Episode VII: The Force Awakens - Discussion * SPOILER THREAD * — Page 56

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Love the look of it... really OT and McQuarrie-like. And the Falcon... the Falcon!

To me, it doesn't looking OT or PT like.  It seems to be doing its own thing, but this is only a short glimpse.  It actually didn't feel like Star Wars but a cross between Star Wars and Star Trek.

That lightsaber sound is interesting... it doesn't make the usual sound.

Looks like all the leaks we got were real, much to my chagrin.

The Empire still exists. Red lightsaber character with tiny lightsabers on the hilt of the weapon.

I'm guessing the lightsaber guy or girl is the grave robber we saw in the concept art?

Really disappointed by the trailer.

Teal and Orange look

Hand-camera shot inside the shuttle (stormtroopers shot)

Nothing looks as used as in the OT

Stupid lightsaber for the bad guy.

Not in a PT level, but movie will suck, and won't have anything to do with OT.

I don't even think the name Obi Wan Kenobi will be adressed here. Nor Yoda. Which would be a problem. How do establish when and why did the force ghosts stop appearing?

Mithrandir said:

Teal and Orange look

Hand-camera shot inside the shuttle (stormtroopers shot)

 Exactly what I feared. :(

I was hoping to see at least one OT character, preferably Luke.

timdiggerm said:

Trailer reveals that new film made by modern director will look like a new film made by a modern director. Fans with unrealistic expectations pissed.

I thought it was a very exciting trailer.

 This.

I expected to be much more excited after watching the teaser, because that's usually how those things go. As it stands... it's decent as bait, I guess, it ticks the boxes you'd expect it to tick and that's kind of it. Not that crazy about it, frankly. So far it feels a bit... new-ish? I don't get the 'used' feel I got from the OT from what they've shown here. It's a bit shinier than that. Doesn't seem sterile, thankfully.

All in all it changed nothing for me. Which I find somewhat puzzling.

edit: Oh, yeah, and the new lightsaber does indeed look pretty stupid. If it is a hilt (and it sure looks like one for the time being) it's a terrible design choice for it to be lazers. Everything's better with lazers, I know, but adding lazers to the part that you hold your sword with is probably the only thing lazers won't improve.

Lazers!

timdiggerm said:

Trailer reveals that new film made by modern director will look like a new film made by a modern director. Fans with unrealistic expectations pissed.

I thought it was a very exciting trailer.

 Lol, my thoughts exactly.

The Sith (just to piss off youknowwho) lightsaber is admittedly kind of dumb, but I still think it's pretty badass.

I'm glad it doesn't look exactly like the OT. Remember, this movie is set 30 years after ROTJ. I'm sure there have been some technological advances.

TMBTM said:

timdiggerm said:

Trailer reveals that new film made by modern director will look like a new film made by a modern director. Fans with unrealistic expectations pissed.

I thought it was a very exciting trailer.

 This.

 This, This! ;)

Liked it, and it did exactly as it should do - teased, nothing more. JJ knows fans are dying to see the original cast, and I'm sure he's got that waiting in the wings for us around Christmas time. He's just playing with us here ;)

Is that shot at the end meant to be the falcon though? Seems likely, but it looks thinner than the original, unless it's had some serious work done over the past 32 years. Glad to see they replaced the radar dish though ;)

I liked it! GREAT bit of trailer scoring by John Williams too! Wow! :)

Huzzah for fanedits!

I must say I am not as optimistic as I was before I saw the teaser.  But then again, teasers and trailers can be very misleading.  Just look at the original Star Wars teaser.

JawsTDS said:

Who's the guy doing the voiceover? He sounds oddly familiar..

Isn't that Sydow?

Forgot to mention that camera angles are not very star warsy, neither is the shot of Boyega appearing out of nowhere (hope it is a resource used for the trailer and not used in the actual film)

No old characters from OT. That's bad, even if they will appear in the complete movie, it's showing some vocation of the film to establish a different world.

I only hope yoda, and ObiWan's name are at least mentioned in the movie. As well as Anakin Skywalker, we still have to know how the galaxy adresses what happened to him. (if he "officially" was a Jedi traitor killed by Vader, why wasn't he the heroic symbol of the rebellion?, like Harvey Dent in Nolan's TDKR... or maybe he got the same treatment the nazis gave to Rommel, and he could be a hero both for the Empire and the Rebellion, now that would have been interesting)

Instead I think we might have another Disney movie. "Cool" to see. Din't you see the stupid pose the bad guy makes when he ignites his weird lightsaber? like he has to make an effort to hold it? That theatricality is what is "cool" today, even if it has nothing to do with SW! (who imagines Vader being phisycally disturbe by an asset like a lightsaber?)