cantona222
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I got scared from the first scene. Did not expect this guy to pop up.
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Star Wars The Force Awakens Trailer
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maybe it's a situation where max von sydow's the bad guy of this movie and his apprentice is the one who will be the main villain all throughout (starting in this film but continuing into the next ones).
SeventhSon
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Did you steal JJ Abrams's first grade Trapper Keeper?
LegendOfGood
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Unconventional. Beautiful. Loved it.
BluePigGanon
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Seriously, for a first shot it's kinda brilliant. It's different and sorta funny and kinetic, but with classic nods. Bogey's mannerisms in that brief few seconds remind me of Indiana Jones or Han Solo, someone who's sorta in over their head and frazzled - a welcome shift from the stodgy, uptight prequel characters we spent so much time with.
Honestly I saw that first scene and immediately felt a sense of relief/confidence in this whole Ep7-9 thing.
It almost seemed almost like a live action clip-show of Star Wars Rebels with slightly different characters.
It screams Spielberg to me. It's exactly the type of movement he used a lot in the 80's. It's very deliberate, motivated camera movement. Character pops into frame, rack focus to character, pan with character as he walks out of frame to reveal...something.
No because it changed something, therefore it is unholy trash.
The prequels at least knew how to make a lightsaber!
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Spieler Eins
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I'll take some sword with a small hilt over demon ninjas wielding double edged swords, volleyball Yoda with a mini blade and robots using multiple light sabers as ventilators, thx.
Yeah Sydow gets killed off, leaving his apprentice to take revenge.
On the saber, the more I look at it the more I think the hilt is actually two vents. So maybe it is a suped up saber.
YES! You've illustrated my feelings after seeing that first scene perfectly. I couldn't agree more. His mannerisms in that shot somehow made it feel instantly like Star Wars to me.
DiipuSurotu
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Good catch!
This just screams Adam Driver to me.
I dunno. I think it's the tall, lanky waddle at the beginning of the shot...
Something about that stomp when he pulls it out... so awesome, yet awkward and forced... I don't know what side of the fence to fall on.
CrowdChant
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I agree completely with this. I got the same vibe from it.
TheKaeptain
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It's like an animal trying to prove it isn't afraid.
tauroxd
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This just screams Adam Driver to me.
I dunno. I think it's the tall, lanky waddle at the beginning of the shot...
Yep, no way is not him!
CreepingFear
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I wonder if the new Sith/baddie is igniting his saber because of something up ahead or someone following him from behind.
BluePigGanon
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I'd be embarrassed to admit how many times I've probably seen all those movies (even the bad ones), haha!
darkistheway
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That's how I saw it too. Someone getting in over his head. About to face a real Sith Lord?
CreepingFear
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Or a real master of the force...
Bobby Roberts
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The push in on Daisy before she takes off is some Spielberg shit, too.
I remember saying when he got hired that this is probably as close as we're ever going to get to Spielberg directing a Star Wars movie. Not saying that he's as good as Spielberg at all. But I am saying he is to Spielberg as DePalma is to Hitchcock: Goddamn, he will never not stop trying to be the man. He won't ever get there, but he'll always reach for it.
TheKaeptain
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more like Jedi Master...
Jason's Ultimatum
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What's the point of those little bars on the lightsaber? Maybe I'm missing the practicality of them?
Also, trailer made my butthole tingle.
Also, trailer made my butthole tingle.
MiamiWesker
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tell that to grievous. He lost two arms that way.
Or he is just overly arrogant and aggressive. So his movements are more forceful.
BattleMonkey
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People keep whining about the lightsaber, in a universe where you have giant slow walking armored camels that have guns that only shoot forward.
ACESmkII
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Notice the targeting computer on the top right.
Nice find. I love the aesthetic of the new cockpit.
DUFFMCWALIN
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That X wing scene gave me the biggest fucking boner. Jesus Christ
Ashtrax
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I reckon that by giving the light saber the hilt, it makes it appear more like a longsword / broadsword, adding some definitive weight to the weapon when he holds it (igniting it facing towards the ground, rather than upwards).
It's the illusion of it being heavy which makes it so badass.
SeventhSon
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You're right, but that still breaks the precedence of the other fights, it's more evidence for why the prequels are bad. I don't think organic opponents have much to fear from that, just like despite droid troopers being chopped up, organic opponents were not regularly diced into bits by lightsabers.
This just screams Adam Driver to me.
I dunno. I think it's the tall, lanky waddle at the beginning of the shot...
They'll probably add what he/she is looking at later. But right now it looks like he's got a vendetta against that little skinny tree. I'm picturing the tree sprouting light sabers from its branches in preparation for the duel.
yeah, but it looks cool.
That lightsaber looks like trash. It's like he stuck two of those five dollar fake lightsabers you can get from souvenir shops on the side of the hilt. And their delayed ignition is hilarious as if those two puny bands of light are somehow dramatic or badass.
Chezzymann
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I think its implied that he senses something behind him or in the distance
TheKaeptain
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Maybe he isn't looking at anything? He could feel something.
Perhaps there's something behind this hooded figure, something that they sensed.
But yeah, they seem pretty mad at the tree.
Maybe he's scouting for Christmas trees and just found the perfect one.
bodyofanamerican
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I'm in on it being Driver, and I think the idea of him being on a wintery Endor looking for Vader's grave/pyre is a fucking cool idea.
What if he's about to duel Santa Claus? :O
I'm also of the idea that those two things aren't meant to be a crossguard, but exhaust pipes of some sort.
I mean the laser coming out of them looks wild, like flames, not the usual neat blade we're used to.
I'm not a fan of the design, but i love the more raw look of the laser, and what it implies.
I mean the laser coming out of them looks wild, like flames, not the usual neat blade we're used to.
I'm not a fan of the design, but i love the more raw look of the laser, and what it implies.
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