Star Wars 8 Trailer

[Imre Csete]

Here's to another 2 years of Darths&Droids!

 

[Silentpony_v1legacy]

Finn barely sows up in the trailer yet again. He gets to fight Captain Phasma, yay? Po features more prominently. Seems a bit strange that they are giving Boyega's character the cold shoulder. I am left wondering what they are going to do with his character?

Honestly, I rather expect that he's going be Force Sensitive himself (albeit with less raw power than Ben or Rey), though I expect that won't be revealed until Episode X.

They already revealed it when he activated a lightsaber. Only Force sensitive people can activate them.

 

[DefunctTheory]

Spoiler

Finn barely sows up in the trailer yet again. He gets to fight Captain Phasma, yay? Po features more prominently. Seems a bit strange that they are giving Boyega's character the cold shoulder. I am left wondering what they are going to do with his character?

Honestly, I rather expect that he's going be Force Sensitive himself (albeit with less raw power than Ben or Rey), though I expect that won't be revealed until Episode X.

They already revealed it when he activated a lightsaber. Only Force sensitive people can activate them.

If that was ever canon, I really doubt it still is.

EDIT: In fact, I'm fairly certain Grievous was explicitly stated to have almost no Force Sensitivity (No more than your average sentient being). And then there was the Mandalorian dude from The Clone Wars with his Dark Saber.

 

[Asita]

Finn barely sows up in the trailer yet again. He gets to fight Captain Phasma, yay? Po features more prominently. Seems a bit strange that they are giving Boyega's character the cold shoulder. I am left wondering what they are going to do with his character?

Honestly, I rather expect that he's going be Force Sensitive himself (albeit with less raw power than Ben or Rey), though I expect that won't be revealed until Episode X.

They already revealed it when he activated a lightsaber. Only Force sensitive people can activate them.

I don't know where that particular myth came from. They're activated by a simple switch or button. They aren't gene locked. Anyone can use a lightsaber. Grievous, Han Solo, Boba Fett, Pre Viszla (CGI Clone Wars series), Cad Bane (Also from the Clone Wars), Anja Gallandro (Young Jedi Knights) and even a random thief are shown using them, and none of them were Force Sensitive (speculation about Han notwithstanding). All tiers of 'classic' canon showed this.

It's not that non-Force sensitives can't activate or use lightsabers, it's that lightsabers suck as weapons for non-Force sensitives, largely because most other people would be using blasters. Without the Force to predict blaster fire, it's a case of bringing a sword to a gun fight.

 

[Johnny Novgorod]

I never got to care for any of the new characters. Same with Rogue One. I'm watching these movies with a sense of dettachment.

 

[immortalfrieza]

I never got to care for any of the new characters.

Me neither. I wish they had just skipped to a point like a century after the Original Trilogy, with all but a select few of the old characters dead and solely entirely new characters, with the old ones mentioned in passing if at all. Let's get a cast of completely new characters we can get attached to, ones who can't and thus don't have to ride off the coattails of the old characters we know and love in order to have any value whatsoever. The Force Awakens and Rogue One relied far too much upon nostalgia baiting to reel in the audience, and I'm hoping they'll do better soon.

 

[Programmed_For_Damage]

I'm surprisingly excited. The first trailer didn't do much for me, but this one hits the right notes. Him potentially killing his mother as well adds some emotional weight, however I suspect there has been a bit of creative editing in the trailer (especially the end). I think it would be awesome if they did the "double turn" to use wrestling parlance, where Rey goes to the dark side and Ren to the light.

I'm even psyched by the Porg. I know it's just a cute merchandising tool, but unfortunately it's worked. It's just so adorable!

 

[DefunctTheory]

I'm even psyched by the Porg. I know it's just a cute merchandising tool, but unfortunately it's worked. It's just so adorable!

No, that's not a cute marketing tool. This is a cute marketing tool.

There's an evil BB-8 (BB-9E)! I want one!

 

[Cold Shiny]

I liked it. I think the very end of the trailer is them having fun with editing.

I would love it if they did something super radical with the story, like have a main character turn evil or something.

But we all know that its easier and more profit friendly to play it safe, audiences are going to see the movie anyway. Don't make waves.

I'm gonna love it no matter what, I'm one of those cancerous fans.

 

[Tanis]

It was okay.
I never expected 'greatness' from the new trilogy, but at least TFA was a FUN romp that was worth watching more than once.

 

[Hawki]

They already revealed it when he activated a lightsaber. Only Force sensitive people can activate them.

Um, Han briefly uses Luke's lightsaber in Empire. Grievous is another example of technology compensating for lack of Force ability.

There's an evil BB-8 (BB-9E)! I want one!

