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A few days ago I became an uncle.  Yaaaay me!  Okay, she was born to my best friend from college but the two of us are “brothers from other mothers” if there ever is such a thing.  I’m still going to be “Uncle Chris” and I plan on playing the eccentric relative bit to the hilt where the little lady is concerned.  What more could a kid possibly want?

Anyway, while Weird Ed and his lovely wife and their freshly-decanted spawn were basking in the first hours of being a beautiful family together, Yours Truly felt that  some measure of celebration was in order.  And what better way to mark the occasion than by seeing Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker for the fourth time?

The dovetailing of all that has come before, the symmetry, the complementing… it’s a beautiful thing to behold.  Despite initial impressions that the ...

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WARNING:  This post deals with matters pertaining to Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker, which hit theaters less than 48 hours ago.  There WILL be spoilers openly discussed so if you aren’t one to have the experience of seeing the movie for yourself ruined for you (take the hint: go see it, now now now!) don’t read what I’m about to write.  It is ONLY for those who have already seen The Rise of Skywalker and want to discuss a fairly major element of that movie and the entire “sequel” trilogy as a whole.

No, seriously.  I mean it.  Stop reading if you don’t want The Rise of Skywalker spoiled for you.

Still here?

Okay, let it be on your own head.  Here we go…

Let’s talk about Snoke.  The late Supreme Leader of the First Order who was infamously bisected by his main boy ...

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It’s Supreme Leader Snoke set to “Just A Gigolo” by David Lee Roth! You’ll never look at your Star Wars action figures the same way again…

The idea has been accreting throughout my neurons since at least April. Guess I had no choice but to do something about it. Made on my iPad Pro, took about 11 hours not counting breaks for dinner and playing with Tammy the Pup. Finished just before 4 this morning.

Dear Dave and Disney: please don’t sue me!!!!!...

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Had to get a few supplies yesterday and on a lark I went to the Star Wars toys to ogle the stuff from the upcoming Solo movie.  The timing was fortuitous apparently because some fresh figures had just been put on the pegs including… gasp!… one of the new Supreme Leader Snoke 3.75 scale figs!

“AYYYYYY ain’t got no-BAAAH-day!”

Ever since The Force Awakens I’ve been wanting a Snoke action figure.  Most of my own Star Wars collection got sold a few years ago before I left North Carolina.  The thing about collecting Star Wars: you don’t need to get everything.  Just whatever interests you.  Some collect nothing but Artoo-Detoo memorabilia, others for Yoda and some are into Darth Vader.  Snoke has intrigued me from the moment I saw him and now my new collection is complete for now.

But in all seriousness…

EVERY time I see a ...

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