Star Wars VII-IX, what do you think?

[DrazharLn]

offtopic:

I'm in IE, and I'm pretty sure my sluggish machine isn't helping, but I don't think it's AC2.  Spare me the browser snob speech, too; most people use IE, so I have to to see what they see here onsite.

Wasn't going to snob at you. Most polls put chrome ahead as the dominant web browser, though IE is usually second for the desktop market. I don't know what the stats are like for AC2. I'd guess our mix skews more to older windows users on outdated machines than the norm, though, so you could well be right that most AC2 users use IE.

[Buster's Uncle]

My DL is in Chrome, for what that's worth - it's FIREFOX that screws up here, for some reason.

[DrazharLn]

DL?

[Buster's Uncle]

Double Login.  BU Admin.

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[Buster's Uncle]

[Buster's Uncle]

Star Wars: The Force Awakens Trailer (Official)

[Unorthodox]

Yeah...I'm a bit lost.  They need to release the opening crawl to give some perspective. 

People no longer believe in Jedi or Force, etc?  Even tossing out the EU, WTF has Luke been up to? And why the proliferation of the Empire that was supposedly defeated?  (remember, the whole super special edition endings are canon, now, with coruscant tearing down Palpatine's statue and rejoicing in freedom, otherwise would have made a lot of sense to say Jedi was just a BATTLE victory) 

Not a huge fan of old man solo having more than a cameo, which it sounds like he does, and the Falcon, while iconic, has no business still running.

Apart from that:

The Heroine looks like a good choice thus far, both character and actress. 

Not yet sold on the hero.  Character or actor.  On the surface, Storm Trooper turning good can work...but it's got a lot of pitfalls as well.  And the Actor looks like he's TRYING so hard in every shot so far, but they might just be unfortunately clipped out of context. 

Similarly, Kylo Ren's mask...ok, it sucks.  And so does the lightsaber. 

[Buster's Uncle]

[Green1]

I personally do not think that any thing they come out with will please everyone.

It looks like it will be a pretty decent movie. But, I can tell it has that JJ-ish vibe to it and not a Lucas vibe by looking at the effects.

As far as the EU, I really do not care about a lot of the novels and other print  media that came out after RotJ and the prequels. I am gathering most mainstream geeks did not read them or maybe read one. Discarding them is a good idea. I mean, do you want Jaxxon Rabbit from the old Marvel Star Wars comics? Some stuff is kinda ridiculous in the EU.

Plus, if everyone already read the story, you end up with the one of the problems the prequels had. There was no tension because everyone already knew what happened.

[Mart]

... I mean, do you want Jaxxon Rabbit from the old Marvel Star Wars comics? Some stuff is kinda ridiculous in the EU.

I remember, when I was reading these stories for the first time, at the page I saw Jaxxon Rabbit, I seriously considered to quit reading the rest of it. Still, I have much of it to read, but this is not the same, as the story from these albums:
http://www.amazon.com/Deadly-Pursuit-Classic-Star-Volume/dp/1569711097
There are 3 parts, and they were made based on original newspaper strips comics. Cause of that, the plot is very dynamic. And although not very good at places, overall I grade it very high.

[Unorthodox]

I personally do not think that any thing they come out with will please everyone.

It looks like it will be a pretty decent movie. But, I can tell it has that JJ-ish vibe to it and not a Lucas vibe by looking at the effects.

Decent, maybe.  That waits to be seen.  The design of Ren is still rather lazy. 

As far as the EU, I really do not care about a lot of the novels and other print  media that came out after RotJ and the prequels. I am gathering most mainstream geeks did not read them or maybe read one. Discarding them is a good idea. I mean, do you want Jaxxon Rabbit from the old Marvel Star Wars comics? Some stuff is kinda ridiculous in the EU.

Plus, if everyone already read the story, you end up with the one of the problems the prequels had. There was no tension because everyone already knew what happened.

Like I said, I just want to see the opening scrawl.  It will explain what angle they are playing. 

[Buster's Uncle]

「スター・ウォーズ/フォースの覚醒」予告編2

[Unorthodox]

So, anyone have any opinions on the whole "where's Luke" theories? 

[Rusty Edge]

Mostly, I'm not looking at the clips, or reading all of the releases. I'm trying not to have expectations. Star Wars and Empire were epic. The rest of them, not so much, although they did provide a few dazzling special effects and movie moments, they don't really stand out on their own. They weren't really worthy of all of the advance sales, multi-hour line waits, and what not.

Maybe I'm old and jaded.

Maybe I've learned from experience.

I figure my best chance of enjoying this movie is by not anticipating it.