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Star Wars The Force Awakens Trailer
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Poodlestrike
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I gotta say, I'm digging the hell out of the new stormtrooper helmets.
bonesmccoy
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Weird how 'The Force Awakens' seems not so silly a title after viewing the teaser.
Other than the removal of the letterboxing I see and hear no difference from the original.
CD'S BAR
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oh shit there totally is
Haven't seen this one posted yet.
God damn, there are some amazing people out there.
There's only one difference: at the very end is a sound clip from ANH, where Luke says, "But it's a whole 'nother year!"
Edit: the fan art from a minute teaser with five few-second clips only is just...unreal. As is 100 million views. Bomba incoming, right?
Yeah I've warmed up to the title considerably.
But, on the other hand, the title's official logo still seems like such a weird, dull choice.
DiipuSurotu
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Wowwwwwwww this art
I feel bad to post mine
No it's good! It's exciting to start seeing Star Wars VII fanart so soon after the release of a teaser.
Even though TFA isn't a reboot, I think they designed the logo as if it were some sort of reboot of the series (for new viewers) with a huge focus on "Star Wars", the subtitle in smaller font and no mention of "Episode VII". I think that's their reasoning for the logo.
I just hope the next two episodes will have more distinctive logos focusing on their subtitles rather than variations of this one.
Found this on Facebook:
this is goddamned amazing, reminds me of Moebius' art
BrokenFiction
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Doublesith
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My problem with the logo is that it's clearly the He-Man font. As someone who played with and had a great time with both franchises back in the '80s, it drives me nuts.
My problem with the logo is that it's clearly the He-Man font. As someone who played with and had a great time with both franchises back in the '80s, it drives me nuts.
The font for The Force Awakens existed and was used by Star Wars long before He-Man was a thing.
Bobby Roberts
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If anything, it's possible the people making He-Man decided to use that font because they were seeing it on Star Wars posters back then.
We were just too young to really be paying attention to typography trends back then.
We were just too young to really be paying attention to typography trends back then.
Yeah it's funny to see it be called the He-Man font when he-man was the one using years after Star Wars had been using it.
illmatic22
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Tertullian
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Nice.
vagabondarts
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DiipuSurotu
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I didn't know originally but I just looked it up and it's Laurie Greasley, who has a Tumblr:
http://nexusroku.tumblr.com/
vagabondarts
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Thank you
Coreda
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My problem with the logo is that it's clearly the He-Man font. As someone who played with and had a great time with both franchises back in the '80s, it drives me nuts.
Serif Gothic was popular in the 70s (and since), so it's not exclusive to any one use. Even Halloween uses it.
It was one of the various typefaces Lubalin designed it for his newly formed company ITC, and like most of his typefaces seen best tightly spaced (although he could do it like no other). The letter-spacing and choice for Star Wars was odd, but I've come around a little since liking the trailer.
Can't remember seeing it used for SW before, anyone have an image?
Bobby Roberts
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The original posters for Star Wars tended to use it for the tagline and the credit blocks.
CitizenVectron
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Something I've noticed for this movie is that they are re-using a TONNE of the concept art and original stuff from the original trilogy. The X-Wings looks like the original concepts from 1977 (which look like Z-95s), the new droid was an original concept for R2D2, and this font choice as well. I wouldn't be surprised to even get some of the original names that were never used.
Bobby Roberts
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I still think this sand planet won't be Tatooine, but maybe Sullust or Corellia, just for the hell of it.
CitizenVectron
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That would be great.
One part of me wants to see a planet with more than one biome...but another part of me doesn't, since that was such a 1970s sci-fi thing, to have single-feature planets like Tatooine or Hoth.
One part of me wants to see a planet with more than one biome...but another part of me doesn't, since that was such a 1970s sci-fi thing, to have single-feature planets like Tatooine or Hoth.
Bobby Roberts
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And yeah, the decision to go back to McQuarrie is a genius one. A lot of those designs are not only still artistically valid, but because they were 70s concepts of a far-flung future (that was actually the past) you end up with this really interesting effect of a retro-future aesthetic that feels both forward-looking and nostalgic at the same time, while still being VERY visually interesting.
DiipuSurotu
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It's kinda funny to me (in a GOOD way) that they're being inspired by concept art that was originally scrapped / rejected.
Well you'd be wrong, and I'm willing to take this to an avatar bet.
Based McQuarrie tho
Bobby Roberts
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I don't care enough about being wrong on the internet to bet shit
I'm wrong all the time!
TheKaeptain
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I don't care enough about being wrong on the internet to bet shit
I'm wrong all the time!
Exactly why I have a book mark folder named Bobby being wrong.
JK. I do have one for Gaffers saying shit that will come back to bite them in the ass folder.
There have been multiple reports that the sand planet isn't Tatooine
I don't care enough about being wrong on the internet to bet shit
I'm wrong all the time!
My point is Tatooine is far too iconic to go pulling a Prometheus where it was LV-223 instead of LV-426. It'd just be a waste, and would betray the audience.
All right, well I guess BobbyRoberts is looking out for me and won't let me embarrass myself.
DiipuSurotu
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I hope it's not Tatooine. We saw a gate that's based on concept art for the gate of Jabba's Palace, but I for one don't want to see Hutts in this film as it would be too much of a rehash. Bring on new alien species (and planets)!
Poodlestrike
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And the new alien race from Rebels is the OG Chewbacca by McQuarrie.
I just saw the first episode of this last night, and there's a bit where that guy claims to be a wookie.
Hilarious in hindsight.
Reusing concept art doesn't mean much. And the shot in the trailer only has one sun.
And yes that is actually from a real star wars comic. Gotta love the EU...
They didn't film in Tunisia so visuals don't say much. Especially when it looks close to Tatooine which clearly has range off locales and geography.
I wasn't talking about that really. More the fact the planet is littered with
tons of Empire and rebel war wreckage
Edit: Thought I was in spoilers thread!
Alright fair enough. Maybe it indeed isn't Tatooine. For a binary star I have no clue how close you would expect to see the two suns in the sky, they might fall far apart at times though.
The empire wasn't completely broken up at the end of VI if I understand correctly. Those movies sort of implied that it was cleaned up over the coming months and years, but given the time skip and Tatooines closeness to both Han and Luke, it wouldn't be a stretch the empire move on it.
CD'S BAR
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Do we know who did the art for all the concepts that have leaked? Is that McQuarrie too? Even if this movie turns out to be pure shit the art made for it so far will have been worth the attempt. Totally takes you to another place. Can't wait for an art book or some compilation.
And yes that is actually from a real star wars comic. Gotta love the EU...
Many Bothans died trying to get at dat ass.
DiscoJer
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Reusing concept art doesn't mean much. Not to mention the planet has wrecked at-ats on it. And the shot in the trailer only has one sun.
And yes that is actually from a real star wars comic. Gotta love the EU...
There's a human-Bothan romance in the Rogue Squadron novels (which I guess that might be an adaption of)
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