There was a time in my life when I was into Star Wars films. The first appeared in 1977 when I was still teaching engineering at the University of Hawaii. That was 48 years ago. I bring this subject up today because I will focus on entertainment, and saw a headline: Giant "Darth Vader" sea bug discovered off the coast of Vietnam . First, this not an insect but a crustacean, and a local delicacy. Second, does not much look like DV to me. If this isopod ( Bathynomus vaderi) was colored black, maybe There have been 12 Star Wars films so far, and the next one, The Mandalorian & Grogu , will be released in May, next year. But I've grown up, and couldn't care less. This franchise has kept returning because later productions also scored well on Rotten Tomatoes. The highest rated was the first in 1977, Episode IV--A New Hope , got the highest score, 94. However, #2 was the 1980 The Empire Strikes...

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