Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Episode VII)

[Cardinals.Ken]

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Sweet!

This is part of one of the things I really liked about the trailer. Namly, the fact that many of the elements of what we saw were apparent upgrades, or improvements, to items from the original trilogy.

The X-Wings, the Rebel pilot uniforms, the Stormtrooper outfits. They all looked like they did before, just slightly modified.

And the Millennium Falcon looked the same.

Kudos to Abrams & Co. for that.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

And the Millennium Falcon looked the same.

Only difference seemed to be the shape (rectangular) of the replacement dish - replacing the previous (round) one which Lando broke off when flying inside the second Death Star.

 

[Covert Rain]

I don't really mind the light saber. The beams coming out of the side would in fact prevent your hand from getting chopped off IMO. Also, I like that fact it appears to be a broad sword which would be a different style of sword play.

However, the nerdgasm part of that trailer was in fact watching the Falcon in action. It was sooooooo smooth in flight like we have never seen it before. Unreal.

@#$@#$@ December?!?!? Damn.

 

[Stout]

I don't really mind the light saber. The beams coming out of the side would in fact prevent your hand from getting chopped off IMO. Also, I like that fact it appears to be a broad sword which would be a different style of sword play.

However, the nerdgasm part of that trailer was in fact watching the Falcon in action. It was sooooooo smooth in flight like we have never seen it before. Unreal.

@#$@#$@ December?!?!? Damn.

No it wouldn't. In a glissade attack, or a corps-a-corps, or even just an accidental slide down the blade, the blade slides straight down the other blade, not to the side of it. If a light saber slid down that light saber's blade, it would score the metal, not the light saber side guards. Since light sabers slice directly through metal...

Aaaaand, I'm a huge geek

 

[Chaz]

Love the vortexes coming off of the Falcon as it performed the maneuver in atmosphere.

 

[Superbone]

But putting a Wall-E type droid in. Oy. Just once leave the cutesy crap out.

Every movie had that. Why stop now?

 

[Cardinals.Ken]

 

[Covert Rain]

No it wouldn't. In a glissade attack, or a corps-a-corps, or even just an accidental slide down the blade, the blade slides straight down the other blade, not to the side of it. If a light saber slid down that light saber's blade, it would score the metal, not the light saber side guards. Since light sabers slice directly through metal...

Aaaaand, I'm a huge geek

I had this debate with one of my older brothers (who teaches fencing and competed in the junior Olympics). He has taught and studied many techniques.

Any person carrying a broad sword doesn't fight in a typical fashion. The fighting style of the regular light saber is more of a samurai. The fighting style of someone using a broad sword is with power and strength. He wouldn't be having a finesse type sword fight locking with sabers.

He mentioned the same thing that you did in that the metal coming out of the blade could get chopped off rendering the side beams useless but in some cases the light saber melts metal not simply chops it off. He said if he designed it, it would have come with some sort of bell guard using the same tech from General Grievous's guards.

However, he did agree that nobody would be flipping and twirling that sword (as some have argued) and chopping off his own hands. He also said that he would be no less likely to lose his hand than any other Jedi using a normal light saber (with no guard) and that if anything those blades could deflect a strike a time or two. He said someone carrying this sword would be trained for short decisive sword fights not some long sword duel where he would probably be outmatched.

 

[Zeno]

He said someone carrying this sword would be trained for short decisive sword fights not some long sword duel where he would probably be outmatched.

This actually ties in to a recent rumor that said the light-saber duels in this one will be minimalistic yet powerful.

 

[JerkFace]

No it wouldn't. In a glissade attack, or a corps-a-corps, or even just an accidental slide down the blade, the blade slides straight down the other blade, not to the side of it. If a light saber slid down that light saber's blade, it would score the metal, not the light saber side guards. Since light sabers slice directly through metal...

Aaaaand, I'm a huge geek

Colbert explains it perfectly:
http://uproxx.com/gammasquad/2014/12/stephen-colbert-explains-new-lightsaber-to-star-wars-amateurs/

 

[Covert Rain]

Colbert explains it perfectly:
http://uproxx.com/gammasquad/2014/12/stephen-colbert-explains-new-lightsaber-to-star-wars-amateurs/

EPIC! LOL. More feasible than half the complaint reasons I have heard.

 

[Covert Rain]

So something that was pointed out today.....at the very end of the trailer, you hear a lightsaber. That's actually the exact sound bite from when Luke first turns on his lightsaber from Star Wars ANH.

It allegedly was s purposeful Easter egg that points to some Luke action with his trusty weapon we can look forward too.

 

[puckhead]

Colbert explains it perfectly:
http://uproxx.com/gammasquad/2014/12/stephen-colbert-explains-new-lightsaber-to-star-wars-amateurs/

LOL! "menage-a-sabre"

 

[Brian in Mesa]

 

[Brian in Mesa]

 

[Zeno]

http://insidemovies.ew.com/2014/12/.../?hootPostID=01e30edb9d0675fadbecceb5834cdc74

Character names have been revealed.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

Any guesses on who did the voice over? I have heard guesses that is was Cumberbatch, Max Von Sydow, Mark Hamill or an "electronically synthesized" Adam Driver. I haven't a clue myself.

Not who I thought at all.

'Star Wars' trailer narrator is not who you think

http://insidemovies.ew.com/2014/12/01/star-wars-narrator/

 

[Brian in Mesa]

http://insidemovies.ew.com/2014/12/.../?hootPostID=01e30edb9d0675fadbecceb5834cdc74

Character names have been revealed.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

2nd Teaser Trailer for 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' To Be Released Soon

http://www.latino-review.com/news/2...ar-wars-the-force-awakens-to-be-released-soon

As much as we all liked the recent teaser trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, I felt a little disappointed that it did not include any footage of our original classic heroes.

We have been waiting for 32 years to see any new footage of Luke, Leia, Han and Chewie blasting into new adventures, the wait is almost over.

I got off the phone last night with my source and was able to confirm that we will see the new 2nd teaser trailer that will include all our classic heroes attached to the Avengers: Age of Ultron on May 1st, 2015.

 

[Zeno]

2nd Teaser Trailer for 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' To Be Released Soon

http://www.latino-review.com/news/2...ar-wars-the-force-awakens-to-be-released-soon

As much as we all liked the recent teaser trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, I felt a little disappointed that it did not include any footage of our original classic heroes.

We have been waiting for 32 years to see any new footage of Luke, Leia, Han and Chewie blasting into new adventures, the wait is almost over.

I got off the phone last night with my source and was able to confirm that we will see the new 2nd teaser trailer that will include all our classic heroes attached to the Avengers: Age of Ultron on May 1st, 2015.

I hope their info is good. Latino Review has been wrong a lot about TFA so far. Before the new Avengers makes sense from a lot of perspectives. Sure would have been nice for a Super Bowl teaser though.

 

[Chaplin]

Apparently, JJ Abrams has asked Disney about moving the release date up to Summer 2015....

JJ Abrams Asks Disney to Move Up Star Wars

 

[Covert Rain]

May 1st can't come fast enough. Also, I agree with moving it up as long as the movie quality doesn't suffer. Summer Star Wars?!??!? AWESOME!

 

[Chaplin]

May 1st can't come fast enough. Also, I agree with moving it up as long as the movie quality doesn't suffer. Summer Star Wars?!??!? AWESOME!

Except that Disney has Avengers in May and Ant Man in July. Where will they put it? They would almost certainly have to move one of them (probably Ant Man).

Oh yeah, Avengers is May 1st, and I doubt they will move that one.

 

[BillsCarnage]

May 1st can't come fast enough. Also, I agree with moving it up as long as the movie quality doesn't suffer. Summer Star Wars?!??!? AWESOME!

May 1 makes sense, but May 4th or May 25th might be better
Yeah I know they are Mondays, though.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

He's just attempting to restore balance to the Force.

Here are the release dates of all of the films so far:

May 25, 1977
May 21, 1980
May 25, 1983
May 19, 1999
May 16, 2002
May 19, 2005

May ??, 2015