Careful now. I think marketing's got you by the, ahem, balls.

 

[McElroy]

A really well made trailer. Now I'm going to forget it so I don't have any hopes up when actually seeing the movie.

 

[Chimpzy_v1legacy]

I don't know where that particular myth came from. They're activated by a simple switch or button. They aren't gene locked. Anyone can use a lightsaber. Grievous, Han Solo, Boba Fett, Pre Viszla (CGI Clone Wars series), Cad Bane (Also from the Clone Wars), Anja Gallandro (Young Jedi Knights) and even a random thief are shown using them, and none of them were Force Sensitive (speculation about Han notwithstanding). All tiers of 'classic' canon showed this.

It's not that non-Force sensitives can't activate or use lightsabers, it's that lightsabers suck as weapons for non-Force sensitives, largely because most other people would be using blasters. Without the Force to predict blaster fire, it's a case of bringing a sword to a gun fight.

Pretty much yeah.

That, and using it safely, which requires years of extensive training to prevent accidentally hurting yourself. The Jedi, Sith and maybe some other groups had it on the standard curriculum and probably had manuals, but those were most likely on Holocrons, which actually could explicitly only be used by a force sensitive. Anyone else would have a much harder time becoming proficient without proper instruction.

 

[MiskWisk]

Also what's up with Chrome stormtrooper, wasn't she trapped on a room in a planet that exploded? How the heck you survive that?

How do you survive that you ask? Why, the power of MERCHANDISING of course!

 

[wizzy555]

How "spoilery" is the trailer? One of the producers said you may not want to watch it.

 

[DefunctTheory]

There's an evil BB-8 (BB-9E)! I want one!

Careful now. I think marketing's got you by the, ahem, balls.

That's why I've cleverly bankrupt myself. They can't market to you if you don't have any money.

 

[Dansen]

How "spoilery" is the trailer? One of the producers said you may not want to watch it.

Probably about as much as the The Force Awakens tbh. RLM was able to predict almost all the major story beats and twists from the trailers. You could probably do the same if you picked this one apart. If you are naturally inquisitive and will obsess over the details, skip it. If you don't look too deeply into it, its a decent trailer that wont give much away in a single viewing.

 

[Neverhoodian]

Everyone's going on about Rey and Kylo, and I'm just sitting over her thinking "thank God we're finally seeing some new ship designs instead of just reskinned X-Wings and Tie Fighters." What can I say, I'm a hopeless starfighter jock. I was that one weird kid who wanted to be Wedge Antilles when playing pretend Star Wars on the playground while everyone else was arguing over who got to be Luke and Vader.

Overall I'm cautiously optimistic, though I am worried about the similarities to ESB. I swear, if the First Order builds a Starkiller Base II in Episode IX, God help me I'll...

Edit: A big issue for me is Adam Driver as Kylo Ren. I don't see how I'm supposed to find this guy threatening after he was handily defeated by a complete amateur in the first movie. Apparently all he can manage to do is murder senior citizens and throw temper tantrums.

Why do so many people forget that he was shot in the gut with a friggin' bowcaster right before the lightsaber duel? You know, that one weapon that the movie went to great lengths to point out how insanely powerful it was? The one that can literally blow Stormtroopers off their feet? It's a testament to Kylo's resilience that he was still able to best a former Stormtrooper trained in close combat and fight Rey to a standstill before she fully tapped into the Force. Frankly, I'm surprised he was able to even stand, much less fight.

In my opinion it was a mistake taking him out of the mask so early on. Vader was such an imposing figure because he was a tall and broad faceless malevolence. Adam Driver looks like a strong wind could push him over and that "scar" on his face looks like a stick on from Hot Topic.

Now this I can get behind, or at least have the maskless scenes be less commonplace. I remember watching the Black Nerd's review of TFA, and he had some brilliant insight; Kylo should have put the mask back on after killing Han while a version of the Imperial March/First Order theme plays. It would have been a powerful bit of symbolism.

 

[Hawki]

I was that one weird kid who wanted to be Wedge Antilles when playing pretend Star Wars on the playground while everyone else was arguing over who got to be Luke and Vader.

Ah, quit ya whining. When we roleplayed Captain Planet, I was always stuck being Ma-Ti.

Though when we roleplayed Power Rangers, I always got to be Billy, so there's that I guess.

 

[Neverhoodian]

I was that one weird kid who wanted to be Wedge Antilles when playing pretend Star Wars on the playground while everyone else was arguing over who got to be Luke and Vader.

Ah, quit ya whining. When we roleplayed Captain Planet, I was always stuck being Ma-Ti.

Well, now you get to be K.O. That's good, right?