Star Wars VII trailer is out!

[Genocidicles]

So yeah...

Spoiler

Looks like that plot leak of the main characters being a defecting Imperial who crashes on Tatooine and the girl he meets was right... maybe?

Also the bad guy has another weird lightsaber!

 

[Kolby Jack]

So yeah...

Spoiler

Looks like that plot leak of the main characters being a defecting Imperial who crashes on Tatooine and the girl he meets was right... maybe?

Also the bad guy has another weird lightsaber!

It doesn't look that weird. Just like a little hand guard thing. It almost looks primitive.

The action shots looked GREAT. Hope the rest of the movie matches up!

 

[madwarper]

So yeah...

Very much agreed.

Spoiler

Looks like that plot leak of the main characters being a defecting Imperial who crashes on Tatooine and the girl he meets was right... maybe?

Also the bad guy has another weird lightsaber!

Spoiler

Storm Trooper with face shown = Main character?
Soccerball Robot = lolwut?
Storm Troopers in a transport.
Female on a speeder = Main character?
X-Wings on a Lake...
Stupid Sith Lightsaber.
And, Millennium Falcon.

 

[Jesterscup]

I really want to not hate it.... I'm sorry but I can't... I tried, clearly something wrong with the midi-boring-things.

Good points : No lens flare, replaced by sickening spinny cameras
Bad: points: wtf was that lightsabre, just wtf I mean wtf....

 

[Genocidicles]

It doesn't look that weird. Just like a little hand guard thing. It almost looks primitive.

Yeah but if the hand guard isn't purely lightsaber then what's stopping another lightsaber just cutting straight through the metal part?

 

[StormShaun]

... I actually like the new lightsaber.

Plus I love the idea that the first character shown might be a Stormtrooper deserter ... who may, or may not get the force.
Doubtful, but I still like the idea.

I'm hopeful.

EDIT: Oh man, I can already see the major Star War fan rage. So lovely~

 

[Thaluikhain]

Eh, generic trailer with lots of random sequences stuck together with loud trailer noises.

The movie could be about literally anything (involving a guy with a rubbish looking lightsabre). Though, the lack of any protection for the hand was a serious drawback of the classic ones.

 

[Soviet Heavy]

Can't watch the trailer just yet, but can someone tell me if it uses John Williams music, or generic Hans Zimmer Inception BWAAAHs.

 

[Thaluikhain]

Can't watch the trailer just yet, but can someone tell me if it uses John Williams music, or generic Hans Zimmer Inception BWAAAHs.

Both in the trailer, but the latter might be a trailer only thing.

 

[Genocidicles]

Can't watch the trailer just yet, but can someone tell me if it uses John Williams music, or generic Hans Zimmer Inception BWAAAHs.

Sounds like John Williams (I should bloody hope so, because they apparently got him to do the score for this trilogy too), and they've got the Main Star Wars theme in there too.

 

[shadowmagus]

Are there, or is there going to be, any serious discussion about that lightsaber, because I am totally geeking out about it. The clearly primitive, almost as if it was created by someone who got their hands on a lightsaber schematic and built it to the best of their technical ability, without the guidance of a Jedi/Sith? I mean, it's to soon to tell and it could mean or be anything, but its clearly not a traditional lightsaber. Probably a larger power cell too considering the necessity to both split the beam and create what seems to look like a slight larger beam, but maybe I'm seeing it wrong.

 

[Erttheking]

Can't watch the trailer just yet, but can someone tell me if it uses John Williams music, or generic Hans Zimmer Inception BWAAAHs.

The classic Star Wars theme is in there intact. So at least it gets that right.

OT: This tells us nothing about the plot, other than vague bullshit is coming. Really all we can focus on are the designs.

Like: X-wing (Hardly changed at all. Good.) Millennium Falcon (Just looks decent)

Dislike: Storm Trooper outfits and their guns (Abrams REALLY wants to make everything look like it was produced by Apple doesn't he?) The speeder (Why is that lady driving a box?)

Undecided: That lightsaber (Kinda weird, but I don't dislike it. Don't like it either. Maybe I'll grow to hate it or maybe it'll grow on me. We'll see.)

 

[Breakdown]

I was unimpressed by the trailer, and then I realised I'd watched a fake trailer by mistake.

 

[Jesterscup]

Are there, or is there going to be, any serious discussion about that lightsaber, because I am totally geeking out about it. The clearly primitive, almost as if it was created by someone who got their hands on a lightsaber schematic and built it to the best of their technical ability, without the guidance of a Jedi/Sith? I mean, it's to soon to tell and it could mean or be anything, but its clearly not a traditional lightsaber. Probably a larger power cell too considering the necessity to both split the beam and create what seems to look like a slight larger beam, but maybe I'm seeing it wrong.

Ok on thinking about this, it's cool, from a very specific standpoint.... as everyone knows the no.1 lightsabre related injury is loss of hand/arm, the person with this one is at a huge advantage

 

[BloatedGuppy]

Ok on thinking about this, it's cool, from a very specific standpoint.... as everyone knows the no.1 lightsabre related injury is loss of hand/arm, the person with this one is at a huge advantage

Outside of loss of life, loss of hand/arm is literally the ONLY lightsaber related injury. Star Wars films feature more de-limbings per hour than your average Dead Space play through.

I liked the trailer, but then I'm generally bullish on this "reboot" of the franchise anyway. I consider Abrams a competent if unspectacular director, and competency in the director's seat is something Star Wars hasn't had for decades. It's not challenging material. It doesn't require an auteur.

 

[Kopikatsu]

The lightsaber looks like a dual crossguard style with a Mestare crystal. Which would be a little odd, considering that most Sith use synthetic crystals and Mestare crystals are natural.

In any case, the lightsaber really isn't that strange if you delve into the EU at all. There are much stranger running around.

 

[Pinkamena]

Hey, looks good to me. I'm not a huge fanboy, but have watched the movies a few times. Of course we can't see much from the trailer (isn't this technically a teaser), but we learn the most important things:
1: No fucking lens flares thank god
2: It looks the way Star Wars should look, with its iconic sci fi punk style. And yes that's a word I just made up but you get me
3: No sight of Jar Jar Binks

EDIT:
The handguards makes sense actually. Looks pretty silly I have to admit, but I don't think a Sith would choose stylishness over fighting usability.

 

[Casual Shinji]

That lightsaber looks quite unwieldy. Looks like you wouldn't be able to properly fight with that thing without nipping yourself in the wrist.

But hey, at least no CG Yoda, right? ... Right?!

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

But hey, at least no CG Yoda, right? ... Right?!

He's safely dead unless we get some Force Ghosting...

OT: Well, that... *shrug*

I have no strong opinions on it, it showed very little. A new lightsaber gimmick and some familiar visuals. Okay.

 

[Evonisia]

Yeah I thought it looked like a fan-made affair, especially the Tatooine set, the way the Stormtrooper just jumps up and the way The Force Awakens appears on the logo.

Really, we're doing Tatooine... AGAIN?!