Gaffer Tape said:
I was just re-reading zombie's Secret History of Star Wars, specifically the appendix about the sequel trilogy, and it made me wonder. If Lucas had gone this exact same route only made it a CG feature based around the original trilogy, would any of us be more interested to see it? I honestly think I probably would go out there opening night and check it out if that was the case, especially if he managed to get Mark Hamill to voice Luke (doesn't seem out of the realm of possibility at all). Under normal circumstances, I would still roll my eyes that he was milking the cash cow, but lately it seems that all Star Wars is is about the Clone Wars era, so much so that it would be refreshing to see anything on the big screen with Luke and co, just to prove they still exist, and that we didn't just imagine those three other movies that happened a long time ago.

Any thoughts?

The problem is and I think the PT really spelled it out: SW has lost its magic, and it will never regain the magic from the OOT.

It happens with every movie series, somewhere along the line, the movies get stale, and if the quality decreases, either the movie series turns average or just flat out sucks. I don't care if this series had Luke, Leia and Han, it would still suck.

I understand Lucas can still make money off of SW, but for the sake of the series, just put a fork into it, as now it feels like the final seasons of some of those great sitcoms. I remember watching the final seasons of Roseanne, All in the Family, Cheers, etc, and even though you still tuned in cause of the characters, the show lost its magic somewhere along the line, and when you watch them in reruns, you can usually see where the show jumped the shark.

This Clone War movie will be the first thing that has a SW name on it that I don't put money down for EVER! Heck, I tuned into the frickin Holiday Special when I was 6 years old in November 1978, so I have been there through thick and thin with Lucas.

I love SW, I love the OOT, but I can't get up for anything new in the SW world anymore, it just wont be as good no matter what Lucas does. I mean you have a character called 'Stinky the Hutt?' how good could it be?