I saw Sith yesterday, in a theater with a relatively small attendance. I think anyone dying to see it went at midnight, as the Chateau vowed to put it on as many as 14 screens to meet demand.

I’m sorry, but I don’t know that I’ll have time for a full review. I will say that it’s much, much better than the two prequels, all this political hype is overstated nonsense (not that Lucas wasn’t making jabs, but they’re rather ham-handed and ineffectual so who cares?), and I just wish that all three movies had been this quality. But more to the point, Lucas lied. He never had his prequels in even rough draft form or there’s no way he’d have written the original trilogy the way he did. Every Star Wars fan can find twenty ways that this prequel doesn’t jibe with the original movies.

Anyway, I just wanted to share a funny note. The first time Jar-Jar speaks, I heard a light huff of air going around the audience. You can almost hear the eyes rolling whenever he appears onscreen. Part of me wonders just what part Jar-Jar would have played in the trilogy if audience reaction wasn’t so negative.