A Skewed View

A world leader laughing along with laughing world leaders is accused of not being able to act like a leader on the world stage. And of not knowing how to treat an ally because of what he thought was privately recounting the ridiculous behaviour - not calling the behaviour ridiculous, but recounting behaviour that can only be considered ridiculous - of a man who publicly, proudly, and without apology disregards the needs and endangers the lives and political structure of allies. The hypocrisy is strong with this news cycle. 

In the 90s, I read a trilogy reportedly approved by George Lucas, written by Timothy Zahn, which continued the story of Luke, Leia and Han. In it, Han and Leia married and had twins. A boy and a girl. The twins were strong in the Force. Leia asked her twin Luke to train them to be Jedi. The new Star Wars movie coming out is called "The Rise of Skywalker". We already know one Skywalker is Kylo. Leia's child. Strong in the Force. Trained, at Leia's request, by Luke. Who has a connection to Rey, reminiscent of Luke's connection to Leia. Which is supposed to be inexplicable for someone who never crossed paths with Rey before. Like Luke supposedly never crossed paths with his twin Leia before. Gee. What an absolutely un-crackable mystery this titular Skywalker will turn out to be. (But at least it would explain why Leia hugged her instead of Chewie after Han died) *Yawn*