Someone needed to come back to tell Morgan Elsbeth that the secret to finding Thrawn was following intergalactic purrgil migration patterns.

so they can only go where the hyperspace lanes go, like cars on a freeway

This would also require star systems to be much more closely packed than in the Milky Way. In the episode they went from entering the system (where their communications were blocked) to approaching a planet in the habitable zone in just a few seconds. In the real world, it takes light about 4 hours to travel from the…

I mean, if you’re going to get to that level of pedantry, they’re not traveling at all. It’s a television show.

One of the faceless 10,000. This is shown a few times during Rebels, including where we see how much both Ezra and Kanan struggle fighting against inquisitors that Ahsoka later handles easily by herself.

They’re traveling at the speed of light, right?

“why even arm a droid with a sword when IG-11 demonstrates how short range and defensive that would remain”

Obviously they wouldn’t, but the US holds itself up to the US’s standards, not China’s standards.

When the suspects committed the alleged crimes in the United States: the hacking happened here; their money laundering (and conspiracy to commit money laundering) happened here; conspiracy to defraud the United States (scheming to not pay taxes) happened here.

Counter point, it was great Star Trek and in keeping with what the franchise has been doing since 1966.

Hard disagree on the Abramsheads v. Filoniheads dichotomy.

Outside of the small herb garden setups you mentioned, these systems will never pay themselves off.

The Clone Wars takes seasons to get good, and even after it gets good it still has some stinkers. It has very high highs and deep terrible lows. If you legit want to watch the stuff and just can’t get past the garbage, look around for some best of lists that cherry pick the best story arcs and just watch those (most…

Take the Guardians of the Galaxy movies. They’re deeply embedded within the MCU, but they’re largely a standalone affair. I imagine this is why Spielberg loves the first movie so much. The one big exception is Gamora dying and being replaced by her alt-universe self in Infinity War/Endgame, but this is mostly…

Arts & Entertainment make up the 9th largest industry in the US and accounts for over 4% of the GDP, but yeah, it doesn’t matter.

Every Star Trek show (except Discovery which isn’t really an ensemble) has always operated like this. They have large ensembles so not every character gets to shine. Instead, episodes generally focus on 2-4 characters with the rest getting little more than a cameo (if they appear at all). Over the course of the…

My understanding was that the radiation was hindering one’s ability to access their memories (the memories would still form, you just couldn’t access them).

Even more to the point, it reflects the real world fact of how much pilots identify with being pilots (particularly military pilots that fly incredibly impressive craft).

Considering that most shows don’t get a single revival and that those that do, only get a single revival, getting two revivals is actually quiet a lot.

He’s a full 13 inches taller than Brosnahan. She may need a box to stand on during some of their closeups.

(No complaints, I think the casting is inspiring, just noting the difference when you pointed out his height.)