Star Wars Episode VII *MAJOR SPOILERS*

With first images leaking, let's do a dedicated thread for each new film. I'm sure it will explode next year, or when the trailer drops.

New Stormtrooper & Snowtrooper

Actually have no feelings about this new trilogy (yet).

i have had many concerns regarding the new star wars films, with my top concern being that mark hamill will look like an oversized bloated frog on screen and it will be awkward to look at.

recent pictures have actually eased that concern though.

now that my mark hamill concern is out of the way, i'm more worried that the films won't be great. i expect them to be good (based on who's writing, directing. disney handling marvel films and marvel films having been killing it recently. there's not much to be worried about when it comes to whos handling the films). i'm sort of just worried they won't really be great though.

it's like, if the films are shit, there's no loss, because we as a generation have already been immensely disappointed by the prequels and at this point the people that are truly invested and care about the new films are in the minority (compared to when before episode 1 came out). more shitty star wars films is of no real detriment to the series or the fans.

for the films to be good but not great means we'll have weird mixed and conflicted feelings, arguments. and films not worth remembering.

i'm sort of just looking forward to getting excited really close to the release date, seeing the films at the cinema and enjoying them at least once.

No fear, Mark has been working out every day for past 6 months, Carrie lost 40 lbs with her trainer. I'm not saying it will make their acting any better, but we won't have to face the bloated return of characters that Star Trek saw.

I like that the designs are pretty simple and slick. The recent trends in sci fi toward super complex and dense designs doesn't really do anything for me.

I hope the actual movie doesn't have watermarks all over it

lol watermarks will be the new lens flare

I'm fully erect

seems like they're following Ralph McQuarrie's story art as a design reference. That's nice I suppose.

Mark's Jedi beard

I think running up to this movie's first trailer (let alone the premiere) will elicit the excitement everyone felt when the first trailer for Episode I came out (The Phantom Menace) - I know I was incredibly excited to see Star Wars again after such a long time - too bad the movie was a precursor of what was to come with the other two movies. They're not bad movies - just not up to the calibre they should have been.

I have confidence Disney won't let this be anything other than the trilogy we should have gotten after the original one...

I was excited when it was first announced that Abrams would do the new film (I mean, his "Star Trek" films were basically his demo reel for Star Wars, which is what he admitted he really wanted in the first place). But these leaked pics are worrying me a bit: the armor looks too "clean": I though that JJ understood that one of the things that works so well in the original trilogy is the "used-universe" look helps to sell the believability of what's on-screen. One of the problems I have with the prequels is the sterility of it all: it's not dirty or damaged enough in appearance to believe that people actually live there.

Oh well, maybe the lens flares will make me forget about this complaint, since we will only be able to see about 75% of the screen, anyway.

just I hope they'll reduce George Lucas' influence in the actual filmmaking to a very minimum...

if george lucas can make a star wars film without linear wipes, i will be extra proud.

it would be like EDM without the tapestop effect.

or Star Trek without lens flares...

  On 8/15/2014 at 2:38 PM, feltcher said:

Actually have no feelings about this new trilogy (yet).

Me too

And the fact that J. J. Abrams is dirceting it, doesn't help.

Can't be worse than Lucas tho.

  On 8/15/2014 at 5:12 PM, apriorion said:

But these leaked pics are worrying me a bit: the armor looks too "clean" ...

How about this X-wing?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pejGxBjdlQ

See also:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6f4-4wnsZtc

I think JJ is a good choice for this but everyone has to remember:

- No movie in 2015 is ever going to be as exciting as the original Star Wars was back in 1977. The world is so different now and Star Wars has become part of the background lore of pop culture - no new shiny media thing in the 21st century is ever going to have the same impact

- Star Wars is ultimately an adventure series about space magic and sword fights and robots that whistle and anthropomorphic aliens that play musical instruments. Its not really going to rock your world or deliver anything groundbreaking

So hope for a nice adventure romp with a good script and good cast. But there's no point hoping for it to blow everyones mind.

The ability for a piece of media to blow everyone's mind has moved on to computer games, imho.

  On 8/15/2014 at 5:29 PM, Klopjob said:

Kevin Smith is also extremely excited after visiting the set and seeing footage, apparently he broke down in tears and it made him "feel like my 8 year old self again" "Star Wars fans are gonna come, hard."

He also said Revenge of the Sith is fucking awesome. And he's a twat.

  On 8/15/2014 at 5:38 PM, CJM said:

just I hope they'll reduce George Lucas' influence in the actual filmmaking to a very minimum...

  On 8/15/2014 at 5:52 PM, skibby said:

if george lucas can make a star wars film without linear wipes, i will be extra proud.

edit:

I was hoping George Lucas would have absolely nothing to do with it anymore, given that he sold Lucasfilm to disney.

However sounds like 'JJ is talking to Lucas constantly'

Hopefully, if JJ has any sense, the conversation is going something like this:

Lucas: "... And make sure you've got a comedy alien that steps in dog poo! And don't forget to have lots of characters walking slowly past greenscreen talking about boring jedi bollocks!"

JJ: "... Yep, certainly George, just jotting that down now!" - sound of scribbling - "Well, gotta go!"

JJ puts down phone. Shakes head. Screws up notepaper and throws in bin.

I hope they dedicate a good chunk of the running time to the scientific study of midi-chlorians.

  On 8/16/2014 at 11:10 AM, tec said:

 

  On 8/15/2014 at 5:29 PM, Klopjob said:

 

Kevin Smith is also extremely excited after visiting the set and seeing footage, apparently he broke down in tears and it made him "feel like my 8 year old self again" "Star Wars fans are gonna come, hard."

He also said Revenge of the Sith is fucking awesome. And he's a twat.

Kevin Smith cries at everything. He cried at Affleck in the new bat suit

i trust kevin smith as far as I can throw him. Which isn't far at all because he is about 698 pounds.

Falcon & X-Wing spotted @ Greenham Common RAF Base.

  On 8/16/2014 at 8:59 PM, dr lopez said:

i trust kevin smith as far as I can throw him. Which isn't far at all because he is about 698 pounds.

I must say I'm mostly exited about the possible new RedLetterMedia reviews. Are they going to be just as good as the ones which destroyed the three prequels?