Tyrphanax said:

TheBoost said:

So a couple generic Jedi fighting a Matrix fight against a couple generic Sith lords while Not-Han-Solo flies the Mellenium Faux-con passed some Star Destroyers is somehow better than the prequals?

Wow, we're easy to please. I never imagined the problem with the prequals was that Lucas tried too hard.

I challenge you to write a better intro cinematic that feels Star Warsy without taking elements and concepts from already-established Star Wars lore like Bioware and Blur did. =P

The whole point of the thing wasn't to be different, it was to be Star Warsy, and it succeeded. They have about seven minutes to relay all of this information to us, so they use things we know on sight. Boom, these are the good guys, this is the cocky comedic relief, these are the Jedi, here come the bad guy ships, here are the Sith, good and evil fight, here's the good guys' escape route, and done. The themes are caricatures that are simple enough to invoke our memories of what we already know, but, at the same time, different.

You immediately know who everyone is and what their part is on sight because we're so well-versed in Star Wars, and even people who aren't as knowledgeable about such things will also know at a glance what it going on. I'm sure that if they had a two-hour movie (or three) to grow and develop characters, they'd have done that instead. If you had to show someone only seven minutes of the Star Wars trilogy, would you not distil it down to the most iconic scenes and character developments so you could still get the point across?

I'm not denying that it's really nifty. Hell, I love the KOTORS.

But it is just a trailer. It doesn't have to or try to tell a real story or have character development or any depth. I seem to recall the trailers to TPM were awesome-possum as well because they too didn't have to do anything but look neat and remind of us of other things we already liked.