Support NeoGAF

[WyndhamPrice]

I love the shot of the Falcon because it's filmed just like you'd shoot the Falcon in space (by following it's orientation and not the environment's) except it's in the atmosphere so it's dizzying and disorienting and thrilling.

 

[Sectorseven]

Spoiler

Hmm... I always throught The Empire was some kind of space racist thing

I was always under the impression their racism was limited to other species, but who knows.

 

[Nokterian]

Storm Troopers after 30+ years? What? I do not understand this....why would they do this still using something that should have been disbanded long ago because the Emperor died. Give me something new JJ or i hope you have a good story reason to do this.

 

[BruceLeeRoy]

Man that made my day.

 

[Forkball]

We need the V Saber

 

[Abounder]

Just read that the voiceover isn't Sydow or Cumberbatch. It's Serkis.

He's supposed to be a CGI character right? I wonder if he's the inquisitor in the trailer

 

[bigwinnerx]

Fresh blood into these movies will be great. It looks gorgeous.

 

[OricWindstar]

Spoiler

As a reference, when the Nazis started losing WWII they began to allow Sikhs and other "non-Aryans" into the SS.

That would be really interesting if they actually go this route.

 

[Lebron]

Am i the only person who feels disheartened by this clip

do not like the camera work, It doesn't feel like star wars to me and its making me worried we're in for another CGI festival

That's exactly what makes it great. None of that static Lucas camera work.


They built life size Falcon and X-Wing props. Have you seen the couple behind the scenes vids they released? All of that was practical props, no CGI(iirc). And Abrams already came out and said he was gonna limit the CGI use.

 

[Sesuadra]

im totally able to block out the prequels, dunno bout you

they dont even come to mind anymore when I watch this

well, episode III was not that bad..But before that there are no other movies.

It is the mediocre EP III and then just all the way up until EP VI. for me at least.

I love the trailer. except for the first moment..that head popping up was so comedy..

 

[Naked Snake]

im totally able to block out the prequels, dunno bout you

they dont even come to mind anymore when I watch this

This.

 

[Salsa]

this is the real worst part of the trailer

for some reason the title reveal looked awful

 

[The Elite]

So first Star Trek and now Star Wars.

What other big Sci-fi spectacle should JJ do?

Stargate.

 

[MechDX]

Also, can tell it's a JJ Abrams movie.[/QUOTE]

Not enough lens flare.

[img]http://blog.screenweek.it/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/star-trek-lens-flare.jpg

 

[NekoFever]

Spoiler

Hmm... I always throught The Empire was some kind of space racist thing

I thought it was a deliberate decision that every (or almost every) Imperial seen in the OT was an old white human man. Maybe this was intended as a subconscious thing for the audience's benefit rather than there actually being no non-white or alien Imperials, though.

Then again, it's 30 years later and they might not be able to be as selective with their recruitment these days.

 

[88random]

I'm probably way late

 

[daveo42]

No chance that the Sith is

Spoiler

Luke

?

Spoiler

Luke would end up being the new master while whoever they cast to be the new villain would be the apprentice. The way things are playing out though, it seems all too likely that Luke is really the new Yoda.

 

[Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku!]

What? Are you seriously trying to make the case that greater than 1% of people that have seen Star Wars have read the books?!

Are you insane?!

You said 1% "of star wars fans" "even know the books exist"

Now you've changed that to 1% "of people that have seen Star Wars movies" "Have read the books"

Talk about goalpost moving.

 

[kingocfs]

Just read that the voiceover isn't Sydow or Cumberbatch. It's Serkis.

I can sort of hear it.

 

[George Oscar Bluth II]

Just read that the voiceover isn't Sydow or Cumberbatch. It's Serkis.

Called it!

For some reason I had Andy Serkis pop up in my head as the owner of the voice, haha. Probably not the case.

Kinda.

 

[A.D. Skinner]

Am i the only person who feels disheartened by this clip

i do not like the camera work, It doesn't feel like star wars to me and its making me worried we're in for another CGI festival

Depends on how we arrive at the scene.

 

[Patrick Bateman]

That's not a Stormtrooper. That's a TIE-Fighter pilot. Get your nerd shit together!

 

[daviyoung]

So first Star Trek and now Star Wars.

What other big Sci-fi spectacle should JJ do?

Starcrash

 

[Maffis]

Maybe it's not a crossguard, maybe it's a vent to make his swings hit harder by shooting out flames.

I guess that would only be practical against people that block lol.

 

[WyndhamPrice]

He's supposed to be a CGI character right? I wonder if he's the inquisitor in the trailer

They haven't said what he is at all. Everyone just assumes Serkis is a CGI character. I'd love it if he wasn't, the dude is too good for people to not be able to recognize him.

 

[mephixto]

to everyone going all "herp derp lol i'd just cut off your cross guard with my lightsaber"

what if it's not 2 additional little mini blades but the blade is emitted from a single crystal, splitting into the hilt parts on demand. ... if you cut into the hilt then, you might not be able to cut through the guard, but possibly just break it's ability to deactivate the crossguard



sorry for the badly iPad-drawn illustration

Or what if the saber its "overclocked" if you see the trailer carefully it looks like the saber its unstable.

 

[BruceLeeRoy]

Spoiler

Luke would end up being the new master while whoever they cast to be the new villain would be the apprentice. The way things are playing out though, it seems all too likely that Luke is really the new Yoda.

Very cool.

 

[Salsa]

I love the trailer. except for the first moment..that head popping up was so comedy..

dunno why I dig it. feels adventurous to start just dropping you there

 

[thenight11]

Star Wars ‏@starwars 58s58 seconds ago
Yes, that’s new John Williams score in #TheForceAwakens teaser.

