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Hey now, Obi Wan was right about one thing, he did have the high ground.

I'd probably rank them, excluding Rogue One and Solo which I haven't seen yet: 1. Empire Strikes Back 2. A New Hope 3. Force Awakens 4. Last Jedi 5. Revenge of the Sith 6. Return of the Jedi 7. Attack of the Clones 8. Phantom Menace Last Jedi ranking may change after I see how they follow it up with Episode IX.

Ok, don't know what you're expecting me to say. I had some criticisms I wish would've been addressed in the movie, maybe it isn't for me. Maybe I was expecting too much. I'm not like some people who will ridiculously deride it for appeasing all the SJW or crap like that. I didn't hate it, I can still watch it and get some enjoyment out of it, its not like the prequels which were just dull and full of terrible dialog. Its not just that Luke died, its just the way he died didn't do much for me, thought his character deserved a more fitting finale than just disappearing into thin air like Yoda did in ROTJ. I know he can come back as a force ghost in the next one, but just expected a little more to his character arc than what we got. It just didn't tick all the boxes for me is all and some things I wish they had done a little differently, but its whatever.

My problems with the Last Jedi was that it seemed to troll the audience too much with legitimate questions people had after The Force Awakens What will Luke do now that he has his original lightsaber back? He'll just toss it away because lol. Who are Rey's parents? Oh, they're nobodies. What is Snoke's backstory? No, he doesn't have one.....and now he's dead. Here's Luke to save the day at the last minute, except he's just a projection and then he just dies anyway. Plus it seemed to force jokes in there too often, just because it works with Marvel movies doesn't mean we have to have everybody be snarky in Star Wars too. The original trilogy had some comedic moments too, but it felt more natural and incidental. Finn's going to sacrifice himself to stop that cannon, no just kidding Rose will save him at the last second because "love" And as Mark Hamill has said, Luke was just too much of a departure from who he was in the original trilogy. It was nice that they finally had Leia use the force, but that flying through space bit was pretty cheesy. I get Han Solo's death in TFA, Harrison Ford has wanted that for years. But I didn't think they needed to kill of Luke Skywalker too. I can understand why they didn't do it because they didn't want art imitating life with Carrie Fisher, but if anybody would've made sense to die in this one, it would've been Leia. Now they have to use unused footage to bring her back in Episode IX. They spent too much time on the casino planet and not enough time on parts that would've added to the movie more. I can understand pushing the future, but it felt like they took the "let the past die, kill it if you have to" a little too literally. There was a way to honor the characters from the past and balance it with the present, but it felt they were pushed to the side too much. And ultimately, things felt pretty wrapped up at the end. What are we supposed to anticipate in Episode IX? Rey and Kylo fighting again? Kylo and Hux turning on each other? Lando having a bit part? Cameos from Obi Wan, Anakin, Qui Gon maybe? Phasma dying again? That kid at the end being all grown up and ready to be the new Anakin?

I was just making a half-joking comparison about people wanting an Indian actor to voice Apu on the Simpsons, so the same should hold true for a black actor to voice Cleveland Brown on Family Guy.

Forget that, are they going to get a black guy to voice Cleveland?

Its like someone just snaps their fingers and half the universe disappears.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/billy-dee-williams-return-lando-002011170.html Billy Dee! (please don't kill him off too )

What an absolute shame

Porkins movie or nothing.

It would be an interesting 180 from how the original series ended, but this time Roseanne is dead, while Dan stays alive.

I don't follow the NBA much, but as good of players as there are, the fact that both Eastern and Western conference finals went to 7 games and then the same two teams made the finals for the fourth straight year just feels so scripted. Not saying it is, but man I am sick of both teams.

Just watched the first Star Wars, or a New Hope as I guess its called.

I think American Idol being revived by ABC is the most recent example. Scrubs moved to ABC for its final two seasons. Medium also had its last two seasons on CBS.

Well that didn't take long. Thank you NBC.

In someone related news, Fox is resurrecting Last Man Standing after ABC cancelled it last year. https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/last-man-standing-resurrected-fox-194553456.html According to the article, its partly because of the recent success of the Roseanne reboot and thinking people wanting more "pro-Trump" shows

Fox really must hate live action comedies.I think Married with Children, That 70's Show and New Girl are about the only ones to make it past a handful of seasons. If you're animated they'll usually keep you forever though.

Damn it, oddly enough I had a bad dream last night that it got cancelled, so this feels kinda prophetic in a way. Fox doesn't deserve a show as good as that, hope someone else picks it up and it finds new life. One of the consistently funny shows I've seen since Community ended. I've always liked Andre Braugher since Homicide, but the rest of the cast has been so great as well. Its a damn shame.

Just watched all ten episodes of Cobra Kai last night, its fantastic. They did an amazing job balancing everything, it was funny, it was touching, it was dramatic at the right moments, it was nostalgic, fans of the originals will love it, but newer viewers will be able to enjoy it all the same. There were some great callbacks to the original, they fleshed out the original characters and new characters very well, and a lot of characters are a bit more shades of grey than the originals, but they don't overdo it and make the good guys too evil or the bad guys too nice etc. See, that is how you update a story to modern times without ruining what it was. Very happy with it and ready to watch it all again, really hoping there's another season.

Holy shit. Yeah, that was an experience, completely EPIC and amazing to watch. You can hear/read about it all you want, but you just have to see it to really believe it and take it all in, its that good. Can't wait to see it again. This movie. WOW.

Haven't seen the documentary, so can someone fill me on what the Simpsons creators did that was so offensive other than having a white guy voice an Indian character for 30 years and their recent dismissive attitude about the ensuing controversy? Is there something negative about the way Apu is portrayed they have a problem with (working in a convenience store, having an arranged marriage, having multiple kids, etc.) or is just because they didn't change the voice actor to an Indian person?

Got my tickets for Sunday night, super excited!