DominicCobb said:

danny_boy said:

So that little clip in TFA trailer where hundreds of StormTroopers are assembled together ......reeks of the thousands of Orcs from Lord Of The Rings, the Agent Smiths in the Matrix, The Chitari and Ultrons from the 2 Avengers movies ....and yes the clones and droid armies from the prequels.

Weird, it reminds me of something else.

It definitely does not resemble anything from the OT.....the technology simply did not exist to convey thousands and thousands of troopers in attendance together(apart for that brief matte painting in ROTJ on the death star when the emperor arrives).

Yeah too bad they are not moving!

I was referring explicitly to the mobile CGI armies which have become prominent since the advent of TPM.

But yes that is a great shot(be it the original 1977 matte or the 1997 "update"--where they move a little).