I got to be honest, when I think of Darth Vader, his redemption never crosses my mind, nor do I consider the original trilogy the story of his redemption. To me it's the story of an average Joe who knows he's meant for bigger things than moisture farming. IMO... Vader is the best bad guy ever created in any entertainment medium. Evil Vader fun, redemption Vader boring.

I hope Lucas doesn't convince Disney to make an attempt to block it's release citing some legal mumbo jumbo. That would be petty and a very bad look. Seems like he was very intent on no one seeing the original again. Hope he has let that go.

I liked Tim Burtons version and loved the ending. As for the original POTA films, I find them incredibly difficult to watch and there is something about the apes very off putting to me. I come from the school of thought if you have nothing nice to say, say nothing at all. In regards to the original apes, I'm giving myself a , they annoy me in a way that's hard to explain.

In my opinion, the Star Wars franchise lack of understanding of its own canon has inadvertently changed the definition, importance, and the over seers of canon within this franchise.

I see its canon like this, in order of importance.

1. The Lucas OG and prequel trilogies

2. The Expanded Universe books

3. Disney produced films

Basically, it's like the old choose your own story books. Do I pretend the Disney films don't exist... no. However, I've seen each one once, thus the space they occupy in my 50 year brain, vs the space the OG trilogy has occupied in my brain starting in 1977, can't compare. I don't have to ignore them, they just naturally don't as important.

Grouchy Luke: not canon

Mara Jade: canon

That is all;)

In 1983, Atari and the Commodore 64 were the top dogs. The term internet didn't exist; and if it did, it was in reference to something other than what we think of as the internet.

I don't understand why Disney was willing to spend that much money producing a TV show. Some Disney big shot recently stated regarding the cancelation of the Ackolyte, there isn't any number of viewers that justifies the cost of the production. Seems to me that is something you are aware of ahead of time. As I write this, I George Lucas having the intention of doing a live action TV show. I could be wrong about the number, but I think he had scripts written, not necessarily by him, for 40 episodes. The reason this never happened... he said it simply would be too costly. Looks like he continues to be correct.

I don't know why, but it drives me crazy how this site and others misuse the prequel and sequel. Just because a story takes place prior to, A New Hope for example, does not make it a prequel to a New Hope. I read things like, "the Retun of the Jedi sequel taking place 2,000 years later, will star...."

That's not a sequel!

I am 54 years old. There are so many aspects as to why, what I call OG Star Wars, seem to be disappointed with almost everything other than the original trilogy. A lot of their/our critisms are valid and true. Example, lack of a connective narrative with the sequel trilogy. It's obvious the return of Palpatine was not the original plan, and quite likely, there was no solid plan as for the direction of the trilogy. But, let's be honest about the truth. It applies to everyone, not just OG SW fans, and it's OK.

Let's pretend that the prequel and sequel trilogies had nearly perfect writing, perfect dialouge, and acting worthy of Academy awards. Would OG fans have less vitriol for these 6 movies... yes. Would they consider them better or like them more than the original trilogy... no. Why?

As a 7 year old, I saw a menacing figure (man/machine/robot?), unlike anything I've ever, in all black with some kind of helmet, appear out of a cloud of smoke. At this point, all anyone could assume, he clearly was the vilian. At this point, he isn't even Darth Vader, he's just the coolest and most freighting thing most of us had ever seen. This was essentially the Big Bang, starting what would become the Star Wars universe.

Are there "better" movies than Star Wars (the A New Hope title came later) out there? Even within the franchise, most everyone considers Empire the crown jewel. The difference between SW and Empire... 3 years. The difference was knowing Santa Clause was real, then having a strong suspension my parents may be Santa Clasue.

Did Jar Jar Binks tarnish my view Star Wars... yes of course. I was 29 by then. I'd guess as a 7 year old he would be amusing much like a cartoon. But what really set off alarm bells while watching A Phantom Menace for the first time were the following two words... Trade Federation. Jar Jar was too childish, the Trade Federation too real and grown up.

Star Wars is like Disneyland; how can anything top your first time?