BBTS has a pre-order up for anyone who missed the Bespin Duel set. It's priced up to $100, though, so not that great of a deal. They also have the SOTE Boushh Leia and Luke 2 pack for pre-order if anyone missed it.
Looks like Entertainment Earth put it up as well for $80, with free shipping, so they have my order!
Re: Dok Ondar- he really is such a fun figure. I hope you're able to snag one, alt. It's a shame they don't make the exclusives more easily available. I know they want to have some exclusivity to the parks, but they really should keep them more available on the Disney Store site. Even the original GE figures like Hondo and those 3 packs were fairly easy to get through Target that one time.
Re: Steve Buscemi in Star Wars, hell yeah. Make him a snappy droid, make him a wisecracking smuggler or pirate, whatever.
Re: Nerds- yeah, it's kind of across the board, but it's definitely the OT purists that are the worst. Even the ones that weren't alive when they first came out, but have convinced themselves that they're the pinnacle of cinema. The same people who refuse to admit they trashed the prequels and now regard them as pretty good, especially when compared to the sequels. It's the absolute hatred and trashing of
anything related to the Disney era that really gets me. They've certainly had their highs and lows, but to automatically hate everything just because George wasn't involved and to shit on anyone who does enjoy them is just yucky. But they'll negate their own point because a lot of them will praise Mando and Andor. Just the other week, in fact, when standing out to meet Rian Johnson before the new Knives Out movie, there were a couple guys- some graphers, some just regular guys- shitting on the TLJ who then turned around and asked Rian to sign their big poster and said right to his face "Love the work, man!"
Star Wars fans are exhausting, and I really hate that telling a more casual fan that I'm a Star Wars fan requires the follow-up of "But not one of
those fans".
