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 Look, I love Star Wars as much as anyone (maybe far too much more than anyone.  But what came out of the Disney Investor Event a few days ago worries me:

Ten… count ’em TEN… new Star Wars projects going on for the next few years.  Those are in addition to The Mandalorian.  Most of these are likewise going to be streaming series on the Disney+ service.  Ahsoka and Rangers of the New Republic are said to be spinoffs of The Mandalorian.  We knew that Obi-Wan Kenobi was coming (it begins filming next month) as well as the series about Andor from the movie Rogue One.  Ditto the animated series about the Bad Batch (introduced in the final season of The Clone Wars).

Do we really need… or were we at all asking for… a series about young Lando Calrissian though?  No offense to Donald ...

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Awright, we could all use some laughter right now, no matter who you are.  And in the past few days I’ve come across some really good videos worth sharing.

First there’s this parody of “Sweet Child O’ Mine”, performed by Guns N Helmets featuring Axl Rose Grogu aka “Baby Yoda”:

And then there is this fine piece of work: heavy metal guitar accompanying televangelist Kenneth Copeland (who has always been pretty creepy to me):

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Disclaimer: Adam Smith is a friend of mine.  He’s not paying to advertise his product on The Knight Shift and I didn’t ask for any compensation whatsoever either.  I’m only sharing this because… well, because it’s kewl!  And sharing cool stuff is just how I roll on this blog.

Inspired by the hit Disney+ series Star Wars: The Mandalorian, Adam has forged the “New Beskar Steel” iPhone Case and Cover.  Imitating the much-coveted metal sought by the tribe and just about everybody else, the New Beskar Steel case looks like a real ingot of Mandalorian alloy.  And it will probably do just as well in protecting your iPhone from anything shy of an E-Web blaster cannon.  Complete with rich lustrous sheen and stamp indicating its previous imperialish possessor.  Admittedly it won’t make for much of a full-metal pauldron but if you need a real pauldron anyway, you’ve got ...

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My friends, I know of no more proper way to put this: The Mandalorian is the best thing to happen to the Star Wars saga since the original trilogy.  For the first time in a way, waaaaaay long time there was that same sense of broad-brushed wonder that we were assaulted with in Episode IV: A New Hope.  And I started getting that vibe just within the first five minutes or so of the first episode, dubbed simply “Chapter One”.

It only got better from there.  And that’s beside the point of getting a canon in-universe name for the toilet (and getting to see one, something I think only Babylon 5 has shown us in the entire annals of science-fiction).  And of at last seeing what an IG droid looks like in action.  And carbon freezing up close and personal.  And that uberly cute ehhhh… “asset” in the final ...

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Look, it’s NOT like this blog has become a red-headed stepchild to me.  Naw naw naw, far from it!  Hey, this site has now transpired across fully one-third of my entire lifespan (and hoping it will keep going on for many more thirds, or halfs, or 99.44% and that’s without using cryonics).  And Lord knows, there’s been plenty to muse about in the past few months.

So, what’s gone on that kept all two of my faithful readers on tenterhooks waiting for their friend and humble narrator to return?  In a word: “life”.

See, I was involved in one very hectic task for six months.  One that I’m going to be thankful for having for a very long time to come.  And right on the heels of that came something that has already become the most fulfilling and rewarding career that I have ever had and one that I could ...

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