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[Thornton Reed]

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

 

[LastNac]

I'm sorry, but who the hell is this things cinematographer?

Does not look good visually. All this bitching about the PT looking too clean and I can honestly say it looked like it carried over.


Also, can tell it's a JJ Abrams movie.

 

[cyberheater]

He

Spoiler

is a stormtrooper, who is a deserter and abandons the Empire. The shot in the trailer is him after escaping his gunned down tie fighter.

Oh. Nice

The movie is sounding better and better.

 

[Jimothy]

That looks way better than I thought it would. Love how dynamic it feels.

 

[Mariolee]

We know a lot more now. This teaser backs up everything MakingStarWars has been saying. They even had a dead on description of the trailer shot by shot weeks ago. Some about their characters:

Spoiler

Boyega is a ex-Stormtrooper who is shot down and abandons the Empire. He is rescued by Daisy Ridley. Ridley, Boyega, and Ridley's little circle droid find a lightsaber in the desert. It is Luke's. They decided to go track down whose saber it is and head out on their adventure.

I thought they found

Spoiler

a hand?

I'm still down with that story.

 

[gutter_trash]

Stormtroopers were flying Tie Fighters?

 

[Abounder]

Ha ha. I'm not going to point to those movies as an example of what to do either.

Vader and Palpatine will probably be martyrs for the inquisitor's crusade. I also like the claymore because it's a western weapon that contrasts with the more eastern Jedi

 

[Moff]

the problem with the lightsaber is not that it's only cosmetic or that it wouldnt look good, personally I like the design.
the problem is that they felt the need to introduce a new kind of saber with the new trilogy, and they even presented it in the teaser like the double lightsaber.
it's just a bit pathetic, I think, probably because the double lightsaber was much more awesome, I dont know anyone who wasnt blown away by it in the TPM teaser. the claymore on the other hand...

 

[Salsa]

also regarding the spoilers, maybe its cause I read some of the early stuff, but I can already get the vibe and place of each of these characters with their short introduction in this trailer, specially boyega

I mean what else does that shot tell you besides

Spoiler

escaping stormtrooper

 

[shuri]

Storm troopers dont pilot tie fighters, the tie fighters pilots have black outfits

What if the guy was a survivor of the elite squad we see a glimpse of. Maybe their drop ship gets hit and they all jump off or he survives the crash.

Or maybe that leak is real and he just took a random tie fighter that was parked in the hangar, waiting for an oil change, and escaped to Tatoine, where he ended up caught in the firefight between the Falcon and other tie fighters, and was eventually downed by Solo and Chiwie. Or he crashed.

 

[BruceLeeRoy]

I work in a pretty large department and we all just lost our collective minds over the trailer.
So so good.

 

[daveo42]

The problem with the new saber isn't that wizards from space with blood magic are going to have a tough time wielding the thing and not cutting their own damn hands off, it's that it looks a bit on the goofy side.

Edit: I do like the idea that the "guard" is more of an exhaust or a way to maintain a stable blade as it appears that there haven't been any Sith or Jedi since Luke.

 

[Beelzebufo]

I guess I really don't like the idea of the Sith in general. Always seemed lame. Darth Vader and the emperor were the only cool ones.

 

[keltickennedy]

Not nitpicky enough. Try harder!

I'm sure other posters will answer the call. lol.

 

[Hellsing321]

I get the imagery they are going for with the cross guard on the lightsaber and when you think of it from a practical standpoint it's something that should be on all lightsabers to protect the hands from someone sliding their saber down the edge and slicing off your fingers. The actual design of it is really stupid though since the protrusions would just get sliced off themselves making the cross guard useless.

Evyerthing else about the trailer was hype as fuck though!

 

[Herne]

People can be passionate about their interests, more at eleven. I mean, yeah, it's silly, but fuck it, we love Star Wars that much. People argue over the minutiae of Star Trek's phaser output on ships, it's the same thing. It's laughable maybe, but it's just passion and there's nothing wrong with that.

I admire that much more than I do someone who just takes the opportunity to write a snarky tweet to get some cheap laughs.

 

[Spieler Eins]

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

It's the only off putting thing for me, for these reasons. Why give a shit about hilts.

 

[Eidan]

when were lightsabers not incredibly dumb and unpractical with the only redeemable quality being that they looked futuristic and dope

When you were a kid. Which explains most of the complaints.

The design is fine. Man, I'm really surprised at how excited I am for this movie.

 

[Cheebo]

But storm troopers dont pilot tie fighters, the tie fighters pilots have black outfits

What if the guy was a survivor of the elite squad we see a glimpse of. Maybe their drop ship gets hit and they all jump off or he survives the crash.

Or maybe that leak is real and he just took a random tie fighter that was parked in the hangar, waiting for an oil change, and escaped to Tatoine, where he ended up caught in the firefight between the Falcon and other tie fighters, and was eventually downed by Solo and Chiwie. Or he crashed.

He

Spoiler

flees the Empire. He is a deserter. He is shot down by Imperials, not the Falcon.

