Star Wars News Thread

[Legion]

My comment got EXACTLY the sort of reaction I expected. Even more so than TK, sometimes this board can be so predictable.

You guys are ridiculous if you honestly think I was serious with a statement like that. That said, I could care less about anything Star Wars related these days. It's gone in a direction I have little interest in.

[Gwangi]

It was a good teaser.

[Zack Metoyer]

I can't wait for the disappointment to hit next December. It's going to be epic, and really, people should see it coming--especially after the last batch of movies from Lucas and Abrams.

[kiryugoji04]

I'm actually really excited now. The teaser already looks more interesting visually than pretty much all of the prequels.

[lhb412]

It's a really great teaser. It harkens back to the Kurosawa-inspired visuals of A New Hope, especially the opening shot which seems to be inspired by Hidden Fortress.

[Cookie]

That trailer honestly didn't do anything for me.. Seeing Luke and friends should have been the route for the first teaser I think..

[kiryugoji04]

[Cookie]

Plus, its kind of hard to get into this when were told the books I've read don't mean anything. I mean, I understand this route was probably best. Idk.... Nothing in the trailer did anything for me, and I'm confused what route this trilogy is going..

[kiryugoji04]

What is there to be confused about?

[Cookie]

Just wasn't anything story wise in here for me. Just saw a bunch of shots. Was missing something for me. Its VERY early though, and I'm sure wait will be worth it.

edit: I'm tired so my sentences don't make sense... Lol.

[XvGojira]

It's an announcement/teaser trailer, which I was totally just expecting just basically a the title and a bit of the theme for, it's perfect. It doesn't reveal anything other than that a new Star Wars movie is coming out. But it does look a bunch of second unit b-roll.

[Dr Kain]

[Ernesth100]

So who else hates the prequels? You do realize without George Lucas star wars wouldn't exist right? Just saying.

[Benjamin Haines]

[Russzilla]

Guys. It's a teaser. TEASER. C'mon.

[Russzilla]

One thing I noticed was that satellite dish looking thing that was knocked off the Falcon inside the new Death Star in ROTJ hasn't been replaced yet.

[lhb412]

^It's been replaced with a rectangular disc.

[jellydonut25]

[The Shadow]

The teaser is alright, not much going on with it as would have been nice though.

A few thoughts:

1. I can't quite put my finger on why, but the shocked/afraid stormtrooper in the beginning of the teaser makes me think more of Spaceballs than Star Wars -- something about the way the opening shots of the trailer are presented just seems humorous for some reason.

2. TIE Fighters in atmospheric combat with the Millennium Falcon. I hope this is just something put together for the trailer, the shots of the aerial combat would make a lot more sense if it took place in outer space. TIE Fighters would be pretty terrible in atmospheric combat, sharp turns would put a lot of stress on the solar panels possibly even causing them to shear off.

3. The maybe-Sith's lightsabre with "guard" seems to have a look that is like fire. Take a look at the points on the main blade and "guard" blades. By design, a lightsabre confines an energy beam to create the blade, and if the blade appears to have tongues of flame that confinement may be weak. This could make for a lightsabre that uses power at an increased rate or a lightsabre that is less effective in combat against another lightsabre. There's probably an in-story explanation for why [hasty construction with less than ideal parts, it's old an in need of repair, etc.] but without said explanation it just seems like not very well thought out design idea. IE It's as if someone said "You know what would make a lightsabre cooler? Put flames on it."

[tbeasley]

[MekaGojira3k]

[Dr Kain]

[Ultraseven]

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[planetxleader]

[XvGojira]