Star Wars: The Force Awakens

[Sponge]

Actually that's reminded me, for all the talk of practical effects I did think the shot of all the troopers looked CGI heavy.

[Paulando]

How the fuck does a CGI comedy R2 robot ball look real? Looks like the usual fake-ass CGI to me.

[Captain Kelsten]

Imagine the amount of fingerprints that chrome trooper must get on his armour...

[PaB]

Would it be a "yay, Star Wars!" thing, or an "Ugh, tiny universe!" thing if he was an Antilles? (I'm going with "yay").

He looks a bit Wedgey, to me. Until I hear otherwise I'm calling him Slice. Slice Antilles.

His name is Poe Dameron.

[JoeK]

Imagine the amount of fingerprints that chrome trooper must get on his armour...

It's okay, the Empire insist on military grade micro-fibre cloths for all their troopers.

[Lovelyman]

Trailer was really good. Hopefully he goes back to caring about the characters in a story and actually delivers this. Could be awesome.

[Sponge]

How the fuck does a CGI comedy R2 robot ball look real? Looks like the usual fake-ass CGI to me.

Sure, but the trooper shot does.

[Steven]

Really well put together trailer, the only two things that made me go hmm were Chewie looking strangely well groomed/pristine next to turkey-necked Han and stormtroopers now looking a bit lardy/boxy.

[Eighthours]

I'm back in. Those three words from Han gave me such goosebumps. Harrison Ford remembering how to act!

[Uncle Mike]

I thought it looked and sounded great. My concern would be that it ends up being an Abrams empty love letter tribute act like Star Trek was, where they forget to actually do anything interesting themselves.

[jonamok]

If I sit down in the IMAX come December and they just loop the two teaser trailers back to back 100 times with the speakers turned way up, it will still be a better Star Wars cinema experience than the prequel trilogy.

[HarMGM]

I thought it looked and sounded great. My concern would be that it ends up being an Abrams empty love letter tribute act like Star Trek was, where they forget to actually do anything interesting themselves.

Wouldn't worry about that if the rumors about this are true. Considering the trailer it looks as though this team have a very specific idea of where to take the story and the universe.

[makkuwata]

The trailer pretty well cemented that the leaked synopsis is legit and the leaked synopsis sounds fantastic.

[Calashnikov]

Really well put together trailer, the only two things that made me go hmm were Chewie looking strangely well groomed/pristine next to turkey-necked Han and stormtroopers now looking a bit lardy/boxy.

Yeah, I'd liked to have seen Chewbacca with a few flecks clumps of grey running through his fur.

I still got goosebumps. Even while my GF laughed at Han's line

To be fair, I was tingling right from the moment we saw the crashed Star Destroyer decaying in the desert:

Looking forward to a return to a Star Wars universe with rusty decrepit tech, only this time the rusty decrepit tech is smashed up bits of Death Star.

[Girth Certificate]

he should have silver wing things like Paulie from the sopranos or Mr Fantastic

edit: lulz Pauline

[jonamok]

he should have silver wing things like Pauline from the sopranos

That kinda autocorrect typo could get you a beating.

[lolly]

Yeah, I'd liked to have seen Chewbacca with a few flecks clumps of grey running through his fur.

I still got goosebumps. Even while my GF laughed at Han's line

To be fair, I was tingling right from the moment we saw the crashed Star Destroyer decaying in the desert:

Looking forward to a return to a Star Wars universe with rusty decrepit tech, only this time the rusty decrepit tech is smashed up bits of Death Star.

Completely missed the smashed x-wing in the foreground 1st time around.

I'm a terrible cynic and try to fool myself into not thinking I'm a fan but the goosebumps hit hard during the latest trailer.

[p1nseeker]

What's the lifespan of a wookie? Perhaps he's still young and is still in his prime!

[JohnC]

According to Wookiepedia, several centuries.

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Wookiee

[Professor Rob]

One Wookie year is seven human years, obviously.

[p1nseeker]

Ah well there you are, he's still a young lad!

[dataDave]

"My father has it..."

Present tense?

[Sponge]

I noticed that too.

[Calashnikov]

Anyone else also notice that there's another, different, quieter voice echoing Luke's lines?

[JoeK]

I just assumed that he'll be faffing about in spirit form, like Ben and Yoda.

[barkbat]

Trailer made me well up at the end. Just hearing Han say "Chewie" would probably have done it, but all the wonderful shots beforehand - the beauty, the energy, the sense of adventure - you can just tell these films are being done with a completely different ethos to the prequels.

It's funny, but these three Star Wars trilogies might follow the narrative of Star Wars itself. The original trilogy saw the rise of a directing genius, the prequels marked his downfall, and the third, directed by a spiritual son, might just see the franchise resurrected to its former glory.

[Sponge]

I just assumed that he'll be faffing about in spirit form, like Ben and Yoda.

If that's the case it would be interesting to see how they present him. I don't think that is case though, I don't think it's was intended to mean anything. Has/had.

[Padaxes]

That looks fucking awesome I must say.

[BitterToad]

[BlinkyBear]

Are we openly discussing the voice over? I'll spoiler it just in case, I know some people in here are really sensitive about this shit:

So The Shiznit tweeted last night that he thinks the voice over is Domhnall Gleeson. I assumed it was Hamill, because even though it doesn't immediately sound like him, it certainly does towards the end of his monologue and obviously the things he's saying and the images we see tie in with it being Luke talking.

However, it doesn't actually sound like Hamill and then, as people have mentioned, he refers to his father in the present tense. So, is is Domhnall Gleeson and he's the son of Luke? Potentially with Daisy Ridley as his sister?

Don't tell me if you know due to the script leak, but I'm pretty sure that the new teaser is designed to throw us off a bit and it's not as obvious as the images linked with the voice over would suggest.

Also, whilst I'm not disagreeing with the sentiments, it is amusing how everyone is really excited about the use of puppets and actual physical props and engineering in this film (some saying that this alone will somehow magically just make it better than the prequels' apparent over-reliance on CGI) but the one shot from the new teaser that's really got everyone's juices flowing is the huge, mega CGI shot of the Star Destroyer.

Tis beautiful though.