I was waiting for Sam Jackson to throw out a "Im the baddest muthafuckin jedi in the universe, mother fucker!!"


actually, that was a gripe of mine....looking back, i wish they would have re-cast sam jackson, natalie portman, and jimmy smitz....

i just see them in their other characters and couldnt fully accept or grasp them in the star wars universe. i think they should have went with less known or unknowns.

Don't forget Hayden Christiansen. Seriously, is there a worse actor available? I'd almost prefer Ben Afleck or Keanau Reeves.

Damn right. Hoooooly crap is that guy wooden. 2 facial expressions... "neutral" and "slightly put-off." That's it.

And Sam Jackson was a horrible horrible decision. He's good at what he does, but "jedi" isn't it. Look what made those first 3 so damn good, (IMO) - unknown leads. Who the hell was Mark Hamill? (And to be fair, what the fuck was Corvette Summer...) You almost have to put unknown / lesser-knowns in fantasy pics like that unless you want people thinking "Pulp Fiction, LA Law, Where the Heart Is," etc. the whole time.

whoa whoa whoa...

Corvette Summer rocked......just picked it up on dvd on ebay a few months back...

was a favorite of mine since i was a yout.

Corvette Summer = a film only Mrs. Hamill could love.

i could do alot worse the mark hamill....lol

Can't wait...Took off from work on Thursday.. Tics for 12:00 noon.....

agreed. but i've still got some faith in this one.

Yeah, I'm kind of the same way. I thought the first two sucked and have no faith that George Lucas will fill in the gaping holes he's opened but I still find myself stragely excited to be seeing this tonight.

Booked a tic for 11:30 PM Friday night. Part 3 of 3 in a Friday Night Movies triple header (Interpreter & Hitchhiker's Guide being the first two).

almost. however, a trilogy like the lord of the rings contradicts this theory.

Not sure if that's a fair comparison. LOTR is much more effective as an ensemble piece than Episodes 1 & 2, where everything pretty much revolves around Obi Wan, Anakin, or the Queen. The few well-known actors (circa late '01) that were in LOTR either had central roles or had their characters given extra focus (Liv Tyler, for example; not that I'm complaining).