I appear to be late, but:
I seriously hope notch opitimizes the forget out of minecraft before release
Dude, since October 18th, that's all anyone developing Minecraft has been doing. In fact, I saw a tweet by Jeb yesterday saying they didn't get to add more to the NPCs BECAUSE they had the freeze. That's how dedicated they are to cleaning up the game. And it's NOTHING to be surprised about. It was planned, everyone knew, and it's old news. :/
Edit: I was talking about ender dragon eggs.
There will be eggs of Ender Dragons. What is so special, we don't know yet. Theories: Kill an Ender Dragon, take over the nest, raise one, fly it around. Also:
@GarrickWinter the dragon death animation!
That being his favorite part, it must be something impressive, or at the very least quite intricate. Can't wait to see that.