Monthly Media Recap - May 2025

 I will be talking a little about The Mandalorian and Grogu, but no spoilers, I promise!

 

 

Gatchaman Progress

Slacking this month and didn't watch any. Currently up to 77

 

Streaming 

 

The Boys S5 (Prime)

Great social commentary wearing a cape. It may be the final season but they're still going strong with the over the top gore and gross out moments. They did an amazing job and managed to give a satisfying wrap up. Not sure if we need a prequel spin-off series but I trust Eric Kripke and more importantly, Jensen Ackles will be back so I'll be tuning in.

 

Maul: Shadow Lord (2026, Disney+)

I don't know if anyone thought it was a good idea when Maul showed up alive in the Clone Wars series but they've proved that it was more than just a cheap gimmick. Of course, if you're not up on your Maul history, you won't get as much from this series but it's still really, really good!

 

Movies

 

Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu (2026)

This is essentially and 80s action hero movie with loads of effects, puppets, and stop motion and I'm here for it. The great things is, they made this so anyone can go see it but they also put in a ton of stuff that will have long time fans doing the Leo pointing meme without it feeling like fan service. The best compliment I can give it is that it's the kind of movie that will get a kid to love Star Wars.

 

Rating: 8/10 

 

 

Night Patrol (Shudder, 2025)

Justin Long continues to make his mark as a Scream King in this bad cops vs street gangs flick with a vampire twist. The action and effects are great. The final act goes a little wonky and doesn't seem sure which direction it wants to go but it's still a good time.

 

Rating: 6/10

 

 

Thrash ((2026, Netflix)

The decent effects put this a notch above the average SyFy Original. The characters are all fairly one dimensional and I was never really rooting for any of them. They knew this storm was coming and didn't leave so that's on them! The ending has a couple of eye roll inducing bits that are more action movie camp than the rest of the movie which just made me sour on it even more.

 

Rating:  4/10, if you want to see this kind of thing done well, watch Crawl instead

 

In Search of Darkness 1990-1994 (2024, Shudder)

Continuing on into the 90s, this 6 hour documentary takes a look at some of the iconic horror movies of the time. I LOVED the 80s version of this but this one was a little bit of a slog for me. Not because it was lesser in quality but because I wasn't as familiar with a lot of the movies covered. Still, it was fun and gave me a few things to throw on my watch list. 

 

 

Send Help (2026, Hulu)

Sam Raimi injects his dark humor into this mashup of Castaway and Misery. Rachel McAdams may never be a convincing mousy/frumpy type but she's really great when she goes psycho! I had a lot of fun with this one because it keeps ramping up the crazy as it goes.

 

Rating: 7/10

 

SlashFM (Tubi or free on YouTube)

I was braced for the worst when starting this horror anthology. The opening story is terrible, but thankfully only a little over 5 minutes and is the worst of the bunch. The second segment (I Love You So Much, It's Killing Them) is by far the high point. The rest after that are decent, and short, enough to stay entertaining.

 

Rating: 6/10

 

Anaconda (2025, Netflix)

Not linking the trailer because it gives away some of the best gags in the movie! It probably could have been a little better story-wise but Rudd and Black help make up for it. There's a couple of genuine laugh out loud moments and at the end of the day, it's a perfectly fine movie to turn off your brain and have some popcorn.

 

Rating: 6.5/10

 

This Month

New: 7  Rewatch: 0

 

Year to Date

New: 34  Rewatch: 1

LEGO Minifigs - Series 29

 This past weekend, I swung by the LEGO store to see if they had the new series of blind boxed minifigs and got a little bonus!

 

 In my local store, there's usually a little table setup by the entrance to greet customers or show off a recent set. I wasn't really paying attention because I knew what I was there for. One of the employees said "Hey, do you want a free mini-build of the Mandalorian's N-1 ship?" Of course I said, "Heck yeah!"

 

 They also had Grogu ears but I wasn't quite feeling those.

On to the minifigs! 

 

 I can't believe they're up to series 29 with these! As usual, they had a full set on display but I didn't see the packs so I asked if they had them in store. The cashier said they're keeping them behind the counter and then pulled out a list to show me what they have in stock. Apparently a lot of people are hunting for the Bionicle figure (#3). One site that's selling individual figures has him for $15, 3x the MSRP!

