As I said in the chat at the end of the stream, I'm not vibrationally excited, but definitely optimistic about what's coming.

That said. The instant a proper R-rated, Darth Maul centric spin-off is announced I will be bouncing off the fucking walls.

I think that anyone informed enough to loathe the prequels will be informed enough to see that episode 7 will be nothing like them.

Trey wasn't born yet so it's understandable, but his recollection of what the Berlin Airlift was is all wrong. The Allies after WW II divided Germany into four parts, and Berlin itself into quarters. Given Berlin was right in the middle of the Soviet part of Germany, Russia really wanted the US, England and France out of there so they cut off ground travel through their zone. The idea wasn't to punish Germans, but to just get total control of the city. Imagine if Russia controlled a part of Tokyo after the war due to their contribution to defeating them, and the US wanting them out.

Oh, agreed. However, it wouldn't take much for someone to spin it as "You know, if all these Americans who were bombing us just left, the Russians would be able to send food in" It's all PR, and they just hated Russians more than they hated the English and Americans once the shooting stopped.

No but seriously Avatar, tell us how much you actually hate JJ. No need to hold back here.

Also, keep in mind, Transformers 4 is likely to open to over 100 million DOMESTIC this weekend (and probably 300 international), despite 3 prior movies that are widely considered to be terrible. Star Wars will have no trouble breaking a billion.