It depresses me that a series which has so influenced the popular imagination is being repeatedly debased.
A series which has been quoted by world leaders, which altered the nature of cinema in the U.S and the wider world and, not least of all, lives in the imagination of millions of people.
The kitsch of merchandising was once cute, but it now it is merely exploitative. The whole thing feels hollowed out. The Special Edition is a desecrated corpse. Any small sliver of dignity and wonder which existed in the series is being meticulously squeezed out.
If Lucas had actively set out to destroy Star Wars, I don't think he could have done better than this.