how about *number* of tickets sold? jedi? if so, that was probably because it was the "last star wars movie to be made for a really long time." which is why i think that episode 3 will do better than episode 2. but will it *be* better? we'll argue about that until it comes out. then we'll argue about which was better for the next fifty years.

and then our kids and our grand kids will live through the special editions of the PT. they will have sites called originalprequeltrilogy.com, etc. lucas has certainly cloned himself by now. he's going to outlive everyone. roaches, george lucas and wal-marts, that's our future.