Star Wars: Episode VII: The Nerd Rage Awakens
- Thread starter cooleddie74
- Start date
Speaking of the Force, I wonder if we will learn how high Kylo Ren's midichlorian count is. 
Any excuse to wheel this out. Jar Jar's fate and that lost shipment that peeved Jabba...
[yt]v=mVnMxAZjMsI[/yt]
oh and...
[yt]v=PYHdQUyOunA[/yt]
But that's kind of what the whole Star Wars universe and the Saga revolve around. Be glad they didn't mention midichlorians.
Agreed on the BvS trailer, though.
Speaking of the Force, I wonder if we will learn how high Kylo Ren's midichlorian count is.
Oh, probably high enough to turn whiny fanboys to the Dark Side, I'm sure.
I'm not a fan of either of Abrams' Star Trek films, found them both dull and paint by the numbers, but he has successfully reinvigorated my interest in Star Wars with this trailer. The prequel trilogy put me off the whole franchise for the past decade but this trailer appears to have been the correct bait for the hook.
That said, I do hope Hamill, Ford and Fisher's roles are of decent size. I know I'm going to this film more for them than the new cast.
That said, I do hope Hamill, Ford and Fisher's roles are of decent size. I know I'm going to this film more for them than the new cast.
I hope not. I don't want to see the OT characters overshadow the new cast. I'm certainly not going to watch the movie for older versions of the Big 3. If Abrams turns the Sequel Trilogy into some Luke, Leia and Han fanfic then no way,
I would like to see this as a passing of the torch movie. It would be nice to see the OT characters in supporting positions while placing emphasis on the new characters.
Anyone have more pictures of concept art and models from the Star Wars Celebration? I was watching a tiny bit of the first day, and they happened to show four astromech heads for the X-Wings, including some R6s! I really don't want to have to sit through all the videos just to find gems like that.
And that may be how The Force Awakens was designed and written, to give the classic characters a big, flashy and exciting return followed by Episodes VIII and IX focusing more heavily on the new characters introduced in the current film.
While I think the new characters will be fine, I'd be lying if I said the Big Three weren't the biggest selling point of the movie. I've seen three SW movies without Luke, Han and Leia. I'm ready to see another one with them, with the new characters supporting that. I think the movie will be awesome regardless, and I'm sure I'll like the new guys, but the big draw is the return of the Big Three. I'd still be excited for the movie if it was just the new guys, but Luke, Han and Leia take the excitement to the next level. Its the difference between being excited for a movie and having the movie be your most anticipated of the year.
Who says they aren't resisting against the new republic?
Other than one detail--the documentary-style rack-zoom towards the ships going through the tunnel. That is not something that would have been done in the motion-control era. I don't think JJ will be able to completely avoid some of his shaky-cam/lens-flare proclivities.
Lense-flare Lightsaber fights.
I'm amazed that thought hadn't occurred to me until just now.
Exactly. Not to mention that movie trailers/spoilers/etc. tend to take the scenes they show completely out of context. Remember the trailers for Phantom Menace? Going just by them, that whole movie was going to be about Darth Maul...who had about 8 minutes of screentime in the actual film.
I don't have the ecstatic, teary reaction of some fans of this franchise. I am hesitantly optimistic that this will be a good film. I think the film has a chance of being better than the prequels and may be a contender against the original three, if the story is captivating and not convoluted and the characters aren't shadowed by the special effects.
