One of the down-sides of being known as a pretty serious Star Wars fan is how everyone expects you to be dying to see everything with the brand name on it. Even at age six I had zero interest in Caravan of Courage, and now, 23 years later, history seems to be repeating itself with Clone Wars, another made-for-TV theatrical feature released in the wake of a Star Wars trilogy. It almost makes me nostalgic. Almost.

People are acting like this new movie’s badness as a Star Wars spinoff is unexpected and, indeed, unprecedented. Anyone thinking that needs to look into the aforementioned Ewok movie or, if they’re really brave, read Shadows of the Empire.

By all accounts, Clone Wars is terrible—it certainly looks it. Still, it can’t be worse than the Star Wars Holiday Special… can it?