.

It’s always heartening to see the Cardinals lose, but to see them lose like this? Just goes to show there’s still some good in the world.

Chinese Communist Party officials buy sneakers too.

I don’t know if he was any good in the outfield for the Marlins because literally no one has ever seen a Marlins game, but I do know that he’s been generally unreliable for the Cardinals.

Those kids were compliant, so it was fine.