 

Unfortunately for me, the Trash Monster (#6) is also quite popular due to his new parts and was sold out already, so I'll have to keep looking for him. But they did have the other ones I was looking for: Monster Hunter (#4) and Cute Witch (#10). I try to keep my minifig collecting in the monster/Halloween area.

  

Initially, I wasn't going to get this figure but seeing it in person convinced me. She's got a very Van Helsing vibe going on. Short of being an actual monster, you can't get much closer to a monster themed figure than a monster hunter! There is so much detail packed on this one! In addition to the incredible detail of her clothing, there's an assortment of vials on her right shoulder and back.

 

She's also got a double portrait: one smiling and one with a smirk. I love how they gave her a duster with the mini-cape. The gun is pretty cool too with a big knife slung under for the fighting gets up close and personal.

  

Next is Cute Witch and her cat. I've lost count of the number of witch minifigs I have! She's quite different from most of the others though with her bright colors and kitty...socks? Boots? I'm guessing they're boots. The skirt piece is a reuse of the one they had for last year's build-a-minifig witch.

 

 She's also got two portraits: winking smile and big, happy smile. I stole the cauldron from the D&D Tasha minifig and ended up counting all my witches and this one makes number seven!

 

You can get a full rundown on every figure in this series at Jay's Brick Blog. 

Haul-iday Highlights 2025

 This used to be an annual tradition but it looks like I haven't done one since 2022. At any rate, here's a look at some of the goodies left under my holiday tree by various supernatural beings.

 

 We'll start off with these awesome gift tags that Mrs Dex found. Perfect for me!

 

 Sadly, this art print from Spooky Cat Press isn't a full comic magazine!

 

 Speaking of Krampus, here's a weird plush from the Pinhead Monsters line.

 

 Throwing this in here because it's on theme. This was a gift to myself after we saw the author, Jeff Belanger, do his "The Fright Before Christmas" show. It's just him and some slides talking about the origin of Christmas as a holiday in addition to all the weird dark folklore from different countries. Can't recommend this enough if you want to dive into the darker side of winter traditions.

 

 A great set of figures from Disney's Haunted Mansion. All the most popular characters are here and I found it interesting that they picked the mummy to round out the set.

 

 And to go with them, a Disney Racers Haunted Mansion Hot Rod! Love the details on this: Mdme. Leota's headstone on the front and the pipe organ in the back.

 

 The Indy Temple Trekker is sporting the famous hat and whip. The vehicle is based on the design used for the ride vehicle from the Disneyland attraction.

 

 While we're talking Disney, Mrs Dex got me this very cool Tron: Ares light up popcorn...bucket? container? It's pretty sizeable at just over a foot tall!

 

I was very excited to unwrap this Funko of one of my favorite Muppets: Pepe the King Prawn. There's not enough Pepe merch out there! And he's flocked!

 

 Rounding things out with a pair of Star Wars card games. This Solo Solitaire game comes in a tin that looks like Han in carbonite. It's basic "Patience" solitaire with a themed deck of cards. There's a Jedi Master mode where you add two additional cards: Carbon Freeze which "freezes" the lane when it reveals, preventing you from playing or moving cards there, until you play Save Solo on it to remove it.

 

 Finally is the Stay on Target card game, which I really wanted because it comes in that cool Death Star! Each player takes a squadron color and battles their way through Imperial defenses to take a shot at that exhaust port to score victory points.

Monthly Media Recap - November 2025

Got a few Halloween leftovers for November and they're not the kind you want to serve up again. Linked titles will take you to a trailer.

 

  

Gatchaman Progress

Episodes watched this month: 2 

Currently up to: 65

 

Streaming

 

LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy - Pieces of the Past (Disney+)

Don't know why they couldn't have called this season 2 but here we are. Just like the first season, there's plenty to enjoy for fans of all ages. Kids will like the funny LEGO characters and action while older fans will get a kick out of the inside jokes and seeing "what if" versions of popular characters. And you get LEGO Jaxxon! IYKYK.

