Star Wars: The Force Awakens

[makkuwata]

[b00dles]

It's nice just to ramble away about, i think we all are more criticising the film rather than being OTT he ruined my life. That's what annoys me the most about the prequels, the fact that they are badly made in regards to film making and continuity stuff.

[SpagMasterSwift]

Character names announced...no Rear Windu...

The “ball droid” is BB-8

Oscar Isaac is Poe Dameron

The Sith is Kylo Ren

Daisy Ridley is Rey

John Boyega is Finn

[makkuwata]

At this rate we're absolutely getting a look at Harrison in costume within the next 14 days.

[Jug McKenzie]

[Jug McKenzie]

Good names all round. A few immediate thoughts and observations:

Kylo = 'kill'-o

Ridley = R...ey

Rey / Leia ("Ley-a")

Finn / Han

Poe... not sure. Potential force ghost connection?

[makkuwata]

Clever hype machine/marketing strategy with how they give some characters surnames and not others.

[Froettmaning]

I loved collecting Star Wars cards when I was five, and it turns out I still think they're pretty cool. I can taste the gum right now!

[whizzo]

The stupid thing is, Luke turns into a proper not-in-hiding active Jedi Knight, and he wears the pretty sweet black outfit, which in the prequels would mean he was definitely evil, and then just... whatever clothes are appropriate to the situation. And then the cool black outfit again at the end. No brown robes at all.

He wears robes at the beginning of RotJ to pretend to not be a Jedi!

Ah shit. Just remembered - Anakin's ghost at the end of RotJ is dressed in exactly the same outfit as Obi-Wan.

So actually this "those Robes are Jedi robes" thing predates the prequels by years and years.

Does it though? Tell me. Where was Anakin born and brought up until the age of 9?

[Commander Jameson]

"BB" isn't for "beach ball", is it?

Some more trading card mock-ups.

[Lag]

Annie built a *protocol* droid to help his mum with the *housework*.

Some prodigy.

[Sponge]

Does it though? Tell me. Where was Anakin born and brought up until the age of 9?

Yeah they probably just shop at the same store for their old man clothes.

[Jumble Jumble]

Good names all round. A few immediate thoughts and observations:

Kylo = 'kill'-o

Ridley = R...ey

Rey / Leia ("Ley-a")

Finn / Han

Poe... not sure. Potential force ghost connection?

It's like Poe-try.

Yeah they probably just shop at the same store for their old man clothes.

And that store sells exactly one outfit, but nobody else in the OT shops there.

[Jug McKenzie]

It's like Poe-try.

NooooooOOOOOOooooooo!!!

[Lag]

Kylo,

Ridley,

Rey,

Poe

Telly Jedis, telly Jedis,

Say, hel-lo!

"Eh oh"

[makkuwata]

Annie built a *protocol* droid to help his mum with the *housework*.

Some prodigy.

At age nine you were proud of the small lightbulb that turned on in your elaborately decorated shoebox diorama.

[Jug McKenzie]

The numbers on the cards are significant, apparently; is the '74' on the Rey card a hint that she's a Skywalker?

[Jug McKenzie]

Not sure if this may be considered a spoiler, but just in case:

Just wondering about the significance of the Kylo Ren name; is he somehow going to 'kill Revan' (kill-o Re...n) and take his armour?

I love all this speculation - it's half the fun.

[kensei]

Jedit costumes dall deeply into "shut that has no bearing on anything". TV and film does this sort of thing all the time, particularly if an image is embedded in public consciousness. The plot ramifications are always secondary to not confusing the audience.

Anakin building robots is also falls into this category. Its just a way to indicate he is special and setup the pod race.

The Phantom Menace problems are nothing to do with those things. Those are for obsessives to pick out after. Fix the pacing and dialogue and no one cares about those things.

[InsideOutBoy]

That collectible card shit is a bit too cashing in on nostalgia for me, assuming it's a proper marketing drive.

[Delargey]

Character names announced...no Rear Windu...

The ball droid is BB-8

Oscar Isaac is Poe Dameron

The Sith is Kylo Ren

Daisy Ridley is Rey

John Boyega is Finn

Space Adventure Time with Finn and Ray!

[Vulgar Monkey]

Annie built a *protocol* droid to help his mum with the *housework*.

Some prodigy.

Can you actually imagine what'd happen if you asked 3p0 to do the dishes or the laundry?

He'd set fire to the dishes and smash the laundry and then complain that it's all beneath him somehow. And then blame r2.

[Davros sock drawer]

Does it though? Tell me. Where was Anakin born and brought up until the age of 9?

That'd be like me haunting people in my school uniform.

[Jug McKenzie]

That collectible card shit is a bit too cashing in on nostalgia for me, assuming it's a proper marketing drive.

From the moment I saw those EW cards, a huge grin spread across my face that's still there now.

Tauntauns for courses, my jaded friend.

[Glasgowchivas]

Who's the guy on here who worked on this?

He said a while back "wait until you find out what the ball droid is called".

Is it BB-8 as in Baby 8? Like modern Facebook slang BaBy?

[Harsin]

I'm actually J.J. Abrams. All that slagging off of Star Trek into Darkness I did was just a clever ruse to throw you all off the scent.

[Sabreman]

The trading cards are just a thing the internet whipped up. EW I think.

[Sponge]

Yeah I assumed they were fan made, given that they are just direct shots from the trailer.

[Glasgowchivas]

Lucasfilm created them and sent them to EW to reveal; they're not fan art.

[Sponge]

Really? That's surprising, the fact they are just direct shots from the trailer gave the impression they were just fan art.