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lolmonade:
I agree the trailer is great, but I've come to wonder how many other franchises can guard this much information from the trailers and still drum up interest.
Star Wars is THE sci-fi/fantasy franchise. Even if you're my wife who doesn't care about them, you know almost everything about them through osmosis and its place in pop culture. You can just leave a trail of bread crumbs for fans & cross promote w/Monday Night Football to get the broad audience interested enough to give it a try.
For a new franchise, you have to educate the public on what it is in hopes that they're engaged enough through the trailer to bother dealing with the theater experience. Not that they don't go overboard with plot points a bit too much, but it's something worth considering.
Regarding the actual trailer:
* I'm guessing Luke won't be revealed beyond the metal hand on R2D2. In fact, I don't know for sure how much screen time he'll actually have in the movie proper.
* I'm perfectly ok with the story not being clearly about one character.
* They show Finn facing off w/Kylo Ren at the end of the trailer with the blue light saber. What I love is how undisciplined/anxious he's portrayed as, you see him almost winding up as he's about to swing the saber, undisciplined & telegraphing his movement. I expect that battle will be a brutal beatdown of his character or there to show how outmatched he is compared to Kylo.
* I really enjoy Kylo's perceived "hero" worship of Darth Vader. Based on the trailer & poster, clearly he interprets building a complete Death Star as part of Darth Vader's legacy.
* I know Harrison Ford is up there in age, but I was hoping Han Solo was going to be played as cocky/brash like he was in the originals. Maybe the trailer gives the wrong impression, but he appears world weary & to act as witness to the events of the trilogy to share with the new actors, not so much as a key player to the current story's events.
Nile Boogie Returns:
Maybe Kylo is Han and Leia's son. And Han's reserved nature is based on him trying to save his son from the dark side. "Kylo Ren Solo, Grandson of Darth Vader"
BranDonk Kong:
My prediction and (probably) possible spoiler - Rey is Luke Skywalker's daughter, and Luke will die in the movie.
Stratos:
--- Quote from: Nile Boogie Returns on October 20, 2015, 01:06:57 PM ---Maybe Kylo is Han and Leia's son. And Han's reserved nature is based on him trying to save his son from the dark side. "Kylo Ren Solo, Grandson of Darth Vader"
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As a fan of Jacen Solo's path to the Dark Side in the Legacy, I would be down with this. Kylo could be a spiritual successor of sorts to Darth Ceadeus.
Nile Boogie Returns:
--- Quote from: Brandogg on October 20, 2015, 04:08:40 PM ---My prediction and (probably) possible spoiler - Rey is Luke Skywalker's daughter, and Luke will die in the movie.
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Not really a spoiler but to make make extra sure not to be a jerk about it.
Mark Hamil is already filming scenes for Episode 8 in Ireland. And rumor has it, so is Hayden Christensen.