[Luis Dias]

And it's full of AWESOMENESS.

The characters feel RIGHT. The villain feels RIGHT. The story arc resembles a bit of New Hope, and that feels RIGHT.

And holy ****, is Luke Skywalker the new villain? Is he going to end what his father tried to accomplish??!?

HYYYYYYYPE  ;7

[Goober5000]

And holy ****, is Luke Skywalker the new villain? Is he going to end what his father tried to accomplish??!?

I certainly hope not.  The whole point of the final conflict in ROTJ is that Luke had the chance to make that choice and chose not to join the Emperor.

[Bobboau]

doesn't mean he couldn't stray from the path years later.

though honestly it's much more likely he's the new Yoda.

[Luis Dias]

I'm 100% sure he's not the villain and 90% sure he's the new Obi-Wan / Yoda as Bobboau suggests. Still, I love everything in the new trailer!

[StarSlayer]

I wonder if the Rebels were unable/did not create the New Republic after Endor in this continuity?  That the events from the original trilogy seem shrouded in mystery and the general militia feel of the "non Order" forces doesn't give off the feel of the Republic having been reestablished.  Is it possible that the galaxy didn't recreate a centralized government after the Empire fell or perhaps pulled a collective Alderaan and expunged military capability/warfare from the priorities/history?   

[Bobboau]

my guess is the destruction of the deathstar was not the end of the war but the beginning of it. The empire fell apart into a bunch of warring factions and the new republic never even started to happen.

[Luis Dias]

Well, it was a Galactic empire after all. Lots of Star Destroyers and a myriad of worlds, gazillions of soldiers and AT-ATs  still exist.

[Scotty]

I think my favorite part is how it looks like Kylo Ren is going full on broadsword combat and ditching that vapid acrobatic nonsense from Episodes II and III.

[StarSlayer]

The poster looks like a low Vom Tag guard, so yeah I will be stoked if they go for a Kunst des Fechtens route.

[MP-Ryan]

I hate to say it but the trailers are all making me unreasonably excited to see this movie.

[NGTM-1R]

I think my favorite part is how it looks like Kylo Ren is going full on broadsword combat and ditching that vapid acrobatic nonsense from Episodes II and III.

Of course using a style dictated largely by the weight of the blade makes even less sense...


Also, one note to the new Stormies:

Infantry weapons never work well on starfighters. The reverse is not true.

[Scotty]

Less sense only if we assume that lightsabers are massless, which has never actually been stated in a (currently) canon source.  If we're going to complain about things being less realistic, perhaps we should take issue first with subluminal lasers and spacecraft that measure combat range in hundreds of meters?

[NGTM-1R]

Less sense only if we assume that lightsabers are massless, which has never actually been stated in a (currently) canon source.

Even if we assume they're magic extendoblades of solid material (which really doesn't fit with their visualization at any time) then they've still got to fit within in the handles and simple observation of the way the handles work when they're clipped to people's belts in the prequels says there's not much weight in there.

If we're going to complain about things being less realistic, perhaps we should take issue first with subluminal lasers and spacecraft that measure combat range in hundreds of meters?

Hey, I know you're not trying to be an asshole, but you're being an asshole. Nobody cares or should about those because they don't violate the internal logic of the universe.

This does.

Consistency is more important than absolute truth. Fiction 101.

[Bobboau]

they have inertial compensators that allow them to behave as though they have mass.

[Scotty]

Less sense only if we assume that lightsabers are massless, which has never actually been stated in a (currently) canon source.

Even if we assume they're magic extendoblades of solid material (which really doesn't fit with their visualization at any time) then they've still got to fit within in the handles and simple observation of the way the handles work when they're clipped to people's belts in the prequels says there's not much weight in there.

If we're going to complain about things being less realistic, perhaps we should take issue first with subluminal lasers and spacecraft that measure combat range in hundreds of meters?

Hey, I know you're not trying to be an asshole, but you're being an asshole. Nobody cares or should about those because they don't violate the internal logic of the universe.

This does.

Consistency is more important than absolute truth. Fiction 101.

And this rendition of a lightsaber is entirely consistent with the renditions of lightsabers in the original movies, which the prequels completely and utterly failed to be consistent with.  Maintaining consistency with two different sets of contradictory representations of the same object is impossible, and given the choice I'm glad they went with the one that feels like a proper sword.

[Luis Dias]

lol at the concern about consistency of mass of light sabers. I mean, roflmao.

aaha wait you were serious. Let me laugh even harder

AHAHAAHHAHAHAHAAH

[AtomicClucker]

Much light saber mass to be had. Even with the trailer... I reserve the right to be skeptical til da movie hits theaters.

[Sushi]

Hey guys, the trailer for the first new star wars movie in a long time has got me really hyped! It's going to be soooooo good...



All of this has happened before. All of this will happen again...

[Swifty]

I wonder if the Rebels were unable/did not create the New Republic after Endor in this continuity?  That the events from the original trilogy seem shrouded in mystery and the general militia feel of the "non Order" forces doesn't give off the feel of the Republic having been reestablished.  Is it possible that the galaxy didn't recreate a centralized government after the Empire fell or perhaps pulled a collective Alderaan and expunged military capability/warfare from the priorities/history?   

Io9 has a really good article about what's going on in the galaxy post-OT compiled from all the sequel media released so far: http://io9.com/everything-we-know-about-star-wars-post-return-of-the-j-1729549100 (Don't read if you don't want to be spoiled)

[JGZinv]

Kylo Ren (bad Sith like dude in mask) is not Skywalker, his head and actor has been known for a long time now.

Don't be surprised if Han doesn't bite the big one here though.