Oh my stars and garters...

I got the monthly newsletter from Joseph-Beth Scifi, and there were a few interesting things in there. One was Hellsing volume six coming out soon. I wasn't aware they were that far in Japan.

The second, and best, was this little thing right at the end:

This Month's Ramble: Anakin Gets a Cape
I am trying really hard to not get excited about the new Star Wars movie. Sure, the full-length trailer looks totally sweet. But I saw Episodes 1 and 2. I know this one is going to be just as terrible. But then, maybe not. It does have wookies after all.

The trailer made me wonder though - why does Anakin become a cyborg? Does he choose to do it? Or, like Robocop, is he so gravely injured that he has to be cyber-ized to survive? I asked several friends and co-workers, all of whom are way bigger SW fans than I am, and I got 3 different possibilities:

1.Obi-wan kicks Anakin into a pit of lava.
2. Obi-wan kicks Anakin into a vat of acid.
3. Obi-wan goes all Jack the Ripper on Anakin and slices him up really badly.

Personally I find all these explanations to be disappointing. I was hoping for something like this:

Pre-Emperor Dude: We can make you very powerful, but you would become more machine than man.

Anakin: Can I have a cape?

>pause<

PED: You may have a cape.

Anakin: YEEESS!

Then a brilliant co-worker offered a better version of this conversation:

PED: We can make you very powerful, but you would become more machine than man.

Anakin: Can I have a cape?

PED: There will be no cape.

Anakin: But I really want one! I never get what I want! I hate you!

PED: All right, you can have a cape you big baby! Wait, are you crying?!

Anakin (wipes eyes): No.

And then we'd know where Luke got his attitude.