I'm a bit curious who's left to care after both A] the prequels and B] this week's giant middle finger to anyone who bought into the IP over the last three decades and change.

Intellectual property, in this case referring primarily to the gamut of after-Endor novel series.

Do you like Philz? I'm having some Julie's Ultimate this morning.

Decent coffee ? Please.....I live in Florida.

Why Oh Why do we cry and moan?!

Let's leave the political correct BS, and false intolerance baiting cards out of the work of peoples intellectual property.

And on a side note.. I'm sure there will be more female characters than just one in the next series, as well as some of various alien species.

So when I looked at that Star Wars cast list, Hannah was on my mind. Surely in the second decade of the twenty-first century, she'd be given more awesome female characters to choose from in this contemporary incarnation of Star Wars. Leia would still be there, as the fighting princess GÇö but maybe there would be a female fighter pilot whose swagger could rival Han Solo's, or a female Sith strutting through some scenery-chewing lines. Nope. There's one female name other than Carrie Fisher's on that cast list: the relative unknown Daisy Ridley, whom fans are speculating might play the daughter of Han Solo and Princess Leia. Of course, more cast members will be announced, but this is probably our core cast GÇö the main characters.

Having Ridley is great, but one new female lead in a cast of men? That's how we launch ourselves into the future of this series, which inspires little girls with pink swords, as well as old girls like myself who graduated to sharper weapons long ago? Are we seriously still pretending that the universe is comprised almost entirely of men

If Daisy Riddly is (like many speculate) gonna play Han and Leia's daughter, that means she's Jaina Freaking Solo-Fel., one of the most kick ass characters in the Star Wars Universe.

Problem is that nothing on that wiki is canon anymore. While you may indeed be right that Daisy Riddly will play Jaina, it's also possible that there is no Jaina.

If Daisy Riddly is (like many speculate) gonna play Han and Leia's daughter, that means she's Jaina Freaking Solo-Fel., one of the most kick ass characters in the Star Wars Universe.

In a sense complaining about a lack of female stars actually smacks of "we need moar eye-candy" and is a bit insulting.

I'm a gay male, so my opinion has nothing to do at all with more "eye candy".
It's just seriously crazy stuff.

I will only approve of this new Star Wars film if Seth MacFarlane agrees to parody it.

Darth Stewie whacking Nimoy's mailbox

It would be great if we could let writers, producers and filmmakers create without wearing our feelings on our sleeve.

There is enough whining out there of groups who think they are somehow owed something. Poor pity me, Im so different, let me flaunt it for the world to see.

Bottom line; You are not owed spit. Work hard, earn your way.

Pfft, who needs women when we have a "girly flower stick" posing as Darth Vader and Jar Jar to cheer us up ?

Sydney Bristow was 13 years ago. Sure J.J. Abrams has created strong female characters in the past 10 years. Now who were they?

He is a cash machine for the industry, and can do no wrong.

So, we should all just end film criticism ? And all criticism ?

Yeah, right.

I sure wish the makers of Terminator Salvation had run the entire script by us first, so as to avoid the financial disaster (and no further interest in the series) they got into with it.