Sequel Trilogy appreciation post 💙✨

FUN FACT: I NEVER miss a movie that has "GROGU" in the title. #MustSee 👀

Happy new Star Wars movie weekend, ForceCenter friends! And thanks to all who helped us reach our goal of 407 paid patrons on Patreon by the film's release! We're recording our deep dive discussion over the weekend. Until then here's a pic where it seems like Din Djarin is unsure of my photo pose

I don’t believe in star ratings or number scores, but here’s seven paragraphs of non-spoiler thoughts. *Please do not spoil anything for anyone in the replies. Be respectful.*

No matter what you think of the NBA these days, I think we can all agree that Mike Breen is the greatest NBA announcer of all time. I just heard him say "It's bedlam here at the Garden!" and it legitimately brought a tear to my eye. Such passion for the game. ❤️

Pedro Pascal is a fan of the Star Wars sequel trilogy. “I loved it.” (Source: youtube.com/shorts/H8qf_...)

I can deal with Greek yogurt being in "healthy" recipes because it's not that bad. Where I draw the line is cottage cheese. Cheese? Bad enough. Cottage cheese? Walk into the sun.

I just gushed on Instagram about this and how well you wrote Rise and Light of the Jedi. I still haven't read Vader from 2017 or Legacy of Vader but its mostly because of time and money. I can't wait to read all of it. You now have your own comic trilogy with Kylo/Ben and that's special 🎉

We loved a lot about The Mandalorian and Grogu. Grogu is especially charming and the action is great. We have a LOT of thoughts but it was great to see Star Wars on the big screen again. Full review coming next week!

Anyone saying that *nearly* 4 years between seasons makes this an unsustainable and "bad" show are willingly ignoring multiple factors that took place during all that time: 2023 writers strike Ray Stevenson's passing Filoni's promotion to CCO in late 2023 Filoni's promotion to President this year

Once again, the worst thing about the NBA being back on NBC is Reggie Miller.

Everyone's performances in Maul: Shadow Lord are great. Especially Sam Witwer as Maul (shocking, I know). But I think my favorite line delivery is Gideon Adlon's line as Devon Izara in the finale: "I will kill HIM!" The effect they put on the "HIM" is bone chilling. And her delivery felt raw. 😮‍💨

“This franchise is NOT for kids!” - guy who got into it when he was 8.

My daughter's favorite movies are KPop Demon Hunters and Encanto. Mostly for the music but I noticed that her eyes are glued to the opening scene of Encanto and she even smiles like 10 times during it. It's very cute.

Seeing everyone turn on Austin Reaves because he had 1 bad game is incredibly annoying

In case you haven't, go back and watch/listen to ForceCenter's deep dives on ALL 10 episodes of M:SL. And then go back and do the same for ALL the Disney+ shows and the Sequels and Rogue One and Solo. Just check everything out. You won't regret it if you're normal.

If you’re an adult, in a public forum, who took the time to celebrate Star Wars this week, but you don’t ever speak out about anything that the stories explore, sociopolitically, or just morally, then I don’t think you deserve to be taken seriously. Extract the ideas and be helpful. It’s possible.

I need a Funko Pop or a Black Series (or both) of Master Eeko-Dio Daki.

Now we know... Anakin Skywalker would have put BELT TO CYBERNETIC ASS with Maul had he and Obi-Wan showed up on Mandalore instead of Ahsoka.

Happy Star Wars Day! | May the 4th be with you | #starwars #maythe4thbewithyou #starwarsreels #reels #starwarsday

May the Fourth be with you! Maul Chapter 9 reaction: youtu.be/59JydGCGfeY Chapter 10 will drop later! Darth Maul comic reaction: youtu.be/Bda6qVET52M

I love you too! MTFBWY and long live the ST. They can pry it from my cold dead hands!

Thinking about Star Wars Insider, and The Star Wars Show, and Rebels Recon, and This Week in Star Wars, and Mads’ Props, and Our Star Wars Stories, and The High Republic Show, and The SWS Book Club, and Science & Star Wars, and full junkets, and behind-the-scenes docs, and website features, and—

THE LAST JEDI and THE RISE OF SKYWALKER actually work together quite nicely if you don’t have entitled clowns & snark merchants angrily yelling regurgitated talking points in your ear. They wanna fall all over themselves to tell us what IX “retcons” (a now useless term), but there’s so much payoff.

