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Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens

KeepingTheFaith

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I would have been very surprised to see the old cast. I think the idea was for the millennium falcon to be the main attraction here and we just assume that's where the old cast is.

Not sure about that sabre. It looks cool, but doesn't seem practical.
 

LESStar58

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What I loved about this trailer;

the shot of Boyega as the deserting stormtrooper with the familar Imperial Probe Droid sound effect in the offscreen

The shot of the rolllling astromech droid, obviously Kira's polar opposite to Anakin/Luke's R2D2, with the old pod racer engines Inbackground. One of them looks remarkably like Sebulba's from Phantom Menace. As much as the prequels sucked, I thought it was a nice little tie in between the new and old trilogies and giving a nod to the universe that has already been established. I'm not a Star Trek fan (haven't even seen a full film) but apparently this is something Abrams did very, very well to his reboot.

I didn't like the Stormtrooper design when I saw the leaked helmet but after seeing them in "real time" I'm slightly more convinced and can't wait to see the Chrome Stormtroopers.

Kira Solo. Somehow Daisy Ridley is believeable in likeness to a young Carrie Fisher AND Natalie Portman. The brief speeder shot showing a minimal Tatooine similar to A New Hope pre-Special Editions made me smile.

The X-wings; I'd seen leaked set photos but to see them for real was great. Also the x wing pilot outfits have an element of the Naboo starfighter helmets to them.

The Sith Inquisitor; I need to do some Knights of the Old Republic era reading but my understanding of these guys is that they were more like Sorcerers as opposed to warriors in the Sith Empire and relied more on powers than skills in combat. Give this guy a lightsabre and he will rival Vader in the badass stakes.

The Millennium Falcon accompanied by the main title in a dogfight with TIE fighters that is NOT in space! Also, it would have been a cop out to give the Falcon another round radar dish after it was dislodged during the Battle of Endor.... love the "unfamiliar" square radar.
 
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LESStar58

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And my big prediction is Harrison Ford will get his 30 year wish and Han Solo will be killed off.
 

T.S Quint

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Holy shit!
I thought I couldn't be more excited before, but after having seen that I am absolutely ecstatic.
Showed just enough to give us an idea of what it will be like, and keeping most stuff close to the chest - no shots of the original cast...or even any shots in space.

And then when I saw the Millennium Falcon - jizz. So much jizz.
 

Storm13

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When the leaked picture of the Sith surfaced he had the exact same light sabre, it also said he was a collector of ancient Sith artifacts. If you have played the kotor games he resembles Darth Revan.
 

PJ

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At the risk of being a downer does no one remember how awesome the trailer was for Episode 1.
 

alien

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It looks like the side sabres don't come out until atleast an inch, so the side sabres would just be chopped off like they weren't there.

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Zoidberg

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Maybe it's an old timey lightsaber, like Jedi/Sith used to make them with hilts then they evolved into the ones we're used to.
 

T.S Quint

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Watched it again.

A year is too long to wait. I think I'll freeze myself until then.
I'll thaw out for one day to see Avengers, then it's straight back to the fridge.
 

T.S Quint

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'Kylo Ren ignites his lightsaber."

I guess that does away with the theory that it's Gwendoline Christie in that cloak.
 

Walt Flanigan

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News.com just posted a big potential spoiler on their site. I'd avoid reading it because it will ruin the movie if true. I wish I hadn't read it.
 

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