 

Movies

 

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They See You (2021, Amazon)

I'm a sucker for movies featuring an amusement park or board games. Had I watched the trailer, I probably would have passed on this. The thing that's supposed to make you want to watch the movie isn't even that interesting. The board game is just a different way to summon the bad thing instead of the usual evil book. If you're going to have a board game, there should be some kind of game element to getting rid of them. It's a little uneven in that sometimes it feels like Goosebumps and sometimes you get gore that's definitely not in that age range. If this hasn't sold you so far, there's an extremely awkward teen make out scene that made me uncomfortable to watch.

 

Rating: 3/10 

 

Rhode Island Comic Con 2025 - Odds & Ends

 Wrapping up RICC week with miscellaneous stuff from around the con.

  

We'll start it off with a little time travel...

 

 There was a separate area for The Blockbuster Experience where they assembled fixtures that were used in actual stores. Instead of renting videos, you could buy any of them for $5. They had quite an assortment of VHS, DVD, and BluRay. When you go in, you can put on a vest which is why it looks like there's so many "employees" standing around. The best part was them handing out freshly made popcorn. 

 

 On the other side of the con (not so far, far away) was my happy place where Droid Builders, The New England Rebel Legion, and the 501st gathered to raise money by donations. There were several scenes setup and a variety of members in costume available for free photo ops. Yes, that is a Dunkin' inspired mouse droid in front.

 

 The droid area always had at least one astromech rolling around and interacting with folks.

 

 I've never seen 4-LOM and Zuckuss done as costumes. They looked amazing!

 

I'll finish things off with this nostalgia shot from a vendor booth. There's so much good stuff to see here, if you want to get a better look, check out the photo on Flickr.

 

Speaking of Flickr, you can also view my full album of 100 RICC pics there too. 

Halloween Makeover: Droid Edition

 Back in 2021 (thanks, Covid), I made my first visit to Disney's Galaxy's Edge. I had initially planned on making my own lightsaber but as the vacation drew closer I decided I really wanted to build my own droid instead. I know the lightsaber thing is a whole experience but practically, at home, there's not really a place to display a lightsaber.

 

It was a little overwhelming at first, trying to decide which parts I wanted and what colors to choose. I was really drawn to the semi-transparent dome and only liked it in one color, orange. An idea began to form and I built R3-IO31, or Io (Eye-Oh) for short.

 

 Unfortunately, I couldn't realize my vision on the build day as they were out of stock on the orange panel accessories. I was able to get them shortly after via Ebay, completing my Halloween droid...until this year when they released a set of Halloween panels! It's not uncommon for people that frequent the parks to flip park exclusive merch so I got lucky on Ebay again not paying much over retail.

 

 And here's IO with the spooOOOoky panels. The webbing on the panels glows in the dark and the set comes with a special Halloween personality chip. When you build the droid, you can choose a personality chip which gives it different sounds. You can hear the Halloween sounds in this clip.

 

I've been perusing Etsy listings for 3D printed witch hats but haven't found any I like yet. If you're going to get a ghostly glow up, you might as well go all in!

 

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Star Wars "Stained Glass" Hammerhead Custom Figure

 I only just found out about Plastic Vomit Customs after seeing this post on Instagram from GI Jigsaw. And them I immediately went to PVC's Instagram and order one of these bad boys because it's just something I need in my life.

 

 Way back when there were only 20 Star Wars figures, Hammerhead joined the line up. Like a lot of Gen X, I was the perfect age when Star Wars hit theaters and was instantly obsessed. While I had to have every figure (it was much easier then!), my play adventures didn't stop with the main heroes. I was really into the droids and aliens.

 

 In 1978, we had one sequel novel and about a year of Marvel comics to carry on the story. The galaxy was wide open for making up your own stories, especially if you were a seven year old kid. Hammerhead usually teamed up with the other cantina aliens to form a bounty hunter gang. When you've only got Darth Vader, a "Death Squad" Commander, and a couple Stormtroopers for baddies, you gotta shake things up once in awhile.

 

Out of the initial 20, my favorites were Hammerhead (still my all-time favorite Kenner figure), R5-D4, Power Droid, Death Star Droid, and Snaggletooth. See? There's a pattern! I distinctly remember taking Hammerhead and R5 with me whenever I could. I don't know what it is about Hammerhead that made me glom on to him so much. Maybe it's the weird head, maybe it's the soothing aqua bodysuit.