 

[CassidyIzABeast]

40 years of prosthetic advancement and this pussy has a hilt. Nut up and use a saber like they did in the old days kid.

 

[cyberheater]

I'm sorry, but who the hell is this things cinematographer?

Does not look good visually. All this bitching about the PT looking too clean and I can honestly say it looked like it carried over.


Also, can tell it's a JJ Abrams movie.

I think you are very much in the minority.

I think the trailer looks great. I've been waiting for a decent Star Wars movie for a long long time.

 

[BraXzy]

Looks AWESOME!

And this is a few seconds of teaser footage from a film that is still over a YEAR out. This will be such a big hit.

 

[Tesseract]

that voice sounds familiar

 

[dork]

I fear the damage that the prequels dealt to my fandom has made me numb. Sure it's the Millenium Falcon and X-Wings and all the familiar sounds.... but I don't trust that anymore, wait and see!

JJ revived Star Trek in my mind. He wouldn't tarnish Star Wars

 

[Salsa]

so the voice is driver, right

 

[Sojgat]

I'm sorry, but who the hell is this things cinematographer?

Does not look good visually. All this bitching about the PT looking too clean and I can honestly say it looked like it carried over.


Also, can tell it's a JJ Abrams movie.

Dan Mindel

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0591053/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cr13

 

[Megasoum]

He

Spoiler

is a stormtrooper, who is a deserter and abandons the Empire. The shot in the trailer is him after escaping his gunned down tie fighter.

Spoiler

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

 

[Naked Snake]

Oooh man. Just saw it. Loved it.

 

[Replicant]

I fear the damage that the prequels dealt to my fandom has made me numb. Sure it's the Millenium Falcon and X-Wings and all the familiar sounds.... but I don't trust that anymore, wait and see!

Ha, same here. But at the same time, I can't help but be a bit curious about this new trilogy.

 

[LastNac]

If I was put in charge of making a new Star Wars movie, I wouldn't want to be tied down to dozens of novels written by different people that pigeon hole what you can and can't do with the movie.

The movies stand on their own. It's better this way. Less than 1% of Star Wars fans even know the books exist, let alone have read them.

A gross underestimate.

 

[Funky Papa]

I damn well hope Gwendoline is swinging that sabre.

LIGHTKEEPER.

 

[jackal27]

I loooooved that trailer. Consider me hyped. There's already this sense of urgency and emotion and tangibility that was missing in the prequels for me. I cannot WAIT for this!

 

[- J - D -]

It's going to be visually interesting seeing a traditional lightsaber go up against the new design here. At the end of the day that's all that really matters to me when it comes to lightsabers, not the fucking magic science or practicality.

As long as it's choreographed better than the prequel fights.

 

[eot]

I'm sorry, but who the hell is this things cinematographer?

Does not look good visually. All this bitching about the PT looking too clean and I can honestly say it looked like it carried over.


Also, can tell it's a JJ Abrams movie.

Yup, I'm surprised everyone here is loving it, but good for you guys I suppose.

 

[A_Gorilla]

Spoiler

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

Spoiler

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

 

[Lostconfused]

Only if your acknowledge that the entire lightsaber as a concept is dumb.

Why? The asthetics and the style of that particular one don't really extend to every single one.

 

[Eidan]

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

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?

 

[cyberheater]

I get the imagery they are going for with the cross guard on the lightsaber and when you think of it from a practical standpoint it's something that should be on all lightsabers to protect the hands from someone sliding their saber down the edge and slicing off your fingers. The actual design of it is really stupid though since the protrusions would just get sliced off themselves making the cross guard useless.

Evyerthing else about the trailer was hype as fuck though!

I think its fair to say as a long time Star Wars fan I tend to gloss over the practicality of the lightsabers and just enjoy them for what they are. I suggest others should do the same.

 

[triplestation]

Bravo JJ

 

[Zyae]

A gross underestimate.

not really, no

 

[Megasoum]

Spoiler

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

Good point

 

[Salsa]

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

they dont even come to mind anymore when I watch this

 

[BruceLeeRoy]

No chance that the Sith is

Spoiler

Luke

?

 

[RubxQub]

A gross underestimate.

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?!

 

[Bobby Roberts]

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

 

[Unspeakable Evil]

I damn well hope Gwendoline is swinging that sabre.

LIGHTKEEPER.

It's probably Driver

 

[curb]

A gross underestimate.

I think they're still in the minority overall when you look at how many people will go to a theater for a Star Wars movie. People like my parents will go see this and I'll bet they don't have a clue about the expanded fiction.

 

[Cheebo]

A gross underestimate.

Yeah it is more like .0005% Star Wars has millions upon millions of fans. The EU? A couple thousand, at best.

 

[cyberheater]

It's going to be visually interesting seeing a traditional lightsaber go up against the new design here. At the end of the day that's all that really matters to me when it comes to lightsabers, not the fucking magic science or practicality.

As long as it's choreographed better than the prequel fights.

Does the beam pass through his head?

 

[strafer]

So first Star Trek and now Star Wars.

What other big Sci-fi spectacle should JJ do?