There is a book that takes place between Episodes II and III where yoda goes after Dooku during the Clone Wars that develops a bit more of the backstory. Others touched on this, but he was a gifted padawan that got really sick of the light side teachings so he left the academy.

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/VgICnbC2-_Y" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

ROFL....that was great. If nothing else it stresses than Lucas really needed strong colllaborators to help him flesh out the script and continuity instead of doing everything himself on the prequels.

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/t51PkKc5l1Q" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Just excellent...

Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith 3D being released in a few weeks...


If anyone cares anymore........



http://www.aintitcool.com/node/57937

Ummm what? The last thing anyone wants is to see theaters crammed with re-releases. JFC

Any chance you can tell me who won the superbowl?

The Phantom Menace made more than $102 million at the box office and it's pure profit for the studio, Lucasfilm and the movie theater chains.

There will be more that follow this model, as there is another generation of kids that haven't seen these movies in a theater before.

I want to see new and unique stories on the big screen not rehasing old material because it is easy money.

Does anyone really want to see it again? See that again? How many 40 yr old Star Wars fans are going to want to take their kids to see "The Phantom Menace" in the theaters?

Agreed. There are exceptions... but they're very few.

Enough to earn $102 million at the box office. It's already had its run and those are the US Box Office numbers.

Good luck. You're likely looking at Pixar/Dreamworks/Fox animation and Indie films.

Big budget films are ruled by known properties because, well, they're known properties. It's next to impossible to get $200 million in funding for something unfamiliar to the public.

Guys like Jim Cameron and Chris Nolan can pull it off because they're shelling out at least half of the coin necessary (Inception and Avatar, for example).

Who doesn't like easy money?

:shrug:

I'm not condoning this practice but I'm realistic about it.

But... what percentage of those customers were happy with the movie? How many of those people would be willing to pay to see it again?

I mean now... not when the hard core fans saw it over and over, trying to find a reason to like it. That ship has sailed, and it's pretty much universally accepted that the movie sucks. :shrug: