Star Wars Episode 7

[Colin]

The more I watch it, the more I'm excited by it. The new designs are superb while retaining the feel of the films, unlike those ****ty clone troopers.

[fishbowlhead]

It's just a CGI fest, the best thing about it is the JW score. I'm just waiting for an epic bad guy like Darth Vader and Maul.

They have gone back to much more practical effects and props for this one, abrams was well aware of the pitfalls the prequel films had on that side. Where they can of course, be an expensive film to shoot with real space ships and new planets i think.

Rumours on the sith are thats its an old lord woken from stasis, hence the older style lightsaber.

[beecee]

Yes! I'm now looking forward to seeing this. One thing is that bloody radar dish on the Falcon...looks odd, and I did spot some lense flare....

[buster_broon]

Rumours on the sith are thats its an old lord woken from stasis, hence the older style lightsaber.

I haven't read anything about it on the net but that sounds reasonable considering the lightsabre itself looks quite unstable (like crackly) so it could have been older tech / crystals

[Dogg Thang]

That makes sense. Although I thought that the crackly lightsaber was due to the frosty air around it. I was impressed with that attention to detail but this theory could well be the real reason.

[Neil]

Wow I'm so behind the times only watched this today! What have I been doing!

Very excited and we've not even seen Han yet.

Black man in a Star Wars film? Whatever next Leia driving the Falcon?

[buster_broon]

That makes sense. Although I thought that the crackly lightsaber was due to the frosty air around it. I was impressed with that attention to detail but this theory could well be the real reason.

I like to think myself as a distant fan of this but I probably know nothing and that makes sense as well

But I can't remember Luke's lighsabre on hoth looking as crackly as that but it might have not been a consideration back in the day

[Dogg Thang]

You're right - Hoth had no effect on the lightsaber at all. Funny how such a little teaser throws up so much speculation! Better than giving the whole movie away.

[Atticus]

I feel like a kid again watching that trailer. Pushes all the right buttons that does

[fishbowlhead]

Thing is, if it is an old lord woken up after being in stasis for a long time, given the info from KOTOR and that period, games etc, it would make absolute mincemeat of the jedis in lukes period, including lucky luke himself.

So it would be interesting to see how they would stop someone that powerful, to put it in perspective, palpatine and vader probably wouldn't even survive the sith academy let alone live long enough to become a lord against the old ones.

Would be very cool if it was Revan.

[Dogg Thang]

If I remember correctly, sometime around when Rebels was announced, they said that only the movies and modern TV shows (Clone Wars and Rebels) are canon but that they could also take and refit ideas from other sources (Rebels has elements that began in EU form apparently) so it would be possible. I reckon probably unlikely as they'll want to keep the movies clean and new and unique but it's certainly possible.

[fishbowlhead]

Makes sense not wanting to follow on from other writers, canon etc, but keeping the names of the new characters that were in the canon. Next Dec can't come soon enough

Also, is that Benedict Camberbatch on the voiceover?

[Asura]

All things considered, especially as there's so little footage to it, it seems like they're doing a good job of retaining enough feel of the original trilogy to make this feel like it fits more than the Prequels did. Cautiously optimistic. If Abrams pulls this off after his success with Star Trek, he'll walk on water to studio heads everywhere.

Agreed.

Above all else, I came away thinking "yep, looks like a Star Wars film".

That didn't apply to most stuff concerning the prequels.

I've often wondered if, with the prequels, Lucas really felt that Star Wars needed all this extra stuff they added to the visual style of the series, because people would be somehow bored with the style of the originals. I think he forgot that we have the rest of human endeavour to look at if we want something else.

[fishbowlhead]

I think with the prequels it was a case of I'm going to make them when and how I like and your all going to be greatful for it too, with regards to Lucas.

[Neon Ignition]

http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/34892/so-who-voiced-the-force-awakens-teaser

Sections of the film were filmed in Imax and some of the trailer shots may be in that format it seems. Also, the narration voice is Andy Serkis whilst the music is part of the new score by John Williams.

A still from the trailer in a wider shot: