Originally there was speculation that this High Republic era was going to be set 400 years before the prequels, so fans were speculating a young or middle-aged knight Yoda might be in play. Unlikely - by the time he died Yoda had been a Master for the best part of 800 years, so you'd have to go a l...

There's also the issue that "a thousand years" is a fairly imprecise time period. The statement that "no foreign power has successfully invaded the British Isles for a thousand years" is (if you ignore the Dutch) roughly accurate, even though the precise figure is a bit over 953 ...

Beeb 'First Middle-earth scholar' Christopher Tolkien dies Christopher Tolkien, who edited and published the posthumous works of his father, Lord of the Rings writer JRR Tolkien, has died aged 95. The news was confirmed by the Tolkien Society, which described him as "Middle-earth's first schol...

AlexMcpherson79 wrote:Obviously he'd not visited Worsley, Manchester. Here on google maps.

Or Swindon

McAvoy wrote:I also wouldn't say Dukat is evil either until starts messing around with the Pah Wraiths.

His behaviour as Prefect of Bajor says otherwise - don't forget that he was Gul Darhe'el's boss, and did absolutely nothing to even rein him in.

RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:Oh, wow. That's some straight-up 1984 shit right there.

No - 1984 shit would be adding an extra to an X-Wing finger-four formation.

It's certainly an interesting theory - one I've heard before, with the exception of Lazenby and Moore being the same individual. The latter adjustment would certainly explain Moore's Bond reacting the most aggressively when her death is mentioned. The key issues as I see them are a) Leiter's referen...

Nutso wrote:Entitled “Ode to Spot”

Alternate title: "Welcome, Mr. Bond"

Previous Bonds have generally been very standalone movies. Not completely so - you get M and Q and Moneypenny and Blofeld and such, but for the most part any given Bond movie is separate from any other. There have been a few direct references beyond the main central characters - You Only Live Twice...

I'm not sure if I just don't remember, but do we even know who "The Last Jedi" is supposed to be? I mean, shouldn't we know that after the film that has that as the title? But you could argue that it's Luke, or maybe Rey given that they seem not to want to bother with the whole training t...

Well his fanbase literally thinks 'Trump was chosen by God'. Which is ironic considering, that is literally what European kings and queens said to justify their reign. Particularly ironic given that one of those kings ruled the country the USA rebelled against. :lol: * 20 January 2025 * Ladies and ...

Graham Kennedy wrote:We're here, folks. I want my Replicant, dammit!

Wait your turn - my hoverboard's already four years late.

IanKennedy wrote:Hoping to see the Northern Lights.

8pm on Sunday.

Leia was implied to be an Action!Princess, though we dont get much view of anything really. Other than leaving Han and Luke in charge of rescuing her for all of about ten seconds, and having to be dragged out of the Hoth command centre about ten seconds ahead of the Stormtroopers' arrival after bar...

IanKennedy wrote:I don't get how the pendulum touches the sand at the outside of the dish. It looks flat in the pictures and the pendulum would have to be higher at the outer reaches of it's swing.

I think the pendulum is just responsible for the rose in the centre - the rest is vibration through the table.