One sentence synopsis: do you really need to know this?
One sentence trailer thoughts: ummm...
Expanded thoughts: I wasn't blown away. In fact, I had sort of the same reaction as with the teaser from last year. Well, not exactly, I liked this better. The trailer's certainly good, and the movie definitely looks good, but it lacked a certain... oomph to it, something to push it into epicness hyperspace.
After watching it three times (as of this writing), I'm still a bit bothered by the three different character voiceovers of Rey (Daisy Ridley), Finn (John Boyega), and Kylo Ren (Adam Driver), especially this last one, which seemed a bit forced. Also, did not like the look of this shot at all:
The lighting on that shot looks off, fake-ish, too CGI. Might work in the context of the movie, so I'm not completely dismissing it right now, but my first impression of it isn't good.
One of the dogfights look like a mix of Hoth's battle from The Empire Strikes Back with Endor's Death Star battle from Return of the Jedi, which is both a good thing, and not.
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And of course, this shot reminded me of Miyazaki's Castle in the Sky, which is good:
The trailer did raise a couple of questions, such as what is Poe Dameron (Oscar Isaac) doing with Kylo Ren? Is he a prisoner? For some reason, my first thought was that somehow his origin is linked to Kylo Ren. I don't know. Anyway, the other question is, is Finn really going to lightsaber fight Kylo Ren? Even if he ends up having the Force, I don't see how he can win that duel.
All in all, I would rank this as the second best Force Awakens trailer, behind Luke's voiceover one. Good, but not great.
Expectations: Geek level.
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