Bryce

Here's a couple more for you.

Surat Nuat was a minor antagonist of little note in the first Aftermath book.

Eleera Soi was first named in Outlaws, but featured unnamed in the YA novel Crimson Climb.

They may be a couple more I'm forgetting about, I played through once on launch lol

Owning the farm is less interesting than the fact that you win it via Sabacc and doing so allows this random moisture farmer to continue his life. Personally I don't even intend to swing by to collect the profits, I was just glad to make sure he didn't get forced off his land by the Hutts.

This was definitely one of my favorite stories from Outlaws.

I love any time Star Wars gets introspective with droids, like Lobot and Threepio discussing the nature of biological and synthetic life, with Lobot having a unique perspective as a Cyborg in the 90's Black Fleet Trilogy, or L3-37 being a droid revolutionary in Solo. Same with IG-11 in Mando. Haven't read the Dark Droids crossover yet, but looking forward to that.

MT-7 was a bittersweet story. Say what you will of the gameplay(I was certainly frustrated at points), the character stories are well put together and highly enjoyable. I teared up a little when ND-5 relayed word to stand down from "Grievous".

I'm curious to hear your reasoning behind it being one of the worst Ghibli films.

I do think Boy and the Heron is a departure from previous Ghibli/Miyazaki films, but I don't think this is a bad thing. Its a rather dark and cynical film, and I think it's reflective of Miyazaki's age and growing cynicism regarding the medium in which he works. Miyazaki's previous films played with many of the same themes like growing and aging, change, and death, but brighter, with more hope and levity.

So, I definitely think Boy and the Heron could be very disappointing if you went in expecting a lighter, more hopeful movie, but overall I found it compelling and a mirror to Miyazaki's recent interviews where he expresses displeasure with the modern anime scene.

...Uhh, whoops. This is an article about Spider-Man, isn't it?