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Everybody shutup, the ghost astronaut invoking holographic waves on a distant moon with his cyber flag is cool.

Either some hardware designer at Xbox is on a Dieter Rams kick, or those holes are a compromise to deal with the heat issues. But if it costs about the same as the (now) legacy console, and effectively becomes the new baseline hardware, it’ll be a good idea.

I highly recommend the book “Digital Apollo” - it’s an in depth look at the computer systems on the Apollo program, and discusses the relationship between automated spacecraft and the astronaut’s role as pilots.

It’s possible that Ren was the apprentice of Luke’s that went bad. It would also explain why Luke would exile himself after that - feeling responsible for Han and Leia’s son going to the dark side would be much more intense for him than a random apprentice.

Probably very well known, but there’s a reference to The Cask of Amontillado when you retake The Castle - in one of the last rooms there is a skeleton partially bricked up in the wall, and nearby are bottles of “Amontillado Wine”.