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Lit A/V The Force Awakens and the EU [TAGGED spoilers.]

Discussion in 'Literature' started by TypoCelchu, Oct 30, 2012.

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  1. Random Comments

    Random Comments Jedi Grand Master star 5

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    That trailer is only infinity times better than the actual film.
     
  2. MercenaryAce

    MercenaryAce Chosen One star 6

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    I am now picturing a massive heist team consisting of everyone who ever stole the Death Star plans in the EU, from Kyle Katarn to random guy on the rebel listing outpost from X-Wing.
     
  3. GrandAdmiralJello

    GrandAdmiralJello Comms Admin ❉ Moderator Communitatis Litterarumque star 10 Staff Member Administrator

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    Reminder to everyone that discussions of the trailer -- whether leaked or through viewings at theaters -- should be behind spoiler tags.


    Obviously this only applies to what's in the trailer, not that it exists. Just getting pre-emptive.
     
  4. Grey1

    Grey1 Host: 181st Imperial Discussion Group star 4 VIP

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    The most probable thing I could imagine is the old name actually coming up again like so many other old names, or maybe someone in the rumour mill firing blind shots in the dark by digging out those old names and concepts himself. Once the name Montross gets thrown around, sites do their research with google and end up seeing the Legends connection to Mando Montross, not realizing that a Legends character or Legends-based character is highly unlikely.
     
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  5. Barriss_Coffee

    Barriss_Coffee Chosen One star 6

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    Bounty hunter or no, he's got to say at some point that he's ON THE HUNT!!!
     
  6. Vthuil

    Vthuil Force Ghost star 5

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    Katarn's Eleven Thousand.
     
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  7. DelRiego

    DelRiego Jedi Grand Master star 4

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    Fake but good effort. I wonder where all the footage came from? Fan Films?

     
  8. Grey1

    Grey1 Host: 181st Imperial Discussion Group star 4 VIP

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    People of the internet, good luck not getting spoiled about this trailer. Maybe the gods look favourably upon you and there's a 72 hour power blackout in your area.
     
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  9. Vthuil

    Vthuil Force Ghost star 5

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    Why exactly do people make these? Especially when they'll be discredited in just a few days?

    And I bet a lot of that space battle footage is taken from someone's attempt to update the Battle of Endor.
     
  10. Random Comments

    Random Comments Jedi Grand Master star 5

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    For fun, I'd imagine. Enjoying the challenge.
     
  11. BigAl6ft6

    BigAl6ft6 Chosen One star 8

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    There are a few movies in Toronto at the Younge theatre that I wanna check out, bout an hour train ride. Also it would make my weekend significantly less aggravating if I git er done on Friday. Be tonally weird seeing a trailer for Star Wars before "dear white people" but I can dig it!
     
  12. DelRiego

    DelRiego Jedi Grand Master star 4

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    Well, deception is not the only motivation, it's how some deal with anticipation. For example, I'm sure tons of people play the NFL playoffs in videogames or in their heads before they actually happen AND take a bit of pride if the outcome is similar to their imagined one.
     
  13. Praenomen Cognomen

    Praenomen Cognomen Jedi Master star 4

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    Do the MCU films have the Disney logo beforehand? I don't know why they'd put it on their fake teaser... and definitely not Bad Robot.

    Either way, I sure hope Episode VII doesn't get one. If we don't get a Fox fanfare, the least they can do is give us solely the Lucasfilm logo... and if not that, AT LEAST a new, unimposing Disney logo, perhaps with a copycat of the Fox fanfare.

    Hell, I don't think it'd be unreasonable for Disney to buy the rights to the Fox fanfare at this point.
     
  14. Force Smuggler

    Force Smuggler Force Ghost star 7

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    Just use the Force theme
     
  15. Praenomen Cognomen

    Praenomen Cognomen Jedi Master star 4

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    I mean for the movie though. That's fine for the trailer, but the movie... if it's not Fox Fanfare or something which evokes that perfectly, it really shouldn't have any music until the post-GFFA boom.

    EDIT: And ultimately, this is what worries me about the movie. Without that perfect atomic alignment at the beginning, can it ever really feel like Star Wars? Can the essence ever really be right? Because, let's be honest: It's not just about making a good movie. It's way more/different than that.
     
  16. Valin__Kenobi

    Valin__Kenobi Author: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Praji star 4 VIP

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    Yay! An AMC 15 minutes from me.

    Honestly, at this point I'm expecting as much revealed as in that awesome Trek trailer--e.g., nothing whatsoever--so if we get anything beyond a Falcon shot and a bunch of slo-mo OT clips I'll be ecstatic.
     
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  17. BigAl6ft6

    BigAl6ft6 Chosen One star 8

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    I don't think this'll be a 100% only made for the teaser thing, they've shot the whole movie, I doubt the trailer will have any giant vistas, probably just character shots and music and a line of dialouge.
     
  18. Vthuil

    Vthuil Force Ghost star 5

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    It's for a Star Wars film; they're definitely going to want to have some "wow!" element to it.
     
  19. Cynical_Ben

    Cynical_Ben Force Ghost star 4

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    They finished principle photography, Al, but best guess is that a lot of the effects-heavy sequences aren't finished yet. My guess is we'll see some of the new cast, some of the old, and a shot of the Falcon to top it off.
     
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  20. BigAl6ft6

    BigAl6ft6 Chosen One star 8

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    A single shot of the Falcon and somebody igniting a lightsaber could be pretty dangblasted wow and those are the type of shots ILM could probably finish in a weekend in their sleep.
     
  21. Force Smuggler

    Force Smuggler Force Ghost star 7

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    I'm so anticipating this trailer. After the ROTS teaser trailer, this new trailer has a lot to live up to.
     
  22. GrandAdmiralJello

    GrandAdmiralJello Comms Admin ❉ Moderator Communitatis Litterarumque star 10 Staff Member Administrator

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    Marvel films don't use the Disney logo, and I can't imagine LFL films will either. They like to treat their franchises as brands. Sensible of them.
     
  23. The_Four_Dot_Elipsis

    The_Four_Dot_Elipsis Jedi Grand Master star 5

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    Yeah... and Disney have had a bunch of other companies like Miramax and Touchstone and whatnot and released hundreds of films with no Disney logo beforehand... don't be surprised if it just opens with the LucasFilm logo.
     
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    Random Comments Jedi Grand Master star 5

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    I definitely wasn't trying to imply deception as the only motivation.
    I did a couple of posters for VII after it was announced, for example, with a few thousand elements in them. Just for fun
     
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  25. Zorrixor

    Zorrixor Chosen One star 6

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    Nah, everyone else will go out, find the plans, and then in the last 10 minutes, when they return to the Rebel base to announce their success, Kyle Katarn will turn around in his chair, a set of plans in one hand, a lit cigar in the other, and tell them "Nice try, kids, I did this already", then the credits will roll.
     
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