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A lot of Marvel Studios movies go big with planet-ending disasters and world-shattering events. The Ant-Man franchise, appropriately enough, tends to set its sights a bit lower, though. So far, it's told more personal stories, albeit with the requisite amount of car chases, tech heists and oversized Paul Rudds. They're also some of Marvel Studios' lowest-grossing titles, a fact which led many to suspect that there might not be an Ant-Man 3.
The first few Star Trek: Lower Decks episodes weren't great, and though I don't think I'll ever be much of a fan of the show, subsequent installments have been better. One element I like is that it's set in the years after The Next Generation, Voyager and Deep Space Nine, potentially allowing for cameos from characters in those series. For example, John de Lancie's Q is returning in his first on-screen appearance since the Voyager episode "Q2" in April 2001.
After the tangled tale of the Skywalker Saga, I’m looking forward to Star Wars: The High Republic's clean slate. The High Republic (or Project Luminous as it was once known) will be a series novels and comics taking place 200 years before The Phantom Menace, allowing it to be recognizable as Star Wars while having entirely new characters and settings. This was due to launch in the fall but because of – you guessed it – COVID-19, Lucasfilm announced that The High Republic will now begin in early 2021.
Diana Rigg, star of The Avengers, Extras, Doctor Who and Victoria, died yesterday at the age of 82. The actress had a long and glittering career on stage and in TV and film, but most contemporary fans will remember her as Lady Olenna Tyrell in Game of Thrones, for which she received multiple Emmy nominations. Even amongst the show's motley collection of schemers and backstabbers, she was one of the best.
During the Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, the Jedi rules forbidding romantic relationships felt overly strict. To be fair to the Jedi Council, though, Anakin Skywalker's secret relationship with Padmé Amidala was fairly disastrous for the galaxy as a whole. Still, while Padmé was alive, she tried to be a moral compass for Anakin and might have saved him if Darth Sidious hadn't got his Sith hooks into the confused Jedi Knight.