Star Wars: The Force Awakens

[Hanzo the Razor]

The lightsabre thing really hints at the fact that it's not going to be any of the stupid moronic lightsabre twirling, wire fest that the prequels were. Instead its more a case of it being proper swordfighting, claymore style against the more rapier style. That should add something more to the fight scenes. Power against precision etc.

There's a documentary from the prequel era where Hamill explains how during filming of the OT Lucas always told him that sabers were heavy and should be swung as if there's some weight behind them. He joked that that had gone out the window in the prequels because they were flipping around the place with them. Perhaps Abrams feels the same way.

There's a ferocity to the battles between Luke and Vader in Empire and Jedi that always seemed to be missing in the Prequels. The duels with Dooku in Clones and Sith especially have a weightlessness that sometimes doesn't feel quite right.

[Steven]

Doc - play FC4. You can actually leave how he becomes Vader intact in your imagination, which is the best place for it ( this isn't subjective). If I and 2 soured you on the prequels, 3 will do nothing to change it. For my money, 3 was the lowest and dumbest point in the trilogy.

[Hanzo the Razor]

So the music in opening of the teaser is the same as the music from the sail barge/Sarlacc scene in RotJ which is cool.

If you listen closely I'm also sure that the noise Boyega reacts to is an Imperial Probe Droid from Empire.

[Steven]

" Scan in the bedpan" Yep - heard that, too.

[And]

Having soured on the whole thing after I & II, I've never seen Revenge Of The Sith. So I've never seen Anakin become Vader (spoiler warning I guess), which is something I'd kinda like to see. The wife's out tonight. If I watch it instead of playing Far Cry 4, am I gonna have a bad time?

I think that the first half an hour or so is one of the best Star Wars set pieces. It's epic. Properly brilliant.

It's a shame there's so much painful stupidity in the rest of the film. It's still worth a watch. Even bad Star Wars is still Star Wars.

[Exidor]

I watched it for the first time last month and I'd say don't bother. Everything that was wrong with the first two is present in the third, and it brings some stupid of its own to the party too.

[TehStu]

I dunno, the bit at the end where he becomes Vader (not to spoil it for Doc, you know what I mean) was something quite unique at the cinema, for me. Even when it's quiet, they're always a background din at the cinema. You could hear a pin drop at that point, though. Not experienced anything it like it before or since.

[whizzo]

Yeah. And then what hapened?

[TehStu]

What? It was in reference to the poignancy of that scene. Which Lucas ruined about 20 seconds later, of course.

[whizzo]

Well yeah thats what I meant.

[TehStu]

You can enjoy these films if you can filter Lucasisms out. That particular one takes a Herculean effort, mind.

[And]

You just need to watch it until the line "another happy landing" then turn it off

[ZOK]

Somehow I've seen RotS TWICE on telly, from exactly the same point, the bit where Euan McGregor chases and fights Grievous. It is absolute shit. There is not a single thing to reccomend it. Based on what I've seen, at least.

[makkuwata]

The theme for the climactic battle is amazing. Here, just listen to it on youtube instead.

[And]

Somehow I've seen RotS TWICE on telly, from exactly the same point, the bit where Euan McGregor chases and fights Grievous. It is absolute shit. There is not a single thing to reccomend it. Based on what I've seen, at least.

Just watch the first half hour.

It basically is comprised of nothing but Pew-Pew-Pew

[Mr Cochese]

That bit is dick too.

[And]

Your dick is pew pew!

[makkuwata]

Should you watch Episode 3?

[JoeK]

I remember when the first CGI movies started to come out for the online KOTOR game - every single one of those seemed to make me giddy with excitement for Star Wars again...Always thought there was so much movie potential for that side of the thing....Jedi were right proper back then!

[Jug McKenzie]

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[JoeK]

I mean - this is pretty darn good if you ask me:

[Nespresso]

This is how we all reacted on the inside.

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[Jug McKenzie]

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[Jug McKenzie]

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[gizmo1990]

I think we'd ALL love that to be happening but I just can't see it. Not any time soon anyway.

That reaction video is awesome, c'mon everyone must have had similar reactions at key points during their first watch!

[MDY]

Fan poster..

[Nespresso]

All the trailer elements captured!

...Except for droidball.

[Harsin]

Man has head skewered by lightsaber and feels grumpy about it.

Coming 2015

[Sabreman]

Noto hype.

I'm pretty sure I've read at some point that part of the handover deal was that Disney can't release the untouched OT, or that Fox still retains distribution rights on them.

[makkuwata]

People have too much of a fetish for the original cut. Lucas did a lot of dumb stuff with the special editions, yes. Greedo shooting first, the Mos Eisely Jabba scene, Hayden at the end of 'Jedi etc.

But in general the SFX additions were huge improvements. I want the cut that has the expanded Mos Eisley enviornment, the more elaborate Death Star explosion, the fully realised Cloud city...but none of the bullshit.