Everyone noticed the Mandalorian symbol, but there are some other recognizable symbols in that shot from the pod race flags.
Yea one of my friends identified all the flags. Seems like all of them are there, including Anakin's flag.
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens Final Trailer
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Yea one of my friends identified all the flags. Seems like all of them are there, including Anakin's flag.
Hmmm, the face looked a little weird, but I'll take your word for it.
Cloggerdude
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That might be true, but I'm completely okay with it. This isn't a new movie franchise. There aren't a lot of people out there that haven't seen the other movies. Okay, yeah, it's fan service, but there are a heck of a lot of fans of the franchise for it to service. This isn't some obscure series that only a handful of people have seen.
Calcium
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After watching the trailer about a dozen times I think my favorite part is Han saying "It's all real." especially if you consider his "Simple tricks and nonsense" speech from A New Hope. I really love that shot of Finn about to fight Kylo Ren. He is absolutely terrified. I personally don't think Finn is force sensitive, the dude is about to get wrecked.
perfectchaos007
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Alright after having some time to sleep on it, the lack of "VII" in the title is really bothering me if this is indeed the follow up to Ep VI. I must be OCD and die hard StarWars fans I'm sure don't care, but if its the 7th episode and is not a spinoff, then add Ep VII to the title!
Modest Mauser
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It's the big thing with movie marketing now for whatever reason. Movies are never numbered anymore, just given subtitles.
The last movie ended on a high note, everything was fixed.
This one has to set the tone that things are still a mess and that there is shit going down
Looks like not every track we hear in this trailer is from John Williams.
A trailer music company called "Confidential Music" also did some work for the trailer.
Well that shouldn't be all that surprising, I guess.
More trailers could stand to take a cue from that.
Because they were just kidding when they cast Mark Hamill to reprise his role. They've actually cast a small cactus to play the role Luke would have played. They have named the cactus Jack.
ryutaro's mama
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It also allows new viewers to jump in here (worked for me with the ST reboot) without feeling like they have missed something.
I don't think it's a bad move at all.
maquiladora
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It seems JJ wants to us to see Luke properly for the first time when we actually watch the film. And I'm ok with that. It will be a great moment.
the originals didn't have "episode" in their titles/posters, either.
And I'm sure the Episode Number will be in the opening crawl.
thecouncil
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That was something Lucas did with the prequels and we hate Lucas, so we have to try to keep away from everything that monster ever did.
borborygmus
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Fair enough. I'm hoping for a sort of longer term approach than cramming too much "shit going down" in the first movie of the trilogy though.
What the trailer showed has a lot of potential, but I also don't entirely trust JJ Abrams to deliver. As others have pointed out, his take on Star Trek was really sterile, and I think it played things really safe e.g. did it really need to have McCoy say "Dammit Jim, I'm a doctor, not a [whatever];" it's just too on the nose and fanservicey.
Calcium
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I'm expecting Luke to show up at the very end. Like they show his face and it cuts to credits.
glassgannon
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Cant get over the part where the bass kicks in....just damn,..
maquiladora
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VII will be in the opening scroll.
Patience.
Oh god.
Sevket-Erhat
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Yesh I want my Kylo Ren avatar right now
the black pearl
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forget luke, I want more R2
By 'more trailers' I assume you mean more trailers for franchise films that already have a built in fan base?
Honestly, I wish a lot more trailers would do this. Sell me your movie in a trailer; don't show me your entire plot/movie in a trailer. It makes going to the theater underwhelming which is a much greater disservice than a trailer being "underwhelming".
WHERE IS MY MAN C-3PO?
thecouncil
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C3PO. Where is this guy?
Damn I wonder how much it'll be by the end of the day
Schweinehund
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I agree, the trailer is underwhelming in telling me what the film is about, but at the same time I've already been sold so I don't want to know too much about the film. I can easily see non star wars fans seeing absolutely nothing in the trailer because it's devoid of any sort of plot.
thecouncil
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Let's see...
*pushes glasses up on nose*
*types furiously on calculator*
...Good God, a trillion views!
maquiladora
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ROGUE THREEPIO: A STAR WARS STORY
Dreams-Visions
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Welp, looks like a lot of people worked on this trailer's music.
I thought that was pretty clear from the trailer which had remixes of the original songs. Not something John really does.
I mean trailers, period. The best ones are the ones that emphasize setting, mood, ideas and not plot.
But it is Star Wars. So it's pointless to say "if it wasn't then _____". If it wasn't it would be handled differently.
THIS. I'm so glad went know much about the plot. That'll be revealed while watching the actual film. This is SW we know what to expect, we know millions will watch this movie. No need to reveal anything about the plot really.
Welp back to square one.
ViewtifulJC
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on my...XXth watch, I've lost count, on Apple 1080p I noticed that subtle bit of film grain. Don't know why that turns me on, but it does.
What's wrong with fan service and nostalgia?
For the love of christ will someone please articulate in a thoughtful manner, just what exactly is wrong with fan service and nostalgia?
Isn't fan service exactly what you want in this scenario? So many of us were turned off by the prequels, I am more than happy, and almost at masturbatory levels of pleasure with excitement to think that this trilogy is going to run the other way from the last one.
If that's fan service, then give it to me all over my face.
For the love of christ will someone please articulate in a thoughtful manner, just what exactly is wrong with fan service and nostalgia?
Isn't fan service exactly what you want in this scenario? So many of us were turned off by the prequels, I am more than happy, and almost at masturbatory levels of pleasure with excitement to think that this trilogy is going to run the other way from the last one.
If that's fan service, then give it to me all over my face.
backflip10019
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Seriously. He's been mysteriously missing from the trailers.
Lucky Forward
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Before TESB was released in 1980, Yoda was deliberately excluded from the trailers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxLR_27ASpc
4, 5, 1, 2, 3, 6.
Don't skip TPM/Episode 1 even though Machete says so, although I would say if you have access to "The Phantom Edit" (a fan distributed cut of TPM) then do so, it's a MUCH better film.
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