 

 And that's what brings us to this Root Beer candy looking fella here: Plastic Vomit Customs Stained Glass Hammerhead. He was 3D printed using transparent resin and is gorgeous! He looks so much better in person, but maybe I'm biased.

 

 

Plastic Vomit Customs has a lot of other amazing vintage style 3.75" figures, and not just Star Wars inspired! My next purchse is probably going to be a Sleestak figure! 

 

You can check them out on Instagram. There are links there to their Facebook and eBay pages as well. (Pro tip: stuff is cheaper on IG and FB.) Some of the IG posts are for limited run figures and some can be ordered on demand from their post.

Monthly Media Recap - May 2025

 Seen anything good and/or unusual lately? Let me know in the comments, I'm always on the lookout for things to watch.

 

Linked titles will take you to a trailer 

 

 

Series

 

Cobra Kai (S6, Netflix)

It probably could have been a season shorter to cut down on some of the soap opera theatrics. I'm not even a big Karate Kid fan but I think they did a good job of making Lawrence into someone you end up rooting for.

 

 

Deli Boys (Hulu)

I only found out about this show because the stars were on After Midnight, but I'm so glad I did! It's funny, the actors are great, and it's got some twists and turns as two bumbling brothers try to run their recently deceased father's drug operations. 

 

Andor (S2, Disney+)

Not only do the themes this season hit hard in the current political climate, but it's an all around example of great TV. I don't think I've seen any episode of television like ep 8 where I was not only on the edge of my seat but a little sick to my stomach with dread seeing all the pins being setup and waiting for them to fall. If it doesn't win an award for costuming, I think there's going to be another kind of rebellion.

 

Star Wars Bounty Hunters Card Game (2024)

 I happened to see someone post about this in a Facebook board game group and pretty much ordered it immediately. Who wouldn't want to play a game where you get to play bounty hunters?

The other reason I ordered it is that I really like the art style they used. Some of the characters have a very manga-esque look to them.

Here's a few of the bounty hunters in the game. All the ones from Empire Strikes Back are in there as well as a couple from The Book of Boba Fett. Below them are some of the droids you can "purchase" to help take down your targets.

And these are the targets and contract cards. To "capture" a target, you have to play hunters and/or droids on them to beat all three color shields. Bounty points (top left) start high but each hunter you play reduces the score. Droids don't have an effect on score but cost credits.

Contract cards are a way to earn more points for your bounties. For example, with the first one, each time you capture Qi'ra or Solo, you get one point. (Yes, you can capture targets more than once, they must be pretty hard to lock up!) If you have them both, you get a total of five points, one for each and three for the pair.

I haven't played yet but did read through the rules. It seems like it could be fun but a little weird that bounty hunters negatively impact scoring. Wouldn't it make more sense to have to pay the bounty hunters credits? That's what they do!

 

Also, the contract cards have odd pairings of characters. But these are minor complaints from someone that wants the game to stick to the lore of Star Wars as much as possible.

You can read a review, and detailed explanation of how to play, over at BoardGameGeek.com.

 

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Star Wars Hunters Mobile Game

 Launched last week on June 4th, Star Wars Hunters is a free-to-play, squad based 4 vs 4 game for iOS, Android, and Switch. Between the various game modes, playable characters, and customization options to unlock, there's plenty to keep you busy!

I didn't know if I was going to be into this initially but I always check out new Star Wars games. I haven't had great experiences with shooter type games like this on mobile in the past but after a couple rounds to get my virtual footing, I was really enjoying it! 

 

Check out the trailer

Monthly Media Recap - May 2024

May was an odd month for movie watching. It was front loaded with the second weekend of Salem Horror Fest and a couple of other films. There was a long lull and then I packed in a couple more at the end of the month.

 

There's a lot to cover but I promise if you stick to the end (or just skip there) you'll see something truly original and wild.

 

Series

Bad Batch (S3, Disney+)

What a great way to end the series! Star Wars animation has been knocking it out of the park, mostly...see below. I really hope they continue to do long form story telling because it gives the characters time to shine and grow. I'm a little sad to leave this crew behind but knowing Dave Filoni, they'll probably turn up again.

