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Have been dreading the news of Earl's passing for a while and was very upset to see it confirmed last week. His casting and performance as LeChuck was absolute perfection, and it blew my mind years later to find out that he was in the Terminator movies as well. The reveal of his absence from Return near the games' announcement did put a damper on my excitement for the game, which speaks volumes about how impactful he was in the role, but in the back of my mind I did have the worry that even considering the fact that he was retired, he may not have been physically able to deliver the performance to the standard he felt LeChuck should be, hence his blessing to recast the role. I was happy with Harnell's performance in the end, and I presume he'll become LeChuck's definitive new voice actor in potential future instalments which I wouldn't be opposed to, but Earl was so iconic and his voice so naturally lent itself to LeChuck. He'll be greatly missed. P.S. Wishful thinking, but I was always hoping that @Dmnkly and Earl would just randomly meet in the street one day, Dom would take a picture with him and post it to social media captioned "All friends in the end!"

🎙️ Check out my conversation with Lucasfilm Games alumnus and SCUMM legend Brad Taylor! 📃 Also, check out the live chat element on the YouTube page, Brad answered questions there as well!

The museum is where Carla's old house was. In the yard is playground equipment, and Guybrush comments he used to love playing on these things.

Although I'm not really a collector of game boxes (anymore), I was quite impressed by the Collector's Edition at first: I still like the artwork a lot and the items are cute (especially the pin). With the booklet (presumably based on the ones of MI1/2), LeChuck's flyer, the letter and the scrapbook are nice paper supplements and the soundtrack on top is pretty cool, too. From the picture, it's probably safe to assume that it's a very stripped down album with the most important tracks only. That's a pity, but unfortunately I wouldn't have expected more. At first glance, the only thing I don't like is the poster. LeChuck photoshopped into the sky this way just looks cheap... The keys I personally do not find so problematic, but of course: For absolute collectors, this leaves a very bitter taste. After thinking about it for a while, I think I'll pass, because it'll end up just lying around somewhere - and I think $90 is pretty steep. Let's see. Secretly I rather hope for a vinyl release of the (hopefully not too shortened) soundtrack. For that I would be willing to spend such a price.