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We’ve heard it all before

opinion.gifMark Beall at Cinematical talks about the prequel trilogy, at length. Nothing new, really – the entertaining part is the commentary over at Big Dumb Object:

I’m so sick of this. No one seems to understand. Let me spell it out (hopefully for the last time).

When you saw the original Star Wars films you were a child. Children love the new Star Wars films. Your expectations of the prequel films are not that of a child.

A bit harsh, maybe – Beall isn’t all that obnoxious, on the grand scale of fanboy obnoxiousness. (It goes to eleven.) But true enough. And as a ‘hardcore’ fan, I really don’t see why it’s so hard to just shrug off the prequel films if you don’t adore them. I certainly didn’t enjoy them as much as the OT, but I don’t feel the need splooge over fandom because of it. They’re just… there. They were a good excuse to gather and do fun fannish stuff. And snark. Very, very good for snark. But why continue to dwell on the bitterness?

And can we please drop the ‘true fan’ crap already? You don’t have to adore everything about Star Wars to be a ‘real’ fan, otherwise most of CJ would have been disqualified the moment the notion of a burgerpult entered our heads. (Looong before TPM.) There is NO SUCH THING as a ‘true fan’ or ‘true fanboy.’ You like the movies? ANY of the movies? You’re a fan. It’s not an all or nothing situation. Star Wars is much too large, both as a franchise and a fandom, for such a mindset to be practical. So, yes: deal.

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Peter Jackson speaks

In an interview with AICN, Peter Jackson talks about the limbo that is The Hobbit. Guess what? He heard the latest rumors on the internet, along with everyone else. More hopeful is the first part of the interview, where he talks about the Temeraire books. He even mentions Star Wars and franchise-building:

What I love about what George Lucas has done with STAR WARS, which I think is really cool, is that you have the movies and the movies, obviously, are the flagships of the saga, of the storytelling, but you have the comic books and the novels and everything that fills out what happens inbetween the films and what happens in other places while the films are occurring. I love that expansion of the world. This is, to me, has also got the same possibilities. The movies can be the epics and there can be other forms of entertainment that can be running alongside the movies, expanding the world of the books and the story.

Meanwhile, they’re casting for Hobbits in London. Thanks to Yav for the links!

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This week on Starwars.com

Tonight brings 2006 Halloween costumes – including three new baby costumes. (Paging Eliz – they have an X-Wing pilot!)

Also…
– High-End Collector Packaging for 2007
– Featured Blog: The Last of the LEGO Loving Jedi
– Craft: Book covers
– Fall Target Exclusives
– Interview with Mogwai guitarist Stuart Braithwaite
– Updated Mando’a Glossary and Guide
– Road Trip: Snapshots from Vegas
– Fall Walmart Exclusives

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DVD roundup

Now that the dust of the Limited Edition DVD release earlier this week has settled a bit, here’s a few of the many reviews, opinions, and other media detris:

Time Out Movie Blog: An interview with Warwick Davis, who says: “Everybody wanted to see these versions.”

The Denver Post: The purists strike back. I know I’ve been in fandom too long when ‘puists’ means ‘people who whine about the EU,’ not people who hate the Special Edition changes.

The London Free Press: Star Wars DVD is overpriced. I don’t think anyone is actually paying $24.99. At least not this week.

The Salt Lake Tribune: 5 reasons this set goes to the dark side. Yeah, yeah, we know. Geez.

More such…
– Toledo Free Press
– The Crimson White
– Cinema Blend
– Detroit Free Press
– Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

And course, there’s always Starwars.com’s complete coverage…