You are right. I think that Episode III will probably be the same thing. I'm not going to go pay to see it. I may be the only one, but at one time, I wouldn't miss a Star Wars movie in the theater. I didn't care for Episode I, but I figured I would give the prequels a chance since it was only the beginning. Well, I hated Episode II even more. I didn't even buy the DVD. Speaking of TPM, I'm happy because one of my fiancee's students said they would buy the DVD from me for $10 since that is the only one they don't have on DVD. BTW. I didn't say I won't see Episode III, I just won't pay money to see it at the theater. Either my nephew will rent the DVD or I'll watch it when it hits HBO.

Back on the Original Trilogy. Why did he have to cause all of the dissention among the fans anyway? All he had to do was put both versions on the DVD's and include the '97 scenes that were updated in 2004 as extras and be done with it. I'll admit that I probably wouldn't be so hard on the prequels if he wasn't so hard on the Original Versions. Since he is, I saw that as a threat to the films I loved. If he would have released both versions, I probably would have tolerated the prequels and the changes, but they would still pale in comparison to the Original Versions.

What about the lame extras? I'm not going to knock the documentary because I haven't seen it. The lame extras are the Vader doc. and the videogame. Who the hell needs to see the Vader doc. in order to be fired up for Episode III? Those who are going to see it didn't need it to make their decision. They decided long ago. They really could have put some great stuff on their like the deleted scenes. Hell, I would rather have a documentary focusing on all of the toys that came out for it over the years than one for a videogame.

He won't show it, but I believe the problems with this release are going to take some of the wind out of Lucas' sails.

Patrick