***BREAKING NEWS!!!****
Ok, not really. I just needed your attention.
Every geek is well versed in the total pile of Bantha poodoo visited upon us with the Star Wars Prequels. I won’t rehash the Anakin Skywalker angst-ridden, Trade Federation muddled, JAR JAR BINKS disgraceful muck we suffered through.
But now (or rather, recently) a trailer has surfaced that has cause to give us “a new hope”.
Sadly, it’s not for a Star Wars sequel or TV show, but rather a video game unveiled at E3. I know, I know; this trailer has been out for a while. But indulge me for a moment and give it a look see (following the commercial):
What did you think? Tasty, right? Imagine THAT vision and concept in an SW film. By all that is Wookie, this could have a been a movie for the ages. Sadly, George Lucas and the sycophantic enablers surrounding him chose to go with the soulless drivel (I direct the jury to this celebrated quote from Star Wars II: Attack of the Clones):
“I don’t like sand. It’s coarse
and rough and irritating, and it
gets everywhere. Not like here.
Here everything’s soft… and
smooth…”
I’d just as soon kiss 200 Wookies (actually, I imagine their kisses as soft, smooth, strangely alluring in fact) than be subjected to that absolute schlock.
Perhaps Lucas loosened up the reins enough to allow the creative talent behind this game to produce really something interesting and compelling.
Too sad really, makes me wistful…
