Yes, everything would either be that or Unico, or possibly a Ray Bradbury story.

The Kenner names sound like racial slurs in the SW universe.

To me he's always been Outer Space Prince Charles.

True, and there's no reason it couldn't be done. I had just hoped to use as much "official" material as possible and realized we don't really get much detail outside of what the students learn.

I tried to put together a HP RPG setting once, but part of the problem (aside from how unsystematic Rowling is) is that we only get glimpses of real, adult magic. Even if the PCs were school-aged students, presumably they'd have to deal with spells more powerful than those named in the books. I still think that the…

Dottie was watching Speck (she has him when Pee-Wee calls from Texas).

Pawn Stars is like that, too, as if a typical day at a pawn shop (even in Las Vegas) goes from authenticating George Washington's signature to testing out your new Sherman tank at the firing range, with time to tour a whiskey distillery in between.

wtf is "book" lol

From the sound of it, both of those would have been based on issues of Marvel's Star Wars comics, which were often very good (and frequently very silly).

Who's his girlfriend, Lois Lame?

I liked Revival.

Man, this sounds like an awesome series. Denver is just close enough to me for this to be tempting but just far enough away to know realistically I won't make it to any of them.

Yes, I remember this one well, and "compulsively watchable" is a good description. O'Neal nailed both the silliness of this movie and it's appeal. (No mention of Edgar bringing a real 3-D Pac-Man to life, or is that a spoiler?)

I must be one of the few who read it to the end. It does get convoluted (and ultimately more cosmic in scope than it first appears), but I still liked it.

Wonderful article, and I couldn't agree more with your breakdown of the genre/tradition/what-have-you. I was also a child of the '70s and '80s, so I'm sure that accounts for the nostalgic glow I still see around some of these properties, but I also appreciate what you're getting at: I get tired of Star Wars being…