So, we're half a dozen episodes into the series right? I'm at least within 1?

This series is what I've been looking for. I've been looking for a way to get the boyos into Star Wars, but I also recognize that at 4 and 2 sitting them down for a movie is not going to work; they don't have the attention span necessary. So I started them with my vintage falcon, small head Han, a newer Lando and a newer Old Obi-Wan. The 4 year old specializes in making them do splits, the 2 year old tries to say their names.

Fade to every Saturday morning after new episodes, after breakfast we sit down and watch 'Hah S Olo' as the 2 year old pronounces Han's name. In fact, any day I'm home when he gets up, he thinks we're watching Clone Wars. They are both hooked and I couldn't be happier.

I'm enjoying the series, too. Continuing with my tendency to call things, I called R3 was a double agent, but then again I'm pretty sure my 4 year old did too. I would also like to claim half credit on calling Plo Kloon in the low pressure atmosphere. Hard Vacuum is pretty intense, although he didn't take the mask off. Yet.

I really liked the music when Artoo was working on escaping in Downfall of a Droid and Duel of the Droids. It struck me as having a very A-Team-during-the-big-project-sequence type feel.

One last Clone Wars thought: I'm looking forward to more episodes focusing on 'fringe' characters. I've had enough Anakin, Asohka, Obi-Wan, and getting to know clones for a while. Give me some Kit Fisto, Plo Kloon, or just make up so new Jedi.

So far, Clone Wars rates a half and half on the milk scale.

On to Coruscant Nights I. I'm not sure I cared. It took me a while to get into it. I enjoyed the attempts to paint an image of an incredibly diverse population in the underbelly of the city, but eventually it became distracting, just before it stopped entirely. Here again we see another Star Wars author that specializes in focusing on characters they created. The re-introduction of Den and I-5 seemed forced. Even worse, we get a (forced once again) dose of Xizor, creation of frequent Reeves collaborator Steve Perry. Maybe by the end of the trilogy it will pay off, but I'm not going to hold my breath.

In the end the aspect that drives the final nail in the coffin: I didn't care about the characters because they are not cannon characters, or the offspring of cannon characters. Don't get me wrong, I don't hang my hat on things being 'official', but when I spend most of my time reminding myself that Den is Sullustan, not human, because I've never seen him before, I get distracted. Maybe that is an indication as to a weakness in my imaginative availability, but then again, I'm the one trying to be entertained. 1% on the milk scale.