The third trailer for Star Wars Episode II is out. If you want to see it at a reasonable resolution and you don't have Quicktime Pro, you'll need to download a copy from one of the mirrors.

The first trailer made it look as if Episode II was going to be sappy and full of lovey-dovey, eye-gazing moments. The second trailer made it look as if Episode II was going to be a special effects driven, action feast. This new trailer shows that the movie is hoping to be both.

I feel that this is quite ambitious; how many movies can you think of that combine the action and serious romance genres successfully? There are plently of comedy action/romance movies, but not many serious ones, especially in the science fiction field. If Lucas can pull this off, I think he'll regain a large number of the fans that were unimpressed by Episode I. It will be different, unique and interesting — all the things that made the original movies cult classics. Either that, or he will miss completely and it will be such a flop that Episode III won't even go into production.

For the sake of seeing a completed story, here's hoping he pulls it off.