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Alex W.

Alex W.

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Just to play devil's advocate for a minute, isn't this a better kind of fan pandering than the prequels had? I'd rather the main story openly involved the Falcon as a centrepiece, than that they painted in the backgrounds with existing characters and concepts as they did in the prequels. The former's not nearly as bad for the sense of place as the latter.

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For a cynical toy character I quite like Football D2...if not the reasons behind his creation.

It's probably a quite sensible design for getting over uneven terrain. Before R2 could fly (hm) that was a fairly stupid design.

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The Disco

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I want a hi-def shot of this to use as my desktop wallpaper, someone make it happen.

Here you go, hope this will do.

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I love the new broadsword Lightsaber, personally. Looks ace.

And for my money you can;t beat a good bit of Millennium Falcon action. My most favourite of movie vehicles of all time there.

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The Grand Pursuivant

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I suppose. Wait, is it still being piloted by Han? That would definitely justify it in one sense and you're right to bring it up. I still worry, overall, think there's a strong risk of cheap appropriation.

As for Luke...well, leaving aside the issues i've already stated with the basic conceit of bringing the old characters back (i.e. I don't like it coz its lazy and concerns over performances especially given how flat Ford is nowadays) I have to say that the rumours of Luke'S role that have been floating around sound, again, both stupid and lazy.

I mean, fuck, if I'm understanding it right (I didn't read very closely and just stumbled across rumours) then there's talk of him turning to the dark side? I don't like that idea at all. Luke was instrumental in taking down the emperor which presumably destroyed the Empire as we know it and, what, he just decides to defy his entire experience, the suffering of millions and the sacrifice of his father to dabble a bit in the lovely juicy darkside?

Yeah, I understand that the dark side being intensely corrupting is one of its defining features and that in theory and in lore it can turn even the most righteous sometimes but frankly I just find it irritating that it would have to be this particular character, this undeniable hero of the first trilogy. Can't we be allowed to have our heroes, rather than having them recycled and reused in ways that fundamentally alter their character and our relationship with that character? And changing that relationship just to turn a buck out of a bunch of people who insist on living in the past?

I'd just like Luke to be a hero and to remain a hero really. There's also just the whole hackneyed aspect of it - here's a big character and ooo-errr he's a baddie now! What a heel turn! Such drama, right? 'OMG can't believe Luke turned!!!!!1!!!1!'.

Let's take an old character (saves us the effort of making a new one!) and the drama, get this, comes from them now being a BAD character. Pffft. It just sounds dreadful in my opinion. Maybe that sounds cool to me but it just sounds cheesy and lazy to me.

You don't like the teaser trailer for a film that's not out for a year that is trying to build hype by revealing things that fans love. Fine, but you do realise that you are now looking for reasons to hate the film based on completely unconfirmed rumours?

You've written an entire paragraph complaining about something that you literally have no idea is true or not. It's like you're actively trying to make yourself unhappy with the film. Why even bother?

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And, please, please, please don't make this personal.We're talking about a sci-fi movie. I am not insulting you, your family, your political views, making moral statements etc. Please don't start shitting down my neck as if my opinions are somehow a threat to you.

I'm going to ask you politely, once and once only.

Or else what?

But Yeah, ok. Ignore the second part of that post and try and deal with the first though.

I'd love it if this thread didn't have another 50 posts from you saying the same thing over and over again in increasingly hysterical terms.

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Here you go, hope this will do.

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I love the new broadsword Lightsaber, personally. Looks ace.

And for my money you can;t beat a good bit of Millennium Falcon action. My most favourite of movie vehicles of all time there.

Lovely! Many thanks!

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Hanzo the Razor

Hanzo the Razor

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I think it looks cool but I see that and I think, again, 'get your own imagery and stop resting on the laurels of a set of films that is 30 years old because you know its obsessive fans will lap it up regardless of how cheap it is'. It just smacks of a lazy and derivative kinda Pavlovian pandering. A bit like several highly irritating parts of Alien Isolation; there's fan service which can only be described as 'pandering' in how obvious and forced it is.

I mean, why not just present some new ideas and stop catting on the tired and way over-appropriated imagery of the first films? How about you show us a new memorably designed ship? How about you try to evoke the feelings of excitement the Falcon produces by making us feel in love with a new ship design (and crew) that isn't totally reliant on decades-old nostalgia?

I'm guessing there will be another 120-odd minutes where there may be new ships and ideas.

Also Lucas filled the prequels with new ships and technology and everyone moaned about them not looking enough like the OT. So you can't win.

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I was kind of hoping for titles that were somehow relevant to Star wars.

Star Wars: Each Ewok Fartens.

Look, if you're allowed "awakens" then I'm allowed "fartens".

Fine!

STAR WARS

Episode VII

AH, EWOK CAFE RENTS

it is a period of high street decline,

as evil landlords increase rents

beyond the means of the honest,

law-abiding and hardworking

Ewok cafe owners...

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jonamok

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Come on, people. Seeing completed effects sequences more than a year before release? That is always gonna be purest fan service. What else would you expect?

Portentous Maul-esque voiceover? Classic ships in new landscapes? A new vehicle? A black stormtrooper? A mental lightsabre? A daft (bad) robot? Check, check, check.

Happy days.

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STAR WARS



Episode VII



EWOK FETA RANCHES



In this time, the most precious substance in the universe

is the Ewok feta, a cheese made from the milk of the Ewok female.

The Ewok feta extends life. The Ewok feta expands consciousness. The Ewok feta is vital to space travel.

The New Republic and its navigators, who the cheese has mutated over 4,000 years,

use the Ewok feta to give them the ability to navigate through hyperspace.

But Ewoks exist on only one place in the entire universe: the forest moon of Endor.

And he who can destroy a thing, controls the thing...

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Jumble Jumble

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Thing is, you can object as much as you like to Smitty's posts coming across as broadly negative here, but the fact is that his concerns are all based on really good points. Especially the stuff in the spoiler back there which I agree with100%.

What's the font used for "The Force Awakens" in the logo by the way? No reason.

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I thought the teaser was ACE except I don't like the new visualisation of the Falcon engine. Maybe my favourite thing about the Falcon is that the engine is just a pure blue/white blowout in which you can't make out details. It really communicated that this was a heavily modified ship with an extremely over-juiced engine. AND it looked really cool.

New Falcon looks more CGI (cos it is) and the engine doesn't look as badass.

Minor criticism though, obvs. Love the new Laser Claymore. Considering how often people get their hands/arms chopped off by sabres, I don't think a hilt is a bad idea.

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I thought the teaser was ACE except I don't like the new visualisation of the Falcon engine. Maybe my favourite thing about the Falcon is that the engine is just a pure blue/white blowout in which you can't make out details. It really communicated that this was a heavily modified ship with an extremely over-juiced engine. AND it looked really cool.

New Falcon looks more CGI (cos it is) and the engine doesn't look as badass.

Minor criticism though, obvs. Love the new Laser Claymore. Considering how often people get their hands/arms chopped off by sabres, I don't think a hilt is a bad idea.

Presumably it's using much less power turning in atmosphere than blasting into orbit/in space.

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