Only four countries have capital cities that are not on their mainland: Equatorial Guinea (Malabo, Bioko island), Denmark (Copenhagen, Zealand island), The Gambia (Banjul, St Mary's island), and United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi island)2yr ⋅ tombalonga ⋅ r/TerritorialOddities
When do you think we will get a modern open world Star Wars game on console? On the scale of say, Assassin’s Creed. I wanna take out a separatist base, steal a starfighter, and pursue a Jedi through asteroids. Is that too much to ask?4yr ⋅ tombalonga ⋅ r/starwarsspeculation
The four story elements of 'The Mandalorian' and their interrelationship ahead of season 2... some interesting potential worldbuilding here...3yr ⋅ tombalonga ⋅ r/starwarsspeculation
I love the way Luke literally sees what he risks becoming when Vader’s bionic limb is exposed, especially how they hinted at this earlier in the movie.4yr ⋅ tombalonga ⋅ r/StarWarsCantina
George teaches Natalie Portman how to blast Trade Federation battle droids out of Theed Palace3yr ⋅ tombalonga ⋅ r/StarWarsMagic
Lucas photobombing Christensen during the making of Attack of the Clones3yr ⋅ tombalonga ⋅ r/StarWarsMagic
It’s taken me over two years to build this because the first 700 instructions were boring, but when you get to the recognisable parts it’s like you’re Chewbacca working away in Echo Base.4yr ⋅ tombalonga ⋅ r/StarWars
This is the single most important shot in the Disney era of Star Wars, finally showing some respect for Return of the Jedi’s story. It does more to actually explain what happened next than anything in the ‘sequel’ trilogy.4yr ⋅ tombalonga ⋅ r/saltierthancrait
Ann Skinner took photos of costumes and scenes for Star Wars (1977) in order to preserve visual consistency across takes. Her collection is available online with some real rarities inside.4yr ⋅ tombalonga ⋅ r/StarWarsMagic
At its peak the Empire of Brunei was a thalassocracy (a seafaring power controlling Borneo's coastal towns but not the island's interior). From the 1700s it began to shrink amid European expansionism, until the British seized Limbang in the 1890s, leaving Brunei split in two as it still is today.3yr ⋅ tombalonga ⋅ r/TerritorialOddities
Because shooting lightning out of your hands isn’t at all evocative of the Dark Side4yr ⋅ tombalonga ⋅ r/saltierthancrait
George teaches Natalie Portman how to blast Trade Federation battle droids out of Theed Palace3yr ⋅ tombalonga ⋅ r/thankthemaker
Rather than give any sort of explanation for why “I don’t like sand” is a bad line, this reviewer perfectly demonstrates what happens when you actually think for yourself.3yr ⋅ tombalonga ⋅ r/BrighterThanCoruscant
Former Executive Editor at Lucasfilm, JW Rinzler - someone who worked closely with Lucas but quit due to Disney’s handling of publishing - has shared his support for Alan Dean Foster3yr ⋅ tombalonga ⋅ r/saltierthancrait
I think that the CGI of the prequels is massively underrated, given that it still looks top quality even 20 years later3yr ⋅ tombalonga ⋅ r/BrighterThanCoruscant
The world has a new border: Yesterday the International Court of Justice delimited Kenya & Somalia's maritime boundary. They drew an equidistant line between both claims, and adjusted it slightly to accommodate Kenya, but Somalia still come out on the happier side.2yr ⋅ tombalonga ⋅ r/TerritorialOddities
Gone are the days where writers are too scared to reference the prequels3yr ⋅ tombalonga ⋅ r/thankthemaker
These are two of the most important characters in all of Disney’s trilogy, but how many of you actually recognise their one scene?3yr ⋅ tombalonga ⋅ r/saltierthancrait
Rian Johnson defended killing off Snoke by using the death of Palpatine as an example (whilst IX was in production). Awkward.4yr ⋅ tombalonga ⋅ r/saltierthancrait
