My ranking order of 1-7 has definitely changed. I went on preview night with a buddy, then again 2 days ago with my family. There's no way I could have gotten a better reaction from the fam....my son, to no one's surprise, loved it. However, my daughter AND my wife were absolutely floored! They could not stop talking about it...to the point of asking how soon we could go watch it again! The girls know Star Wars, but they are certainly not well-versed in anything. Their reactions have changed my perspective, as did the fantastic new cast. Therefore, my non-fanboy rank is now: 5, 7, 4, 6, 3, 1, 2. Strange, I have always ranked SW (ANH) above ROTJ, yet after watching the OT one more time recently, I feel like ROTJ may move up a notch based on the reactions of my immediate family and how we all felt afterwards.

Just want to document that there are currently 10 Star Wars related threads on the front page.

And now, I present Blackflag's post "Can we talk for a minute about Star Wars Podracing was absolutely horrible?" (Sweet Jesus that is a long title.)

Probably my favorite part:

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They let a nine-year old human race in a Podrace on Tatooine, in the Boona Eve Classic. Why was this allowed? Who runs this cluster****?

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Honestly.

It's like saying Jesus comes back after 3 days is a spoiler. I feel like it's pre-programmed into people when they're born, in America at least.

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My daughter used to butcher the line which I found funny she used to mix it up with Princess Bride and she would say:

"Luke I am your father, prepare to die"...

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That's pretty funny.

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Honestly.

It's like saying Jesus comes back after 3 days is a spoiler. I feel like it's pre-programmed into people when they're born, in America at least.

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Maybe the reveal was so important to this dad he managed to keep it hidden until now?

OH MY GOD THAT WAS THE MOST AWESOME THING EVER

http://www.tickld.com/x/jaw/an-open-letter-from-a-death-star-architect?ts_pid=663&utm_content=inf_10_93_2&utm_source=tickld&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=contentse&tse_id=INF_c62aa944a22b4e5eb76e60201b783e5b

Letter from the designer of Death Star 1

You'll never understand, dad!

See you on the other side ladies and gents!! Just booked my tickets for 830 show tonight!!! Woo hoo!!

Saw the movie 2 days ago and took my mom back this afternoon. Both of us loved it.

Saw the movie twice now, and I feel like I can rejoin this thread and add it back to my watchlist

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Just wanted to say that I got my phone-operated BB-8 for Christmas. Merry Christmas to all!

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Likewise, got a sphero BB8... Super geeked about that

Good news, everyone. General Cracken (presumably still Airen Cracken) has been brought into the canon as leader of the Alliance's intelligence corps. He gets a mention in the junior novel about Leia, Moving Target, as a source of info on Han's carbonite location.

The Kracken

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Good news, everyone. General Cracken (presumably still Airen Cracken) has been brought into the canon as leader of the Alliance's intelligence corps. He gets a mention in the junior novel about Leia, Moving Target, as a source of info on Han's carbonite location.

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Why does this ring a bell with regards to (mental images) an A-Wing, his son desperately seeking approval; covert ops; wraith squadron, maybe?

Wasn't he also featured in the PC game "Rebellion"? Liked that guy.

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Good news, everyone. General Cracken (presumably still Airen Cracken) has been brought into the canon as leader of the Alliance's intelligence corps. He gets a mention in the junior novel about Leia, Moving Target, as a source of info on Han's carbonite location.

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Why does this ring a bell with regards to (mental images) an A-Wing, his son desperately seeking approval; covert ops; wraith squadron, maybe?

Wasn't he also featured in the PC game "Rebellion"? Liked that guy.

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Pash Cracken is his son and he was in fact a hot-shot A-Wing pilot. He eventually transferred to Rogue Squadron for a brief period and was part of the infiltration of Coruscant to help the Alliance take back the galactic capital.

I feel like I am old, I can't figure out how to operate my BB-8. Like I have the application but the controls don't seem to operate them effectively. Any advice?

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I feel like I am old, I can't figure out how to operate my BB-8. Like I have the application but the controls don't seem to operate them effectively. Any advice?

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It takes a little getting used to. You can swipe the little droid on the right side of the screen until you see the blue light on BB-8 itself line up with you and your phone. That will calibrate the controls.

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I feel like I am old, I can't figure out how to operate my BB-8. Like I have the application but the controls don't seem to operate them effectively. Any advice?

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It takes a little getting used to. You can swipe the little droid on the right side of the screen until you see the blue light on BB-8 itself line up with you and your phone. That will calibrate the controls.

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This... Once the blue light is pointed at you, the left hand controls are relative to your position.

Unfortunately I won't let my 8 year old nephew near my toy (he has a knack for breaking things) and the rest live out of town. So the next youngest is me. I think I'm figuring it out.

Thanks this helps! I have learned if you have dust bunnies on the floor the head will find them in the little head wheels

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What do you think is happening in this brand new piece of Star Wars fan art? Will that X-wing ever fly again? Will that R2-unit find a friend? This is the work of Emmanuel Shiu (Game of Thrones, Star Trek), whose work we've featured before, and we're stoked to premiere this picture exclusively at io9.

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http://io9.gizmodo.com/a-sad-r2-unit-waits-in-the-x-wing-graveyard-1750132363