Tales of the Empire (Disney+)

This was good but much like it's predecessor Tales of the Jedi, I don't enjoy the less than 20 minutes episodes telling a fragmented story to fill in some blanks as much as the ongoing series format.

X-Men '97 (Disney+)
I'm still trying to catch up on the 92 series but man this was amazing! And my boy Nightcrawler finally gets his moment in the animated spotlight. My only minor complaint is that it felt like they crammed in too comic story lines without really giving them time to breathe.

Cult-tastic! Tales from the Trenches with Roger and Julie Corman (Tubi)
This 13 hour (!) series is more Corman than even I could want. Each hour long episode is dedicated to a specific type of Corman flick like SciFi, Fantasy, or Monsters. It's fun not only hearing stories about these movies but also seeing clips from unfamiliar ones. I finally finished the series just a few weeks before he passed. 

 

Star Wars Doorables

 Disney is at it again with their successful Doorables line of tiny, cute versions of beloved characters but this time, they're off to a galaxy far, far away.

I haven't gone too far into Doorables in the past but I do have the Nightmare Before Christmas and Haunted Mansion sets. I've picked up an occasional impulse buy when I see the assortment contains characters I want to get...never do end up with the ones I was hoping for.

But with the Star Wars license, there's not any character I wouldn't want! Doorables are a blind pack series so you never know what you're getting. Unless you go online and look up the codes that people have figured out that tell you what's in each pack. Mrs Dex thinks that's cheating but I call it targeted acquisition.

 

There's a few different options, so let's pop open one of these Death Star balls first. 

Monthly Media Recap - January 2024

You might want to grab a drink and some snacks before embarking on this epic Monthly Media Recap featuring 13 movies!

 

As usual, links below are Amazon affiliate links where I may earn from qualifying purchases.

 Streaming

Psych

After eight seasons and three movies, I have completed my Psych journey...at least until the next movie comes out. I stopped posting about finishing each season because there wasn't more for me to say. The show blazed its way into my top TV shows of all time thanks to the writing and characters. I love it!

 

American Nightmare (Netflix)

This true crime doc about a young woman's kidnapping did not go where I thought it would. The most horrifying thing about the story isn't the abduction but how the victims were treated by law enforcement. I don't think I've ever felt enraged after watching a documentary before.

 

Twisted Metal (S1, Peacock)

My sum knowledge of the game series is some kind of demolition derby with tricked out vehicles. Oh, and there's an ice cream truck. The series definitely delivered and was a ton of fun. It brought me back to SyFy's (or were they still SciFi then?) series Blood Drive which I also love. I haven't seen Mackie is much outside the MCU but the dude's got serious charisma. It better get another season! 

 

The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made (2003, Tubi)

Given that this is only an hour, they don't spend much time with each movie. I have a couple of problems with this list. First, Galaxy of Terror is listed and shouldn't be anywhere near here. Second, Troll is on here and not Troll 2?!? 

Star Wars Rivals by Funko Games

I first heard about Star Wars Rivals during the lead up to this year's May the Fourth "celebration." (May 25th will always be Star Wars Day for me!) From what I saw it was going to be a Walmart exclusive and in conjunction with the Fourth, they were supposed to have events or something to kick off the release. 

 

 Now that I'm actually reading the Funko game site, the starter set was available for pre-release online at Walmart starting 5/4 with wider availability in June. Still doesn't explain why I haven't seen any until a few weeks ago. Update: I stopped in Walmart today (7/27) and they had the starter set next to the action figures but the boosters are still in the game section...two aisles apart!

No Starter Sets to be found, just a lonely, single box of booster packs near the board game section. Luckily, you only need one Light Side and one Dark Side to play the game. 

 

We'll break it open after the...well, break. 

Haul-iday Highlights 2022

 Back from the holiday break with the annual showing off of holiday loot!

 

We'll kick it off with the Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special Funko Pops.

First up we have Groot and Peter Quill. Groot is looking better here than he did in the actual Special itself, I am not a fan of that costume. Quill's got a Santa hat (which you can't see much of here) and a wrapped gift. I'm glad they did these so I can bring them out every year to give a Guardians tweak to the holiday decorations.

Drax has his "little man" lawn ornament and I just love it! Also loving Mantis' festive headband. What I'm not loving? The fact that you can only get Holiday Rocket in an Amazon exclusive 5-pack. Booooo!

