The horror, the horror

Rating: 1/10 (5 June 2005)

Yes, I was suckered in too. I couldn't believe that III could be even worse than I and II, but it is. I really didn't expect that there would be all those horrendous continuity glitches between I-II-III and IV-V-VI, amply detailed by others here: Obiwan doesn't recognize R2, Leia remembers her real mother, Chewie goes from military leader to 2nd-banana smuggler, etc, etc, etc.
Of course, Lucas will just produce a super-special edition of IV-V-VI where the key lines are simply removed, and replaced by voice-imitation specialists uttering ludicrous blandishments like those that fill I-II-III.
And, we can't even get the originals on DVD. No, like the rebels battling the Empire, we must furtively seek out and carefully preserve our VHS copies, hoping against hope for the day when Emperor Lucas the First is finally overthrown, and the light of a good story well told can once again fill the galaxy.