So I caught a bit of the G4 coverage of the Star Wars stuff at Comic Con, and I'm starting feel like I'm the only one on Earth who thinks that everything after Empire Strikes Back has been complete junk. I can't even say that I'm a big fan of Return of the Jedi. C'mon. Ewoks? Are you telling me that Vader wouldn't have just leveled the whole forest around the generator once word came in of trouble? But I digress.

Anything in life, whether it be religion, philosophy, science, fiction...etc, can be judged based on a "believability factor". Basically, how many leaps of logic are you willing to take before something is just unbelievable? In the case of Star Wars, at least everything since Empire, you have to accept that Ewoks, Jar Jar Binks, metachlorians, Snips, Skyguy, wisecracking idiot robots, the constant use of the words "whoah" and "whoops", Hayden Christensen, younglings, terrible writing, terrible direction, terrible acting (probably due to terrible writing and direction), ugly 3D animation in Clone Wars, and Greedo firing first are all great ideas! On that note, does Padme/Amidala's hair need to change in EVERY scene? I swear, the camera pans around the room and she suddenly has a different hairstyle!
So when I see all of the frothing Kool-Aid drinking fanboys on TV, I can't help thinking that I'm missing something. Are they holding onto the hope that the Star Wars franchise will return to its previous glory, or do they really like all of the modern garbage?

My wife worked for LucasArts in the late 90's, and she said that Lucas didn't even want to do any more Star Wars movies. The only reason he did anything was to satisfy the huge demand from the fan base. She said his real love was his Indiana Jones stories, and we all saw what happened there.

So I've decided from this time forward that I am boycotting all things Star Wars until things turn around. So would somebody please let me know that happens? I'll be the one huddled around my copies of the original non-restored movies babbling about the glory days when Lucas wasn't a complete moron.

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