I agree that George Lucas, once thought to be a great visionary of cinema, is now 5 beers short of a six-pack. Nothing is more evident than the goofy creation of Jar-Jar Binks. I understand that the manipulation of the character’s simpleton and naive nature are a key to Palpatine’s plans of birthing the empire, but it could have gone a better way.

And I agree that the “Special Edition” versions of the original series do have some interesting eye-candy added, but I absolutely despise the degradation of Han Solo’s character with the shift-and-fire sequence with Greedo. I do see the point of Lucas trying to reach a new generation of viewers, but I would love to see a re-release of the first three movies in the theater, rather than the new animated “Clone Wars”. This scrap of digital animation is pathetic, with goofy dialogue littered with valley-speak and modern catch-phrases of the y2k teenie-boppers.

Just plain pathetic. If I were to get so lame in my later years, like Lucas, I’d like to think that a close friend or loved one would just shoot me first, before becoming such an embarrassment.