It’s interesting how significant “lore” has become to big-budget franchises, because twenty years ago it was regarded as disposable at best, a crutch at worst.

This is like the third or fourth version of this article to pop up on a pop culture website since that trailer came out, and in every instance, it’s less of a “this might be happening” and more of a “this is a good way to crank out ‘content’ tangentially related to something interesting.”

but she’d make an incredible Asajj Ventres,

I was about to say “I doubt they’re gonna just pull a weird side-character from the new EU and plop her into Ahsoka” but then I remembered that’s basically how Timothy Olyphant wound up in Mandalorian S2.

I still dont’ think that’s what this is (or that they’d lock down a Chiss secondary character - or that any other…

Have we ever been this close to a Doctor’s final story before knowing who their replacement will be?

I really don’t think anyone cares much about a Time Lord definitive origin.

With the multiverse this open I find it difficult to not see OMEGA return in the next season.

Here’s the prediction I’ll put out there for mockery and shaming later. Keep in mind - this isn’t what I actually want to happen, it’s just what I think is the most Chibnall-y course of action to take:

It’s interesting that Pascal is so affirmative about there being more Spider-Man MCU movies while Holland played coy.

On the one hand: Jack finally fucks off. This is good in general, or at least in a vaccuum (if only he could fuck off into a vaccuum. The vaccuum of space, preferably).

Why does it have to be either or?

So my pitch for Baa Baa Black Sheep … but in Space still has a chance.

Marvel was already plenty big at the beginning of the MCU

What’s the science behind breaking warp 10 & turning into a salamander? Where’s the science behind the Traveller? Where’s the science behind all the time travel episodes? Photon torpedoes? Quantum torpedoes?

I just figure once you introduce God into it, you basically get all your answers handwaved.

These slates aren’t marketing for the average joe, they’re marketing to share holders and investors

Marvel is big enough that they can afford to not care about the fandom.

Was there ever a show beyond a logo?

While the bent of the excerpt (and the post itself) seems to center the success of the film on the reception and volunteer street-teaming that Comic-Con Fandom did for the movie... It’s important to remember that the film, budgeted at $5mil, made $15mil domestically, and only really passed into cult classic status…

You’re the one insisting the Fandom be served.