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Okay, I stole that headline from the Observer<\/a> or somewhere; sorry.<\/p>\n

Anyway, VM contributor Tom Spurgeon offers up 10 reasons he may not see Star Wars III<\/a>, including <\/p>\n

2. If I had a dollar every time I heard someone on TV asserting Star Wars was important for no other reason than that they liked it a lot, I would still be about $49,973 short of the money one should be paid to hear people talk like that.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Okay, I stole that headline from the Observer or somewhere; sorry. Anyway, VM contributor Tom Spurgeon offers up 10 reasons he may not see Star Wars III, including 2. If I had a dollar every time I heard someone on TV asserting Star Wars was important for no other reason than that they liked it … <\/p>\n

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