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Star Wars: The Last Jedi Official Teaser
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smokeymicpot
Beat EviLore at pool.
It got 3. Second one had the Chewie we're home line.
WadiumArcadium
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Kylo's a hell of a lot more interesting than Snoke at the moment. No doubt he'll have a bigger role in this one thougjh.
Vampirolol
Member
Looks like Star Wars, wich is what I'm searching for. I love TFA, so I have a lot of faith in this.
It going to be fun when people will start to search for every detail and say "lool this is just a remake of episode whatever! I'm such a movie critic you know!"
It going to be fun when people will start to search for every detail and say "lool this is just a remake of episode whatever! I'm such a movie critic you know!"
Saint Gregory
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It sounds like the choral arrangements are back in full force. Williams is so damn good
It's amazing how they've made it look like BB8 is sprinting.
He really looks like he's booking it.
2Smashed4U
Banned
Went to go check the Reddit thread on this to see if they had any interesting thoughts on it and let me just say:
The prequel memes shit is one of the most unfunny things that website has ever taken upon itself to parrot in literally every thread. Reddit is the goddamn worst.
The prequel memes shit is one of the most unfunny things that website has ever taken upon itself to parrot in literally every thread. Reddit is the goddamn worst.
We have no evidence of that, though. Rey can just be Rey. Kylo Ren can just be Kylo Ren. It doesn't really follow that after all Luke's been through that he'd be like, "The Jedi must end. And become the..."
Rey's gonna do her own thing, unless the setup in TFA and this trailer are some giant ruse for a new coat of Jedi/Sith paint. But I don't think that's where they are going.
smokeymicpot
Beat EviLore at pool.
Came out in April of 15.
LegendofLex
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I agree, but I don't think the "correct answer" would be a combination of both sides. It would be the grasping of something both sides are lacking: real harmony with the Force.
The Jedi reject emotions, so how can they let their emotions flow from the Force?
The Sith wield emotion as a weapon, but those emotions seem to flow from their id, not from the Force.
Neither is truly in harmony with the Force, because neither is truly letting the Force guide them.
All this to say that I hope the answer Star Wars gives us isn't "use both sides in equal measure."
Netherscourge
Banned
I hope Luke isn't all sad and melancholy the whole time.
I know!
I love how its luke theme at the very start, and then Rey's takes over.
God John Williams is GOAT
Honestly I'm not really happy with the idea that Luke would want to end the Jedi, because the whole point of RotJ was that he already overcame the rules of the old Jedi Order. If he backslid and failed because he tried to restructure the new order in the same way as the old one, then they missed the point of RotJ, where he put aside dogmatic non-attachment to save his father.
He already defeated dualism, but nothing so far has indicated that he tried to integrate that into the new Jedi.
He already defeated dualism, but nothing so far has indicated that he tried to integrate that into the new Jedi.
Bobby Roberts
Banned
Another thing to consider when trying to draw direct parallels to the effectiveness of TFA's first commercial to TLJ's first commercial:
All TFA had to clearly communicate was a single idea. The first two teasers (even the one at Celebration) were built to send this message, and this message alone:
Star Wars is Back
That's it. That's all they had to ultimately do. It's a very easy idea, and they had a lot of footage that makes communicating that idea very easy. Neither of those two ad spots was at all concerned with telling you a story, hinting at it, nothing. Just screaming "STAR WARS IS BACK" with all the imagery and music.
The Last Jedi's teaser ad isn't lucky enough to have an idea that clear to communicate. It's one big idea is "The Jedi Must End." That's a pretty rich, interesting idea to explore, but you can't really cut a straightforward, rousing commercial for that. It's hard to take that one idea and make it seem super-exciting and immediate. That's an idea that needs context.
All TFA had to clearly communicate was a single idea. The first two teasers (even the one at Celebration) were built to send this message, and this message alone:
Star Wars is Back
That's it. That's all they had to ultimately do. It's a very easy idea, and they had a lot of footage that makes communicating that idea very easy. Neither of those two ad spots was at all concerned with telling you a story, hinting at it, nothing. Just screaming "STAR WARS IS BACK" with all the imagery and music.
The Last Jedi's teaser ad isn't lucky enough to have an idea that clear to communicate. It's one big idea is "The Jedi Must End." That's a pretty rich, interesting idea to explore, but you can't really cut a straightforward, rousing commercial for that. It's hard to take that one idea and make it seem super-exciting and immediate. That's an idea that needs context.
wesleyshark
Banned
LegendofDragoonLives
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I know what a teaser is. I thought we were discussing our thoughts on it, or is it only allowed if it's positive impressions? The OG teaser 2 years back got me a lot more hyped up.
Trigonometrize.
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I think you'll be disappointed. They put him on that path in Jedi.
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Rösti
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Ah, I see. Thanks for the clarification.
Teaser 1 came November 2014. Teaser 2 came April 2015. The full trailer came October 2015.
I suppose they're going to deal with the Sith/Jedi ideologies and do away with them to bring in a new era of force politics. I think it's inevitable some new name/order/ideal of the force will be plastered in their place espousing very similar-but-not-quite-the-same ideas and dogma.
You really think Luke is going to try and do what the Jedis were doing in the prequels?
nekkid
It doesn't matter who we are, what matters is our plan.
