Star Wars (3-D) Update... In case you haven't heard yet, Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith will be theatrically re-released within 3 weeks of each other next year. Star Wars: Episode II will open in 3-D at cinemas nationwide on September 20, 2013, while Episode III will come out in 3rd dimension shortly thereafter on October 11, respectively.
Personally speaking, I'm not surprised that Lucasfilm is re-releasing the last two Star Wars prequels back-to-back on the same year (like what was done for the 1997 Star Wars Trilogy Special Edition). The Phantom Menace, whose visual effects were totally awesome to see on the big-screen again, in 3-D, last February, grossed only $43.5 million at the box office more than 6 months ago (while Disney's The Lion King made $94 million when it was re-released in 3-D last year)...and that can be attributed to the fact that Jar Jar Binks and the performances of most of the actors (specifically Jake Lloyd and unfortunately, Natalie Portman) in Episode I are as painful to watch now as they were back in 1999. And it doesn't help that Attack of the Clones is even more excruciating to watch than The Phantom Menace because of the bad romantic dialogue Lucas had Portman and Hayden Christensen say in the movie. It's almost safe to say that Attack of the Clones would've most decisively been a 3-D flop next year if Revenge of the Sith wasn't scheduled to immediately be re-released after it.
I'm definitely looking forward to seeing Episode III in 3rd dimension next year. The opening space battle above Coruscant... General Grievous confronting Obi-Wan Kenobi with 4 friggin' lightsabers, simultaneously, on Utapau... The Battle of Kashyyyk sequence... Darth Sidious and Yoda dukin' it out in the Galactic Senate chamber on Coruscant, while the epic lightsaber duel between Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan takes place on Mustafar... Revenge of the Sith should hopefully be more welcomed than Episode I was when it returns to the big screen in 2013. Sith is, after all, the best film in the prequel trilogy. That's not saying much, but it's all good.
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