Naked Snake
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Looks more like something out of Diablo than SW if you ask me.
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Star Wars The Force Awakens Trailer
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Looks more like something out of Diablo than SW if you ask me.
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Magnets.
One more crack out of boredom.
this looks far more practical than what's in the trailer. hope JJ is reading.
Considering every other robot shown (at least in the original trilogy) was designed in such a way that makes sense from a practical standpoint (in terms of the sheer mechanics of how they worked), I don't see how this is a weird thing to ask about?
Metallix87
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It doesn't look older, though. It looks like everything is still in relatively good shape.
Hero_of_the_Day
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One more crack out of boredom.
Definitely like this more than the real thing.
No.
Naked Snake
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Yeah, I'm sure the fact that you were probably around 12 back then had nothing to do with it.
Perhaps not. The F-14 was in service for decades. As long as new designs join the old ones, there's nothing strange about keeping the classics.
We still don't know how the war went on after Episode VI. Also, the Emperor was convinced that the Death Star would be the ultimate weapon, rendering most of his regular starships obsolete, as noone would dare to oppose them after demonstrating its power.
Which would mean that, around the time of Episode VI, most of the empires resources must have been invested in finishing the second Death Start as fast as possible, while barely any being invested in R&D of smaller, one-man spaceships, as they were being considered somewhat obsolete.
With the empire close to collapse / internal power struggles, i don't think it would have been easy to allocate resources to further development of new spacecrafts either.
Just look at how many western nations are still using aircraft from the 80s, while during war times they were churning out newer models of better / faster plane every month or so.
Also, the X-Wing is pretty different. the S-foils are entirely redesigned. they're not 2 wings anymore but 1 wing that splits up when in attack position - probably saves material and weight. It's an iterative update of the good old T-65 model.
SmackAttack
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I could get behind this. Would be even more interesting to see who that is if this is the case.
Weed. You guys, Weed. Haha
alol
well, I mean, we only see a couple, and they can probably still manage maintenance
flight suit looks properly worn, for example
jacksepticeye
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I find the nitpicking over the realism or practicality of the new lightsaber design is funny for a franchise where dudes shoot lightning from their fingers.
Also that's definitely Cumberbatch, sounds just like Smaug. (I think)
I like the theories of the lightsaber being a home made thing by a solo working rogue Sith. Where it's not perfectly formed
Also that's definitely Cumberbatch, sounds just like Smaug. (I think)
I like the theories of the lightsaber being a home made thing by a solo working rogue Sith. Where it's not perfectly formed
Derekloffin
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Well, I was initially going to defend it on the ground that a hand guard against a saber would only be useful if it too was a saber (since only sabers can really reliably block sabers).
HOWEVER, on closer inspect, I have decided that the design is actually kinda stupid as the still non-saber portion of the guard is massively exposed, and in fact the most likely to be hit portion, meaning it would be still be easy to slice right through it despite the extra saber bits at the end. So really, the only use for those extra bits is if you want to punch someone and stab them with the smaller blade in the same action.
Oh well, it looks interesting if nothing else.
X-wings have a new design so the older birds are probably retired. The troopers also have new designs and I think their weapons as well.
Interficium
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Disagree. This is supposedly set only 30 years after Jedi, and if you want to look at the real world, the US army still uses a lot of stuff from the late 70s and 80s (Apache Helicopters, F-16s, Abrams tanks, etc). Relatively "new" stuff like F-22s or whatever are rare.
DiipuSurotu
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I think it goes without saying. It's not like he has a Sith master to teach him how to make one.
One more crack out of boredom.
That looks more out of LOTR than Star Wars, as awesome as that does look.. it doesn't look like a lightsabre anymore.
One more crack out of boredom.
I like this more than the one in the trailer.
jacksepticeye
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Also didn't people hate Darth Maul's lightsabre design before too? and now he's considered the only good thing from the prequels. His lightsabre wasn't practical at all either
OricWindstar
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So, like...maybe let's wait to see more of the lightsaber before we get to "fixing" it.