Ultimately, Maul embodies the idea that you can know something with full certainty, and you can focus on it with all your might, but it doesn’t mean you’re actually learning anything. Acting on information and processing a truth are not the same thing. Once again, a George thesis statement shines:

For reference:

Disney+ team, there is still time to remove TROS Kylo from the TLJ May the 4th banner. I doubt anyone there actually cares, but it’s causing me physical pain. Thank you for your time. (It’s like that popular fan poster for TROS that gives TLJ grey outfit Rey the yellow saber. 🤬🤬🤬)

This is a *huge* episode if you’re like me and you love geeking out about the locations of fights, and the times of day in which certain fights take place. Light, fog, and vegetation. They’re working in perfect synchronization with the choreography and the score (which was awesome). #MaulShadowLord

Loved the #MaulShadowLord finale. Brilliant work. A thrilling way to end this thoughtful pressure cooker of a story arc. Gorgeous visuals that feel like the peak of LFL Animation (thus far), Gideon Adlon rocking it with her season-best performance, and the themes all boiling over in the best ways.

Does Şengün have to scream after every fucking contested shot attempt?

I've never seen LeBron get blocked like that. Good defensive play.

Happy “euphoria” by Kendrick Lamar day to all who celebrate

#StarWarsCelebration LA officially adds Hayden Christensen, Ian McDiarmid, Anthony Daniels, Dee Bradley Baker, and Michelle Ang to its celebrity guest list! 🎉 buff.ly/DjCkdLM

Coming Monday May 4th - the annual complete Star Wars canon timeline video is almost here! This year it's clocking in at around 2 hours and 10 minutes...AND there are 8 hidden Cerveza Cristal easter eggs in it 👀

The Lakers should have ended this on Sunday. I predicted LA in 5. They need to embarass Houston in front of their fans on Friday.

Now TONIGHT was a bad LeBron game. 10 points and again, 8 turnovers. But this series ends on Wednesday.

People hating on LeBron for having 8 turnovers last night (which isn't great) while being the 1st option in this series so far, sending the game into OT, and the Lakers winning when KD literally had 9 turnovers in Game 2, was useless in the 2nd half and the Rockets lost the game is crazy.

LeBron Raymone James.

LEBRON JAMES TIES THE GAME AT 101 🤯 WE ARE GOING TO OVERTIME ‼️

Bron took his normal rest in the 1st Q. KD played the whole 1st Q. And the Rockets still lost the Q by 7. That told me what this game was. And then KD ends the game with 9 TOs. Marcus Smart stepped up huge. Luke Kennard with another 20+ point game. Lakers in 5.

@blindwave.com where are the Maul reactions?

From the set of #ManofTomorrow. Shooting now.

Actor Wagner Moura says he’s ready to play Brander Lawson in live-action: “I would love to play him live action. I don’t see this happening, but if it does, I would love to… I think he’s a very well-written character. You know, it’s a deep dude. I think he would be a great live-action character.”

THE KING WAS IN COMMAND IN GAME 1. 👑 19 points 👑 8 rebounds 👑 13 assists 👑 2 steals 👑 9-15 shooting 👑 game-high +11 LeBron and the Lakers will seek a 2-0 series lead Tuesday at 10:30 PM ET on NBC and Peacock!

Luke Kennard went OFF tonight.

This is now THE trailer for the film, in my heart. Good lord. Teared up, fist pumped, smiled ear to ear. Clan Mudhorn forever, man. 💚 An emphasis on generational change! The Grogu coming-of-age arc! The fact that their story is becoming folkloric! #TheMandalorianAndGrogu youtu.be/uwild1rw7Aw?...

“We should have never doubted George Lucas.” No, YOU should have never doubted George Lucas. YOU, with your Clinton era angst. 🫵🏻 Don’t drag us prequel kids into your shenanigans.

Superman at rest.

Love this observation, but I loved it even more when I heard it on @forcecenterpod.bsky.social countless times over the last decade. (Down to the same framing device and everything.) Best Star Wars pod in the game. Get on it!

The 2025-26 NBA Scoring Champion... Luka Dončić! 🪄 2nd scoring title in last 3 seasons 🪄 6th active player with multiple scoring titles 🪄 3rd season averaging 32+ PPG 🪄 5th Laker in franchise history to win scoring title 🪄 1st Laker to win scoring title since Kobe in 2006-07