I wouldn’t be much of a blogger, internet denizen and media commentator if I didn’t say anything about the new star wars trailer. I came across it last night on my ipad, when I was in the pub, and have just rewatched it. What can I say? Oh Please! I still maintain that this is a film that should never have been made: the Star wars story, the rise and fall of Aniken Skywalker, has been told; what remains is fluff, a sequence of oversaturated images, shown in quick succession, intended to appear dramatic and ominous yet totally lacking any artistic merit. Neither star wars fans nor the hacks who make it can face the fact that their franchise has now been eclipsed by far more complex, deeper narratives, like Lord of the Rings, so they start to churn out cliched bull like this. It’s a kid’s film, made by disney, directed by that total muppet JJ Abrams, but you just know it will have fanboys the world over wetting their pants with glee. Give me a bat’leth over one of those laughable new lightsabers any day!