NeverarGreat said:

imperialscum said:

pablumatic said:

We even saw TIE Fighters, not TIE Interceptors in the sneak peak trailer which to me was saying "Return of the Jedi didn't happen, folks!".

ROTJ or not, seeing the same fighters 30 years afterwards is a stupidity from the story point of view.

They brought X-wings and TIE fighters back just so they can play on the "look we are going back to OT" note. I am sure many fans get "orgasm" by seeing X-wings again... LucasFilm knows that and exploits it for marketing reason of course. On the other hand, the film will suffer in the story aspect because of it.

I don't mind the X-wings, because they're clearly updated as one would expect. Same with the Stormtrooper armor. Keeping one classic ship design somewhat unchanged from the original trilogy seems reasonable to me.

In wartime (for example WW2) new models of war-planes were developed on yearly basis. I think TIE interceptor and A-wing introductions in ROTJ nicely followed that paradigm.

Even if I somehow accepted the use of upgraded X-wings 30 years later, they didn't seem upgraded at all in the trailer.