re: Imperial Internet

I think of it kind of like the early Internet, where you might be able to telnet to one server, then telnet from there to another server, then download a file by FTP to that one, then figure out how to get it from the second telnet server to the first, and then download it at the computer lab and save it to a disk you can carry home because you only have dial-up at home (but meanwhile you can carry on a live phone call with someone in the same room as the original FTP server). #

What is Yoda’s syntax in other languages?

What is Yoda’s syntax in other languages?

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May the Fourth Be With You

May the Fourth Be With You.

@casualCosplayKatie@Instagram.com as Cloud City Princess Leia.

#StarWars #PrincessLeia #MayTheFourth #Cosplay (sorta)

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#MayTheFourth be with you! https://www.instagram.com/p/BxDaMyMJ8-6/

May the Fourth Be With You! @CasualCosplayKatie: Easiest #princessleiahair by a long shot. Now with full ‘bound outfit (even if I’m not bound anywhere today)!

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Review: Star Wars: The Last Jedi

I learned long ago that “things happened that I didn’t like” and “it was badly made” are two different complaints about a movie. And while a lot of stuff happened that I didn’t like, it was interesting and creative in a way that Star Wars hasn’t been able to be in decades. We knew where the prequels were heading, we knew where Rogue One was heading, and The Force Awakens followed essentially the same plot beats as A New Hope.

It’s dark, yes – but not really much darker than Revenge of the Sith, another film that features the slow, inexorable snuffing out of hope by a powerful galactic-sized force, leaving only a handful of heroes at the end. But with RotS, we knew things would get better (eventually). This time, we get a triumphant return at the end, and a hint at a better future in the epilogue.

The Last Jedi made it possible for Star Wars to be surprising again, and unless Episode IX goes out of its way to reject it (or even if it does), I suspect it’ll be received better in the long run than it has been in the moment.

So let’s bury this bullshit about how women didn’t grow up on Star Wars.

angermonkey:

pentag0nal:

This is my friend TJ, wearing a costume she made for Halloween, 1977.  She was 16 at the time.

Now, keep in mind: there was no internet to search for images.  She could not have rented and paused the movie, because it wasn’t released on video until 1982.  No, TJ just went to the movie a bunch of times, took notes with a flashlight, drew a bunch of sketches, and put this together.

In 19-fucking-77.  So let’s bury this bullshit about how women didn’t grow up on Star Wars.

Some dude tried to explain why TLJ is an insult to real fans and since I liked it I wasn’t a real fan and SON, I GOT A DOT MATRIX PRINT OUT OF Star Wars: New Hope, The Journal of the Whills, Part 1 IN A DRAWER SOMEWHERE, COME AT ME.

My mother is 74 years old and knows what a Corellian blood stripe is. The ladies have been here the whole time.

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Every time someone complains about the Canto Bight storyline being pointless I have to wonder if they left the movie early and missed the final scene.

Every time someone complains about the Canto Bight storyline being pointless I have to wonder if they left the movie early and missed the final scene.

The last scene shows the spark of hope taking hold. Removing Canto Bight removes the epilogue, which leaves an unremittingly bleak story, bleaker than Revenge of the Sith…but only because we already knew where RoTS had to go.

Star Wars: The Last Jedi Thoughts – It’s Complicated.

We’ve tried to introduce J to Star Wars a few times

We’ve tried to introduce J to Star Wars a few times over the years, but while he’s liked the toys, he’s never really been interested in the movies…Until now. A few weeks back we watched A New Hope (*we* wanted to watch it, he could go do something else if he wanted) and he stayed through the whole thing. Then over the weekend we asked if he wanted to watch “the next Star Wars movie,” and he did. That night I read him the two ROTJ stories out of the 5-minute Star Wars book to assure him that yes, things do get better for the good guys. He also had questions about why Darth Vader started to follow the dark side. Tonight, he asked to watch the next movie, and while we didn’t have time for the whole thing, we suggested we could watch up through the rescue from Jabba’s palace. Paused at takeoff from Tattooine, no freak-outs. We’re going to pick up where we left off tomorrow night!

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