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JadedSkywalker said:
It’s like they don’t think other fantasy exists.

This is what I don’t get. There is such a treasure trove of amazing fantasy (and scifi!) material, dating back at least half a century…how come we have to keep recycling the same handful of stories and characters? Is it really that difficult to take any sort of risk?

It’s cool, but I still prefer onecase’s MOC:

https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-15881/onecase/executor-class-star-dreadnought/#details

Mould King’s version of this MOC (13134) has more pieces than the Lego set and costs a fraction of it…

Oh wow, I had already completely forgotten this was announced. Smells like vaporware…

The prequels. By quite a margin.

I have a lot of nostalgia for them, just because I was a kid when they came out. I didn’t care about the politics, and I think the fact that the movies are just stupid in some regard actually worked in their favor when it came to kids. Even watching them now, I feel very fond of this or that scene - you can make fun of the dumb ones, call out the memes that some of them spawned…despite all their issues, watching the prequels is fun.

The sequels, on the other hand…I really wonder if, in 20 years, people who saw them as kids are going to feel the same way about them. I could see TFA ‘holding up’, since there are a lot parallels to the original, but the other two…they’re not as quirky as the prequels, they don’t have the OT’s charme. They are, in some regards, painfully forgettable.

JadedSkywalker said:

What we should have is set with original poster art. So it features, Luke, Han and Leia. The Droids potentially. Obviously, Darth Vader or Yoda.

Ooooh, this is a great idea. Would love to see that.

I’ve been on a Murakami-kick lately. His work is unlike any other I’ve read before, which makes it very intriguing to me. Of the ones I’ve read, aside from Norwegian Wood, which is a somewhat regular love story, they’ve all started off like any other book, but ended up describing a fantastical/magical world. I’d almost say they’re comparable to the journeys of characters in Miyazaki’s Studio Ghibli movies. Would highly recommend!

JadedSkywalker said:

Unless BBC is making big cuts and intends to cancel Doctor Who.

Which would be idiotic, of course. But looking at some of their decisions over the last couple of years, it’s not outside the realm of possibility.

oojason said:

Something that caught my eye in the last few weeks was the seemingly extortionate price of the coming ‘Int-4 mini-rig’ - originally listed for US $52 - yet later increased to US $79.99 (or US $120 in the UK; when the currency is converted).

Oh, if you think that’s bad, better not take a look at Lego Star Wars…$1000/€1000/£900 for the latest (terrible!) Death Star 75419. $30/€30/£25 for a tiny, 92-piece N-1 Starfighter. They’re out of their minds.

WOW. What an amazing project. Thank you so much for posting this! Great to see that after years of work, you’re still making progress!

Same here. I can’t really see myself reading these, although I’m very interested to see what the general consensus is going to be.

It was bound to happen sooner or later, but I’m not sure how to feel about this…

https://www.marvel.com/articles/comics/star-wars-marvel-hope-assembles-crossover-comic-series-january-2027

“To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Star Wars, Marvel Comics and Lucasfilm Publishing unveiled Star Wars/Marvel: Hope Assembles, the first-ever crossover between the two beloved franchises launching in January 2027. Penned by pop culture icon Kevin Smith and drawn by Uncanny X-Men (2024) superstar David Marquez, the historic five-issue limited series assembles heroes and villains from both universes in a single story for the first time. As the Avengers, Spider-Man, and more team up with the iconic Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Han Solo, and Chewbacca, Doctor Doom will ally himself with the likes of Darth Vader and the Galactic Empire.”

Hey everyone, I was a long-time accountless reader here, but finally signed up a couple of months ago after the site became restricted due to scraping. Like many, I originally found out about the forums through Harmy’s work.

I’ve been a lifelong fan of SW - but being too young to have seen the OT at the cinema, I remember watching it on VHS tapes that my parents had recorded on TV. Later, when the prequels came out, my dad took me to the cinema to see them. Lots of fond memories.

I look forward to partaking in discussions here, for a change!

oojason said:
And I thought ‘Star Wars Legends: The Newspaper Strips Omnibus’ a couple of months back was expensive:

I’ve had my eye on both of these, but I just can’t really justify the price - especially since the heft of these hardcovers makes them so uncomfortable to read, anyway. At least, going purely by weight, the Comic Library is a great deal compared to the Newspaper Strips - 5.58kg vs 2.28kg…

GHz-Man said:
90%+ of people will stop watching 4K77 once these are released officially.

Some people do prefer the grainy print look, but most don’t.

This is probably true, but the remaining 10% will be very vocal about the issues they see in the official release. I can imagine new preservation projects popping up, taking parts from both 4K77 and the official release.