The first Star Wars Episode II teaser is out. Quicktime only, as usual.

I have to say, I'm not that impressed. Some of the visuals are quite spiffy (including a really great shot of a Bobba Fett-like character jetpacking into the sky), but a lot of what you see is black, interspaced with kissing. And more kissing. Luckily no Jar-Jar kissing, but definitely a lot of kissing.

Now I'm quite partial to a good snog, but I'm hoping for a little something extra from Episode II. I want to see more ninja-Jedi skills. I want to see Yoda weilding a lightsaber. I want to see the evolution of Vader and find out what turns him to the dark side.

Perhaps Lucas is trying to get all our hopes down this time instead of building them up. That way, when we see the movie (because you know you will, even if the trailers all suck), we'll all be incredibly impressed by it, even if it is just mediocre.