It certainly doesn't live up to the first two movies in the series.  Probably on par or a bit worse than Apocalypse.   I'm not sure if this one or X3 is a better telling of the story or not, so that should paint the picture right there.  Captain Marvel was a better representation of the 90's.  I'm not sure they seemed to care as much considering how well they did the 60's and 70's and to some extent the 80's.  For whatever reason, they chose not to use the actual President like they did with Kennedy and Nixon.  They certainly didn't do enough to make the characters look older.  Xavier and Magneto should be ~30 years older than First Class and that certainly doesn't appear to be the case.  They should be approaching the look of Stewart and McKellen from the first movie, but it isn't even close.

It is all a bit problematic since they didn't map out the rules besides Tony saying that when you go into the past, that past is now your future.  I think they were all good with the time travel stuff until they pulled the pre-snap Thanos into the future.  We even have what is essentially a grandfather paradox that isn't even addressed.  Older Nebula kills her younger self.  I think that act there shows there has to be divergent timelines. 

Really, I think any time traveling actions that they took causes multiple divergent timelines.  They go back and gather all the Infinity Stones before Thanos can and use them to undo the snap.  Even though Cap goes back and puts the stones back so the timeline can supposedly play out as it had before, there are changes.  Loki escaping is a pretty big one I would say.  Since the attempt to get the Tesseract failed, I would assume Cap went back to the 70's to drop that stone off.  So the "new" timeline where Loki escapes would still occur which is different than what we saw in the first Avengers movie.  Additionally, we don't see how they convert the stones back to the Tesseract, Loki's staff, and the Aether as they were originally found in the prime timeline.

You never know, but the old EU timeline for Revan was ~4000 BBY while the article mentions "hundreds" of years before the Skywalkers.  You could easily make a trilogy out of all the KOTOR stuff, especially if you include the MMO story lines with the Sith Emperor.  I'm not sure if they would want to rehash a video game or just put a new spin on Revan, much like what has happened with Thrawn going from Legends to canon.

One thing I would like to see would be some sort of series that shows the lineage from Darth Bane to Darth Sidious.  I doubt you could effectively do this in the movies since the Sith were hidden for 1,000 years so you really can't have the Sith vs. Jedi confrontations after Bane establishes the rule of two.  You could probably do it in a series of books or comics though.

I would say the easiest answer for the tesseract changing hands are the Skrull.  Anyone of them could have infiltrated Stark's facility and made off with it.  We really don't know how long the Skrull were living on the hidden labratory.

King Kong Bundy of WWF/WWE fame has also passed away.

Just wanted to see if there was any interest here in the Mara Jade Signature Edition saber hilt from Master Replicas.  It has only been out of the box twice.  Once when I received it and now to take pictures to sell it.  The signature plate has been attached to the plaque stand.  It comes with the original COA as well as the black storage box and the cardboard shipping box.  I figured I would post in the collecting forums before going to ebay.  Right now I'm trying to gauge the value based on completed ebay auctions so I don't have a price in mind yet.  Just wanted to see if there was any interest.  The edition number is 115 of 750.

Make an offer on anything if interest.  I'm just trying to get rid of stuff.

37 Star Wars POTF2 Freeze Frame 3 3/4" Action Figures in Star Cases. 
Figures include:  Han Solo in Endor Gear, Lando Calrissian as Skiff Guard, Admiral Ackbar, Bespin Han Solo, Nien Nunb, EV-9D9, Gamorrean Guard, Malakili (Rancor Keeper), Luke in Ceremonial Outfit, Bespin Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia Organa in Ewok Celebration Outfit, Endor Rebel Soldier, Lando Calrissian in General's Gear, Lak Sivrak, Ewoks:  Wicket and Logray, Biggs Darklighter, Darth Vader with Removable Helmet, Ishi Tib, Captain Piett, Zuckuss, Princess Leia Organa All New Likeness!, R2-D2 with Datalink and Periscope, C-3PO with Removable Limbs and Backpack, Luke Skywalker with Blast Shield Helmet, Ugnaughts, 8D-8 Droid, Death Star Trooper, Ree-Yees, Lobot, Chewbacca as Boushh's Bounty, Orrimaarko (Prune Face), Mon Mothma, Death Star Droid with Mouse Droid, Pote Snitkin,
AT-AT Driver, Princess Leia in Hoth Gear, Han Solo

$200 O.B.O plus shipping


Lot of 20 Star Wars POTF2 Green Carded Figures in Star Cases
 Includes:  AT-ST Driver, Bossk, 2-1B Medical Droid, Luke Skywalker in Hoth Gear, Hoth Rebel Soldier, Bib Fortuna, Emperor Palpatine, ASP-7 Droid, Dengar, 4-LOM, Garindan (Long Snoot), Ponda Baba, Grand Moff Tarkin, Weequay Skiff Guard, Princess Leia Organa as Jabba's Prisoner, Emperor's Royal Guard, Snowtrooper, Saelt-Marae (Yak Face), Rebel Fleet Trooper, Han Solo.

$80 O.B.O. plus shipping


Full Lot of 3 3/4" POTF2 Expanded Universe Wave of Star Wars figures in Star Cases
Includes:  Luke Skywalker (From Dark Empire), Mara Jade (From Heir to the Empire), Imperial Sentinel (From Dark Empire), Grand Admiral Thrawn (From Heir to the Empire), Spacetrooper (From Heir to the Empire), Clone Emperor Palpatine (From Dark Empire), Kyle Katarn (From Dark Forces), Dark Trooper (From Dark Forces), Leia Organa Solo (From Dark Empire)

$110 O.B.O. plus shipping


Star Wars Full Lot of 3 3/4" POTF Green Card Commtech Action FIgures in Star Cases
Lot includes:  Wuher (Fan Club Exclusive), Stormtrooper w/ battle damage (Bubble is yellowed), Luke Skywalker with T-16 Skyhopper model, Leia w/ Hood, Greedo All new sculpt, Han Solo All new sculpt, Jawa with Gonk Droid, Darth Vader with Interrogation Droid,
Admiral Motti, R2-D2 w/ Holographic Leia

$100 O.B.O. plus shipping


Star Wars Full Lot of 3 3/4" Flash Back POTF Action Figures in Star Cases
There were 11 figures in the line, this lot includes all 11 plus a bonus European packing version of Luke.  Lot includes:  Luke Skywalker with Floppy hat x2 (US and European packaging versions), C-3PO Shop worn, Emperor Palpatine with Force lightning, R2-D2 with Launching Lightsaber, Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi with hood up, Princess Leia in Ceremonial Dress, Yoda with real hair, Aunt Beru, Anakin Skywalker, Hoth Chewbacca, Darth Vader with Double Cape

$60 O.B.O. plus shipping

I think the line is neat from a nostalgia standpoint.  I remember the rereleases way back when POTF2 was starting.  I too would be worried about vintage fakes now.  I love the look of these, but I have the vintage counterparts loose and I have been trying to sell of my carded collection, so I can't see myself picking these up.

Now the Tarkin figure on the other hand, that I would like to have just because he never got made in the vintage line.  The new playset is calling my name as well.  However, I really want to downsize my collection.  It is a daunting task.  I have only managed to sell my orange card figures and my purple card SOTE figures.  I have had a listing for the green card POTF2 and my freeze frame figures and haven't gotten any hits yet.  I have so much in totes that I really can't bring my self to buy something new even though I really like the look of it.  Of course I foolishly signed up to buy the Barge...the playset lover in me just couldn't pass it up once it was fully funded.  If they decide to make a Death Star playset next through Haslab, I think I will just pass out.