(I typed this up on the Saturday after I arrived in the Burgh.) So, I saw Star Wars: the Clone Wars with my nephew and his girlfriend on the Saturday after I got home. The movie was okay: not spectacular, not awful. The plot was fairly well-structured, but some of the new characters grated on me. Anakin’s Padewan learner really irritated me. After watching her for several minutes all I could think was “Star Wars doesn’t need a Scrappy Do, does it?” She annoyed the Bejesus out of me. But she was... read more