Richard Schickel on CNN:
"BRYANT: Well, if you just can`t wait until the opening of the movie to find out how good it is, we`ve got you covered tonight. SHOWBIZ TONIGHT has a little inside information. We`ve got "Time" magazine" contributor Richard Schickel. He is one of the lucky few to have seen the film, and he joins us live to give us the goods on what we can expect from "Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith." Richard, I`m foaming at the mouth. Was it good? Tell me. Come on, baby!
RICHARD SCHICKEL, "TIME" MAGAZINE: Take it easy.
BRYANT: Come on!
SCHICKEL: No, it`s very good.
BRYANT: Yes.
SCHICKEL: Yes. Within the parameters of the "Star Wars" shows. It`s very exciting. It takes some time to do its emotional business.
BRYANT: OK.
SCHICKEL: You know, it wraps up all those themes and stories that we`ve been living with for something like 30 years.
BRYANT: Yes.
SCHICKEL: And in the end, it`s kind of touching and moving, you know? It`s a good picture. I mean...
BRYANT: What about -- so is it going to appeal more to the fans of the really old -- the original "Star Wars," or to the prequel fans that we -- you know, have come on board in the last six years?
SCHICKEL: I think it might just possibly appeal more to the old- timers among us.
BRYANT: That`s good.
SCHICKEL: You know, I mean, in the sense that all the business that it was doing back then is now finally wrapped up. I mean, you finally know exactly how Darth Vader became Darth Vader. You know, and this was always, like, something we`ve all been wondering about a little bit for some years, you know?
BRYANT: Well, yes. For some time now. Absolutely.
SCHICKEL: Yes. Right. Yes.
BRYANT: Well, what about the idea -- and I know, crazily enough, there are some people out there that are not "Star Wars" fans.
SCHICKEL: Imagine that.
BRYANT: I can`t, really, truly.
(LAUGHTER)
BRYANT: But what if -- what if I dragged somebody along who wasn`t a fan. Would they be able to enjoy this movie as a stand-alone feature?
SCHICKEL: Yes, I think they would. It really has a beginning, a middle and an end. You need -- you will have heard enough, even if you haven`t seen the previous...
BRYANT: Right.
SCHICKEL: ... two in this particular trilogy, to follow it and track it. Yes. I mean -- but of course, if you`ve seen the previews, too, I will say, you know, it pays those off pretty nicely, too. I mean, I thought those were a little duller...
BRYANT: With the love story.
SCHICKEL: Yes.
BRYANT: Because some people got upset about the love story.
SCHICKEL: Why did they get upset about the love story?
BRYANT: Well, they thought it was boring, but...
SCHICKEL: Oh, well, you got to have a love story.
BRYANT: ... it was sweet. Exactly.
(LAUGHTER)
BRYANT: So was there one moment, though, Richard, for you, where you just went, Oh, my gosh! this just made the movie.
SCHICKEL: Well, I`m a movie critic, so I don`t go, Oh, my God.
BRYANT: Oh! There`s no inner child in you any more, Richard? Are you that far gone?
SCHICKEL: No, I`m told old. There`s hardly an inner old man in my anymore.
BRYANT: Oh! Well, next time, come with me, and I`ll find that moment for you!
SCHICKEL: But seriously, the end, where, you know, Darth Vader and...
BRYANT: Oh! Maybe you shouldn`t tell me! Never mind.
SCHICKEL: OK.
BRYANT: There is a moment, though, OK?
(LAUGHTER)
SCHICKEL: It`s pretty good.
BRYANT: That`s great. Thanks, Richard Schickel, for the complete scoop on "Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith." You can pick up your own copy of "Time" magazine on newsstands today."
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