I was wrong in my wording, but lol at that second statement.
I bet he listens to Evanescence.
Violence Jack
Member
That was one beautiful trailer and poster. Still hoping we get at least one Luke/Leia reunion scene. It looks like it's going to be dark. Like Revenge of the Sith dark.
Netherscourge
Banned
Terrorist attack?
Bounty Hunter job?
Me too...like 5 times.
Elegant Weapon
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We can only hope that's the case but for some reason, it just seems really easy to believe that Finn won't get any sort of rematch with Kylo
I'd love if it happened, but it's hard to see Finn getting wrapped up in the force plot, which is the most important stuff in Star Wars.
I think the most exciting thing about The Last Jedi, and I posted something similar in the celebration thread, is the tease towards what I'll call "balanced force-users".
Jedi and Sith are neither healthy lifestyles. Maybe in isolation a Jedi can be a healthy individual, but as a collective, the Jedi Order was deeply flawed.
With Bendu being introduced in Rebels, and the continuation of Ahsoka's story, I think they're clearly setting the foundation for a move away from black and white, characters who embodied polar opposites etc. Luke is a far more complex character, emotionally, and the end of RotJ is so symbolic in how he flirts with the dark side, but ultmately ends the film as a good person, irrespective of the temptation. Drawing from hate in his duel with Vader didn't spell the end for him. Hell, nothing is more on the nose as during Vader's funeral, with Luke dressed in black, with the white of the inside of his tunic (?) showing.
If Luke went on from RotJ, trying to replicate what Yoda and Obi-Wan preached 1:1, then it's no wonder that with the fall of his academy and that of his nephew, he'd go and explore the meaning of the Force and that of the Jedi.
He says so in the trailer, when Rey is see the light and the darkness, that there's more to it than that. My bet, his isolation and journey to the first Jedi temple will highlight how the Order got lost along the way.
Ultimately, I think Luke and Rey will be balanced individuals opposed by the unbalanced (and unhinged) Kylo and Snoke.
Jedi and Sith are neither healthy lifestyles. Maybe in isolation a Jedi can be a healthy individual, but as a collective, the Jedi Order was deeply flawed.
With Bendu being introduced in Rebels, and the continuation of Ahsoka's story, I think they're clearly setting the foundation for a move away from black and white, characters who embodied polar opposites etc. Luke is a far more complex character, emotionally, and the end of RotJ is so symbolic in how he flirts with the dark side, but ultmately ends the film as a good person, irrespective of the temptation. Drawing from hate in his duel with Vader didn't spell the end for him. Hell, nothing is more on the nose as during Vader's funeral, with Luke dressed in black, with the white of the inside of his tunic (?) showing.
If Luke went on from RotJ, trying to replicate what Yoda and Obi-Wan preached 1:1, then it's no wonder that with the fall of his academy and that of his nephew, he'd go and explore the meaning of the Force and that of the Jedi.
He says so in the trailer, when Rey is see the light and the darkness, that there's more to it than that. My bet, his isolation and journey to the first Jedi temple will highlight how the Order got lost along the way.
Ultimately, I think Luke and Rey will be balanced individuals opposed by the unbalanced (and unhinged) Kylo and Snoke.
Poor GRIMES
Banned
I mean one trailer that they actually called a theatrical trailer. The Chewie we're home one was the second teaser trailer.
DeathoftheEndless
Crashing this plane... with no survivors!
I can't believe so many people still think Finn is a chump. The dude was brave enough to run from the First Order and take on stormtroopers and Kylo Ren directly despite being way out of his depth. He's a damn hero.
mugurumakensei
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Nah. It's hinting more that the prophecy regarding Anakin was correct and the Jedi Order did not understand what it meant. The balance of the force is not the light side. I get the feeling Snoak is not a sith and Rey will not be a Jedi.
Abinash117
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Seems similar to what Kiera was trying to do.
wesleyshark
Banned
SilentRacoon
Member
That poster actually makes me think they want to portray both Luke and Kylo as being a broken part of the same side, you know, their goal is the same just not the means. Kylo said he will finish what Anakin started, his purpose was to bring balance to the force, so..
LegendofLex
Member
I actually think showing Anakin as a boy was super important to the overall story, because it showed us that he already had a preconceived notion of the Jedi as "the magic people who will come and save me and my mom and my friends from slavery."
He never really lets go of this idea, and that's what ultimately leads to him losing faith in the Jedi (because obviously this wasn't how they operated) and turning to the Dark Side (for promising to be for him what the Jedi weren't).
Dreams-Visions
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If y'all needed physical evidence that Finn isn't in a coma for the whole film
Did we really need confirmation? lol
That was Teaser #2. Full trailer wasn't out until like September
Or an idiot.
Whompa02
Member
Terrorist attack?
Bounty Hunter job?
The Knights of Ren? Hopefully?
wesleyshark
Banned
Same people in this thread do apparently
I don't get hyped over vague hints that only lead to hardcore fan speculation, fuck me right? I understand why fans are going bananas over hints like that because I know I would too if I was more invested in SW.
I guess as not as invested person I'm not allowed to say that trailer left me somewhat cold as it was collection of CGI action shots and some vague lore hints?
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