LOL I dropped out of MBA school but I did manage to pay attention to the “don’t insult your customers” lecture in Marketing...

I know that’s not Phil Hartman, but that totally sounds like Phil Hartman (as Lionel Hutz).

No, the answer to all of these questions is, “wait for the tie-in book.  Or comic.  Or TV show.  Or all three.”  :)

Clearly the lesson is, Billy Dee Williams rolls up in a YT-1300, says yo there’s a party on the other side of the galaxy, people listen.

I thought the scenes she was actually in were incredibly stilted, but I loved the ending of sacrificing herself to save her son

100% this, especially when you consider they kicked Lord/Miller, Trevorrow, and Edwards* to the curb when they were supposedly wandering off the farm. So it’s not as if RJ led some sort of stealth rebellion with TLJ.

He retroactively undercut TFA ... and he left no narrative legs for RoS

Yep, even with their misses, HBO has always emphasized quality over quantity (IIRC they let their option on American Gods lapse because they couldn’t come up with a satisfactory way forward).

While I can imagine GL demanding such a clause, I guess I just can’t see Disney agreeing to this (something something I’m altering the bargain, pray I don’t alter it further).

whenever Spirit In The Sky or White Rabbit was used to denote The 60s(tm) in media

Same. Oddly enough, I do it least w/ food items (but I still do it). But get me in a book store or a record store (where they still exist), and oh yeah I’m finding that perfect copy, thankyouverymuch.

Same. Oddly enough, I do it least w/ food items (but I still do it). But get me in a book store or a record store (where they still exist), and oh yeah I’m finding that perfect copy, thankyouverymuch.

I never thought I would use the phase “Academy Award-winning composer Trent Reznor”, but I’m glad I live in such a world.

Good catch

This rule feels like something Chris Peterson (who strikes me as an intelligent, well-prepared coach)... could have / should have known about beforehand?

Wait, what? There’s two Attenboroughs?

+1 not enough stars (or batteries)

I’ll see your Walter Payton and call with Earl Campbell...

You just know O’Brien is going to chew his butt out for that answer — “‘I’ll have to look at the tape’ is good enough!”

“Kent State elected to proceed with an internal investigation when it could not reach a consensus on an outside partner.