Meesa want my precious

4/29/2014 2:05:59 PM

4/29/2014 2:34:36 PM

That's an awesome pic

4/29/2014 9:22:20 PM

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"Andy Serkis is exciting. If they are gonna have cgi characters (and obviously they are) then have someone who is good at it."

THIS

5/1/2014 9:28:37 AM

I never realized that picture was the current cast. I'd always seen smaller ones and didn't recognize the people in it. With the style of furniture and being black and white, I just assumed it was the original cast picture added to the article just for funsies.

5/1/2014 9:36:41 AM

they probably picked the furniture style and the b+w lens filter in order to get just that reaction

5/1/2014 9:38:27 AM

style of furniture? lol those are just cheap IKEA couches. I have the same one in my living room.

5/1/2014 12:37:02 PM

Needs more any Lando...

5/1/2014 6:58:08 PM

LANDO SYSTEM?

5/1/2014 7:50:38 PM

harrison ford pit sweat

5/1/2014 7:55:53 PM

works every time

5/1/2014 8:09:43 PM

Pretty cool cast pick. Definitely excited about Serkis...though I don't see him in that pic anywhere...

5/2/2014 9:22:30 AM

To the immediate left of Hammill

5/2/2014 9:38:15 AM

http://www.wired.com/2014/07/star-wars-episode-vii-x-wing/

First shot of the new X-Wing. Not too different from the original but I personally think they should have either just left it alone or had a new fighter all together.

[Edited on July 22, 2014 at 9:47 AM. Reason : k]

7/22/2014 9:39:49 AM

woot

7/22/2014 11:14:40 AM

If I buy a car there are different models of the car.

Looks fine to me.

And its 35? years in the future. Realistically it should be way different from ROTJ X-wings.

CauseStarWarsIsRealisticYawl

[Edited on July 22, 2014 at 11:33 AM. Reason : 35]

7/22/2014 11:16:06 AM

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"Realistically it should be way different from ROTJ X-wings."

That's what I was thinking... look at the difference in looks between an F-16 and an F-22. Given that technological development is exponential you'd think they'd have quite a few advancements. But then again these guys were rebels scrounging together whatever they could.

Regardless, its Star Wars, who cares. I'm sure they just wanted to have X-Wings in there since they are fan favorites but still wanted to update them a little bit.

7/22/2014 11:38:49 AM

Because they're similar, let's use an F-15 and an F-22, two designs that were introduced 39 years apart.

The difference between those two planes is almost exactly the same as the difference in looks between the ROTJ T-65 and the one in that clip. It's sleeker and more refined, but fundamentally similar.



My big takeaway is that this new X-Wing is very close to the one from ANH production drawings, with the split engines and completely smooth nose cone.

7/22/2014 12:09:55 PM

Sidenote: There is no R2 droid in the back of the X-Wing. I'm hoping that is just because it isn't actually flying.

7/22/2014 12:57:01 PM

Either those are some really thin wings or they dont split.

Looks more like a Z-95 (x-wing's baby brother).

7/22/2014 2:25:16 PM

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"Looks more like a Z-95 (x-wing's baby brother)"

That was my first reaction.

7/22/2014 6:11:37 PM

Willow joined the cast. He was the original Wicket.

10/17/2014 1:35:36 PM

Missed this thread discussion in July, but definitely thought it was just a Z-95 with a laser on both the top and bottom of the wings (Z-95 only has one on top)

10/17/2014 2:04:32 PM

Here you go nerds http://youtu.be/OMOVFvcNfvE

11/28/2014 11:55:07 AM

THAT WAS AMAZIN

I wish that I knew more about the source material and what they are planning to do with it. It seems like a dumb question to ask about a general synopsis of the Star Wars universe after VI, but whatever.

11/29/2014 8:11:05 AM

doesnt seem like they are going with anything that has been published, this is likely entirely new

11/29/2014 8:54:56 AM

It's basically just a big guardians of the Galaxy ripoff

11/29/2014 9:04:48 AM

I can't believe the amount of BS people are talking because of a black storm trooper. Are we seriously still that fucked up as a society?

