Old Ben guiding Han.

Cause no mystical energy field controls *my* destiny. It's all a lot of tricks and  nonsense .

Is that so Mr. Solo?  Well I disagree with you.  My evidence for thinking you are wrong is the following.  While you were searching for Luke on Hoth, your fancy little computer couldn't pick up any signs of life (R2 couldn't either to be fair). It wasn't until the force ghost of old Obi-Wan showed up that you were able to locate him.

Over here hot shot!

I've always interpreted this scene as Obi-Wan guiding Han to Luke.  I also saw this as Obi-Wan busting Han's balls for the comment he said to Luke and Ben on the Falcon (see the quote under the pic of Han).  Obi-wan has been know to be a ball buster now and again.  And lets not forget the tauntaun that becomes one with the force as soon as you come upon Luke.  I'm sure most of you believe the tauntaun froze to death, but if that were the case he wouldn't be too warm on the inside and that wouldn't have helped Luke (not that putting someone into a recently dead animal would help io9).  I believe Obi-Wan sacrificed the tauntaun in order to save Luke. Remember, Obi-Wan is more powerful than we can possible imagine now that he's one with the force and I believe this is an example of that.  Let's also not forget Obi-Wan has a habit of manipulating sentient beings.  I'm sure some of you have interpreted this differently from me, and that's the beauty of the holy saga.  Not all of us see things the same in the saga, and that's a good thing.  Although, maybe one of you could change my mind on how this scene played out.

I'd love to get a different perspective.  As always you can reach me via twitter @The_Jedi_Hermit. MTFBWY.

Clone Wars: Revival Episode

Hello there.  I've struggled with this first review post because I don’t want to sound like everyone else on the interwebs, and this writing thing is hard for me.  I even had to go for a late night drive last night to clear my head.  Going forward, I don’t really see this as a review, but more as my commentary on the most interesting things I saw in this episode.  This episode had a lot of great elements, but I tend to look for the hidden messages.  Now, with everything going on you would think this wouldn't be the most important thing I saw because it was at the very end, but when Darth Sidious gave a smirk at that moment, it made me stop and think back to ROTJ. 

“Everything is proceeding as I have foreseen.” - Darth Sidious.  Why would that smirk at the end of this episode make me think of that classic quote you ask?  Well, glad you asked.  Now, on Wookieepedia it states that Maul used his anger and hatred for Obi-Wan to survive his death and  that may be true, but I have a feeling there is more to the story.  Sidious was the best puppet master in the galaxy and I am positive he knew his apprentice had survived.  I also have a suspicion that Sidious helped Maul and left him on Lotho Minor so he could use him when the time was right.  I’m sure you may think I’m crazy, but we have to remember, the clone wars saga is still being written and George and Dave might go back to this event in the future.  Maybe even this season.  Sure we see Sidious in the preview clip of season five telling Maul he’s no longer his apprentice and we see Maul get zapped, but Sidious is a resourceful Sith.  Even when Vader gets burned he doesn't write him off.  I don’t believe he would write Maul off either.  Then again I’m probably wrong and Sidious is just taking advantage of the situation.  Sidious is always plotting and staying several steps ahead of everyone.  That’s what intrigues me most about his character, and I don't think he would have not seen this coming.  That little smirk has my imagination running wild, and I cannot wait to see how this all plays out.  Sadly, I don't think this will be resolved at the end of the season.  I'm sure most of you will disagree with my take on this, but I look forward to a friendly debate on this subject, as well as others in the future.  In fact, thanks to one of my twitter followers and after seeing this episode, I’ll be going back to my “Who will fall in season five” post. Again, thank you for reading my post and if you would like to debate with me on any of these issues, you can reach me on twitter @The_Jedi_Hermit. MTFBWY

My favorite action figure

Some of you may think you know what action figure I am going to pick as my favorite of all time. I bet those of you that know me are guessing the original Star Wars action figures like Non-rocket firing Boba Fett, Shorty Robes Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader, Greedo, Han Solo or maybe some of the GI-Joe classics like Cobra Commander, Snakes eyes, Destro and Baroness.  Sure, they are all great and I have many fond memories of them, but none hold the title of my favorite action figure of all time.  That honor goes to Stinkor, or as my father used to call him Skunkor (which I think was a better name).  If none of you are familiar with this foul smelling, polecat looking action figure, here’s the lowdown.

Stinkor was a character from The Masters of the Universe (He-Man, MOTU), and was one of Skeletors henchmen ( if you want to know more of his back story click on this great link He-Man Wikia ).  Stinkor was created by Mattel way back in 1985 and came with a mini- comic book called The Stench of Evil.  However, what made Stinkor cool was that he had an odor.  He actually smelled pretty close to a skunk.  I was blown away as a kid by this, and was amazed that they were able to actually make him smell like the foul smelling animal.  I don't recall the minicomic though, and knowing me I just ripped open the packaging and went right for Stinkor.  I'm sure you’re all saying,  “Big deal Mike. Sure he looks cool and he had a unique smelling point (wink,wink) , but he shouldn’t be your all time favorite.”   Well, I am getting to my reason for him being my all time favorite action figure.

Original 1985 Stinkor 

Back when I was boy I was on the verge of being kept back a year.  I remember it being an early spring day when my father called me over to the “rock” (it’s a place where my father would have a heart to heart with my siblings and me) and he told me he had something he wanted to talk to me about.  I was petrified because I knew it had to be about school.  I thought for sure I was being kept back.  My classmates already picked on me for my awful glasses and for being a bad student, and the last thing I wanted was for them to pick on me for this.  I’m not sure how long our talk was, it felt like 12 hours back then, when in reality it was probably only about 10 minutes, but after he had told me I had to go to summer school he made me  look behind the trash can (fitting place to hide Stinkor, Dad).  He said he left something there and wanted me to get it.  Well, the moment I saw Stinkor and all his odorific glory I was smiling from ear to ear.  Maybe this wasn't the parental thing to do, but it sure relieved my fears, made me feel like it was going to be ok and that my dad was on my side... and Stinkor as well.  Sadly, I lost Stinkor back in the day, but my father and I used to bring him up in conversation from time to time, as well as the other He-Man action figures, and have a good laugh about their names.  Looking back, they were like garbage pail kids with all their crazy names and attributes.  Thankfully, I was able to find Stinkor online.  Sure, he’s not the original, but at least I have him in my collection.  This time I won't lose him and he’ll soon have company.  Moss Man is next.  Which, you guessed it, is my second favorite action figure of all time.  I’m curious to hear what your favorite action figure of all time is.   Feel free to tweet to me what yours is @The_Jedi_Hermit

The Stinkor that is in my collection today