SilverWook wrote:

why the PR attempt at blowing sunshine up the garbage chute now, five years after the last film?

The Prequel Appreciation Society wasn't started by LFL, but LFL did latch onto it for the panel, don't know who approached who. The host of the event is the person who is retorting the RedLetterMedia TPM review.

For me the problem with liking the addition of Hayden, sure it makes the visual correllation easier to follow, but the problem is young Hayden is the one who fell. Shaw's performance is the Anakin which turned away from the dark side and should be the ghost. Seems weird giving screen time to the incarnation of the character which defines the side the movies are always complaining about.

SilverWook continued:

I'd be willing to bet any Lucasfilm employee who publicly criticized any aspect of SW would be pinkslipped pretty fast.

At CV most of the OT people -Kurtz, Daniels, Hamill & Fisher- all were vocal in different ways about the SW regime. (mostly just adult suggestive material, but some elaboration in Kurtz's story on the different directions he thought the series was going instead of what happened) Was entertaining watching the moderators -Hidalgo, Laga'aia- attempts to stamp out or steer the discussion.