The four story elements of 'The Mandalorian' and their interrelationship ahead of season 2... some interesting potential worldbuilding here...3yr ⋅ tombalonga ⋅ r/TheMandalorianTV
Current control of Afghan districts according to BBC Research 12 August 20212yr ⋅ tombalonga ⋅ r/TerritorialOddities
Gone are the days where writers are too scared to reference the prequels3yr ⋅ tombalonga ⋅ r/BrighterThanCoruscant
This 2017 poll found that The Force Awakens’ 3 main characters were only negligibly more popular than Jar Jar Binks.3yr ⋅ tombalonga ⋅ r/saltierthancrait
In Ningxia province, China, they have built a 1:500 scale model of the disputed Aksai Chin region, over 1,500 miles away on the border with India. It is the size of a small town and used to plan military operations.4yr ⋅ tombalonga ⋅ r/GoogleMaps
Is another Vader-Kenobi duel going to be the latest addition to a growing list of narrative inconsistencies and shoehorning to pander to fans at the expense of the story?3yr ⋅ tombalonga ⋅ r/saltierthancrait
Mark Hamill on set in Tunisia. From photo collection by Ann Skinner, a continuity supervisor for the original Star Wars4yr ⋅ tombalonga ⋅ r/thankthemaker
The four story elements of 'The Mandalorian' and their interrelationship ahead of season 2... some interesting potential worldbuilding here...3yr ⋅ tombalonga ⋅ r/StarWars
Kathleen Kennedy: “there’s now the realization that this is a mythology that actually spans about 25,000 years... We just need the time to step back and really absorb what George has created”. Also Kathleen Kennedy:3yr ⋅ tombalonga ⋅ r/saltierthancrait
The Armenia-Azerbaijan border is home to a plethora of oddities. 4 enclaves (possibly 2 more that are hard to verify), a breakaway state, an infamous territorial dispute, and a new travel corridor that connects Azerbaijan to its large autonomous exclave.3yr ⋅ tombalonga ⋅ r/TerritorialOddities
The Peljesac Bridge is an ongoing construction project which aims to achieve territorial continuity for Croatia by connecting their Dubrovnik-Neretva exclave to the rest of the mainland. Bosnia-Herzegovina has a 20km coastline, which intersects the two parts of Croatia.3yr ⋅ tombalonga ⋅ r/TerritorialOddities
In the lockdown of 2020 I began this collection of all the best books and physical media connected to George Lucas’ Star Wars saga. Hopefully I can do my bit to preserve knowledge on this golden era of storytelling.3yr ⋅ tombalonga ⋅ r/thankthemaker
Cobra Kai is what Disney tried to turn Star Wars into: cheese, fan service, and action. But it actually retains some depth to the story. No, it’s not as deep as SW is meant to be, but the warring and overlapping philosophies of defence vs attack are closer to SW than any part of Disney’s trilogy.3yr ⋅ tombalonga ⋅ r/saltierthancrait
Some potential patterns and intentions I spotted on the DVD covers for the prequels4yr ⋅ tombalonga ⋅ r/thankthemaker
Evolution of Nottingham Forest’s badge throughout history (overview of changes in comments)3yr ⋅ tombalonga ⋅ r/nffc
Seems to be an implication here that Hayden Christensen will be playing the Vader of the time, not Anakin (in flashbacks) in the post-Episode III show about Kenobi. How do you feel about that?3yr ⋅ tombalonga ⋅ r/thankthemaker
Trump's Peace Plan was the first to formally publish a map of a Palestinian state with borders that 'Israel can live with'. It proposed multiple Israeli and Palestinian enclaves within each other's territory, connected to their contiguous parts via roads and bridges.4yr ⋅ tombalonga ⋅ r/TerritorialOddities
French Guiana: one of only 4 (I think?) dependent territories remaining on a continent's mainland. First used by France as a slave colony, then a penal colony, and now a European Space Agency launch site, which dominates the economy. A sparse population and proximity to the equator makes it ideal.4yr ⋅ tombalonga ⋅ r/TerritorialOddities
