{"id":278,"date":"2005-05-20T11:20:52","date_gmt":"2005-05-20T11:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.randomwire.com\/2005\/05\/20\/coming-soon\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T22:43:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T20:43:22","slug":"coming-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/randomwire.com\/coming-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"Coming Soon&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:10773,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.metacritic.com\\\/film\\\/titles\\\/starwarsiii&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20090613003801\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.metacritic.com:80\\\/film\\\/titles\\\/starwarsiii&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-02 17:27:08&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-16 12:53:59&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-16 22:27:45&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-20 14:30:21&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-23 15:18:37&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-01 14:17:40&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-17 02:02:16&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-01 14:32:02&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-22 07:31:17&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-27 10:29:41&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-30 17:21:20&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-07 05:53:16&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404}],&quot;broken&quot;:true,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-07 05:53:16&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:10774,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.extremetech.com\\\/article2\\\/0,1558,464440,00.asp&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20070629065800\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.extremetech.com:80\\\/article2\\\/0,1558,464440,00.asp&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-02 17:27:09&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-16 12:53:59&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-16 22:27:45&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-21 16:47:03&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-01 14:17:40&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-22 07:31:19&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-27 10:29:42&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-30 17:21:19&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-07 05:53:19&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403}],&quot;broken&quot;:true,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-07 05:53:19&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"202\" class=\"wp-image-69534\" src=\"https:\/\/randomwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/yoda.jpg\" alt=\"Yoda\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"346\" class=\"wp-image-69436\" src=\"https:\/\/randomwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/vader.jpg\" alt=\"Vader\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><em>So busy\u2026 No time to post\u2026 Must not get distracted by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.metacritic.com\/film\/titles\/starwarsiii\">Star Wars<\/a>\u2026 <br \/><strong>Must. 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