‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ Really Blew the Ending – CNET

For me, the presence of the Emperor highlighted a missed storytelling opportunity. Liam Neeson’s appearance as Qui-Gon Jinn carried some emotional weight because it symbolized Obi-Wan’s reconnection to the Force. But Vader hadn’t changed, so the Emperor’s cameo is pointless.…

Octavia Butler on the Meaning of God

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Another century hence, another prophet of the ages saw, and named, the underlying truth beneath these truths: that if this you, this me, is in fact an ever-changing chance-constellation of cells, ideas, beliefs, impressions, mental states, emotional weather systems, constantly…