11/29/2014 9:23:06 AM

I think I saw something about that guy being one of the main cast so he was probably wearing the suit as a disguise.

But yes we are still that fucked up

11/29/2014 10:57:23 AM

Yeah the black guy is either the new Luke or Han.

11/29/2014 11:15:34 AM

Also, the Stormtroopers were cloned from this guy:



So literally every Stormtrooper is in fact black.

11/29/2014 11:29:48 AM

Clone Trooper does not equal Storm Trooper

Storm Trooper does not equal Clone Trooper

[Edited on November 29, 2014 at 12:25 PM. Reason : as ]

11/29/2014 12:23:26 PM

FYI, just noticed that Oscar Isaac is the X-Wing fighter. Interesting.

I was hoping that he would be a sleazy friend that turns to betrayal.

11/29/2014 1:17:06 PM

^^I see. I guess I had always assumed that.

11/29/2014 2:05:06 PM

lol at that sith's light saber. I guess they just had to make it different to stand out.

11/29/2014 3:54:41 PM

or perhaps jedi and sith are tired of getting their hands cut off

11/29/2014 4:02:09 PM

And how is that going to help? Attacks would get blocked and probably have the tendency to end up down in the corner... where there's no protection. The first thing that would happen is one of the side emitters would get lopped off.

Pretty sure it's just to up the ante to give the new guy a distinctive look. Style over function. A gimmick.

Also:



[Edited on November 29, 2014 at 4:11 PM. Reason : -]

11/29/2014 4:09:16 PM

I've got no issue with the storm trooper being black, I just think its kind of silly how he popped into the frame with a goofy look on his face. It is all serious showing this bleak desert (what I'm assuming is Tattooine) and you are expecting something dramatic and this guy just kinda bounds in. I seriously thought that I had clicked on a parody and it was a Key and Peele skit or something. I would have had the same reaction if the dude was white.

12/1/2014 1:06:10 PM

It may have only been a few seconds, but the the end of the trailer with the Falcon flying was already a little too JJ Abrams for me.

12/1/2014 1:39:01 PM

^^ That was just good acting. He looked utterly surprised, freaked and scared all at the same time. Great acting.

12/1/2014 1:59:15 PM

did you read that in a critic's review of the trailer?

12/1/2014 2:19:52 PM

nope just my take on it; but, I do think that it is a little more thought out than "he looked goofy" in reference to who will prolly be the lead of this franchise. I bet he was expecting the old Luke to hobble in dramatically on a cane or something. That would have done it. Or, maybe for Han and Chewie to have a comical dispute about how to adjust to the new rebel ammunition belts. That's just a guess.

[Edited on December 1, 2014 at 3:03 PM. Reason : as ]

12/1/2014 3:03:16 PM

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"I've got no issue with the storm trooper being black, I just think its kind of silly how he popped into the frame with a goofy look on his face. It is all serious showing this bleak desert (what I'm assuming is Tattooine) and you are expecting something dramatic and this guy just kinda bounds in. I seriously thought that I had clicked on a parody and it was a Key and Peele skit or something. I would have had the same reaction if the dude was white."

same, I thought it was a parody in the vein of Michael Winslow in Spaceballs

12/1/2014 3:18:06 PM

lol yeah that is probably a big part of it actually.



[Edited on December 1, 2014 at 3:54 PM. Reason : ]

12/1/2014 3:53:42 PM

Quote :

"I've got no issue with the storm trooper being black, I just think its kind of silly how he popped into the frame with a goofy look on his face."

I thought it was a spin on how Darth Vader wore all black attire and had the thundering voice of James Earl Jones, yet when he took off his helmet he was just an old white man.

[Edited on December 1, 2014 at 5:42 PM. Reason : .]

12/1/2014 5:42:10 PM

12/1/2014 5:59:54 PM

have y'all seen the george lucas edition?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v93Jh6JNBng

12/1/2014 6:09:22 PM

I LOLed at :58

12/1/2014 6:43:59 PM

Apparently it's Andy Serkis' voice doing the narration.

12/1/2014 9:23:14 PM

my only thing with black stormtrooper is that the camera work doesn't seem very star wars-y i guess. whatever that means.

12/1/2014 9:32:20 PM