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Star Wars The Force Awakens Trailer
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That was fucking fantastic!
Looks like an updated version of the original trilogy aesthetic which is exactly what I was hoping for.
About the cross guard on the lightsaber......serves the same purpose as on a metal sword, used to parry and guard your hand. Don't see the problem except visually I think I probably prefer the simpler old style sabers.
The stormtrooper pop-up at the beginning was a bit cheesy though.
How anyone could be a fan of the originals and be disappointed in a very short teaser like this is beyond me.
Looks like an updated version of the original trilogy aesthetic which is exactly what I was hoping for.
About the cross guard on the lightsaber......serves the same purpose as on a metal sword, used to parry and guard your hand. Don't see the problem except visually I think I probably prefer the simpler old style sabers.
The stormtrooper pop-up at the beginning was a bit cheesy though.
How anyone could be a fan of the originals and be disappointed in a very short teaser like this is beyond me.
TheWorthyEdge
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EmCeeGramr
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i'm sad that this guy hasn't updated his blog in a year because i'm sure he'd have some really incredible things to say about the lightsaber: http://www.comicvine.com/profile/si...-vs-darth-sidious-what-really-happened/77247/
Bulbo Urethral Baggins
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Haha. I know. He has about 13 seconds of screen time combined and he's too good for this new movie. That ego.
Discotheque
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that guy's just crying about nothing tbh.
The Real Abed
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I am excited. A whole year to wait though. Can't wait for a full trailer.
I don't understand this. It said quite plainly in the book itself that Rue was not white.
I throw my spear, which Im not too bad at actually, if I dont have to throw too far, and see the little girl from District 11 standing back a bit, watching us. Shes the twelve-year-old, the one who reminded me so of Prim in stature. Up close she looks about ten. She has bright, dark, eyes and satiny brown skin and stands tilted up on her toes with her arms slightly extended to her sides, as if ready to take wing at the slightest sound. Its impossible not to think of a bird. I pick up another spear while Peeta throws. I think her names Rue, he says softly.
i'l be F5ing red letter media
Forreal. I lived in the Jurassic World trailer thread, and this place is rainbows and free iphones for everyone in comparison.
SolVanderlyn
Thanos acquires the fully powered Infinity Gauntlet in The Avengers: Infinity War, but loses when all the superheroes team up together to stop him.
Everyone's in here complaining about the lightsaber while I was losing it at how cool it seemed. That cross.
Soccer ball robot is the only thing in this trailer that was really questionable.
Soccer ball robot is the only thing in this trailer that was really questionable.
I disagree with the notion that Abrams hasn't made a good film, but I do agree with the sentiment that his whole career has been building towards this film.
Which is why I'm disappointed he's not directing the entire trilogy.
the narration really is weird
like I dont really care for that speech, nore it trying to end on a big note with a phrase like ".. and the light"
it's super weird, feels like random dialogue
bananafactory
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Haha yeah I was in that JP thread for a while too.
This is not even close to that level. Most of the nitpicking in here is on a lightsaber and the logo.
Every person on my facebook and twitter feed is reacting with ecstatic joy.
Femmeworth
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I'm not sure I understand having a teaser like that a year away from release.
And Avengers. Next year is going to blow minds.
LET IT GO!!!
lol it was the obvious answer
I don't think i could be as hyped for a film coming out in over a year. I'm so glad it's out for Christmas as well.
SCULLIBUNDO
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I don't care if everybody is saying/ reporting that the voice is Andy Serkis. Even if Serkis himself is saying it.
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Neff
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I almost had a fucking orgasm over the first Phantom Menace trailer. After this I was like 'looks nice'.
And it does look nice, but judging from the camera work, photography and tone, it really doesn't look like the Star Wars I know and love at all. They even fudged the music at the end.
And it does look nice, but judging from the camera work, photography and tone, it really doesn't look like the Star Wars I know and love at all. They even fudged the music at the end.
Charles Foster Kane
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Narration is tricky. I didn't care for the speech either, but it doesn't ruin the teaser.
How is Dark Side and lightsabers nostalgia baits? Those are pretty much the basis of the entire universe.
The Milenium Falcon might be (but it's a teaser so that little of nostalgia bait is cool) but the rest it's just standard part of the Star Wars world.
What a weird comment.
SCULLIBUNDO
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Disney are going to make so much fucking money next year it's not funny.
If people didn't nitpick every small insignificant thing in something we'll never had message boards.
Apart from hovering, a "big wheeled" construction like this seems to be the best choice for traversing the dunes and uneven/unpaved city streets of Tatooine. Look at how fast it's going!
To get a taste. Also look at this thread for a reason why. It generates buzz and hype.
showing parts of the universe = nostalgia bait apparently
i feel like this film alone is going to make the $4 billion investment in Lucasfilm worthwhile.
Yeah, it feels like they didn't complete that last sentence. But I'm a huge fan of the saber, and I'm sure they'll find a good way to use it. Love most of the updates they did to the old stuff too. New storm troopers seem okay, but the saber and the new X-wings and pilot gear look great, and I really like the box bike. Looks very Tatooine-y. It looks functional and rugged, and moreso in the Star Wars sensibility than the "Alien" kind.
MyAbsolution
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Yes someone agrees about TPM teaser finally. (not forever alone)
I mean I felt more in those opening sentences in TPM teaser than I did this entire teaser for TFA.
Metallix87
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I think re-using the ship designs is definitely nostalgia bait. Same for the Storm Trooper armor. The Millenium Falcon is fine, but X-Wings and TIE Fighters should be out of date and out of use by now.
TheKaeptain
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Yep.
It's insane when you think about it. Disney was started by a guy making cartoons about a lovable rascal of a mouse.
I actually like that.
I'm hoping in reality this is more like the epilogue of the original trilogy. It's a vehicle for launching the new characters and current threat, but the final chapter in the original cast's arcs. I want him to be closing the original series, and using it to introduce the next series, then passing it on.
Feels very natural to me.
The teaser was clearly made to appeal to fans of the original trilogy. Get them excited first and foremost. I don't think the whole movie will be like that, it'll be very disappointing if it's just callbacks and references, but that's what the trailer was intended for.
bearythebear
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Didn't really hype me up, but it wasn't bad either. The camera shot behind Millennium Falcon was cool though.
Chezzymann
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Yeah, you know what, I take back what I said earlier about all the negativity. For something with such insane expectations, this star wars trailer being recieved (mostly) positively outside of the new saber is a huge accomplishment.
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