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Schadenfreude feels so so good.

Kim Hollis: Star Wars: The Clone Wars earned $5.7 million while falling 61%. It has a running total of $25 million. Do they need JJ Abrams to come in and reinvigorate the franchise?

Reagen Sulewski: Dear George Lucas - Ha Haw! I really never quite expected Star Wars fanboys to wake up this much, but it appears they only have to be burned three or four times.

Max Braden: I would pay to see Robert Downey Jr. as Han Solo in Star Wars: Bounty Hunters. Trust me, this is a good idea.

Pete Kilmer: They made it for kids. Stupid kids. They took everything that made the Genndy Tartakovsky Star Wars cartoon a terrific show and totally ignored it and flushed it out the airlock. Granted this thing is a hit considering it was due for TV.

Kim Hollis: I disagree, Pete. I think you have to qualify your definition of hit here. No Star Wars movie released into theaters should theoretically do this poorly. An eventual grand total of around $35 million is simply pathetic. The one thing I will agree with is the fact that if all these fans follow the show to TV, it's actually going to have good ratings for a cable program.

Pete Kilmer: Kim, I think the only thing I disagree with you is that this was never intended as a Star Wars "movie". From what I understand, these were the first three episodes of the upcoming TV show and Lucas liked what he saw and decided to put it in the theater. This was not intended for the theaters initially. The box office it's made (minus advertising) is basically free money for Lucasfilm.





Daron Aldridge: JJ Abrams is too smart and talented to go near this one. Lucas should have just left it alone. I wonder how this affects the plans for the supposed series. Obviously, the demand is not there. Even for free at home in the comfort of my living room, I don't see myself tuning in for this.

Sean Collier: No. They need JJ Abrams to make a movie titled Cloverfield 2: Wherein The Cloverfield Monster Eats George Lucas, Over and Over Again, In Every Scene.

Scott Lumley: I think the more important question is how do you screw up a Star Wars film in the first place? Congratulations George, you've taken a franchise that was practically a license to print money and completely cocked it up.

Brandon Scott: As far as I am concerned this franchise died in 1983. I never wanted to see it come back. If you are speaking of the Clone Wars as animation, another strong "no reinvigoration necessary." This is a film that I couldn't care less about and George Lucas has long since burned up the goodwill he earned for those films that go back starting 30 years ago. The ultimate myopian.

David Mumpower: I think the biggest sign of Lucas' failure is that Star Wars nerds have stopped emailing BOP regarding their outrage over our outlook on the quality of the films from 1999-to-today. Even the ones with light saber tattoos on their scrota know the truth.

Jason Lee: I'd rather see George Lucas direct The House Bunny 2.

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