From what all the other press was saying about her “neck tattoo” I’m surprised. Perhaps it’s because I work with inmates, but “neck tattoo” means something quite different to me than “actual artwork brushing slightly upon the nape of the neck.”

They forgot where they parked it. 

A missing data point is where Yoda says he was training Jedis at 100 years. (I don’t remember the exact quote or inference.) It could be explained as exaggerated puffery, of a sort, like “I was running marathons at two years old” or it could imply non-linear aging.

I’ve never really gotten into the animated, but I see this as something they will need to answer going forward. She should have made a beeline to the Skywalker kid as soon as he got famous.

Speculating on that thread, though, would Bail have said anything? Or would he have kept quiet to protect his foster daughter? Would he have the Rebellion set some Google update for the name Skywalker?

I once had a “Nitpicker’s Guide to TOS” Trek and I regret losing it somewhere over the years. While every episode could be dragged somehow, it also highlighted how they did so much on a tiny budget. 

One random thought as I ponder this: Luke going into exile is, to an extent, what he knows. Ben and Yoda both hid out for years to hide/away/prepare/whatever. Part of what I liked about TLJ was the idea that, semi-trained-Jedi moisture farmer whomp-rat-whomper Luke was in over his head since he and his uncle picked up…

It’s neither my story or an exciting one, but I will always remember my childhood best friend going away to Big City college hours away and then his geology professor’s “amazing” annual intro to fieldwork trip to come camp and study various highway cuts through exposed rock and mountains....in our hometown.

Thank you for this. I could use some science stories today.

It’s almost artistically sublime in the evilness conveyed so simply. 

Sometimes I even get what she’s asking before he does and I have to bite my tongue to keep from answering. 

That is a horrifying family and best wishes to you.

I envy you. My parents can have a conversation, but mom’s siblings and my entire in-law family can’t go five words without praising Trump, regardless of the conversation. 

You’ve sort of described my spouse’s family dynamic. All these Constitutional Scholars with their Fox News JDs will be ignoring the one person at the table who actually has a relevant take. 

We aren’t even to the holiday yet and yesterday my FIL complained that white bread isn’t as white as it used to be, probably because the minorities hate it being white. He wasn’t trying to make some awful racist dad joke. He literally believes this stuff.

That’s a far more reasoned thought than I had.

I do this with my parents, and I feel bad about it, but 90% of what they call me on is something I’ve fixed a dozen times or told them not to do (yes, Dad, she’s pretty, no Dad, she’s not really waiting to show you anything if you click...)

My MIL believes only her other kid’s spouse can fix everything because he’s an IT guy professionally and I’m not going to dissuade her of that notion. (As he teaches her how to do a screenshot her iphone for the 74th time.)

My thought is that, this time of year, there’s going to be some popcorn-flick blockbuster of debatable artistic merit. If it happens to involve Star Destroyers and Wookies, so much the better for me. 

I didn’t go yet, despite being a fan since the original, because I’m waiting out the crowds. I don’t care about the hype and the furor post-TLJ. I just want to watch some Star Wars on the big screen.