Edited sentence: However, fan reaction to these shots has been mainly negative.It has been suggested that the photos - awkwardly posed and seeming to emphasise the advancing years of Ford and Allen - have been deliberately conceived by the film's promoters to be dull and unflattering.Several publicity stills have been released on the internet during the build-up to the film's release.The presumed aim would be to dampen fans' enthusiasm - thereby avoiding the overwhelmingly negative backlash that attended the highly-anticipated release of The Phantom Menace