As much as we want to get these stories out, we also want to ensure we're not spreading any misinformation. So please call us out on it.

A common reminder I should have mentioned in our discussion - Jack and I are not experts on these topics, just people who have personal and witnessed experiences around them and follow them closely.

But if you have more insight or especially corrections to anything we talk about, please share!

Interesting choice of example. 😬

Very good points!

I gotta find the disc, as I realized it's one of those that was still physical... 😛

I've never even installed it on my PS5...

I was just thinking rather than a season 2 maybe they should give us a movie, like Mando.

Not gonna hold my breath though. 😐

Commented and reiterated that this will cost disabled lives, especially given increased spread and mutation without widespread vaccine use.

Maybe I should have included increases in disability itself, and the related cost to the government and economy, since that's all they seem concerned with.

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You immediately came to mind. 😀

I've seen a couple of posts about them being available later, including one from the official account yesterday. Just not clear where or when.

They're going for like $60 on eBay. How much were they at Celebration, in USD?

I NEED the balloon driver.

Did you get it at Celebration? I saw the exclusive version from there Celebration, but apparently they're releasing it more broadly? I can never find where to buy any of these online.

Agree with this. But also heads-up - lots of us having trouble getting it to load reliably tonight. Apparently D+ didn't anticipate the demand...

With a Disney+ loading screen..? 😛

Well, resilience is in our name but we cover Star Wars. 😀

But we've been talking about branching out for especially noteworthy stories that cross over, so it might be a good opportunity for us to share a story like his.

Again, doesn't solve the exploitative writing, but Andor does represent an opportunity to provide more context and maybe lessen the impact of treating these disabled characters as disposable for the story.

We'll see tonight, and I'll probably have more plenty more thoughts to share after.

- Greg

* See also: Saw. Hopefully we'll also see some exploration of his state in these final few days before choosing not to try and save his own life. We have gotten more context for his ailments this season, so maybe we'll see how that plays into his story in this last arc.

Ideally we'll see more of the "Terrible things on behalf of the Rebellion" that he and others have done. Then at least then murdering Tivik will no longer be an unfortunate standalone writing decision that just uses the death of a disabled person to further a main character's story. *

They can't really make up for all the ableism in the writing of Rogue One, but they can at least qualify some of the worst acts shown and creative decisions made in that movie by making sure one of its main protagonists reaches his lowest point, validating the redemption he finds in that movie.

This includes just posting images from it. Especially about KEY moments.

Or sharing headlines with previews that do the same.

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