I was also thinking something along those lines. After watching the saber again and seeing how weak and completely odd looking it is I almost feel this 'Unamed Sith Person' is a Sith from WAY back. I mean, the whole movie is called the Force Awakens and the Sith were known to have immense power and knowledge...would not surprise me if one fell into some sort of sleep for a long time and finally woke up. It would explain the old-fashioned 'knight' lightsaber.
WadiumArcadium
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Loved it. Can't stop watching.
Like I said, bored and something to do. Nothing against the chosen design really.
neogaffer1
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Everything before the Millennium Falcon (or whatever ship that is) shows up. The music and dark imagery implies a tense thriller rather than an epic journey.
compare fighter plane designs from 20-30 years ago to today, hell, some countries are still using fighters from 30 years ago, and some are using new ones, that are based of off the ones from 30 years ago.
And the X-wings aren't carbon copies of the X-wings of the OT, but slight variations, for instance the wings and the engines.
Edit: The hell? that wasn't the post I was quoting...
Edit2: correct post quoted.
Maybe he literally awoke from a 10,000 year hypersleep before that shot and what he was carrying was a proto-vibrosword/lightsaber. Would also explain his staggering.
Moff
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One more crack out of boredom.
I prefer that one as well, but it looks too middle age, straight out of skyrim or something
More Fun To Compute
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Darth Maul was v poor but people just didn't realise how bad the prequels were going to get.
That Star Wars feel checklist:
- StormTrooper
- Droid
- Swoop Bike
- Sith Lord
- Millennium Falcon soaring the Sky while evading tie fighters with main Star Wars theme: Priceless!
It wouldn't be Star Wars if the Empire wasn't missing a few point blank shots.
OricWindstar
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Oh sorry, I'm not calling you out specifically. I saw some article titled "Here, I Fixed That Lightsaber for You" and was a bit peeved by the use of the word fixed. No offense meant!
you're just assuming it's a light saber with 2 mini-light-daggers attached to the sides of the hilt.
as i have posted time and time again, there's no reason not to believe that there might be a beam within the crossguard as well, and the "metal" part is just extended to protect the person wielding the sword from burning their hands when doing a lunge attack.
jacksepticeye
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True but people still cracked down on how silly his lightsaber was, at least the loud minority of nitpickers like today. Yet in the movie the battles with it were really cool to watch.
Sure these things are dumb and impractical and only to look cool most times but that's not really a bad thing if it accomplishes that. I like new designs too instead of just boring old blue on red sword fights
MyAbsolution
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Im unsure why when anyone says they think differently they are met with such opposition, you don't see me boo-hooing everyone who enjoys the teaser.
No, even watching TPM teaser now with those opening sentences it just works more for me more than this teaser. (I think the movie is terrible FYI)
Though I do subscribe to what someone else said in that amazing trailers tend to have disappointing films, and vice versa. I will believe that
I woke up a little bit ago, jumped online to watch it...
And I'm actually really disappointed. Looks cheesy as fuck. The brief dialogue, the stupid looking lightsaber, the stormtrooper at the beginning that was so overly dramatic I thought I was watching space balls for a moment.
Fuck. Hope its actually good but I'm not feeling this teaser *at all*.
And I'm actually really disappointed. Looks cheesy as fuck. The brief dialogue, the stupid looking lightsaber, the stormtrooper at the beginning that was so overly dramatic I thought I was watching space balls for a moment.
Fuck. Hope its actually good but I'm not feeling this teaser *at all*.
One more crack out of boredom.
Looks way more practical as a saber, but less like a SW light saber. I'm really interested in the reason for going in that direction with their evolution instead of sticking with a much closer design.
breadtruck
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Here's hoping there is no Jar Jar.
Bulbo Urethral Baggins
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oh oh. The prequel youths are waking up.
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