Did anyone notice the starfighter-related video annotation at the end?

I dunno why, but I feel like we should care what StarWars feels are the 10 best starfighters to link to the new trailer.

https://youtu.be/ytDEBDMKNMo

Not putting the video. There's only one video that belongs in this thread.

*Back to watching gorram... you know the drill.*

Lumping the Jedi Starfighters and TIE series together feels like cheating. They basically listed every major fighter in the movies.

Adam Driver is Kylo Ren.

EDIT: Luke doesn't have wavy black hair and knows how to make a lightsaber, as well. Wouldn't Kylo being Luke kind of undermine the ENTIRE Original Trilogy?

Not the first time that two actors played the same character, Mark is getting old for fast lightsaber fights... unless we want a fight like Obi-Wan Vs Darth Vader on the Death Star again.

I just think that it is VERY strange that he's not on ANY marketing of the movie, including the poster. Every character is seen except for him. Only picture we saw of him is at the start as an old beardy Luke, kinda like Obi-Wan. Maybe the picture was meant to throw us off. Then in the trailer, we see a mechanic hand and that's it, no face. We can only assume that it's him. Again, maybe to throw us off.

I'm not saying that it's him, but that's a possibility. Maybe that's why Han look so grimm about the past. Something bad happened. Maybe Luke turned to the dark side.

WAIT.

Maybe the mechanical hand is ... well...

Chewie's.

Since when did Chewie ever wear brown robes and fondle R2?

This trailer makes me .... sad.

It really hit home how much I'll miss the old stories. I'm still excited for this. I just think the EU will live on in my heart, even as I explore this new timeline.

I feel you, but when I heard the part in the trailer about the "stories being true", I just totally related it as a nod to legends canon. To me it seems that some of our beloved EU stories can come true or at the very least can be genuine stories in these films.

I don't think that's anywhere near what that implies. They've done nothing but spit on or steal from the EU.

S'hard to spit into a Spatoon and call it ruined.

Look, there was some bad stuff in the EU, but there was a lot of good stuff, too. And for the most part, the books following Return of the Jedi followed a story you would logically expect, given where the trilogy left off. Han marries Leia, Luke trains Jedi, Leia learns the Force, the Empire is overturned, the republic is restored, etc. And even as it did that, it told fun stories I love and remember.

This new story line starts you at Return of the Jedi and then completely K-turns and goes a different direction. It seems so forced. And it kinda spits in the face of the original trilogy, if you think about it. Star Wars was renamed as Star Wars: A New Hope. Luke was that new hope. He helped his father bring balance to the Force. And now he's missing and the Jedi are gone? The Empire didn't get destroyed? It just doesn't jive with what the previous 6 movies were building up to. It makes it seem like all the suffering of the original trilogy was for naught.

I'm not anti TFA, and I'm not boycotting the movie. I'm as excited for it as the next guy. But I also love the EU and will defend it when people want to call it a spittoon.

Hey, I know there was good stuff. I was huge on it, but knew **** well tons of stuff just didn't add up.

What I don't get is how anybody could actually think that was The End for The Empire.

Especially since it seems like the exact same thing happened to the Empire as in the EU.

There were plenty of points in the EU where the New Republic had to fight for dear life or the Empire would've returned.

I'm speculating the Civil War dragged on with the Rebellion back into hiding and Luke gone deep underground, becoming a legend himself.

Cue dramatic lightsaber hiss at the right time and a very calm and focused familiar Jedi Knight, now Master, at the end of TFA.

This trailer makes me .... sad.

It really hit home how much I'll miss the old stories. I'm still excited for this. I just think the EU will live on in my heart, even as I explore this new timeline.

I feel you, but when I heard the part in the trailer about the "stories being true", I just totally related it as a nod to legends canon. To me it seems that some of our beloved EU stories can come true or at the very least can be genuine stories in these films.

I don't think that's anywhere near what that implies. They've done nothing but spit on or steal from the EU.

