Undeadhero: haha! I wrote the exact same thing in my post above yours, but I realized I was rambling tooooo much, so I edited it out. :P But exactly. I like that SO much better than Falkor randomly appearing out of nowhere and saving Atreyu. Atreyu doesn't NEED saving. He has frikkin AURYN.
So do I, for that matter. :P
and also:
I wonder what the new design for AURYN will be? Faithful to the book, or something fancy like the first film.