Bill Farrand

@aakashgupta I’m all for this. The sequel trilogy sucked. Just look at how much better The Mandalorian covered the post “Return of the Jedi” period. Recast Luke and Leia and use Alden Ehrenreich as Han and follow their stories post ROTJ.

Disney is about to delete five years of canon because Rey doesn't move toys. The sequel trilogy did $4.47B at the box office. Force Awakens $2.07B, Last Jedi $1.33B, Rise of Skywalker $1.07B. The merchandise tells a different story. Star Wars merchandise peaked at $700M in 2015 when Force Awakens launched. By 2019, the year Rise of Skywalker shipped with a billion-dollar marketing push as the supposed finale of the Skywalker Saga, Hasbro's Star Wars line was doing roughly $150M. A 70%+ collapse during the trilogy's own theatrical run. Then 2020 happened. No new movies. A streaming show legally unavailable in most international markets. Hasbro's Star Wars revenue grew 70% year-over-year. One character named Grogu outsold three years of sequel-trilogy merchandise. The sequel cast specifically can't move inventory at any price point. Rey, Finn, Poe, Rose, Holdo: Walmart clearance for years. Diamond Select's president said sales on TFA and TLJ products "were not too strong." Hasbro silently stopped producing Rise of Skywalker figures mid-line. There is no mass-market action figure for Poe, Finn, Lando, unmasked Kylo, Palpatine, or Leia from that movie. The licensees gave up before the trilogy finished releasing. The Lucasfilm acquisition was a $4.05B bet on the merchandise flywheel that built modern Hollywood toy licensing. Kenner's best year selling Original Trilogy toys, adjusted for inflation, outperformed the entire Disney era combined. That's the asset Disney bought. Galaxy's Edge runs the same play. Over $1B per park to build a Star Wars land set on a sequel-era planet nobody cared about. Both parks underperformed projections. The Mandalorian-themed expansion now under construction is the admission. If the rumor lands, this is the most expensive retcon in entertainment history. Five years of IP development written off because the licensees voted with their order books. Luke, Han, Leia, Vader, Boba, Mando, Grogu, Ahsoka generate revenue. The sequel cast generates returns.

Just shameful that the US is not sharing the burden in the greatest fight for freedom of our lifetimes. Canada is now a more consequential leader of the free world than the US. Hope this changes in the future.

Trump is a Russian asset. The proof of that is not just that Trump has spent the last 40 years living in Kremlin honeypots, or that he was elected with the help of Kremlin linked cash, staff, black ops, trolls, etc. The proof is that he is working to destroy NATO and Ukraine, the Kremlins two top priorities.

John Glenn's legacy reaches beyond space. As a senator, he built a reputation for integrity, pragmatism, and bipartisanship. He worked across party lines to advance science, accountability, and public trust in our government. We've gotta get back to that.

@JonahDispatch What a despicable piece of human debris

Ffs

@SciGuySpace Hopefully they continue to oppose the slashing of science in the proposed budget.

At Senate Appropriations hearing for NASA today I found it remarkable that Alabama Sen. Katie Britt fulsomely praised Jared Isaacman weeks after he canceled the Exploration Upper Stage. Tells you he has worked hard to build relationships with Senators.

@MarvelComicsHQ Really sad news… I started reading Marvel Comics in the ‘70s and he wrote a lot of great stories.

On behalf of his family, we are sad to share that Gerry Conway has passed away. Gerry was a tremendous icon in comics who shaped pop culture itself. He was a dear friend, partner, and mentor, and our hearts are with his family and the millions he touched through his work.

@CGasparino How in God’s name is “the Resistance” a call to violence??? It just means political resistance. If you want a picture of violence look at the January 6 storming of the Capitol!

What people like this conveniently forget (or ignore) is that the MINUTE Trump was ELECTED president in 2016, the opposition called themselves "The Resistance," which in of itself is a call to violence

@RichLowry What the Hell happened to you?

Donald Trump, once again, has demonstrated coolness under literal fire. There’s no doubt that he’s one of the most indomitable figures in American political history.

@McFaul All the other countries should not attend if Putin is there

There is nothing surprising about Trump inviting Putin to the G20 summit. From ending aid to Ukraine, blocking Ukraine's membership into NATO, lifting sanctions on Russian oil, or pressuring Zelenskyy to give Donbas to Putin, Trump always sides with Putin. So, tragic. So, wrong.

just wonderful

"An extinction-level event can be thought of as a sudden, external calamity wiping out a given species. For the dinosaurs, it was the Chicxulub impactor. For NASA’s science program, it very well may be the FY 2027 Presidential Budget Request." Read more on the FY 2027 NASA Budget Request from our Chief of Space Policy, Casey Dreier: planetary.org/articles/analy…

Not sure which infuriates me more, Trump and Hegseth’s limitless stupidity and incompetence or this reckless and dangerous draining of our national ordinance magazine… Iran War Has Drained U.S. Supplies of Critical, Costly Weapons nytimes.com/2026/04/23/us/… via @NYTimes

@MonicaCrowley Fact check: FALSE!

From Day One, everything they have thrown at President Trump has been a hoax.

Shame on us. I think of the brave Afghans that stood alongside us against the Taliban, especially those I worked with personally during my four years in command of the NATO mission there. It is incomprehensible to me that we would not bring them here to the United States, fulfilling the most fundamental obligations of trust and honor. nytimes.com/2026/04/21/wor…

What a truly evil way to treat people who risked their lives for the United States

Mars rover carries out chemistry experiment never done beyond Earth, discovers more building blocks of life. cbsn.ws/3OjGtgl

Glad to hear this. The Trump budget for planetary science is a kill shot.

@fandompulse I agree 100%

Pop culture commentator Peachy Keenan claims Disney destroyed the original Star Wars characters legacy: "Then reality struck: they made a trilogy that destroyed the OG characters. They elevated an insufferably annoying mary sue girl boss, added a pathetic loser son of Han, a divorced Leia and Han, a disillusioned and bitter Luke, and then killed Luke, Han, and Leia." Why did Disney do this?

@marvel_updat3s Glad to hear that they will be using the original five X-Men and especially glad that Wolverine won’t be in it. We’ve had too much of him.

New reported details on the MCU’s ‘X-MEN’ movie: • The original 5 X-Men will be the main team, with 3 more members. • Wolverine will not be part of the team. • Will feature a younger cast that grows over time. • Will feature a coming-of-age story. • Lineup won’t be as big as the one in ‘X-Men ‘97’ (Via: thecosmiccircus.com/alex-perez-apr…)