# Star Wars Episode VII anticipation thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 23, 2013, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936 "2013-08-23T02:11:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 21
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2014, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/401 "2014-12-12T19:00:57Z")
And Kylo Ren is male. ---
**Author:** ![marshmallow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@marshmallow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marshmallow)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2014, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/402 "2014-12-12T20:46:37Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Daisy Ridley, the girl on the speeder bike thingy, is Rey. But Daisy Ridley is already a fantasy name. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2014, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/403 "2014-12-12T23:10:01Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > Interesting that they didn’t give Finn or Rey’s last name. I’m guess they are probably connected to characters we already know. Quite. They’re being very deliberately teasey. > [@Alessan](#): > > And all of the images on the cards are from the teaser. Funny, that. > > I’m calling shenanigans. They were released [via JJ Abrams himself](http://insidemovies.ew.com/2014/12/11/star-wars-the-force-awakens-character-names/). And the numbers on the Topps cards are also supposedly significant, most people are guessing they represent scene numbers so perhaps you can piece together a little bit of the plotline. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2014, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/404 "2014-12-12T23:28:49Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > They were released [via JJ Abrams himself](http://insidemovies.ew.com/2014/12/11/star-wars-the-force-awakens-character-names/). And the numbers on the Topps cards are also supposedly significant, most people are guessing they represent scene numbers so perhaps you can piece together a little bit of the plotline. It wouldn’t be above J.J. Abrams to to confirm a fake - or release one himself. He loves messing with his audience. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2014, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/405 "2014-12-12T23:32:58Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > It wouldn’t be above J.J. Abrams to to confirm a fake - or release one himself. He loves messing with his audience. Maybe, but I don’t think so this time. I think they just decided to let the audience have a few names to go with the trailer we saw. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2014, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/406 "2014-12-12T23:51:42Z")
It just seems weird to me. Who prints a card showing a character from _behind_? ---
**Author:** ![Lobot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ce7236/32.png) [@Lobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobot)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2014, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/407 "2014-12-13T00:07:48Z")
These are absolutely real. Also the cards line up quite nicely with the same cards in the original Topps series. For example, Rey on her speeder (#74) matches Luke in his landspeeder (#74). ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2014, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/408 "2014-12-13T00:16:05Z")
> [@Lobot](#): > > Also the cards line up quite nicely with the same cards in the original Topps series. Is there a comparison shot somewhere? ---
**Author:** ![Lobot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ce7236/32.png) [@Lobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobot)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2014, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/409 "2014-12-13T00:17:26Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Is there a comparison shot somewhere? Here’s my own attempt: [More clues from the Force Awakens Topps cards… | Star Wars Always](http://starwarsalways.wordpress.com/2014/12/12/more-clues-from-the-force-awakens-topps-cards/) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2014, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/410 "2014-12-13T04:45:24Z")
> [@Lobot](#): > > Here’s my own attempt: [More clues from the Force Awakens Topps cards… | Star Wars Always](http://starwarsalways.wordpress.com/2014/12/12/more-clues-from-the-force-awakens-topps-cards/) Interesting - thanks. And quite a username, given the topic! ---
**Author:** ![Lobot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ce7236/32.png) [@Lobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobot)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2014, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/411 "2014-12-13T05:10:15Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Interesting - thanks. And quite a username, given the topic! I’m a _Star Wars_ nerd, of course. 😉 Plus I like that “Lobot” is short for “Lobotomy”… ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2014, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/412 "2014-12-13T16:14:12Z")
Here is the Falcon stabilized. Sorry if it was already posted; I’m getting lost in my own thread at this point. [Stabilized shot of the Falcon.](http://i.imgur.com/MVhkmQa.gifv) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2014, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/413 "2014-12-13T18:44:14Z")
Yes, thanks, that was posted earlier. I see the dish or antenna on the forward port hull of the _Falcon_ is different from the ship’s earlier days. It’s rectangular now; it was circular then: [http://img.lum.dolimg.com/v1/images/Millennium-Falcon\_018ea796.jpeg?region=0%2C1%2C1536%2C864&width=768](http://img.lum.dolimg.com/v1/images/Millennium-Falcon_018ea796.jpeg?region=0%2C1%2C1536%2C864&width=768) ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2014, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/414 "2014-12-13T18:47:05Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Yes, thanks, that was posted earlier. I see the dish or antenna on the forward port hull of the _Falcon_ is different from the ship’s earlier days. It’s rectangular now; it was circular then: [http://img.lum.dolimg.com/v1/images/Millennium-Falcon\_018ea796.jpeg?region=0%2C1%2C1536%2C864&width=768](http://img.lum.dolimg.com/v1/images/Millennium-Falcon_018ea796.jpeg?region=0%2C1%2C1536%2C864&width=768) Well, they needed a new one after it was knocked off inside the Death Star. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2014, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/415 "2014-12-13T21:43:03Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Yes, thanks, that was posted earlier. I see the dish or antenna on the forward port hull of the _Falcon_ is different from the ship’s earlier days. It’s rectangular now; it was circular then: [http://img.lum.dolimg.com/v1/images/Millennium-Falcon\_018ea796.jpeg?region=0%2C1%2C1536%2C864&width=768](http://img.lum.dolimg.com/v1/images/Millennium-Falcon_018ea796.jpeg?region=0%2C1%2C1536%2C864&width=768) Yeah, the poster above me pointed out that Lando got it knocked off in Return of the Jedi. I think it’s great they remembered that. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2014, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/416 "2014-12-13T22:36:08Z")
Was it shown as a rectangle before now? I guess not, after Lando and his crew escaped from the exploding Death Star 2.0. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2014, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/417 "2014-12-13T23:17:00Z")
I read somewhere they made sure to obviously replace the damn dish because of nitpicker whining about it. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2014, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/418 "2014-12-15T17:38:27Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > I read somewhere they made sure to obviously replace the damn dish because of nitpicker whining about it. Where did you read that? ---
**Author:** ![Boogly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Boogly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boogly)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2014, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/419 "2014-12-16T13:24:34Z")
I don’t know why TIE pilots have to relearn this every year, there was a reason that TIE fighter were not part of the Hoth base assault. > **[Dashcam Captures Crashed TIE Fighter In Germany](https://jalopnik.com/dashcam-captures-crashed-tie-fighter-in-germany-1670899612)** > > Look, people. It's winter. Ion engines will ice up, and you'll lose altitude, and catch a solar panel on the road. Then this happens. Try not to be another statistic, TIE pilots. This is no different than putting chains in your car: DE-ICE YOUR... ---
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Wayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bruce\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Wayne)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2014, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/420 "2014-12-23T03:16:57Z")
Somewhat closer look at Kylo Ren(the bad guy). [UPDATED WITH SECOND IMAGE: A Closer Look at Kylo Ren in ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ |](http://indierevolver.com/2014/12/22/a-closer-look-at-kylo-ren-in-star-wars-the-force-awakens/) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936.md?page=20) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936.md?page=22)