I think Emil C’s point wasn’t that that only Skywalkers were Jedi but that the Skywalkers were stronger in the force than other force-sensitive people, which I don’t like because it feeds into chosen one prophecies, which I usually distaste.

To be fair, in my understanding a lot of this started happening in the original Extended Universe when a kind of cult of personality started forming around the Skywalker lineage. Thus we went from “there are Force users everywhere and they all, with training, can be Jedi” to “the Force is strong in the Skywalker…

Kinja!

Yeah, but I attribute that to Lucas trying to force in Easter eggs. I was referring to how some people think there’s a series wide issue where the Skywalkers are at the center of everything. Emil C. had a good response describing what happened in the EU that people are referring to, though I think the Easter eggs…

This is weird place to do a homage to 1o Things I Hate About You...

Seeing Lando again makes me so mad. He should have at least been in TLJ, if not the TFA.

I’m just really hoping this movie becomes what this saga needs - a closing of the obsession of SW to tie it all together, have everyone be everyone else’s cousins or siblings or such, and allow the franchise to grow and allow other stories to occur in a much, much larger universe than the one everyone’s wanted to…

The movie is based on a true story, and as explained in a press release, it’s about a guy named Joe Bell who “sets out on a walk across America with his son, Jadin.”

This headline flashed in my head too. Praise the internet hive-mind!

And then the Lord spoke and said, “Could you lower your pants just a tidge?”

So you’re saying John Cho has to get a perm. I can dig it.

I think my main concern is the casting of Vicious, but only because it means we’re going to be seeing Vicious at all. I kinda want them to do their own thing with the show, but now I’m worried it’s just going to be a retread of the original show.

I don’t think any of the characters ethnic backgrounds come up in the anime or movie. I remember a manga describes him being of Asian descent, which is probably their workaround with the name.

Time to jump on the Browns bandwagon? They can only let you down once! Or twice! Or... Jesus, is it really that many?

But where would Mark Hamill fall on the list as it stands now?

Counterpoint:

In short, we cannot hate Goliath without having Goliath in our faces, which means Goliath still pays off. Yay spasmodic hatred! Let a million middle fingers bloom in 10,000 taverns.

This is all well and good, Brian, but what I really want to know is which common hand-gesture in America considered obscene in Japan? There’s gotta be one!

Most of the guys seem pretty chill, but that one guy is nervous AND has poor situational awareness. He just turns his head away and suddenly has no fucking clue what’s happening.

Didn’t mention bacon, I was insinuating that pig, in general, is delicious. That does include bacon, but I’m talking about pork chops, Boston butt, crown roast, pulled pork, and sausages, all of which are delicious. What can ya do with dog meat to compare with that? And I don’t need a point of comparison when I’m…