What's not to like? The Millenium Falcon doing aeronautic acrobatics to the Star Wars theme is goosebumps-inducing. And the Sith walking through the woods with his light saber with cross bars... This looks completely badass. Can't wait!
Got a tip for us?
Let us know
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.
'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' Trailer Now Available
- Thread starter MacRumors
- Start date
- Sort by reaction score
Has potential. Hopefully the vfx shots ain't finished since that millennium falcon footage looked more video game quality than cinema.
LOL!! You must not have watched any of these very carefully. The prequels ruined Star Wars canon. What you described is just one canon issue. That isn't the "universe", it is ****** movies. Why do you think people hate them? I much prefer many of the books that have been written, although many of them are stupid, too. Like the one where an apprentice Jedi takes down a fleet of ships miles away in space.
ST "scientific"?!? Ludicrous. Almost every episode they trashed their own science, esp after they introduced the Borg and got trapped by going too far, making an enemy too strong to be overcome by their bad writing. All it was was soap operas for men. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
Science fiction has always been more fiction than anything. Silly writers that don't even stick to their own creations. And idiot suits that demand it. ****ers.
Here's another proof of their idiocy in one word: Firefly.
Easy. Watch Firefly, which has a similar dichotomy. A couple places in the show & movie pretty much give the answer in plain words in the dialog.
Although, the bold phrase makes no sense. I don't see that in the SW shows. Not at all. Are you sure you weren't watching WallE?
They placed a plasma TV on the millennium falcon instead of the back yard antena... that is a change.
peterdevries
macrumors 68040
sure, but don't act surprised when people call you out on non-helpful posts like that one.
kingalexthe1st
macrumors 6502
Having finally seen this (thanks Chirpie! You superstar) I can say that I am excited for it. I liked what JJ did for Star Trek, but I've always been a Star Wars fan and this tiny amount of footage seems to hark back to the good ol' days.
Saying that, I do like the small updates. That light sabre almost looks on fire! The falcon looks ace, but put any star wars thing to the star wars music and I'll shout "TAKE MY MONEY", so maybe I'm biased 🙂
Only 12 more long months to wait.
Alex
Saying that, I do like the small updates. That light sabre almost looks on fire! The falcon looks ace, but put any star wars thing to the star wars music and I'll shout "TAKE MY MONEY", so maybe I'm biased 🙂
Only 12 more long months to wait.
Alex
I thought the R2D2 thing was some kind of a joke. Looked like it was riding on a football, very strange.
TomaxXamot
macrumors 6502
I don't think the ball is part of the droid. My impression was that the head unit of the droid is trying desperately to get somewhere fast or running away from something using a ball. Maybe the droid was decapitated.
I'm so stoked on this movie and the teaser increased that one hundred fold. I'm surprised at the reactions on this site compared to others.
Also it's weird how MacRumors didn't list John Boyega as part of the cast when he's the first person you see in the trailer.
Last edited:
TomaxXamot
macrumors 6502
Reason077
macrumors 601
Either way, it seems like a pretty speedy way to move around.
Remember how slow and lumbering R2D2 and C3PO were? Makes sense that droid engineers in the Star Wars universe would have noticed this and designed something better.
----------
He'll probably be killed off in the first 20 minutes anyway.
antonis
macrumors 68020
I think I had the same question as a kid, when I watched the first trilogy, back then.
But afterwards, as a grown up it became easy. Just look at this world that builds spaceships and send them to space, at the same time that people dying from hunger in self-built shacks.
Reason077
macrumors 601
The biggest technological development/changes, when it comes to military hardware, are likely to come during times of conflict.
We can assume that the years since ROTJ have been peaceful and not a lot of effort has been put in to developing new X-Wing variants, etc.
Oh yeah. They got slightly newer wings, but now only 2 engines instead of 4. And the pilots are soldered in during manufacture.
They also make mostly an entry level one that's slower than the originals.
//if tie fighters were mac minis...
Donoban
Suspended
What did you expect in a one minute video? Some deep character and story developments? Come on man, for all its hype it was disappointing? You can't be serious.
The teaser was bloody awesome. The visual style tips its hat at the original films and JJ has put his own spin on it as well.
Given the people involved in this film there is no reason why the story should not deliver.
I'll see you in the cinemas December next year broc.
flyinmac
macrumors 68040
Nope, it was a downgrade. That's the trend. New Falcon will be cooler running but only half speed with short turbo boost to bring it near old falcon speed for short bursts. Hears Hans solo cursing Intel and Apple's energy efficiency as the Falcon sputters and fails to escape the dark forces
Hans is refrozen to await the second coming of AMD and the resurgence of higher performance at lower prices. Hears C3PO complaining to R2 about the transition from CP/M to Yosemite and being unable to quickly assimilate new information because Apple disabled Trim on their 3rd party drives scavenged from another droid in the last battle.
Meanwhile, a new sith appears and Luke draws his saber to realize he forgot to place it on the charger after the last battle and his Apple batteries die. He tries to plug it in to the portable power pack on his belt and gets the warning that his cable doesn't have an Apple chip installed, so charging will be disabled.
Luke scrambles for ideas, and sees the Apple logo on the dark sith's saber and throws dust at it scratching the surface. The dark lord screams in agony as his delicate saber now has swirls and scuffs in it's handle and calls Apple to insist that he needs an immediate replacement as it was scuffed in the course of normal usage. Luke escapes as the Sith Lord is placed on hold, and becomes distracted in Anger.
A family of ewoks swarms in to assure the Sith Lord that it's not Apples fault that his saber didn't survive use in a desert setting. Angry with the ewoks, the Sith Lord tries to fire up his saber only to discover that the dust scratched his emitter causing the saber to emit a twisted blade which swung back and sliced the Sith lord in half.
Images of darth vader appear in a glow of the light side of the force, and he laughs in amusement at the destruction of the dark lord by his own saber and budget cuts.
RightMACatU
macrumors 65816
2499723
Cancelled
Are you being sarcastic? I surely hope so!
----------
You had me in full agreement until your final sentence. Then you scuttled your argument. This DOES look bad. And it will be bad, much like the new Star Trek films are upon reflection. But prequel trilogy 'bad' would be quite the feat.
iapplelove
Suspended
Mike MA
macrumors 68020
And that's exactly what most people liked about the teaser and hated bout the prequels 😉
MacSince1990
macrumors 65816
Honestly I thought this was a parody when I first saw it. A random black guy in a storm trooper suit running away scared, a droid that (I thought) was moving on a soccer ball, and a light saber with a hilt. Yikes.
----------
Firefly > star wars