S'hard to spit into a Spatoon and call it ruined.

Adam Driver is Kylo Ren.

EDIT: Luke doesn't have wavy black hair and knows how to make a lightsaber, as well. Wouldn't Kylo being Luke kind of undermine the ENTIRE Original Trilogy?

Not the first time that two actors played the same character, Mark is getting old for fast lightsaber fights... unless we want a fight like Obi-Wan Vs Darth Vader on the Death Star again.

I just think that it is VERY strange that he's not on ANY marketing of the movie, including the poster. Every character is seen except for him. Only picture we saw of him is at the start as an old beardy Luke, kinda like Obi-Wan. Maybe the picture was meant to throw us off. Then in the trailer, we see a mechanic hand and that's it, no face. We can only assume that it's him. Again, maybe to throw us off.

I'm not saying that it's him, but that's a possibility. Maybe that's why Han look so grimm about the past. Something bad happened. Maybe Luke turned to the dark side.

WAIT.

Maybe the mechanical hand is ... well...

Chewie's.

Since when did Chewie ever wear brown robes and fondle R2?

Hey, I know there was good stuff. I was huge on it, but knew **** well tons of stuff just didn't add up.

What I don't get is how anybody could actually think that was The End for The Empire.

Also, in the EU the Empire sticks around for quite some time.

By the way, I think we can put the slagging of JJ behind us.

Personally, I'm intrigued about the possibility of a Cold War situation in the galaxy.

Posted this in the other topic; there's a familiar symbol in the trailer.

So that's where that went.

Huh. Small galaxy.

It's just after midnight, and Alamo Drafthouse and Cinema's website us STILL down.

I love the look of determination on Finn's face at the end, as it melts into an "Oh s%&t!" face when he realizes he is so, so far in over his head.

I'm kind of glad for that, now we get a character with a slight confidence problem, instead of Luke's "I NEED TO AVENGE MY FATHER" in Episode 5, or Anakin's "OBI-WANS HOLDING ME BACK" (both styles which made luke awesome and Anakin well, decent, but at least it's refreshing. I thought Finn might turn out to be just another luke).

I think it's only fitting that we take a moment to thank the man who made all this possible. The one individual, without whom, none of this would be possible... John Williams.

Seriously.

Posted this in the other topic; there's a familiar symbol in the trailer.

If I was a betting man, I'd bet my non-existent TFA movie tickets that's an arena where Fin/Rey/Han have to fight something in order to win the location of the falcon/free chewie from captivity. Extra points if Boba is actually there.

Anyone else spy a dead chewie? I did

It's hard to tell, but it looks like the star ship doing the vertical climb from Jakku appears to be a Consular -class cruiser.

And the bit with the banners has one of the clunky droids from The Clone Wars , too.

I think it's only fitting that we take a moment to thank the man who made all this possible. The one individual, without whom, none of this would be possible... John Williams.

Seriously.

I'm annoyed at how little of that trailer's music sounded appropriate for Star Wars. The piano certainly didn't.

Sounded fine to me.

Anyone else spy a *****? I did

Yeah, let's not spoiler that.

But no, I didn't, people are seeing things that aren't there, especially considering the very next shot.

Gonna keep bludgeoning the Alamo Drafthouse's website until I've got my tickets!

To be fair, my girlfriend is flying out of town on the 19th, so if I can't get tickets for Friday then we can't enjoy the movie together.

And **** that.

By the way, I think we can put the slagging of JJ behind us.

I can't think of a single visual element in this trailer that made it any more Star Wars than the previous trailer, and that's before the "dialogue".

Some interesting details can be surmised regarding plot from the way things occur.

Maybe it's because I've been engrossing myself in The Clone Wars and Rebels over the last few weeks in preparation, but that trailer doesn't feel very 'Star Warsy' to me. The teasers all did but that really doesn't.

I expected to be on a massive high this morning but I'm feeling a bit disappointed. :-(

Still remaining positive and perhaps it's a good thing that my expectations have been tempered a little.