Alderaan said:
timdiggerm said:
- There's a girl who thinks she's no one, but clearly dreams of getting off her backwater world... and then does and has adventures
- There's a disillusioned stormtrooper who, in seeking something to believe in, ends up with familiar heroes and a lightsaber, having adventures
- There's a bad guy who wants to carry on the legacy of Darth Vader
- Han is a very different man from the cynical, skeptical smuggler hired by an old man and a farmboy years ago
Sure sounds like two protagonists, a villain, and familiar supporting cast!
I think you guys are piecing together different parts of the puzzle (including leaked spoilers) rather than just taking a single trailer at face value.
Right running the trailer by the better half who hasn't been following the spoilers and isn't really a fan but aware of the older characters. He reads the main female character as a archeologist or scavenger. He saw the trooper as a "clone warrior" who has crashed on "Tatooine". The masked guy worships Vader and wants to continue his success. The girl and the 'clone" guy (later working for the rebels) ends up on the Falcon and the original characters fight is reduced to the level of a myth and Han is confirming that myth to be true. The masked guy can use the Force to hurt people. The Clone is going to fight the masked guy with a blue sword.
That's his take. It's a baton passing of a simple story.
Make of that what you will but it's certainly more story lead than just splosions, colours and shapes.