Baronlando said:

Looks like variety used clips from trailers, I think documentaries and entertainment news coverage are allowed to use trailer clips without going through the clearance stuff.

Crap, hadn't considered that... and it would explain the aspect ratio differences between the SW and Empire clips. But still, it would be nice to hear that straight from them.

Even if they just said out loud that they were happier using something that wasn't SE footage, it'd still help the cause ever so slightly.