[ThreeYearLurker]

As it says in the latest Time Magazine

...Lucas blames the anti-Jar Jar sentiment on "37-year-old guys who spend all their time on the Internet.

Meesa like Jar Jar, will not see movie unless Jar Jar in it.

[AnnaZ]

That was a great article. Thank you for the link.

Just in terms of mass appeal, the movie extends the franchise's target audience from 12-year-old boys (the action stuff) to 15-year-old girls (the smoochy scenes). If it works, Lucas has the Star Wars and Titanic markets in one package.

Also, this interesting Lucas quote:

So where does Lucas stand in this political polemic? "I'm more on the liberal side of things," he says. "I grew up in San Francisco in the '60s, and my positions are sort of shaped by that ... If you look back 30 years ago, there were certain issues with the Kennedys, with Richard Nixon, that focused my interest." Lucas' own geopolitics can sound pretty bleak: "All democracies turn into dictatorships—but not by coup. The people give their democracy to a dictator, whether it's Julius Caesar or Napoleon or Adolf Hitler. Ultimately, the general population goes along with the idea ... What kinds of things push people and institutions into this direction?"

[Spiff]

...Lucas blames the anti-Jar Jar sentiment on "37-year-old guys who spend all their time on the Internet.

I resemble...er...resent that statement.

Jar Jar was obviously over the top, annoying, and there was just too much of him. But, hey, I hated the freakin' Ewoks too.

[steve-b]

Lucas blames the anti-Jar Jar sentiment on "37-year-old guys who spend all their time on the Internet

Denial ain't a river in Egypt, George.