Welcome…Welcome…Welcome to Episode 513 of THE SITH LIST!

Iraj, Boo, Les, Eric, Randy, and King Tom have all your “Week in Geek” right here in one place!

The Sith List is composed of a group of people with different cultural backgrounds and experiences—you might call us the United Nations of Fandom. We all come together once a week to bring you the latest in fandom and of course to… “SHOOT the SITH.”

BOX OFFICE

BACKROOMS SHATTERS EXPECTATIONS WITH A MASSIVE $81.5 MILLION OPENING WEEKEND. A BIG SURPRISE DEBUT OF 2026.

• THE MANDALORIAN & GROGU FALLS TO SECOND PLACE AFTER MEMORIAL DAY LAUNCH, BUT CONTINUES ADDING TO WORLDWIDE TOTAL.

BACKROOMS

STAR WARS CHIT CHAT

• THE MANDALORIAN & GROGU DOMINATES STAR WARS CONVERSATION. FANS REACT TO THE FRANCHISE'S RETURN TO THEATERS.

• THE MANDALORIAN & GROGU DROPS NEARLY

70% AT U.S. BOX OFFICE IN ITS SECOND WEEKEND, SPARKING DEBATE THROUGH THE FANDOM.

• IN LOVING MEMORY: MARCIA LUCAS, OSCAR-WINNING EDITOR OF THE ORIGINAL STAR WARS FILMS, PASSES AWAY AT AGE 80. HER WORK ON

'A NEW HOPE' & 'RETURN OF THE JEDI' HELPED SHAPE THE EMOTIONAL CORE & PACING OF THE ORIGINAL TRILOGY. TRIBUTES POUR IN.

"EDITOR

EXTRAORDINAIRE"

BOO BITS - THE WEEK IN GEEK

• ORIGINAL FILMS MAKING NOISE AT THE BOX OFFICE AS BACKROOMS BECOMES A BREAKOUT HIT.

• HOLLYWOOD DEBATING FRANCHISE FATIGUE VS. ORIGINAL STORYTELLING. AUDIENCES SHOW UP FOR BOTH.

• POP CULTURE CONVERSATIONS THIS WEEK:

BLOCKBUSTER EXPECTATIONS, HORROR MOMENTUM, AND THE FUTURE OF THEATRICAL MOVIES.

EXIT-

YOUR WEEKLY SITH-APPROVED DOSE OF THE

· Pop culture conversations this week: nostalgia

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🌌 STAR WARS CHIT CHAT⭐ STAR WARS • MOVIES • FANTASY • POP CULTURE