# 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:** 22
**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 23, 2014, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/421 "2014-12-23T03:22:13Z")
> [@Boogly](#): > > 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](http://jalopnik.com/dashcam-captures-crashed-tie-fighter-in-germany-1670899612) The Empire definitely needs to invest in de-icing tech. ---
**Author:** ![Lantern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d26b3c/32.png) [@Lantern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lantern)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2014, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/422 "2014-12-31T09:41:39Z")
I have moderately high expectations. I liked Abrams’ first Trek film and I am expecting a similar level of quality with this one. In general I am excited about Disney and Star Wars . If they play it right there will be decades of entertaining films for us and massive profits for them. I hope they open out the franchise to other directors and timelines. I would like to see what the likes of Whedon and Nolan can do within Star Wars; for example a Fireflyesque film about the early adventures of Solo and Lando could be great. ---
**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 31, 2014, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/423 "2014-12-31T10:09:02Z")
> [@Lantern](#): > > I hope they open out the franchise to other directors and timelines. Well there’s plenty of that planned, though maybe not for any of the bigger names. ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2014, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/424 "2014-12-31T11:40:26Z")
I dunno how to feel about this, I mean I understand WHY Disney is trying to distance themselves from the prequel stink(even cancelling Clone Wars) but this new movie seems to be copying the OT so much it is silly. The villain is not only a cyborg sith that copied his own helmet after Vader’s, apparently he even owns Vader’s burned out helmet and has long Hamlet style monologues with it. Ditto TIE fighter and X-wing designs and Storm Trooper armor not changing a bit in more than three decades, the Millenium Falcon, back on freaking Tattooine?! Let me guess the force sensitive young female character…Obi-Wan’s daughter? It just seems like they are damn determined this time around to capture the nostalgia market. ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2014, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/425 "2014-12-31T11:51:44Z")
Just realized the timeline wouldn’t work out unless Obi was shagging in his bitchin’ desert pad like five seconds before he went out and found Luke and R2. Granddaughter of Obi-Wan maybe? Doubt they would go the Luke fathered a daughter before leaving Tattooine line. ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2014, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/426 "2014-12-31T12:03:59Z")
> [@grude](#): > > I dunno how to feel about this, I mean I understand WHY Disney is trying to distance themselves from the prequel stink(even cancelling Clone Wars) but this new movie seems to be copying the OT so much it is silly. The villain is not only a cyborg sith that copied his own helmet after Vader’s, apparently he even owns Vader’s burned out helmet and has long Hamlet style monologues with it. > > Ditto TIE fighter and X-wing designs and Storm Trooper armor not changing a bit in more than three decades, the Millenium Falcon, back on freaking Tattooine?! > > Let me guess the force sensitive young female character…Obi-Wan’s daughter? > > It just seems like they are damn determined this time around to capture the nostalgia market. The EU was still really bad with this. The Knights of the Old Republic ostensibly took place 4000 years before the rise of the Galactic Empire at the end of Episode 3, but technology is effectively the same. The main ship – the Ebon Hawk is basically the Falcon. Sure, you don’t see astromech droids or protocol droids, but you see similar droids that fulfill similar functions and don’t really seem an worse than, say, R2. It was to the point where you honestly begin to wonder if the Death Star was the first actual technological achievement in 20000 years or so. ---
**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:** [January 13, 2015, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/427 "2015-01-13T23:22:33Z")
Lucas has talked about how he was kind of planning(and yes, direct) to make the movies when Disney showed up with $4 billion to let them do it. Not a bad offer. [And he gets to spend time with his youngest and I assume the rest of his family.](http://www.avclub.com/article/george-lucas-says-he-originally-planned-direct-sta-213784) ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2015, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/428 "2015-01-13T23:42:38Z")
> [@Jragon](#): > > The EU was still really bad with this. The Knights of the Old Republic ostensibly took place 4000 years before the rise of the Galactic Empire at the end of Episode 3, but technology is effectively the same. The main ship – the Ebon Hawk is basically the Falcon. Sure, you don’t see astromech droids or protocol droids, but you see similar droids that fulfill similar functions and don’t really seem an worse than, say, R2. > > It was to the point where you honestly begin to wonder if the Death Star was the first actual technological achievement in 20000 years or so. My fanwank is that technology in the Star Wars universe essentially peaked some five to ten thousand years ago, when they found there are physical limits to the practical applications of science. In video game terms, they maxed out their tech tree ages ago. Things like the Death Star don’t represent any real innovation in tech, just in scale. Meanwhile, Force users are discovering new things about the mystical world at an ever increasing pace, as the sentients of the galaxy begin their eventual evolution into beings of pure energy, as Obi-Wan and Yoda have already done. ---
**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:** [January 14, 2015, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/429 "2015-01-14T04:49:47Z")
Works for me. ---
**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:** [January 17, 2015, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/430 "2015-01-17T13:29:08Z")
Rumors are that the new trailer, which will be screening with Avengers 2, will show Han, Leia, and Luke. If Luke is a mysterious part of the story and doesn’t show up until mid-way in the movie, I kind of hope they hide his appearance and footage until we’re in the theater. I just think that’d be cool. ---
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2015, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/431 "2015-01-17T22:51:49Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Lucas has talked about how he was kind of planning(and yes, direct) to make the movies when Disney showed up with $4 billion to let them do it. Not a bad offer. > > [And he gets to spend time with his youngest and I assume the rest of his family.](http://www.avclub.com/article/george-lucas-says-he-originally-planned-direct-sta-213784) Best thing from that article was the comment: Star, Trek into Darkness. ---
**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:** [February 6, 2015, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/432 "2015-02-06T18:38:47Z")
More spoilers. [http://screenrant.com/star-wars-7-characters-story-spoilers/](http://screenrant.com/star-wars-7-characters-story-spoilers/) ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2015, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/433 "2015-02-06T18:40:43Z")
nm ---
**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:** [February 12, 2015, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/434 "2015-02-12T03:06:51Z")
[Rumors are that JJ Abrams wants the movie moved to an earlier release date.](http://www.starwarsunderworld.com/2015/02/rumor-jj-abrams-requested-to-move-up.html) I guess he thinks he can get the movie done and wants it to sit “in the can” for too long. ---
**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:** [February 13, 2015, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/435 "2015-02-13T23:25:33Z")
[Thursday, April 16 is a day that will be long remembered for Star Wars Kathleen Kennedy says.](http://www.starwars.com/news/j-j-abrams-and-kathleen-kennedy-to-kick-off-star-wars-celebration) I assume a new trailer that shows Luke, Han, and Leia. Even just glimpses would get a huge reaction from the internet and crowds. …followed by an announcement that the movie has indeed been moved up to the end of August? ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2015, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/436 "2015-02-15T21:49:14Z")
I wonder when people will stop bitching about Lucas and the last 3 movies. Around the time of Episode 107 I guess. ---
**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:** [April 15, 2015, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/437 "2015-04-15T01:12:41Z")
Looks like tomorrow or Thursday is the new trailer date. ---
**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:** [April 16, 2015, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/438 "2015-04-16T18:02:54Z")
Today appears to be the day. The new trailer, and first non-teaser trailer, should be out today. ---
**Author:** ![Lobot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ce7236/32.png) [@Lobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobot)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2015, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/439 "2015-04-16T18:19:52Z")
Here it is: [Star Wars: The Force Awakens Official Teaser #2 - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngElkyQ6Rhs) ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2015, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/440 "2015-04-16T18:25:18Z")
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