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That trailerā¦and the fact that Lucas has been utterly banished from the franchise actually has me excited to see the film.
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Everyoneās raving about it, but the teaser left me rather underwhelmed. I guess they figure a lightsaber and a shot of the Millennium Falcon is all it takes to get us salivating. Iāll certainly see it; as has already been noted, the lack of George Lucas involvement is the biggest draw for me.
For my money, BTW, hereās the best teaser ever:
Iād love to get a Delorean tricked out as that time machine and then get a ticket going 88 in a 65. Iād frame the ticket.
Iāve been worried about the story up until now. If that is the best that āThe Empireā can do for a teaser trailer, Iām no longer worried.
Iām outright scared!
Posting the trailer here? Are you kidding? Does TPM really need the clicks that badly?
Well, you did click on it.
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I hope they blow up a lot of hardware and trot out gratuitously cute little robots.
Wait! I meant to say, I hope they blow up gratuitously cute robots and trot out a lot of hardware.
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Iām probably WAY too excited about this.
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The fact that itās at least partly shot on real sets, instead of entirely on green screen like the prequels were, is a sign that at least it canāt be too horrible.
I dunno, this one is pretty iconic.
Huey Lewis and the News.
I couldnāt comment on it WITHOUT clicking on it, you dope.
Is it a bad sign that for the first half of it I wasnāt sure if it wasnāt a parody of a Star Wars trailer?
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And the next year, we take Congress away from the Dark Overlords.
I think Iām decidedly underwhelmed.
The stormtrooper helmets seemed needlessly updated w/LED effects. This is a minor thing.
The lightsaber quillons (because we donāt get to see the end of the blade itself once itās extended) waver and move like flame, not like a lightsaber. This is a minor thing.
The X-Wing pilotās flight helmet is slimmed down and streamlined - an odd choice for a setting where the technology of flight helmets has been established for some 4000+ years. This is also a minor thing.
The W-Wings themselves appear to have been redesigned to be sleeker, streamlined, and less āindustrialā, (the term used by the original modeling team for the design aesthetic) as does the Falcon. On its own, another minor thing.
But all of these minor things add up to what looks like a disregard for the visual aesthetic of Star Wars. This isnāt a reboot. This isnāt the time to āre-imagineā how things look. This is a sequel, and one where the director and production house are trying to restore fan confidence in the series.
Itās not a good way to start.
I get where youāre coming fromāthereās definitely a darker and sharper tone to the images (whatās a āW-Wingā, btw? Only X-wings are shown). Weāll see.
My skepticism toward the film comes from the fact that J J Abrams is directing. Star Trek was an absolute mess (I have not seen the sequel). He does get big points in my book for wearing an āInfocomā T-shirt, however.