Ad Agency Stirs Star Wars Controversy

There are as many points of view on the Star Wars universe as there are alien races in a galaxy far, far away

But one ad agency has decided to stamp its viewpoint rather forcefully on the debate that has riven Star Wars fandom: do Episodes I, II and III have anything to bring to the table, in terms of defining what Star Wars is?

The video, above, styles itself an open letter to J.J. Abrams, director of Star Wars Episode VII (or as Lucasfilm has recently been styling it in hashtag form, #StarWarsVII). It offers four rules for creating future Star Wars movies — each one a not-so-veiled attack on the prequel movies released by George Lucas between 1999 and 2005 Read more...