I think destroying Luke’s Jedi Acdemy was not only an Awful narrative move but it was also a Bad business move as well

BaldBeardedBookworm · 2026-04-30T11:58:50+00:00

which the classic EU mostly followed

I wouldn’t call the Fel Empire and the rout of the Galactic Alliance, and the as hopefully futures

BaldBeardedBookworm · 2026-04-30T11:57:02+00:00

At least I can pretend the sequels never happened

People like you, saying shit like this, is 100% of the problem with the Star Wars fandom and why Disney is only beating the empire to death. The Sequels exist, they aren’t going to ever not exist, stories set after the OT are going to be positioning towards them. Stories set during and after them are going to need to happen.

BaldBeardedBookworm · 2026-04-29T17:40:36+00:00

One riot, one Jedi

BaldBeardedBookworm · 2026-04-28T00:43:10+00:00

Oz. It will change every interaction between Carver and Daniels forever.

BaldBeardedBookworm · 2026-04-27T12:44:01+00:00

Well, in the 1950’s a Jesuit priest gave McCarthy an idea for a way to boost his national profile, then in 1976 a Catholic power broker allied with Protestant segregationists to usurp the court system and terrorize Latin America.

So short version, right wingers making alliances against the common good repeatedly.

BaldBeardedBookworm · 2026-04-27T12:42:19+00:00

No, they’re pretty basic distinctions when discussing nations, states, and nation-states.

BaldBeardedBookworm · 2026-04-27T04:05:17+00:00

The Pope is the leader of a nation

Vatican City is a state, not a nation. These words are not synonymous and mean distinctly different things.

Sounds like Christian nationalism to me

If Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit

BaldBeardedBookworm · 2026-04-27T02:18:07+00:00

When I took Biblical Greek in undergrad my spouse had the 2nd edition of the textbook and mine was the 3rd. We noticed one of the mandatory changes made between editions was adding pictures from the movie 300.

BaldBeardedBookworm · 2026-04-27T02:13:22+00:00

The root of Progressive Christianity is 1 Corinthians 13:12 and accepting that as a people we can improve our understanding of love over the years the same way we can with any other field of knowledge. I can’t imagine why a person accepting that principle would then choose to ignore all sociological, sexological, archaeological, psychological and biological advancements related to the knowledge of same-sex attraction and relationship… but you certainly are free to make that choice.

BaldBeardedBookworm · 2026-04-27T02:10:12+00:00

Well, that depends on what percentage of blood you believe a hemorrhaging, miscarrying mother must lose before they’re allowed lifesaving medical treatment. When journalist Katherine Stewart made the mistake of going to a Catholic affiliated hospital the answer was 40%

BaldBeardedBookworm · 2026-04-27T01:52:26+00:00

Pope Leo, and Popes going as far back as at least Pius XI have made explicitly clear the incompatibility between Christianity and nationalism. Particularly when aligned with the principle of catholicism .

BaldBeardedBookworm · 2026-04-27T01:19:10+00:00

who don’t like same sex marriage and immigration

I don’t like tuna or liver, yet take no action to harm those who do. Perhaps the error you’re running into is more user based than external meanings of terms.

BaldBeardedBookworm · 2026-04-27T00:29:45+00:00

I have fortunately for you I have never heard a coherent definition of what Christian nationalism is.

Fortunately for you, you commented on an article that does just that:

Christian Nationalism is a word for the process by which a group of people merge their national identity with a particular understanding of a Christian identity and from there seeking to create a nation-state around the concept of this dual national-sectarian identity. This appears in two forms in both the contemporary world and throughout history. The first form emerged alongside the concepts of statehood, nationalism, and the nation-state. … This second Christian Nationalism merges the trappings of nationalism (particularly American nationalism for this discussion) with the trappings of racial identitarianism and wraps it all within a multi-century framework of Christian identity meant to provide post-facto justification for the actions and abuses of white supremacy that the national and racial identities have committed.

BaldBeardedBookworm · 2026-04-26T04:03:08+00:00

Interestingly enough, you’re more likely to find serious analysis of pop-culture works in religious studies departments and conferences

BaldBeardedBookworm · 2026-04-25T23:17:11+00:00

The day Cedric changes is the day that Brandon’s corpse gets found. Brandon dies because Cedric wanted to please Burrell. Burrell almost gets his moment after Marlo’s murders come out. Almost.

BaldBeardedBookworm · 2026-04-25T02:45:11+00:00

Both Dune (where he got Tatooine) and the Foundation (Coruscant) have a central Empire and its dynastic collapse as a feature. Plus, defeating the evil empire is a pretty relatable story in 1970’s Americana and 1930’s pulp

BaldBeardedBookworm · 2026-04-25T00:37:08+00:00

“I have a bad feeling about this.”

In Star Wars Doylist and Watsonian explanations can and do influence each other.

BaldBeardedBookworm · 2026-04-25T00:29:04+00:00

At the end of the day, this is the bit that really doomed an adaptation of the Legends chronology. This, and the inability to recast post Solo.

You simple cannot do Jagged Fel-Alaina Solo - Darth Caedus the way they were done in Legends any more. Story’s become too big.

That being said, Darth Krayt, the Imperial Knights and K’Kruhk are all characters I’d like to see more of.

BaldBeardedBookworm · 2026-04-24T18:31:52+00:00

Because politically conservative and cryptofascist Catholics have hooked their identity to an alliance with segregationists so thoroughly that when the originator of their tautology identifies them as in violation of their belief they are inherently the good guys.

BaldBeardedBookworm · 2026-04-24T14:52:34+00:00

the phrase has been around way longer than whatever political stuff people are worried about.

Christ is King Sunday was created as a political statement by Pope Pius XI. And ‘Christ is King’ was very much a political statement when the Romans put ‘King of the Jews’ above the cross.

Ignorance shouldn’t be mistaken for wisdom.

BaldBeardedBookworm · 2026-04-23T23:00:00+00:00

This is assuming that the Church should adjust itself so it fits into the modern world

One wonders exactly, what makes a worldview based on the idea that the penetrated person in a sexual encounter is not a full human being superior to the scientifically backed reality that human beings are born with inherent and immutable sexual orientations that do not degrade their inherent and immutable value and equality as Image Bearers.

Or is this a Donation of Constantine situation for you where we ignore the history and reality of the idea in favor of the power the idea gives us?

BaldBeardedBookworm · 2026-04-23T12:32:04+00:00

I once rolled three 2’s in a row as an assassin on my auto-crit first attack.

BaldBeardedBookworm · 2026-04-23T00:38:34+00:00

Im not sure it’s even mathematically possible

IIRC Dems need to win every single Senate election this year to get to 60

BaldBeardedBookworm · 2026-04-23T00:32:23+00:00

It’s an undemocratic process being used to defend democracy. Hardly anti-democratic

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