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Star Wars The Force Awakens Trailer
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one does not simply twirl very long swords
Jables Swan
Member
Bingo.
I've watched this trailer so many times today. I'm loving it more and more.
Heh, yea that was my point. I can't wait to see how the lightsaber fights look. I think they're going to feel a bit more "practical" and a bit less "flashy". RIP twirls.
Charles Foster Kane
Rosebud
Makes sense. It's either something like that, or they're changing lightsabers to make them look flamy.
In any case, I like the way the light looks.
"circular parry"
Discotheque
Banned
considering we got lightsabers out the ass in the prequel trilogy they sort of lost their effectiveness to me. like it ceased being an intimidating weapon by the end of attack of the clones.
i welcome this messy looking flame. looks menacing.
i welcome this messy looking flame. looks menacing.
careful you may end up suspending your disbelief... wouldn't want to enjoy a non-OT entry
Charles Foster Kane
Rosebud
Yes. It's kind of too obvious. Like they're making sure we get these aren't clones.
Chezzymann
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I wonder if that lightsaber sound at the very end could have been a luke tease
Attack of the Clones did more damage to the Star Wars franchise and the Jedi mythos for me than Phantom Menace ever did. What a shit fest.
TheKaeptain
Banned
No way it wasn't. It's timed perfectly and sounds like it was ripped straight out of the OT.
orthodoxy1095
Banned
Agreed with this actually. TPM gets a lot of deserved schtick, but man did Attack of the Clones kill a lot of joy for me. Such a terrible, terrible movie.
A bunch of prototype, hack job, garage built lightsabers sounds awesome
I don't care for practicality. It looks stupid.
CreepingFear
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Gotta have something left to save for the full trailer that will presumably come out this spring/summer.
Yup. I don't really mind The Phantom Menace and Revenge of the Sith to be honest (even though the beginning of TPM is awful), but I really don't like Attack of the Clones, both for what it did to the overall story and it just being a bad movie in general.
Actually, scratch that. Some of it is decent, but the Anakin bits and from when he lands on Geonosis on it's pretty shit.
mcgregor was great, but you could still see shit source material souring a fair deal of his dialogue
Wtf was Lucas thinking with this crap? Or that part when all the kids are playing around with deadly swords for some inexplicable reason. Pretty much much anyone could handle the lightsaber usage better than the prequels did, so I'm sure JJ will be fine there. I'm just hoping for some good dogfights; that last shot is promising.
Amentallica
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Anyone's head hurts when the camera facing the millennium falcon is upside down? LOL
While my first impression of the narrator was, like many others, Cumberbatch, I do agree that it's Serkis going back and listening to it again. I think it's because we've all seen Desolation of Smaug recently, and so that voice is fresh in our minds, and it sounds like Serkis is kind of channeling Cumberbatch. Serkis's voice is deeper than a lot of people think, and he's got a really wide range for voiceover.. the more you listen to Serkis, the more you can tell that's totally him.
The people who said it was Max von Sydow need to get their ears checked.. von Sydow's voice is utterly unique and unmistakable. You wouldn't be having to guess if it were him.
The people who said it was Max von Sydow need to get their ears checked.. von Sydow's voice is utterly unique and unmistakable. You wouldn't be having to guess if it were him.
Yeah when I heard it I thought "Luke!!!"
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you could were vibromesh gloves? i don't know, but I always thought the force was used to protect oneself and to add weight to the blade. Which is why only force users could handle lightsabers.
Discotheque
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Amentallica
Unconfirmed Member
Yea, seriously.
CreepingFear
Member
somebody didn't see the extended trailer.
lol, I love the people that still think that "international trailer" is real.
Goddamn, was so unexpecting that when I was a little kid. Was so upset that Luke lost, I think I missed the big scene afterword lmao.It's also means no more
Hours Left
Member
Looks better than I thought. The broadsword lightsaber is dumb though.
One thing this teaser reminded me of is that I have the official soundtracks in my music collection. I really hope that they release one for this movie in Blu-ray Pure Audio. I've cranked the Imperial March (Vader's theme) a bunch of times on my 7.1 system when I've had visitors over. To have the next soundtrack in high res and potentially in surround would be awesome.
bananafactory
Banned
somebody didn't see the extended trailer.
Lol are we really still going in circles with this
But wouldn't that still happen in the current design? It would just cut through base/source of the hilt.
Which is exactly why I find a guard pointless to begin with. Not a single Jedi or Sith have been shown to use one in the films because they simply don't need it. Luke's hand was sliced off with a clean swipe and Dooku was outmaneuvered in a way that a guard wouldn't have saved his hands.
The only one who would have benefited is Grievous but he's not a force user.
You focus on your own blade not your opponents, or at least that's all the argument you need to justify a hilt.
Amentallica
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Maybe there will be an awesome scene where it extends even further and turns into a trident of some sort, with mother fuckers getting slayed and shit. Yea!
orthodoxy1095
Banned
If we didn't do that, there wouldn't be a purpose to having a thread on this, let alone a message board. It's an 88 second teaser. What do you want people to do? Pat each other on the back and congratulate each other? Of course people are going to analyze and comment on every little detail. Some of us are enjoying the conversation.
Amentallica
Unconfirmed Member
Anyone else glad that Han and Luke were not shown yet? It makes the trailer more enjoyable for some reason, because it doesn't already spoil the audience with what is inevitably to be shown.
Yes, a person carrying a 5 foot blade of light that can cut through any part of their body like butter is now put in immense perril because there's two sharp pencils sticking out the side.
Because the reason they never cut off parts of their body is because the blade isn't short enough.
I mean seriously, even a Sith can do something because it looks cool (arguably, that basically seems to be the thing they do). Not like there's any practical benefit to a double ended lightsaber, and if you want to talk about increased peril to its user let's talk about that. Woops, I turned it on when it was slightly over my crotch and now I don't have balls!
Amentallica
Unconfirmed Member
Darth Maul to make a resurgence. He never died, nor did he ever age. And he's Luke's lover who stuck an anal probe up his ass and turned him to the dark side.
Atraveller
Banned
He did appear in clone wars cartoon, don't know what happened to him after that.
I know this is a joke, but Maul didn't die.
Amentallica
Unconfirmed Member
Then the joke's on me! Wait, explain this to me. How the fuck?
Pinko Marx
Banned
He came back in the Attack of the Clones cartoon.
block tower
Member
any chance thrawn trilogy elements make its way into ep. 7?
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