HORATIO VELVATEEN

People endlessly dismiss Season 4 or pretend it doesn't exist but from the episodes of it I saw, it was about the same level of quality.

“Okay, my name is Artoo — you don't need to know my last name. Whoever wants to talk, go ahead, and we'll be outta here in a tight fifteen.”

He can't be in two quadrants at once, though.

Yeah, and it was pretty egregious during the Infantino era, from what I remember — as the article mentions, he got pretty off-model during his primary run (such as Darth Vader's bizarre helmet-proportions and the weird-looking Imperial Star Destroyers), although when he did a fill-in issue or two many years later, it…

Agreed — the period between Empire and Jedi is probably my favorite of the entire Marvel run, with some incredible stories that still hold up quite well today.

This — as mentioned, Cynthia Martin was a huge early-booster of Japanese anime and manga in the United States long before that fandom had really taken shape, and lots of nods and influences showed up in her monthly Star Wars work for Marvel at the time.

Actually, the term "Padawan" (or, rather, "Padawaan") first appeared way, way back in 1973, in George Lucas's early story-drafts of the first Star Wars movie ("Mace Windu and C.J. Thape, Padawaan Learner of the famed Jedi").

Funniest moment of the episode for me: the reveal of Chrysalis's 80 billion microphones. God, I fucking lost it.

Also great was the '80s-style Robotech font on Interrobot's legs.

Was that the "WaveTech 9000 Fight Song" being hummed by Dazzle as he exited the ladies' restroom air-vent?

"Mr. Mayor! What if I told you that Moonbeam City was about to be ravaged by a drug epidemic so devastating it'll make yesterday's warehouse-fire look like Hiroshima…PRE-World War II, when it was a beautiful and vibrant city, and it was the pearl of Honshu?"

…This post is some type of weird performance-art piece, right?

This news sends me straight to Erection Cove.

"Your mother would be so proud…of ME, if I scolded you for your filthy workspace."

The whole "Bermuda Triangle"-joke at the end of the episode absolutely slayed me, with the whole fizzle-out at the conclusion. I'm still chortling just thinking about it. This show is fucking insane, in the best possible way.

HAPPY RETIREMENT, FLASH

"How is there footage of THAT?!?"

Dude, I'd've Cronenberg-ed every human male on the planet for a chance with Jessica when I was Morty's age.

With all of the elephant-murder jokes in this episode, I wonder if they're gonna take it to the next level next week, with Edison now in the picture…