Friday, April 14, 2017

The Last Jedi Trailer, My Thoughts

Disney has been bringing the hype like crazy when it comes to their trailers. Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2, then Thor: Ragnarok, and now, as if things haven't gone crazy enough, they've released a trailer for the next Star Wars film, The Last Jedi! And here it is!


The trailer begins with Rey on what I presume is the planet she found Luke on at the end of The Force Awakens. She looks like she went through what TV Tropes would call Training From Hell.

The trailer then goes into Luke Skywalker saying the word "Breathe", while the camera pans to an island with the sun rising behind it. I think that's the same island Rey ended up in when the last movie ended. I think Luke's dialogue here may be his training Rey. She may have managed to convince him to take her on as his padawan. Makes sense, she did show potential in Force usage in the last movie.

There's this really cool shot. It's a close-up of Rey's hand, and we see the little rocks floating in the air and spinning in the air around it. This is the kind of stuff I imagine was in George Lucas's head when he was creating the Star Wars universe. Really cool how film technology has advanced since the 1970s.

 We next see Luke asking "What do you see"? It has to be to Rey, because we next hear her voiceover. We see a glimpse of what appears to be the back of Princess Leia's head over a display of a star system, with Rey saying "Light". I hope this film has a nice dedication to Carrie Fisher. Next comes a shot of Darth Vader's shattered helmet, surrounded by broken glass. Rey utters "Darkness". And then a trembling hand over a symbol of some kind, with Rey saying "The Balance." I wonder what that symbol is. I'm not too up on the Star Wars mythos.

There's another cool shot of Rey practicing with the lightsaber, and Luke watching her. It's a really distant shot, and they're hard to see, but they're there.

There's a bunch of ships...painting red on the ground?  What're they doing? We also get a brief glimpse of Finn lying in a hospital bed. I wonder how much of the film he'll be out of action. I hope it's not too long. I also am hoping we get a fight between him and Captain Phasma. We next see Poe Dameron and BB8 running down a hallway, and they nearly run into an explosion.

The Millennium Falcon is racing through the sky. With TIE fighters firing at it. I think Rey may be flying it. I think she was the one who ended up with it at the end of the last movie. Speaking of Rey, there she is! And her lightsaber is blue. We get a glimpse of Kylo Ren with his three-bladed lightsaber. Seriously, the crossblades make that thing dangerous. Activate them in the wrong place, and...some painful injuries could result.

We next see a hooded figure with R2-D2 facing a burning structure. And there are troopers in that fire. Yeah, the First Order has their own Stormtooper Firefighting Brigade. They're not very good at fighting fires. Can't aim the hoses.

And there's some space dogfighting. Space dogfighting is always good.

Over all of this, where was a rather...ominous voiceover from Luke: "I only know one truth...It's time for the Jedi to end." I have a bed feeling about that...

I can't wait for this film to come out. Christmas is going to be AWESOME. It's gonna be great! This film is going to be great! I am so excited for it!

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