Brandon Ellinger

Big Larson fan, lover of country/western and rock and roll music. One little boy

[Brandon Ellinger @EllingerBrandon]

@MidMoSprintFan @KevinHarvick @wbuxtonofficial Not nice

[Brandon Ellinger @EllingerBrandon]

@JaredButcosk Every race is the focus

[Brandon Ellinger @EllingerBrandon]

@thatjonesfan @WorldofOutlaws @KyleLarsonRacin @Paul_Silva57 @knoxvilleraces @NosEnergyDrink What an idiot

[Brandon Ellinger @EllingerBrandon]

@Fatof_ @TonkaParty2 @jeff_gluck Where and when was this said?

[Brandon Ellinger @EllingerBrandon]

@_tylerabbott21 @FloRacing Just get over it.

[Brandon Ellinger @EllingerBrandon]

@blackberrysmoke Thank you just ordered Leave a Scar!

[Brandon Ellinger @EllingerBrandon]

@Ch9seFan @NASCAR @KyleLarsonRacin @dennyhamlin Larson did a full around Martinsville before that. He was the first to do a burnout around a whole track

[American Aquarium @USAquarium]

Stoked to announce that our 11th studio album NEW WAYS TO LOSE will be out on 6/26 via our very own @LosingSideRecs.

The first single “History Repeats Itself” is available right now, wherever you listen to music. Turn it up and pass it around.

https://t.co/fyJW7YdR6e

[Brandon Ellinger @EllingerBrandon]

@JeffPurvisFan @woodbrothers21 I care

[Millennial Mormon, MD @MillenialMormon]

Dead wrong.

This isn’t “gatekeeping” or “missing Lucas’s point.” It’s calling out the straight-up betrayal and character assassination of heroes who’ve been canon for literal decades.

Luke Skywalker, the guy who stared down the Emperor, believed there was still good in Vader when literally everyone told him he was crazy, and rebuilt hope in a galaxy that had none, didn’t just “explore failure.” He got turned into a depressed, robe-wearing hermit who ran away, contemplated straight-up murdering his sleeping nephew over a bad thoughts, and decided the Jedi Order he fought and bled for needed to die with him (the same Jedi Order which had been the guardians of peace in the galaxy for over 1,000 GENERATIONS). That’s not challenging the hero. That’s undoing him. That’s taking the paragon symbol of redemption, hope, faith, and endurance… and making him quit harder than anyone in the saga ever has.

ESB didn’t do this. In ESB, Luke fails repeatedly, loses a hand, learns a brutal truth, but he grows. He picks himself up and comes back stronger for his failure. He stays true to who he is. TLJ took that same character after 30+ years of consistent storytelling (OT + everything that followed) and said “actually, nah, he’s a quitter and a loser now.” That’s not deep or profound. It’s lazy, cheap, disrespectful writing that treats decades-worth of lore like it’s disposable for a hot take.

And the lore inconsistencies? Come on. The Force projection that magically drains him to death across the galaxy when we’ve seen Jedi do insane stuff for decades without it killing them. To my knowledge, no one had ever “forced themself to death” prior to this. The prosthetic hand that should’ve clanked to the floor when his projection vanished (you know, the one he lost in ESB and kept for the rest of his life). The casual dismissal of every mystery TFA set up because “none of that matters, Rey’s a nobody and Luke’s a failure.” It’s not “daring.” It’s contempt and spite for the audience that grew up with these characters, as well as for the characters themselves (love how they completely undid Han’s entire character progression to revert him to a smuggler, but now he’s also a deadbeat dad and loser husband who abandoned his family).

Lucas spent decades showing us that failure is part of the journey but the light side is balance, the Jedi protect peace and are worth preserving, and hope wins. TLJ threw all of that out for cheap shock value and “subversion of expectations.” Movies for kids can absolutely be for adults, but they don’t have to torch the soul of the saga to prove a point which the saga has already made.

I’ll keep loving the real Star Wars, the one where Luke Skywalker earned his legend instead of having it spat on. You can have your “best since Empire” take, but you hold that belief by rejecting what Luke Skywalker truly is: the symbol of undying, relentless hope in the face of insurmountable odds and evil. The rest of us will remember who these characters actually were for forty years before Rian decided to burn it all down for cheap shock value. The current state of Star Wars is directly attributable to The Last Jedi: the worst “Star Wars” movie ever “written”.

[Brandon Ellinger @EllingerBrandon]

@SWJMusic Sounds great!

[Stephen Wilson Jr. @SWJMusic]

pk - fri 06.05.26
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[Brandon Ellinger @EllingerBrandon]

@EileenChollet This was a really long time ago, in a Galaxy super far away. Our science doesn't apply.

[nascarcasm @nascarcasm]

#NASCAR

[Dale. @dabfordale]

I’ve often seen discussion that NASCARs second tier doesn’t have a generic identifier like Cup or Truck.

Why not take this opportunity to name the series in honor of the best to ever do it.

The NASCAR O’Riley Auto Parts Busch Series has a nice ring to it.

[Coach Breeze @CoachBreeze_]

I know NASCAR, and the way we tend to cope with tragedy and tough times in the NASCAR community is to keep things business as usual as much as possible. With that being said, I know the Cup series is going to have to find a way to race Sunday, and whoever crosses that Finish Line first on Sunday better burn it down, grab the checkered flag, and take the biggest bow they’ve ever taken at the Start/Finish Line for ROWDY!

[Anthony Damcott @AnthonyDamcott]

Kyle Busch was in victory lane literally six days ago.

I just can't even begin to fathom a reality where Rowdy is no longer with us.

[Brandon Ellinger @EllingerBrandon]

@MarienneMaid You're really going to discard half the fans as incel chodes?? I'm whatever is the opposite of an incel. That movie was ass unless you mute it.

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@schenn4jvr @MarienneMaid Who?

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@timtationgg @5KLNASCARFAN Right the year his win total in Cup and dirt was higher than your iq