I’m pissed enough about Episode III to write an actual post on the subject of how stupid this is.

For instance, robots should not cough like General Grievous does. R2D2 is not supposed to be able to fly. In Episodes four through six, they made puppets and props and models and sets. In Episode 3 in particular, it seems they hired Pixar’s rejects to made whole scenes AND characters CG, which was a bad move because the already weak actors had nothing to react to, so the weak acting turned from weak into… I dunno… wet cornbread or something equally stupid.

Which isn’t to say that the original movies had the best acting, but at least it was fun. Watching the idiot who played Anikan Skywalker run around all pouty and petulant was not fun. Jar-Jar was also NOT fun.

I guess the new Star Wars movies prove that the Pixar philosophy is right: it doesn’t matter how good (or, in Star Wars’ case, bad) your special effects are; if you don’t have characters that people care about, if you don’t have a good story, you don’t have anything. Star Wars doesn’t have NOTHING, but they sure don’t have good story, good acting, good directing, good characters, or good CG. What do they have, then? A legacy to destroy. A name to soil.

All in all, I think George Lucas needs to be punched in the face for thinking we’re so stupid.

UPDATE: Check this out for the top five worst Star Wars Character. Grievous made 3rd.