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  • How Bad Is the 1978 ‘Star Wars’ Holiday Special? – The Daily Beast

    The SWHS makes an “Every scene Jar Jar” edit of the prequels sound like an Oscar worthy idea, and the actual prequels an argument for ending the Oscars as said prequels constitute the best films ever made, or even could be made, in any genre in all their aspects. It flattens out the top end…

  • Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer controversy

    Racist jackasses going apeshit over a black stormtrooper. While the EU was jettisoned for the purposes of the new movies storyline, it’s not like they can’t take a few elements from it that work, and expanding the recruiting pool of stormtroopers to normal humans is certainly one I’d see them taking. The Battle of Endor…

  • USS Enterprise NCC 1701-E vs Imperial Star Destroyer

    Nearly any Starfleet vessel back to NX-01 would have similar advantages and disadvantages in this matchup, though not to the same degree as the Sovereign class. The iconic ships from two iconic Science Fiction franchises- who wins?  The TLDR of this- Between mobility in combat as well as rapid intelligence gathering and analysis capabilities, Enterprise…