[Thoro]

Let me guess.... Lucas hasn't had the good sense to get someone else to direct the movie and to write the dialogue yet, has he?

Of course not. He's going to be too close to the film and surrounded by yes-men, yet again. Any co-writer or co-director that he does bring on will be rendered impotent because Lucas is incapable of objectively seeing what he's doing to the product.

The warning signs were there in the unnecessary cartoon CGI additions(Jabba jazz band anyone?) and awful character revamps(Greedo shooting first, Luke screaming as he falls) to the theatrically released Special Editions.

I gave up hope of another true Star Wars movie after the travesty that was "The Phantom Menace" which introduced virgin births, a purely genetic hereditary Force, Darth Vader yelling "yippee!", fart jokes, a race commentator using modern day slang(this trend continues in AotC), and CGI cartoon characters among many other ill-concieved ideas.

The magic is gone. Star Wars wasn't Star Wars because of Lucas's vision. It was Star Wars because of the tempering of Lucas's vision by other people in the production team. There were people that could tell him no.

At this point, all I want is the original theatrical trilogy on dvd minus any of that awful special edition crap. I know I'm not the only one: www.originaltrilogy.com

[LanPB01]

There was a scoop on aintitcool.com yesterday showing a blurry picture which supposedly was Anakin from the upcoming film. The site took the picture down fairly fast.

[colorado tanker]

I'll take the new movies for Natalie Portman and Yoda in a light saber fight.

It's like the scene in Fort Apache with Colonel Thursday asks his Irish Sergeant if the fire water at the Indian agents' place is whiskey. "Well, sir, it's better than no whiskey a'tall!"

[Sofa King]

" At this point, all I want is the original theatrical trilogy on dvd minus any of that awful special edition crap. I know I'm not the only one: www.originaltrilogy.com"

Don't hold your breath. Lucas is a spiteful bastard who doesn't care what the fans want. Why else would Jar-Jar even have been MENTIONED in AotC?

[Xenalyte]

The warning signs were there in the unnecessary cartoon CGI additions (Jabba jazz band anyone?) and awful character revamps (Greedo shooting first, Luke screaming as he falls) to the theatrically released Special Editions.

"I don't think I'm alone in the world in imagining this flick may be the worst idea since Greedo shooting first."

—Holden McNeil, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back