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Rumors About Episode II Denounced

Posted by emmett on from the and-jerry-mathers-as-the-beaver dept.

at0m writes "Here is an announcement on starwars.com denouncing the myths and rumors regarding casting speculations. It is in response to some bogus articles written about the casting process. A starwars.com newsletter also indicated that the first steps are being taken to begin creating Episode II."

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  1. Oportunistic /.ers? Nahhh... by swordgeek · · Score: 4

    Is it just me, or did this message show up only a few days after the MPAA injunction, which of course was not long after the search and seizure in Norway, and various other things.

    Maybe LucasArts has nothing to do with the MPAA, in which case we can all get excited about the biggest bit of media hype to come along since, well since episode I probably. However, I doubt it.

    Seriously. How shallow can 'we' be to get all up in arms over the MPAA (or the RIAA, or RealTrojan, or Spamazon Books, or...) one day, and the next to start slathering over the latest MPAA-affiliated movie (or RIAA-backed recording, or an interview with Linus available in RealAudio, or some book "buy it at Amazon!", or...)? This is nothing but gut-level anti-establishment behaviour, glued onto full blown opportunism and/or selfishness.

    Go ahead and moderate me down, but at least when I take a moral stand against something, I don't have to look at a calendar to see if it's a 'friend' or 'enemy' day. If you're going to stand up for what you believe in, stand _all_ the goddamn way up!

    Either that, or be happy with whatever gets tossed your way, because you don't deserve a voice.

    C
    (feeling bitter and disgusted tonight)

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