Do they not trust that we can remember it’s Star Wars without trotting out the same tired characters?

Poodoo!

Whoosh

But ANH came out 20 years before the prequels, and therefore it’s the prequels that are inconsistent with the established character?

I’m enamored with these old models and techniques. Light And Magic on D+ is a phenomenal retrospective of ILM. Through watching that, I learned recently that the Mandalorian’s ship was, in fact, a physical model. Presumably enhanced and composited using CGI.

Nevertheless, it was a weird realization. There is an old charm to the techniques of the 80s, matte lines and all. Even with the same approach (physical models and motion control), the shots in the Mandalorian just looked too clean, too smooth.

The moral is: it’ll never go back to what it was, and even if it does, it won’t be the same.

Sorry to say, but the “second coming” that is Dave Filoni is a pox on the franchise. He took the worst of Lucas’s indulgent tendencies (world building over character building, crappy dialogue, aiming solely at kids, elevating Campbellian mythology into quackery like midichlorians and space whales) and somehow managed to take over the whole franchise. I simply cannot fathom the loyalty of the fan base to this guy, barring those who grew up with cartoons and the typical misogynistic knee jerk to Kathleen Kennedy. He has churned out 4 series of pure shite

Andor and TLJ were bright spots but I’ve more or less moved on from Star Wars. Let them earn back my interest. In the interim, I’ll continue to slay in the fantastic Dark Forces remaster

I’m gonna go out on a limb and say… The acolyte?

Cervaza Cristal!!! 🎸

Yeah but she be all about those Bothan boys!

Actually, Galen Marek brings down starships

A person is smart. People are stupid

Spoiler alert: a lot more penguins are gonna die (and other wildlife, and people) before large swathes of governments and the public get on board.

A recent climate Scientist who testified in front of congress in 1988 on the topic of global warming, said that it’s unfortunate that humanity has got to taste it first before they spit it out

Last I heard circa 2002, they’ll sue your parents

Checkmate, American pirates

Yes siree Bob, and if that don’t do the trick, well… Let me introduce you to a little something called the RIAA. Ya toast now!

Boys, call in the MPAA, we got a live one

I’ll be sure to send them a lovely fruit basket for their patriotism!

Could always pivot to a dry cleaning transactional holding company

Pretty much

RIP corals

Sorry to have disappointed you. I’ll go ahead and tender my resignation later today. I guess I can’t help the planet after all… 😢

lol no

Statistics are a summarization of data

All fields use it.

A statistic is that the climate will increase more than 1.5 degrees by the end of the century

How we operationalize that information requires other statistical summaries BUT that does not negate the fact that we have passed a tipping point and people are dying because of it…

That doesn’t absolve us of action now… Or risk of overstating the threat

Another statistic is that most people don’t understand statistics

Signed, an actual fucking statistician