CO said:

vacuum said:

luke, han, leia seem to be center stage for episode VII in the new script by abrams, and i am thrilled. f**k the haters on this one.

I almost think they have to approach the ST this way to get back all of the OT fans who were burned by the PT.

I can only speak for my friends (I hate generalizing), but I was suprised at how many of them just didn't give a shit about the ST when I mentioned they were going to make it. They hated the PT so much, they are EXPECTING the ST to suck, and that is why they haven't got really hyped.

Now where things will change is when they see that first Episode 7 trailer with Luke, Leia and Han, and I think they will be curious enough to see the movie now.

I'm in the same group your friends are in, CO. The only promising thing about Ep.7 that we know at this point is the inclusion of the 'big 3'. That has me curious enough to go see it, but I have zero expectations of it being anything I'll enjoy.

And I agree with what you said about the folks behind the film needing to focus on the original characters in order to cleanse the awful taste of the PT. I don't know anybody who would even go see it if they weren't involved. And, even with that, most of the people I know won't be seeing it anyway.