star wars was made at a time when the line between hero and anti-hero was blurred (re: good the bad and the ugly, dirty harry, french connection etc)....lucas doesn't feel comfortable with that now, doesn't think it's responsible for a hero in a kid's film to act in a morally ambiguous way.....i wish he hadn't changed it, but i can also see his point.....
and yeah, back on topic, these are the most exciting new shots i've seen since the trailer, with the shots of yoda walking through the destroyed jedi temple coming in a close second....there sure is a lot of cool new information coming out lately, and i'm definitely starting to think i might have seen too much.....just hope i have the will power to stay off the boards once the novel and other literature is released....