Star Wars VII trailer and an interesting speeder - CHARACTER NAMES 12/12

[olyreed]

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[YPU]

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I was holding back the temptation to post that. 

[OSHIROmodels]

https://www.youtube.com/embed/v93Jh6JNBng

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Saw that today 

cheers

James

[former user]

that went quick 

[Grimmnar]

I'm sorry but (IMHO) there is nothing interesting about the speeder...

... very popsicle.

I disagree I so.  I can see this being used by your fast attack Green.
Now get to scratch building.  😊

Grimm

[Brummie]

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No but seriously, I hope we don't see anything Anakin related again. If this film contains even one Adolescent outburst, tables will be flipped.

And I liked JJ Trek, it was fun, and at least they weren't doing all that preachy business with every Alien they meet. TNG was like a light soap opera in space.

[nic-e]

I find it odd that people can't get behind the droid or speeder but forget about the guy on cloud city carrying an ice cream maker.
I'm really loving the speeder, alot.it looks like it has a step just under the second pipe, so i imagine one jumps onto it, sort of like a horse (but not as shifty)

[FramFramson]

JJ Trek was alright and fun pew pew lasers good times, but not particularly deep.

Into Darkness was horrible by most accounts.

HOW-SO-EVER, Abrams is not writing. George Lucas is not writing the dialogue.

Let me stress that: George Lucas is not writing the dialogue!

So I don't think this is doomed by any means. The cinematography we've seen in the trailer mostly follows established Star Wars patterns for tracking, lighting, framing, colour etc. except for the Stormtroopers preparing for drop, which is VERY Abrams, but actually looks good and fits well, I think. The action (X-Wings, Falcon) follows well. So the purely visual aspects of the directing seem fine so far.

[FramFramson]

Oh and I don't know if you guys heard, but Abrams is only directing the first movie. The second one has been confirmed as Rian Johnson (Looper, Brick).

[Vermis]

Gotta agree with a lot of little bits through this topic.

The speeder is a bit ludicrous but... I like it. It looks 'old-wars' to me. Like they took Luke's speeder and flipped it on it's side.

I look at the crossguard sabre and imagine that guy choking out 'oh bugger me thigh' quite often.

NuTrek... hmm. First one was sorta watchable but subject to a lot of fridge logic, and I hated throwing Scotty to Simon Pegg like a kitten to a rottweiler. Didn't even bother with the second.

Yeah... all the snowy dark pine forest, does look a bit GoT, doesn't it?

Soccerbot: I... I dunno. I can respect people saying "wait 'til the film's out", but I have a nasty feeling we've been shown our new Jarjar. The googly eyes only just make it less goofy.
I see a couple of flashes of panel lines that make me think. Anyone think it could be a transforma-droid, a bit like the old droidekas?

(Can't believe I called prequel stuff 'old')

FALCON YEEEAAAAAHHHHH

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Especially the very end. Scarier than those net pranks where the girl from the Exorcist or something suddenly appears.

Very mildly concerned about 'something has awakened in the force'. It makes me think it's something that's gonna 'rise' and 'its smarter than we thought' and 'it learns'.

[jamesmanto]

I thought the speeder was interesting. It looks old and crappy, like the old-but-it-still-works tech that is to be expected on a fringe world.

The shot of the X-Wings and the Falcon were very good.

Roller Droid is stupid.

I fear JJ ABrams. Don't like him as a director.

[Mr Tough Guy]

Here's an interesting tid bit, the rolling droid was apparently based on the first ideas McQuarrie had for R2-D2

from an old Star Wars Insider:


now I don't know if that makes it a better idea or not, on one hand it proves it fits in with the esthetic of the original trilogy, on the other hand the idea was abandoned for a reason


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[OSHIROmodels]

I find it odd that people can't get behind the droid or speeder but forget about the guy on cloud city carrying an ice cream maker.

Because the ice-cream man was only there for a few seconds, wasn't in the trailers and has probably never been discussed until this moment 

cheers

James

[Ssendam]

Wow ... I think I must be the most optimistic person on the planet ... or here at least. I liked everything about the trailer ... (and I liked the new Star Trek films ... both of them).

Interesting to read about how the making of clones was outlawed to prevent the raising of another clone army.  I love the way these threads bring out these gems of info. from the SW genre.

I don't think the marble-robot rolling around is bad at all; it seems a highly efficient way of moving about.

The quillons on the lightsabre look cool and it's wielded by a person who is arguably able to deal with the complexities of such an exotic weapon.

As for the Speeder, I agree it looks like a junker so it could be any design. Maybe the original model had a cab hanging off the side and that was ditched to improve speed?

Future tech in a universe where the Force exists has a huge amount of latitude.  The bottom line is that it will be the acting and story that makes or breaks the movie(s).

[Connectamabob]

I'd like to add that I squeed a bit seeing actual physical Stormtrooper armor. That alone gives me hope.

It always really bugged me that not even one physical suit of clone armor ever existed. I'm not one of the anti-CG brigade, but even to me that seemed such a particularly baffling (and telling) excess. Especially when they had those guys in RotS walking around with their helmets off looking like sci-fi pennangalans.