Texan here, I concur with everything you said. Shiner remains my go-to, "I need a beer at a party" beer. The only one of their line I've detested was the "Smoke Haus" one they tried a few years back. All kinds of awful.

My opinion is that they would never go this way, BUT if they did it might be that "evil" Luke could be an illusion just like when he met Darth Vader in that cave on Dagobah. It's a test... At least that's a semi-plausible theory I read on Making Star Wars or Star Wars Underworld, or one of the hundred other rumor and…

I do love a good theory! Not to pick nits, but I believe by the events of ANH, the vast majority of storm troopers were recruits or conscripts and not clone troopers.

Eric Bana? But seriously, these are pretty damn cool.

That is badass!

Whether it'll work or not (and from what I can tell, the jury's definitely still out on that one and his budget is miniscule), there's a dude at NASA RIGHT NOW working on a friggin' warp drive! How cool is that?

io9 is my saving-grace during my workday. I've learned so much and smiled so much (I wait with bated breath every Friday for the Gif Party) thanks to the posts here, and I want to give back. The commentators on io9 are some of the funniest, most informative I've ever encountered. Even when there's the odd idiot, she…

SIMPSONS DID IT! Oh wait....

I enjoyed that book on the whole, but I nearly broke my eyes rolling them when I read one of those last scenes (you'll probably know the one I'm talking about). The "satire" was about as heavy-handed as Hellboy and as subtle as a Thomas Nast political cartoon.

PLUS—A super-star destroyer on super-star destroyer battle would be pretty damn baddass.

Very true. It's a huuuuuuuge galaxy. There's no reason there should be ONE government for the whole shebang—New Republic or Empire. Thirty-plus years of war between the two would wreak havoc, and make for some cool stories to tell. Even if the NR has the upper-hand, the Inquisitors could be agents of the Imperial…

Amen! I could never get into the pretty saccharine Disney stuff. Because that knowing wink-and-nod in all Chuck's (and all the other Looney Tunes crew) cartoons let you into this crazy world of wise-cracking, sarcastic rabbits, dumb ducks, pigs with speech imp-p-p-p-p-pigs that couldn't talk, incompetent martian…

When I was a kid, I wanted to be a cartoonist JUST because of Chuck Jones. He was my idol. Unfortunately, the cartooning dream never came to pass, but I still owe a lot of my humor and artistic sensibility to his creations. Thank you Chuck!

YES! That irked me so much.

That's what I figured. I completely understand why they do it—and I don't begrudge them that sweet, sweet licensing coin—but I do hope against (a new) hope that the ratio of dumb, kiddie bullshit to compelling story is low.

As excited as I am for more Star Wars, am I crazy, or is that slingshot blaster thingy really, really stupid?

That's cute and all, but get back to me when they develop taco cannon technology like we have here in Austin

Amen from an Austinite! Here's my patent-pending michelada mix recipe (I don't use fancy measures so much): Fill half a big mason jar or pitcher with clamato juice, juice about 5 or six limes into it, add some healthy dashes of Worcestershire and hot sauce (Cholula chipotle works nicely), salt, cracked pepper, and a…