Did you hear the great news? The next Star Wars(TM) movie is going to be animated. And then a whole slew of animated TV episodes will follow. Not to mention an entire bevy of newly colored $12.99 'light sabers' at walmart, and more cheap plastic crap Star Wars toys retailing at WELL beyond what we all know to be even remotely reasonable.

For his part, Lucas says:

"I felt there were a lot more 'Star Wars' stories left to tell," said "Star Wars" creator George Lucas in a statement. "I was eager to start telling some of them through animation and, at the same time, push the animation forward."

What he doesn't say though is that by making this movie animated, he's finally gotten rid of those pesky actors. As we all know, they totally got in the way in the last three Star Wars movies.

Hopefully the release of this new animated film will also let Mr. Lucas finally let go of the need for a plot as well. Audiences made him TRY to cling to one of those in all three of his latest films, but I think that with an animated film and series under his belt that he'll now be able to show people who knows better.

As for the 'stories' these new ventures will be taking:

A new character named Ahsoka, Anakin's padawan, will be the first female Jedi to be a character of focus.

Which brings us to another hopeful point: Continuity. It looks like that too is completely over-rated in Mr. Lucas' world, and will therefore be completely discarded in this new series of Star Wars 'stories'.