Downfall of the Republic.
"Lord Vader...rise." My, how delightfully apropos. The teaser for Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, which will appear in theaters before The Incredibles tomorrow, is now available for Hyperspace members, AOL users, and file-sharers (as well as on some overextended mirrors such as here.) All in all, it's pretty well done, with a good deal of footage from the other films (particularly A New Hope), and some brief glimpses of the CGI & lightsaber carnage we're all expecting. Update: Several more mirrors here. Update: It's now officially available.
Darth Vader is a Rorschach test, an ink blot on film, onto which we can project our fears and repressed evils.
Some see their parents, some see their political opponents, others see technology. Whatever.
I see a merchandising empire.
-A.R.Yngve
http://yngve.bravehost.com
True, although Lucas has labored in stilted exposition for several films now to get the point across that SW is also about the demise of a once-proud republic (albeit one that elects Queens, for some reason.)