Monthly Media Recap - November 2022

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Streaming

Andor (Disney+)

Star Wars or not, this is just great television! If your Star Wars needs to have Jedi, aliens, and lots of action, this may not be for you. But if you enjoy good writing and personal stories it's absolutely worth your time. It may seem slow at the start, but I promise you it all pays off. Cannot wait for the next season!

 

Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities (Netflix)

Overall a pretty solid anthology of eight horror stories. I've seen Lovecraft fans not happy with the two adaptations here but I haven't read those stories in quite some time and thought they were decent.

Unsolved Mysteries (S3, Netflix)

Even though they spaced out the new episodes, I still went through them quickly. I don't think I knew I had a thing for true crime until this series started up. They're not all crime, a couple are unexplained phenomenon and the UFO episode is pretty wild!

 

Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (2022, Disney+)

This was a good way to revisit the Guardians again while waiting for the next movie. They do get into  "wacky antics" but it's all good holiday fun. My one problem with it is what the flark happened to Groot?! He looks like he came from a third rate theme park.

Rhode Island ComicCon 2022

 This past weekend was the annual Rhode Island Comic Con. This was only my second time at this show, the last time being in 2018.

I have to say, having just attended Fan Expo Boston a couple months back, the RI show was definitely better laid out. Making use of three locations really helped space out the people. I did also go on Sunday, which is usually less busy than Saturday so that probably helped too.

 

The main draw for us here was Jared Padalecki from Supernatural and Walker. There's some kind of contractual thing that prevents Jared from doing Supernatural appearances unless the con is hosted by a specific company but that's okay because we went to panels for both shows. 

 

Spooky Droids

 Every year, the Disney Droid Factory releases new holiday figures for Halloween and Christmas. These are park exclusives and if you don't know someone you'll be paying scalper prices on eBay for them. You can sometimes get lucky and catch them on ShopDisney too.

Luckily, I'm in a friendly Facebook group and managed to pick up this year's figure plus a friend I missed out on.

2022 brings R7-FNG to join the line of eerie astromechs. He's got a whole vampire thing going on complete with a widow's peak and fangs! 

 

Monthly Media Recap - August 2022

Here we are two months until Halloween! Things will probably be a little quiet on here for the next month as I'll be putting my normal blog time towards cranking out 31 posts for the blogger Countdown to Halloween.

There's quite a few trailers this month because some of these just have to be seen!

Streaming Series

Wellington Paranormal (S1-S3, HBO Max)

I happened to catch a recent ad for this on the CW so decided to check it out from the start over the past couple months. It's like Cops with a workplace camera crew but they're dealing with supernatural things. The main characters are not the smartest but it makes it that much funnier to see their encounters.

Midnight Mass (2022, Netflix)

Late to the game here despite hearing great things about it. Definitely a slow burn but once it's lit, there's no putting it out! The religious crazy combined with the horror elements is very well done. I'm not the biggest fan of the monster type featured (no spoilers) but this actually got me to enjoy them. Highest of recommends!

LEGO Star Wars Summer Vacation (2022, Disney+)

This was kind of cute. Definitely not canon as it hops all over the timeline. I'm not thrilled with how the Galactic Cruiser Halcyon is being pushed into everything because it just feels like marketing synergy. I know, I know, that's what Star Wars does but it starts to feel really forced (ha) after a comic series, this special, and another upcoming novel set there.

Light & Magic (2022, Disney+)

If you have any interest in special effects, this is a must watch. It's pretty amazing all the things that have come out of ILM being formed. It was awesome to see all these people whose names I knew growing up talking about their experiences at ILM. It's got some great home movie footage of them at work and even the odd Star Wars behind the scenes stuff I haven't seen before.

Star Wars Black Series - Nalan Cheel

 Who knew it was going to be a cantina band member that got me to order a figure from Hasbro Pulse? I just had to get him!

Why this one? What is it about a cantina band guy? As a kid, there were three figures I felt were sorely missing from the original Kenner Star Wars line-up: the Rebel Fleet Trooper, Tarkin, and the cantina band! They had Hammerhead and Snaggletooth, aliens that were barely in the movie, but no band!?