{"id":2936,"date":"2004-11-04T11:05:21","date_gmt":"2004-11-05T03:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/11\/04\/star-wars-episode-3-trailer\/"},"modified":"2019-12-11T13:50:36","modified_gmt":"2019-12-11T21:50:36","slug":"star-wars-episode-3-trailer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/11\/04\/star-wars-episode-3-trailer\/","title":{"rendered":"Star Wars Episode 3 Trailer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:9877,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/advancemame.com\\\/episode3.mov&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:9878,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.ryanwaddell.com\\\/archives\\\/2004\\\/11\\\/04\\\/episode-3-trailer&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:8822,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/click.linksynergy.com\\\/fs-bin\\\/click?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941.10000002&amp;subid=0&amp;type=4&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>This conversation between Prairie and I pretty much sums it all up.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n  <strong>Me:<\/strong> oooh &#8211; you&#8217;re <em>so<\/em> not going to care about this &#8212; and I really shouldn&#8217;t, either &#8212; but the first trailer for Star Wars Ep. 3 came out today<br \/>\n  <strong>Me:<\/strong> (laughs)<\/p>\n<p>  <strong>Prairie:<\/strong> giggles<br \/>\n  <strong>Prairie:<\/strong> oh&#8230; how&#8230; wonderful&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>  <strong>Me:<\/strong> i sat and watched it, knowing that I shouldn&#8217;t care, but&#8230;dammit&#8230;it&#8217;s Star Wars, and Lucas still makes it <em>look<\/em> like Star Wars<br \/>\n  <strong>Me:<\/strong> lol<br \/>\n  <strong>Me:<\/strong> even when I know the movie&#8217;s probably going to suck, it&#8217;s got the music, and the space ships, and lightsabers, and Darth Vader&#8230;and&#8230;garggh!<\/p>\n<p>  <strong>Prairie:<\/strong> haha&#8211;just keep reminding yourself that it&#8217;s only pseudo-Star Wars<\/p>\n<p>  <strong>Me:<\/strong> and then I had to remind myself that the last two sucked<br \/>\n  <strong>Me:<\/strong> and I really <em>didn&#8217;t<\/em> need to go buy them to complete the collection<\/p>\n<p>  <strong>Prairie:<\/strong> aww! I promise not to make too much fun of you if you go to see it<br \/>\n  <strong>Prairie:<\/strong> although if you go twice I&#8217;ll probably mock you brutally<\/p>\n<p>  <strong>Me:<\/strong> :laughs<\/p>\n<p>  <strong>Prairie:<\/strong> you definitely don&#8217;t need to buy the whole collection<br \/>\n  <strong>Prairie:<\/strong> (hides your wallet just in case)<\/p>\n<p>  <strong>Me:<\/strong> (sighs)<br \/>\n  <strong>Me:<\/strong> i know<br \/>\n  <strong>Me:<\/strong> but&#8230;<br \/>\n  <strong>Me:<\/strong> (whine)<br \/>\n  <strong>Me:<\/strong> lol<\/p>\n<p>  <strong>Prairie:<\/strong> no!<br \/>\n  <strong>Prairie:<\/strong> not REALLY Star Wars<br \/>\n  <strong>Prairie:<\/strong> no matter how much it might LOOK like it is<\/p>\n<p>  <strong>Me:<\/strong> yeah<\/p>\n<p>  <strong>Prairie:<\/strong> (steers you in a different direction)<br \/>\n  <strong>Prairie:<\/strong> (takes the new trailer away from you)<\/p>\n<p>  <strong>Me:<\/strong> my brain knows that<br \/>\n  <strong>Me:<\/strong> the fanboy in me that grew up with the movies and still loves the space battles and cool aliens and laser swords and all that is still having difficulties accepting that, though<\/p>\n<p>  <strong>Prairie:<\/strong> (distracts you while a team of hypnotists goes to work on the part of your brain that still thinks there&#8217;s a chance that the new movie will be good)<\/p>\n<p>  <strong>Me:<\/strong> :laughs<\/p>\n<p>  <strong>Prairie:<\/strong> I&#8217;m in favor of watching the old ones as often as you want<br \/>\n  <strong>Prairie:<\/strong> but unless a miracle occurs and the last of the new ones is good, I hope never to see those<\/p>\n<p>  <strong>Me:<\/strong> ah, well<br \/>\n  <strong>Me:<\/strong> i&#8217;ll have to see it once<\/p>\n<p>  <strong>Prairie:<\/strong> just &#8217;cause you&#8217;ve gotta know <strong>Prairie:<\/strong> (and &#8217;cause you&#8217;re braver than I)\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So, here you are, if you&#8217;re as masochistic as I am &#8212; the <a href=\"http:\/\/advancemame.com\/episode3.mov\" title=\"10.5Mb Quicktime movie\">Star Wars Episode III trailer<\/a> (Star Wars Episode III trailer).<\/p>\n<p>(via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ryanwaddell.com\/archives\/2004\/11\/04\/episode-3-trailer\/\" title=\"Ryan's Rantin': Episode 3 Trailer!\">Ryan<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/click?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941.10000002&amp;subid=0&amp;type=4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" width=\"61\" height=\"15\" alt=\"iTunes\" src=\"http:\/\/images.apple.com\/itunesaffiliates\/logos\/iTunes_sm_bdg61x15.png\"><\/a> &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DWilliams, John%2526albumTerm=Sony Classical: Great Performances 1903-1998%2526songTerm=Main Theme from Star Wars%26partnerId%3D30\">Main Theme from Star Wars<\/a>&#8221; by <a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DWilliams, John%26partnerId%3D30\">Williams, John<\/a> from the album <em><a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DWilliams, John%2526albumTerm=Sony Classical: Great Performances 1903-1998%26partnerId%3D30\">Sony Classical: Great Performances 1903-1998<\/a><\/em> (1990, 5:53).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>oooh &#8211; you&#8217;re _so_ not going to care about this &#8212; and I really shouldn&#8217;t, either &#8212; 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