As appropriate for the Christmas season, it's time for Star Wars: A New Hope

Someone is not as excited as I am and is already falling asleep

Man, that white interior of the Rebel ship must've been a nightmare to keep clean

Probably had the crew spending all the time cleaning it rather than working on boarding drills

Explains why they couldn't hit anything

Altho the marksmanship thing, not their fault. Obi Wan says it almost right away - "Not as clumsy or random as a blaster"

Energy weapons are all sorta problematic, apparently

Giving stormtrooper NCOs and commanders the heavy weapons for the squad is one sign that the corps is in trouble and has gotten lazy. You can't run the gun while also directing movements. Sad to see the institutional knowledge of the GAR completely dissipated

With all the times that homing beacons have led to bad things in the Star Wars universe, I don't understand why scanning for them isn't a part of every preventative maintenance check

Why I love Star Wars

I can be like, yes, serious things, serious thing, tactical analysis, blah, blah, blah

Then the X-Wings do a wingover in their first attack on the Death Star and I'm suddenly 8 years old again and absolutely entranced

That said, I'm SO thankful that the awards ceremony is the last time we see that stupid yellow jacket of Luke's

That thing needed to perish in the first blast of the Death Star