That New Episode III Trailer Experience

I should have listened to my gut when I thought that Fox wouldn’t air the trailer until the end of “The O.C.” Instead, I sat through the whole show and suffered through the insipid dialogue that was worse, much worse, than the dialogues in Ep. I & II.

But the trailer…oh, man! I cannot wait for this movie to come out. I’ve heard that a camp-out for tickets is happening in D.C. on May 6 or some ridiculously early date like that. Give me a break. It isn’t like there’s only a limited amount of tickets. I’d like to see it on the first day, but if I don’t, I don’t.

So Palpatine whips out a lightsaber in the trailer, but we don’t get to see him use it. We do see Anakin leading an army of…I don’t know…droids? I didn’t tape the trailer, silly me. Lots of explosions! Yay! Padme crying…boo hoo. I always wondered what happened to the Skywalkers’ mom. She isn’t mentioned in the EU, as far as I know, but I’ve only read up to the Thrawn Trilogy.

I also can’t wait to find out how it is that Palpatine manages to hide his Sithness from the entire Council. I mean, come on, this was Yoda in his prime–how could the dark side that clouded be? I’ve managed to remain spoiler-free as far as Ep. III goes, except for what I’ve seen on this trailer and the one on Star Wars.com, so I don’t know if they’ll show Yoda fleeing to Dagobah and Obi-wan holing up on Tatooine.

If I can, I’d like to read Jedi Trial and Labyrinth of Evil before I see the movie, but I just hate hardcover books. They’re so bulky, and they aren’t going to come out in paperback anytime soon. So much to do!