Have a little fun.

Or Judith Krantz’s I’ll Take Manhattan?

Jannah was fine, I don’t want them to trade her for Rose. But yes, since you’ve taken the time to set up this awesome character in the previous movie, please continue her story in the next, especially since not doing so sends the message that you’ve caved to the shitty manbabies who hate her character for no good…

I’ve seen that movie 5-6 times now and I still lose it at the end. Every single time. Just a sobbing wreck. It’s so well done. The oh-so-gradual shift in their relationship is so well-calibrated, with his quiet “your father would be proud of you.” Aaaugh, I’m tearing up now.

Han coming back was a total surprise, and he was used perfectly. It’s unclear whether Kylo is hallucinating him, imagining him, whether he’s some kind of Force ghost, or what, but that was a tidy little scene.

I’m so fucking disgusted they benched Rose.

Back in ‘05, after having seen RotS a few times, I joined a LiveJournal group called Do Me Anakin where among other things we had a serious discussion about whether we thought Anakin was a dom or a sub. I pointed out he dropped to his knees awfully quickly in front of Palpatine when he pledged his loyalty, which then…

Completely agree. The kiss was too on the nose, too fairy tale. Them holding each other, staring into each other’s eyes—think of the last few minutes of the lives of Cassian and Jyn in Rogue One. They didn’t kiss—what they were feeling, knowing they had fulfilled the mission but were about to die, was far too…

That’s a kinder interpretation than mine—hopefully that’s what it was. But it was just so random!

I was side-eyeing that hard. Please don’t tell me Grandpa Lando is hitting on a woman young enough to be his granddaughter? 

After seeing ROTS, Luke’s first scene with Vader in ROTJ is quite moving. “I know...father.”

Luke Highwalker

Hayden Christiansen is a good actor. He was excellent in Shattered Glass. He was terribly hampered in the prequels by the terrible dialogue (I hate sand???) and the fact that Lucas *cannot* direct actors. Some actors are experienced enough to direct themselves on film—Ewan McGregor pulled it off, as did Ford and…

NOBODY ATTACKED BARRON.

This is the kind of quality investigative journalism I expect from Jez. Well done!

I love Tootie and her dead dolls! And when she goes ballistic on the snowpeople--what a fantastic little actress.

Some excellent points but a slight nitpick: the Commonwealth countries passed absolute primogeniture a few years ago. Going forward (i.e., this applies to babies born into the royal family after the passage of the law), the oldest is the heir, no matter the gender.

I agree with all of this, and and as you imply Charles really wasn’t pushed into marriage with Diana by his parents. He was dithering with her, as he’d been dithering with her older sister and Sabrina Guinness and every other girl that wasn’t Camilla, and finally Philip told him he had to make a choice, and if he…

Somewhat off-topic but, Andrew’s title of Prince I don’t think can ever be taken away from him (short of, say, a revolution wherein all the titles are rendered meaningless). He was born to that title, as the child of a reigning monarch. It is possible he could be stripped of his title of Duke of York, though.

The girl at the end of the musical theater blooper video is singing “Omigod You Guys” from Legally Blonde. “I take care of my best clientele/It’s a gift from me to Elle...”