I'm a huge CGI fan. Like someone said, Finding Nemo. YES. what a wonderful little flick. I've watched it more times than any full grown adult should admit to... however, I also watched the New Special Edition of Jedi yesterday. It's the only special edition that I refused to watch for the longest time. I tried a New Hope in the theater. Even got weepy when the STAR WARS flashed onto the screen. But the digital effects blew it for me.

Anyway, the ships in the new SE of Jedi, especially Jabba's ships, etc... they look like something from Toy Story. Which would be great if Star Wars was Toy Story. But it's not. Matting *can* look pretty crappy. We've all seen poorly done matting jobs, but at the very least, why not just clean up the mats with CGI (like Lucas did a bit anyway)? Why add new scenes of cartoon ships flying around?

Also, while watching Jedi, I remembered that the Ewoks weren't just muppets. Vicious little beasts. I found a new respect for them. Even the new song at the end wasn't so bad. I didn't even mind the Gungan thing. But the young force ghost of Anakin?? Did everyone take a bunch of acid before making that decision?

*Speaking of the Ewoks song at the end.. does anyone remember the rap song that someone put out right around 1983-84 that was based upon the Nub Nub song (or whatever it was called)? Was about Star Wars, I think. Any clue here?