I agree ... in part

- I can't say that I've ever had a deep emotional involvement with any Star Wars character (OK, except for Han Solo, but I was much younger and far more impressionable and I don't want to talk about that Callista Flockhart besotted idiot anymore anyhow). Lucas does have a knack for making three-dimensional characters two-dimensional, as one film critic stated.

- I actually liked the way that all the scores from the other movies found a place in Episode three, without the introduction of much new music. That first stirring of the Imperial March, the wistful hints of Luke's and Leia's themes during their birth, and the reworking of "Duel of Fates" for the climactic Anakin battle all served to reinforce the action without becoming overtly intrusive. I'd have to agree that there weren't any new themes introduced that have stuck in my head, but I'm n ot particularly upset by that.

-Palpatine's crazed laughter during the fight with Yoda? You really have to wonder what Lucas was thinking on that one.

-Were we promised an explanation about midichlorians? I somehow missed that in the lead-up hype to the movie. It was intriguing though that Darth Sidioius mentions Darth Plagus's ability to manipulate midichlorians to create and preserve life. Does that tie in with the "virgin birth" crap from Episode I? Could it possibly be that Anakin was essentially created by a Sith Lord to become a Sith Lord apprentice? What better place to perform such an experiment than in a backwater, unallied planet that condones slavery and does most of its trading on the outside of the law? The idea almost absolves the stupid virgin birth concept, which leads me to believe I'm thinking too much and that this was not Lucas' intent. I actually don't think that Lucas intended midichlorians to be cells. I think he developed the name from two organelles that exist within different kinds of cells - mitochondria in animal cells and chloroplasts in plant cells. Both are the "power factories" for their respective cells, which would then explain their ability to produce an energy known as the force. What that doesn't explain is why inanimate objects (such as rocks) are also enveloped in the foce, as Yoda maintains in Episode V. But frankly, midichlorians are mostly a lame idea not worth spending much debate time on.

-You liked Obi Wan best? Me, I'm a Qui Gon gal myself. He's the closest we got to a Han Solo rebel in the current trilogy. If Liam Neeson ends up with Callista Flockhart, I will have to go out and kill something. Which leads me to my last dire prediction. When Lucas goes back and tweaks Episode VI again (and we all know he's not going to be able to resist doing it) I predict that Mr. I've_Figured-Out-How-to-Return-From-the-Dead-Without-Going-Poof is going to be added to the Ghostly Aparitions at the end of the movie. Anyone want to take the bet?