I’m open to different species, too. A big slug-like Hutt would be really interesting.

The season one, second episode of The Book of Boba Fett should have been called, “Dances with Sand People.”

If the police want us to stop claiming they are untrustworthy petulant children, they need to stop acting like untrustworthy petulant children.

He sees a Luke Skywalker figurine on the shelf behind him and he moves it to the floor.

As we begin this new year and new decade, most of us are going to be in the midst of taking stock of our lives thus far and the year/decade that just was. And though life can never be a perfectly packaged film, we can make plans to live the next decade with some sort of clarity and purpose. Making plans of this nature is the default human setting unless you’re a sociopath, a nihilist, or Kathleen Kennedy.

• The worst thing about the 2010s decade was the Star Wars sequels.

• The second worst thing about the 2010s decade is the rise of obtuse American division.

My excitement to see Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker is equal to my excitement to see any movie in the theater. Seeing movies in the theater is the only time I drink Cherry Coke, and I’m excited to drink a Cherry Coke.

J.J. – Okay, everyone, The Last Jedi is about to open. Time to break the story for the next and last film in the trilogy. 

Derek – Shouldn’t we see the film first and see what Rian Johnson did?

J.J. – Sitting at this table are the hottest white male middle-aged Hollywood writers who brought the world Justice League, Batman v Superman, the Jurassic Park reboots… We can do whatever we want. If it contradicts anything Rian did, we can fix it by saying Kylo was lying because of the Dark Side. Or time travel. I like time travel a lot. Great way to fix things.

You: I’m trying to find the perfect gift for my Star Wars-obsessed friend/sibling/lover. I don’t know, I guess maybe they’d like a custom lightsaber or something?

Me, an intellectual: Baby Yoda.

George – Instead of freezing Han in carbonite, I want to put him in a refrigerator.