dude has... a sword?
We've ALL GOT SWORDS!
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We've ALL GOT SWORDS!
At least it's so vague it's not even a real spoiler. 
Super Happy Fun Time With Grogu and Old ManThe first production action figures from The Mandalorian and Grogu have been revealed, a 2-pack of Din Djarin and Grogu with plenty of weapons and accessories and in a "Deluxe" box that will probably retail for $35-$40 U.S.
It's not the Sword of Talzin, so at least we know that much.
Meanwhile, there is an original cut of The Force Awakens, which turned 10 this year, to very little fondness and absolutely no official fanfare.
As for yet another restoration of the OT... fine, cool, whatever. The Harmy and Adywan editions are good enough for me, and I don't particularly need to see them in a theater again, though I'm glad others will get the chance.
I would, however, go to a 3D-converted OT release.
Do you remember the fanfare for the 10th anniversary of Star Wars? I do, because I was at the convention in L.A. But outside of that? What did they do?Meanwhile, there is an original cut of The Force Awakens, which turned 10 this year, to very little fondness and absolutely no official fanfare.
Sanitation, aqueducts and roads?
Force splitter.
All I remember from 1987 is the 10th Anniversary logo.
I was two years old in 1987. I don't remember anything from that year. At all.
Both true. Star Tours was early in the year. The game was in the fall. Neither had a 10th anniversary brand. There was an issue of Starlog.
You can also see a black version of his podracer behind him (or at least one of the engines)
Nah, I'm not that old. And it's certainly true that there's rarely much fanfare for 10th movie anniversaries. So, did I take a bit of a cheap shot at TFA? Sure, I'll cop to that. A cheap shot for a cheap (script-wise) rehash of a flick.
That said, TFA did introduce Rey, and Rey is still presumed to star in a big new movie at some point, so I wouldn't have been surprised if Disney/Lucasfilm had tried to gin up some 10th anniversary fanfare, even something as modest as a brief theatrical re-release, maybe paired with an animated (or, heck, even live-action) short of a new Rey adventure. Or, if they're keeping the theatrical decks clear for Avatar, at least put such a short on D+.
All in all, Lucasfilm's utter lack of celebration of one of the highest-grossing movies of all time kinda smells like they know they made a turkey, and are hoping that Mando & Grogu and Starfighter will dig them out of their hole... from a certain point of view, of course.
Anniversaries for films are the strangest thing to me.
I partly agree. It's a random date regarding a corporate product; who cares? On the other hand, the simple fact is that many Westerners have much less social contact and fewer friends than is healthy, and pop culture is one of the few things that can bring us together. In many cases, people may feel more comfortable inviting casual friends to a known favorite they all love than a newer movie they may not enjoy, so anniversary screenings can be positive social events, and coinciding screenings with anniversaries, rather than playing older movies at random, can help gin up buzz, with retrospective media stories and such.
When one gets down to it, are movie anniversaries really stranger than people getting emotionally invested in millionaires throwing balls around small patches of grass or wood? What does it matter where the balls go? And who in their right minds would collect statistics about that sort of stuff?
Stranger than wanting a higher definition release of a film that has been released on VHS?
Stranger or more normal than the anniversaries of music albums?