Is It True That Lucas Would Not Admit to This Being True?

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I don't kno, i tot a invader. The entire point of the prekle movies is about how, you know, supposedly well intentioned democracies can get complacent and then just straight up hand over the power toyes. That's true, likeiit could be there. Do you, you have any other stuff to mention? I wanted to say that i started watching kagu ya sama, love is war hela, which was a series the crisp plant recommended as part of this segment probably a month or so ago. And man, it's really great. Not only is he great, it's great right out of the gate. There's no warm up

LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga reminds us of Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption, in that it feels unsustainably grand. Its creators have crammed nine films worth of characters, planets, and stories, plus winks at corners of the expanded universe, into one game. A report on crunch at the studio, however, raises serious questions about its leadership's decisions to make the game bigger and bigger and bigger. What does it mean for good games to be made in bad ways? Individual creators have filled Lego Star Wars with charming references, clever stages, and some genuinely funny writing. People clearly cared about their contributions to this project. So, this week, we try to parse our feelings of this complicated game and its creation.

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