Can't beat a lifetime of being expected to have profound things to say about the specific world-changing stuff you were part of decades ago as far as actor motivation and paratext to draw on, but it's worth emphasizing how thoroughly Hamill nails a character arc he was himself initially dubious of.

Every time I've failed in my life, and Lord have I, it's because I let a system decay. Every success was iterated out of intentionally building a framework around the nebulous, weird, creative bit. Not eliminating the creative, but, like, building a Volvo to drive Gandalf to where he needs to go.

Yep, you can buy & refill physical OMNY cards with cash at NYC MTA kiosks (and also through chain retail outlets like prepaid gift cards). Which I do, because I don't want my phone to be a point of failure for commute. No worse (and in some ways marginally better) than the Metrocard in practice IMO.

(Also it's surprisingly easy to screw up your liver with acetaminophen if you're not the type who reads & follows dosage instructions, and/or thinks your headache is a 10 on the pain scale requiring All The Medicine. When you start measuring Tylenol in grams per dose, you need to actually measure.)