On the plus side, Lucas has said he's retiring, right? It may be that he'll leave this one to competent professionals who know what makes good television and what made Star Wars good, once upon a time.

Maybe the scripts will even get rewrites? Maybe the directors will be the kind who are capable of getting a performance from actors, like Kirshner was?

I mean, the "Empire on steroids" quote is godawful, but maybe, translated from McCallum's exaggerated toady-speak, that simply means "similar in tone to Empire"?

I'm going to remain the voice of optimism here until I am officially kneed in the Gundarks.