You were just trying to be a smart alec, more like. Now, stick to topic, or do one.

You guys are aware this is legit news, right?

The 'retiring' Lucas believes she's "...equipped to carry my vision into the future." Your thoughts...

Are you affiliated with that bizarre sub-sect of Star Wars fandom which hates the Star Wars CREATOR written & directed prequels?

One Jonathan Hales worked on the AotC script. Lucas isn't the control freak many make him out to be (and since he financed the prequels himself, why shouldn't he have cracked the proverbial whip?). Happy 90th, Sir Christopher.

Who the frig really watches Star Wars for the dialogue, anyway?

George also wrote & directed the Oscar-nominated original Star Wars - but we digress; Sir Christopher's a legend!

Don't forget his Lord Summerisle and, of course, Dracula!... oh yeah, and this;

I would insist on the bad language; swearing in Huttese etc would be hilarious!

...wouldn't work, I'm told - despite the entrenched criminality, myriad of vehicles to 'commandeer' and fresh aesthetic (America's starting to grate). Your thoughts...

The real reason the prequel trilogy was bashed is its 'problem-reaction-solution' through-line. The corporate-run media didn't want us taking too close a look at this 'democracy' allegory

My reading of said dialogue is Lucas was going for a long-winded Olde English-vibe, a la Shakespeare. The saga's set a long time ago, don't forget!

In terms of fiction , the Star Wars galaxy and our own co-exist, as evidenced by the three E.T. "phone home" senators briefly seen in the Senate Rotunda scene in Episode I. Members of their species visited Earth in the Spielberg flick, of course.

Excellent.

The Jinn role is that of 'willing tutor'. For me, the foundation of Anakin's fall was placement with a master (purely titular until Episode III, by the way) just going through the motions; unlike Qui-Gon, Kenobi didn't want him, thus didn't keep as close an eye on a certain befriending as he should've... "I have failed you, Anakin. I have failed you."