I wonder if this will have animated gophers in it...

Bastards...

DAMN THEM AND THEIR RIGHTS TO ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING STAR WARS RELATED.

2) Reason for despair: Same problem (among many others) with the prequels: We already know what happens to the principals. The new characters, by chronological definition, will either die or be irrelevant by New Hope. Am I the only one who was bored with the last fight in Sith? I'd known what was going to happen since 1983, when the Jedi paperback came out. Call me crazy, but I'm a'bettin that Anakin & co. live thru the clone wars, but their apprentices won't.

And YES, that's Christopher Lee. He confirmed on his website that he's doing the voice for this film.

this thing looks like a lot of fun.

however, since lucas the artist has essentially devolved into lucas the franchiser/businessman, revisiting these tired-ass storylines makes sense as they continue to generate huge revenues simply because they are star wars properties.

i know i'm preaching to the choir for the most part, but the wonder and spectacle of the star wars universe that i grew up with is but a fond and distant memory.

hit 'em where it hurts and IGNORE THIS COMPLETELY.

Set up a standing order with your bank accounts to transfer $200 into Lucas' account EVERY year for the rest of your lives.

Because like sheep, you just hand your money over to him anyway, no matter what amaterish crap he dumps in the theatres.

This CGI Clone Wars horseshit was paid for by YOU. Just like Indiana Jones and the Crystal Garbage was paid for by YOU.

Because each time you pay to see a Lucas movie you are sending the guy a message: you're telling him that it's okay to flush well-loved franchises down the toilet. That he doesn't have to bother with plot, characters or dialogue. That he can get away with raping your childhoods over and over again. AND you give him enough money to keep on doing it. So why should he stop?

I just with they would make one of these post-Ep3, show us Vader tearing shit up during those 15 years or so while the twins are growing up. Someone above mentioned showing some rebellion stories. I'm in on that too.

And yeah, this Clone Wars thing is about 5 years past anyone caring.

The action sequences didn't look too bad, I'll admit, but that's because Tartakovsky's already released "Clone Wars" DVDs made Lucas's vision seem so utterly pussified, thus the new guys were forced to up the ante.

Honestly... this franchise is dead to me. It's become a sad, product-selling echo of what it might once have been.

1)Box Office includes the money spent by people that went to see the films and then fucking hated them.

2)Why on earth would the critical opinion of an 8 year old have any value?

Anyone that argues on either of these lines is a grade A certifiable moron.

I do however, put value on the fact that I can watch the OT happily nowadays and enjoy it without resorting to nostalgia, whereas if I try to watch the PT I inevitably end up either turning it off or fuming in rage.

Totally different.

That's a cheery thought.

25 years of build-up, hype and expectation. Jar Jar was about as funny as syphilis and twice as embarassing; 'Mannequin Skywalker'; stupid plot; too much reliance on CG = massive disappointment.

One last word; "Yippee!"

Vern, whose Transformers review last year ignited a firestorm of controversy...kinda sorta, wrote a review of Spielberg's latest action epic in which he defends the film by basically saying "Well I thought this stuff was pretty neat" and "I liked certain things BECAUSE they were completely awful!" before going on to to say that it is OUR fault that we didn't like the film, excusing the filmmakers themselves of any error in choice. "It's pretty sad that a guy who claims to be so discerning about his action sequences will give an overly CG mess a free pass just because the camera is a bit more steady than Transformers," said omnipresent aint it cool talkbacker Industrykiller! "and things like character, pacing, and writing don't even seem to appear in the general vicinity of his bullshit radar."

Vern further damaged his good name by criticizing internet commentator Devin Feraci, who actually bothered to write a review of Indy 4 with points to back up his opinion, for writing an editorial about the throngs of people who are abandoning Star Wars franchise, not out of spite, but by simply being worn down by the poor quality of EVERYTHING associated with it. Written in his typical irreverent style, Vern implies that Feraci and those of his ilk are "fucks" for disliking a series of films with bad writing, directing, action, acting, editing, special effects, and probably even grip work and catering (speculative).

Content with being sardonic without merit, Vern couldn't be reached for comment at this time, but we'll see about later in the talkback.

You are one humourless apologist.

There may be a bit of swapping around, (ROTS being better than ROTJ- which I just don't get, and the other 2 swapping places), but isn't it pathetic that not one of the prequels is considered best or second best film? Therefore, how can you argue that people love them? they don't.