A question, and a mild criticism:

I was very sure I read it, because I remember thinking it was pretty silly and deciding to ignore it. I don’t know that it’s more silly than “Dagobah experiences time dilation/compression because of the Force,” but: 

Golgafrincham Ark Fleet Ship B. Y’all go blaze that trail, now.

There’s a very good Cory Doctorow story along these lines called Martian Chronicles.

I recall reading somewhere canonically that it was just a couple days. In my head, that’s ridiculous. But that’s the official timeline.

Heck, I think officially he spent, like, two or three days with Yoda. Figure a day or two with Obi-Wan, too. So he has less direct Force training under a Master than your average barista gets on the espresso machine. And we don’t even need to mention Anakin “developed precognition on his own by 11” Skywalker.

He’s gonna take a very lucrative job with either a consulting company (where he’ll peddle for moneyed interests), or he’ll join a conservative media company and make a million dollars a year being trotted out to talk law and order and how to enforce cheery compliance with the police, and he’ll give paid talks and…

Wait, people were saying a guy hand-picked because he believes in unfettered executive power and a surveillance/police state had integrity? 

Honestly, he has a national reputation as someone who goes for a gun during literally any disagreement over anything, and has killed people in fights he started prior to this. I can’t think why anyone wouldn’t assume he’d try to murder them at the drop of a hat.

I got that from Yoda, too. That was a big theme of the movie generally. Ren was trying to replace the old order himself. Others were clinging ineffectually to it. The good guys continued to recognize it, but were apparently hoping to grow beyond it.

That really hit me, too. I know it’s so they don’t have to close the door on any idea, but holy shit, guys. Have a little confidence in yourselves and your audience. It wasn’t endless, grinding war against the Empire that made Star Wars special. 

That’s actually a more interesting idea than The Force Awakens. Not least because there aren’t 400 red herrings seeded in to be picked up in the sequels after the writers read over internet forums.

Honestly. We’re both so tired from work that having to take on dating on top of that is just...

If only I gave a damn for your dumb opinions. Ah well. Bye, troll.

This is a really good point. For 40 years, all we knew about Han Solo (in movie canon, anyway) was that he was a smuggler with debts, an excellent pilot, prone to overplay his hand, and a charming but wily rogue who once won a spaceship in a game. Nothing about his childhood, his teen years, where he went to college,…

This is dumb. I’m embarrassed for you.

You’re awfully damn foolish.

Also, India is (last I heard) actually on track to cut their emissions significantly and very quickly. China says they’re on track to cut theirs a lot, but they may be overly optimistic or otherwise not quite accurate. Then again, at least they’re acknowledging that there’s a real problem and apparently taking action.

Heck, it was good to get some live-action support for the “Mandalorians are badasses” that every character’s been saying. We got a little in the first episode, but that was The. This showed us that yes, they are genuinely hardcore, and no, they DGAF.

I’m weirdly intrigued by some of the weird-ass “security” features Tesla’s working in. Like, there’s the ol’ “Bioweapon Defense Mode” that got some good press as people were evacuating from wildfires. This “armored glass” thing that got worked in (which I assume someone’s been fed to the cyber-bears over as of 10 AM…