Way too rough a blade, but that might reflect the character. That lightsaber is not my cup of tea, both in its look and it’s possible practicality. Can’t shake a feeling the VO sounded like a grumbly Cumberbatch Khan.
SEE ALSO – The 5 Best Things About Star Wars: The Force Awakens TrailerĬhris Cooper:Relied completely on new characters unless you count the X-Wings and Falcon. Rohan Morbey:Happy that I’m now an adjective! I’m not impressed by reintroducing iconography of the original trilogy and the prequels have ruined any goodwill of fan service. The only thing that stood out was the droid with the rolling ball. Decent teaser.Īnthony Stokes: I’ll be the Rohan this time and say not impressed. Best part was the 37-year-old theme tune. Rohan Morbey: It was fine, not too much pandering. Martin Deer: Whilst highly un-practical (I mean he’d slice his own hands off if he rotates it won’t he?), that lightsaber is pretty freaking cool. Oliver Davis (Co-editor): I yelped at the lightsabre sword thing. So, you’ve watched the trailer – but what did our writing and editorial staff think? The cheeky gits.Ī quick word to Kim Kardashian, that’s how you “break the Internet”. Of course, we posted it to our site with a Youtube embed link – and not just a cheap link to the iTunes page like some other “bigger sites” did. At around 3pm on Friday 28th November, 2014 the Internet virtually crashed as thousands of Star Wars fans attempted to get onto the iTunes page only to discover that most of us didn’t have Quicktime installed. This article originally included only the nine theaters that Regal Cinemas announced earlier this morning.Well, it was the trailer the world had been waiting for.
#STAR WARS FORCE AWAKENS TRAILER UPDATE#
Update 4PM ET: this article has been updated to include the full list of theaters that will screen The Force Awakens ' trailer. The Force Awakens will be released on December 18th, 2015. Lucasfilm had teased the trailer's premiere online four days earlier - much like it's doing today.
#STAR WARS FORCE AWAKENS TRAILER MOVIE#
A New York Times report from 1998 says that a trailer running just over two minutes long for The Phantom Menace played on 75 screens in 26 states and had fans showing up to theaters just to watch it and then leave before their movie started. Star Wars fans may remember that Lucasfilm pulled a similar stunt to promote the first Star Wars prequel, though distributing a trailer over the internet at that time obviously would have been far less effective. He tweeted out a photo that appeared to be taken inside the Millennium Falcon, and in charity videos he showed off a new X-Wing and a new alien, too. Abrams began releasing small teases of the film. As leaks started coming out during filming over the summer, director J.J. While that wouldn't show much, that would still be one of the most detailed looks at Episode VII to date.ĭisney has been extremely secretive throughout the production of The Force Awakens, though it hasn't been entirely unresponsive to fans. Instead, various outlets have reported that the trailer will likely be composed of quick shots of each of the film's stars as a way to introduce them. Filming on The Force Awakens is complete, but it is likely far from polished enough for this to be a very revealing trailer - and the film is a full year away from coming out. Reports have been coming out for about a week now describing what this first trailer may be like. (Plus, there's likely a profit motive involved for both it and supporting theaters during this initial weekend.)Įarly reports suggest the trailer is short and simple One would imagine that the trailer will be published online eventually, but Disney seems to be interested in kicking things off with a more cinematic experience. Regal Cinemas says these showings will constitute the trailer's "world premiere," so it really does seem as though you'll need to head out to a movie theater if you want to catch it first. The theatrical premiere is an interesting choice for Disney and Lucasfilm, but it'll get Star Wars straight onto the big screen and during one of the biggest moviegoing days of the year. Regal Cinemas says that the trailer will be playing before all of the movies it's showing, and it's likely that that will be the case at other theaters as well.
The trailer runs for 88 seconds and will begin playing worldwide on Monday. Lucasfilm announced that the trailer will play before movies at 30 theaters starting this Friday and continuing through the weekend: The first trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens will be debuting in a small number of theaters across North America on Friday.
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