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Lame Star Wars premiere

Robin Capper

Robin Capper

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Boing Boing post the sad tale of the  Los Angeles Star Wars Episode III premiere promising an "incredible gift bag containing Star Wars merchandise" and "Intergalactic After-Party."

Boing Boing: Revenge of the Tithe: Lament over Lame Star Wars Gift Bag

I suppose I should care about “Revenge of the Sith” as I’m from the “Star Wars Generation” but I think the whole franchise is lame. The original was OK, maybe even the second but how on earth has it got this far, why does anyone care anymore?

I prefer real science fiction. The movie which had the most impact on me was 2001: A Space Odyssey I was about six or seven when I first saw it (sometime in the mid 70’s) and still regard it as the best science fiction/space movie. It only had one sequel too many*.

*OK; So 2010 wasn’t that bad but it’s not a classic like 2001.

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