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Episode VII: The Force Awakens - Discussion * SPOILER THREAD * — Page 102

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And suddenly I'm much less enthusiastic... But it has a lot more to do with the terrible, cheap, photoshoppy nature of the art than it does the actual designs.

Of the designs, I'm, at worst, ok with them to, at best, like them pretty well. Except the white-accent, plastic, apple-product looking guns and flame throwers. I really hate that look. And it feels very out of place in Star Wars where the guns were always very realistic and believable looking since they were mostly real guns with extra details added. And even those extra details usually looked like real gun parts.

I do like the detail we can see in the close up of that one helmet in the first poster.

And Kylo Ren's Lightsaber is growing on me.

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Listening to the panel stream now...

Abrams just confirmed that the desert planet is NOT Tatooine but a planet called "Jakoo" (not sure of the spelling, but that's how he pronounced it)...

 

"These deadly rays will be your death..."

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Wow... The actual physical BB-8 droid was just brought out on stage. It looks amazing.

An amazing and genuinely innovative practical effect! Remember when Star Wars films were full of those?

"These deadly rays will be your death..."

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JJ Abrams is just about to unveil the new trailer.......

...and the live stream ends...

So I guess we're in for two weeks of fighting the temptation to watch shaky iphone-recorded versions of the trailer before we get to see the real thing when Avengers 2 comes out...

"These deadly rays will be your death..."

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Did you not wait for it? The live stream switched to an HD stream of the trailer. It was pretty awesome!

I actually missed most of the live stream but tuned in just in time to see everyone on stage and then the new teaser.

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Saw the new teaser, now I'm excited for this flick.

OT-DAWT-COM nieghbour and sometime poster (Remember, Tuesday is Soylent Green day!)

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It's all over. It went straight to the official Facebook page.

Meh. Cool but I'm still ambivalent, like how I feel about the Marvel movies. Though I did scream of happiness in the end.

A Goon in a Gaggle of 'em

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I still can't imagine Mayhew playing any of the Chewie-scenes.

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Laserschwert said:

Here it is, in case you missed it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngElkyQ6Rhs

 Thank you!

A lot to digest.... but Han and Chewie at the end.... I was 5 years old again for a few seconds there...

 

"These deadly rays will be your death..."

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Lots to take in, all of it good.  In a word;  chills like I was 15 again.

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Awesome trailer.  They're still keeping it pretty vague, but thats JJ for you. 

That last shot, so cool.  I don't know if that could have actually been Meyhew though, in the panel he looked to be in pretty bad shape.  Think he probably would only be able to do scenes where Chewie is sitting in the cockpit.

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I love it.

Kylo looks intense, and I loved the mystery of not showing Luke's face. I really can't wait to see the film, and hopefully they throw out some additional material for Kylo towards the premier of the film

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Carthage said:

I love it.

Kylo looks intense, and I loved the mystery of not showing Luke's face. I really can't wait to see the film, and hopefully they throw out some additional material for Kylo towards the premier of the film

 They didn't show Leia's face, either.

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The rumor sites were right about the downed star destroyer, at least.  Cool image.

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No, they showed his mask burned up and desiccated which falls in line to the scene were Luke burns his armor in ROTJ. I wonder if Kylo gets a hold of it or what significance it will play.

 

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Did someone happen to capture the new cast promo photos shown during the panel? Or are they already available somewhere?

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Hey wait, Andre from The League is on the stream right now.  I guess he's a thing.

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Laserschwert said:

Did someone happen to capture the new cast promo photos shown during the panel? Or are they already available somewhere?

 These ones?

https://scontent-fra.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xtf1/t31.0-8/11037247_1097572456927018_601177401704161241_o.jpg?efg=eyJpIjoibCJ9

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Loved the trailer. I Was also very impressed with the new droid, BB-8, during the celebration panel.  It looked phenomenal rolling around on the stage. 

“In the future it will become even easier for old negatives to become lost and be “replaced” by new altered negatives. This would be a great loss to our society. Our cultural history must not be allowed to be rewritten.” - George Lucas