But I was definitely struck by how much an older Ezra looks like his father.

My daughter asked why he looks like Jesus. 

Definitely seemed like he was a hippie living in a turtle shell camper on the side of the road.

Mine just landed on my doorstep.  That is a much larger box than expected.

Another home run tonight.

My daughter grumbled that it was a bit slow.  I agree that there wasn't much action, but the plot got moved forward which she doesn't always appreciate.

There are only two episodes to go and tons of potential ways they might wrap this up or just end it.  Thoughts on what happens?

My speculation is that Thrawn and everyone ends up back in the "normal" galaxy and Thrawn becomes a baddie for everyone to deal with in The Mandalorian, Ahsoka, and any other off-shoots they do (Rangers, etc.).  I don't think he is killed/captured, but escapes.  Although based on the actor Ray Stevenson's death I'm going to assume they've written in a death scene for him.  I'm assuming that Baylan dies and Shin lives and stays with Thrawn so we can have lightsaber battles.  Either that or the Nightsisters keep creating Inquisitor type foes.

To me, this feels a LOT more like Hasbro knows the TVC crowd will still be there to buy figures 12-18 months after a show but there is a much greater need to "strike while the iron is hot" in the Black Series stuff. 

I think Hasbro has said this in a way about 6" collectors.  I believe they characterize 6" purchasers as more impulse driven, I like that and want one for my desk, which is why I think you see so many Christmas decos, video game figures, and other random items that might be more curiosities.  Obviously there are still the hardcore fans that buy a bunch of these too.

I do wish Hasbro got their **** together on TVC.  Collectors will buy these whenever they get made, but if they want a successful retail product at Target and Wal-Mart, it sure would help if they came out with a full wave of figures pretty close to the release of a new title.  Adam Pawlus had some recent commentary on this on his site that was pretty good.  I get Disney wanting to hold back wildly surprising characters like Grogu from Hasbro's radar, but when you've got main characters in teasers six months ahead of time there has got to be a way to close that gap between premier and toy release.  Sprinkling a figure here and there over the following two years is not going to make for a successful line at retail.

Just picked this guy up on eBay for $50 shipped.  I'm still hoping D3-09 gets dumped in volume somewhere so I can get him for a reasonable price.

I hope it works out too, but honestly if they weren't happy with the Solo movie, I'm not sure how they'll ever be happy with a Lando movie. 

I'll be honest, Lando is a B character in the Star Wars universe and I think whatever they do would likely work a lot better as a series than a movie where there are much higher expectations.

Close Dave...

+ $17 Because we can
+ $17 Because we can
+ $6 Be thankful it wasn't $12

Hasbro execs be like

For $40!  $40.  Must be the #fancybox tax this time...

Let me see if I've got the math right:
+ $17 Obi-Wan Kenobi (carded and kitbashed)
+ $17 Darth Vader (carded and kitbashed)
+ $6 cardboard box to hold it all together