I've used 3M Command light clips for my under-desk cable management for years. It's a little more fiddly on the initial setup, but is very low-profile and you can put the cables exactly where you want them.
Different species. Jar Jar is a Gungan, the lady is Queen Julia of Bardotta.
A Sega CDX was my CD player for a while.
Conroy. Definitely Conroy.