Thing is...last time anyone said 'I believe he knows what he's doing', they were referring to George Lucas and we got the Pre-quel Trilogy, if you get my drift. It does frustate a person, when you keep on hearing (and this isn't due to personal reasons, mind you), that the character will be portrayed with some originality, (Mediterranean anyone?) and then they cast a Brit in the role. I honestly doubt he could pull off a Greek/Spanish/Italian accent anywhere near the real thing. I'm just being realistic, but if the crew doesn't pull off some killer special effects (unlike in the last film, where they were quite cartoonish), were just going to see a huge wastage of money by fans, spent watching a less-than-satisfactory film. Not much else to merit the production of this film. And BTW, realism is often seen as pessimism...remeber that. I wasted money seeing the Pre-quels, and these films are going in the same direction.
Cyon
P.S.: My death squads are standing by, ready to correct any dissenters and perhaps save this production. Hekekekekekeka!!!