Watch the Lucas interview on Jon Stewart, if you believe Lucas, this movie was NOT about money, at least for him. Obviously the production companies in Hollywood want to make money, and it sounds like they didn't think this movie could do that, part of the reason it took Lucas so long to get this made (23 years).
To me, it looks like there will be a lot of CGI, for obvious reasons, apparently they can't build 1000 working WWII aircraft and then shoot them done, weird right? Some of it looks a little cheezy, but it's Hollywood, it's almost always cheezy. This crowd might be a tough sell for this movie, some of you get way way to caught up in historical accurate information (not that it's not important, but getting caught up on the color of the instrument panel guarantees you won't enjoy this movie).
I for one am glad that a (hopefully mostly accurate) WWII movie is hitting the mainstream. There are too many people who don't know the story of the Tuskegee airman, and if they can be informed and entertained at the same time, all the better. Maybe we'll get a few new players out of the deal.