 

[Montresor]

LucasArts and JJ Abrams just shot themselves in the foot.

I don't know how much the rest of you know about Jedi culture (I'm an expert), but honor and shame are huge parts of it. It's not like it is in conventional culture where you can become successful by being an asshole. If you screw someone over in the Jedi world, you bring shame to yourself, and the only way to get rid of that shame is repentance.

What this means is Star Wars fans, after hearing about the light sabre hilt in the new trailer, are not going to want to purchase movie tickets for The Force Awakens, nor will they purchase any tickets for future Star Wars movies. This is HUGE. You can laugh all you want, but LucasArts and JJ Abrams have alienated an entire market with this move.

LucasArts and JJ Abrams, publicly apologize and cancel The Force Awakens or you can kiss your business goodbye.

 

[ezekial45]

I was always under the impression their racism was limited to other species, but who knows.

The only instance of racism I can recall in SW was when one of the imperial officers referred to Chewbaccca as a "thing".

 

[Rootbeer]

Just read that the voiceover isn't Sydow or Cumberbatch. It's Serkis.

I could believe it, he has range... but it reeeaaallly sounds like Cumberbatch to me. I still think it's him because it sounds so much like his Smaug.

 

[Perfect Cha0s]

Thank you. Fuck. It's like.. this is where we draw the line?

 

[dark_inferno]

Just read that the voiceover isn't Sydow or Cumberbatch. It's Serkis.

CGI bad guy confirmed?

 

[Ingueferroque]

Jurassic Park and Star Wars teasers in the same month, pretty crazy. I liked what I saw from the teaser.

 

[SuicidalSteve]

I'm probably way late

I was thinking of this when i saw the still images XD Good one!

 

[Bulbo Urethral Baggins]

im totally able to block out the prequels, dunno bout you

they dont even come to mind anymore when I watch this

An 88 second trailer has completely wiped the prequels from our minds.

 

[CharminUltra]

Dig'd:

Ships

Didn't dig as much:

Lamesaber
Ball droid
cockpit

Not hyped, but will watch nonetheless. Can't be worse than pre-quels (right?!?!)

 

[Patrick Bateman]

I was always under the impression their racism was limited to other species, but who knows.

Maybe racism considering he's not a "pure" clone or whatever.

 

[Hydrogen Bluebird]

Storm Troopers after 30+ years? What? I do not understand this....why would they do this still using something that should have been disbanded long ago because the Emperor died. Give me something new JJ or i hope you have a good story reason to do this.

This.

 

[Thornton Reed]

I'm not sure what you mean? How would it feel like Star Wars? If it looked like a movie filmed in the late 70s?

I don't associate that type of camera work with star wars. Its come straight of a computer. I find it disheartening as there was a lot of talk of being faithful and using models as much as possible

 

[Sesuadra]

VROOOOOOOM

You can see the replaced sensor dish thingy nicely.

Also, the TIES have been updated a bit.

that is quite a high res shot! is it possible to get a shot of the sith with his sword in that resolution?

LucasArts and JJ Abrams just shot themselves in the foot.

I don't know how much the rest of you know about Jedi culture (I'm an expert)

HA!

 

[bigwinnerx]

LucasArts and JJ Abrams just shot themselves in the foot.

I don't know how much the rest of you know about Jedi culture (I'm an expert), but honor and shame are huge parts of it. It's not like it is in conventional culture where you can become successful by being an asshole. If you screw someone over in the Jedi world, you bring shame to yourself, and the only way to get rid of that shame is repentance.

What this means is Star Wars fans, after hearing about the light sabre hilt in the new trailer, are not going to want to purchase movie tickets for The Force Awakens, nor will they purchase any tickets for future Star Wars movies. This is HUGE. You can laugh all you want, but LucasArts and JJ Abrams have alienated an entire market with this move.

LucasArts and JJ Abrams, publicly apologize and cancel The Force Awakens or you can kiss your business goodbye.

Golfclap

 

[BruceLeeRoy]

well, episode III was not that bad..But before that there are no other movies.

It is the mediocre EP III and then just all the way up until EP VI. for me at least.

I love the trailer. except for the first moment..that head popping up was so comedy..

I loved that. Felt very Spielberg for some reason.

 

[Megasoum]

dunno why I dig it. feels adventurous to start just dropping you there

It's also a bit of a parody of the traditional opening panning shot for every starwars movies.

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

Star Wars ‏@starwars 58s58 seconds ago
Yes, that’s new John Williams score in #TheForceAwakens teaser.

Thought so. Sounds great. Can't wait.

 

[strafer]

Why doesn't the red reflect on the tree?

 

[Ahasverus]

Thank you. Fuck. It's like.. this is where we draw the line?

Things have to make sense in their own universe. This sword handle thing doesn't.

 

[ironcreed]

Such a tease. Dat Sith lightsaber *drools*

 

[Herne]

LucasArts and JJ Abrams just shot themselves in the foot.

I don't know how much the rest of you know about Jedi culture (I'm an expert), but honor and shame are huge parts of it. It's not like it is in conventional culture where you can become successful by being an asshole. If you screw someone over in the Jedi world, you bring shame to yourself, and the only way to get rid of that shame is repentance.

What this means is Star Wars fans, after hearing about the light sabre hilt in the new trailer, are not going to want to purchase movie tickets for The Force Awakens, nor will they purchase any tickets for future Star Wars movies. This is HUGE. You can laugh all you want, but LucasArts and JJ Abrams have alienated an entire market with this move.

LucasArts and JJ Abrams, publicly apologize and cancel The Force Awakens or you can kiss your business goodbye.

Haha, I'd forgotten all about that. Shame on you!