Happy Birthday quidawn!

With the trailer out today, you couldn't have asked for a better b-day present.

Well, okay, maybe except for a wet shirtless Anakin growling at your front door ;).

International Trailer Day!

I'm going to be good and wait until it is shown on t.v.. Access Hollywood is supposed to have some "exclusive" tonight, probably a brief preview of the trailer. What else could it be? Because I'm out here in the PST, I won't see it until 11 p.m.-12 a.m. EST, which means don't look for my commentary/reaction until then. The advantage is I'll know in advance precisely when during The O.C. the trailer will be on. I see on TFN that the UK, Spain, and Argentina will be showing the trailer today and tomorrow, which means every country from Albania to Zimbabwe will probably show it by this weekend.

Papa George on '60 Minutes' This Sunday

Lesley Stahl will interrogate our favorite billionaire about ROTS and what have you this Sunday. I hate '60 Minutes,' but as I did in 1999 when they interviewed Lucas pre-TPM, I shall make an exception:

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/03/10/60minutes/main679325.shtml

Love the title..."Star Wars Goes To Hell." Heh heh. Again it says ROTS will probably get a PG-13.

Show no mercy

Best. Trailer. Ever!

Not only are the visuals amazing, this promises to be a very emotionally-charged film, something beyond the usual summer popcorn fare. Every time Palpatine spoke, I kept wincing, knowing that Anakin will fall for his crap hook, line, and sinker. I think one of my key theories, that Anakin won't betray the Jedi unless he believes he has been betrayed, seems to have some traction. Anakin believes the Jedi no longer trust him and when Obi-Wan asks him to keep an eye on Palps, Anakin responds that it's treason. The two most stunning scenes to me, out of series of stunning scenes, are Sidious's fight in the Senate against Yoda (I just said, "Oh my God!") and Anakin leading an army of clone troopers. Wow! Padmé is shown weeping and Obi-Wan cries in anguish, "You were the Chosen One!" Emotion like that is rarely shown in a SW movie. The duel looks spectacular. Vader and Palpidious are seen together at the of the trailer with an ominous heartbeat in the background. Great way to end it.

Some things flew by me quickly so I'll pick up on them with mulitple viewings of the trailer. But this already makes TESB look like a comedy.