# 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:** 24
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2015, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/461 "2015-04-16T22:21:33Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > It’s not the same speech exactly. The quote from Jedi is: > > “You’re wrong, Leia. You have that power too. In time you’ll learn to use it as I have. The Force is strong in my family. My father has it. I have it and… my sister has it.” > > The trailer is something like: > > “The Force is strong in my family. My father has it. I have it. My sister has it. And you have it, too.” > > Mostly the same words, but a different order and slightly different cadence. I grabbed a copy of the trailer to watch on my TV - on the _“My father has it”_ line there is a subtle reverberation/echo effect that’s not on the rest of it that I didn’t pick up listening through headphones on my PC. Nice little touch. I swear when Han and Chewie showed up, my inner 6 year-old who was awe-struck at Star Wars when it first came out, suddenly re-appeared and screamed "YESSSSS!!!'. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2015, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/462 "2015-04-16T22:32:19Z")
I’m not ashamed to say it: I squeeeeeeeed. ---
**Author:** ![Nauplius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nauplius/32/51_2.png) [@Nauplius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nauplius)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2015, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/463 "2015-04-16T22:44:53Z")
> [@Uniqueorn](#): > > I thought he said “Chewie, we’re home.” He did. I’m pretty sure \*\*Frodo \*\*was just making a joke about how old Harrison Ford looked in that shot. ---
**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:** [April 16, 2015, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/464 "2015-04-16T22:57:18Z")
Squeee! ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2015, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/465 "2015-04-16T23:50:35Z")
Darth Vader’s burned helmet and Luke’s voice saying “my father HAS it” make me wonder if Anakin is what has awakened (now played by Ashton Kutcher). ---
**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 17, 2015, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/466 "2015-04-17T00:01:51Z")
[In case you thought the new robot was CGI, they brought him out on stage.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_K10fX9DSY) How does his head move around the ball part of his body so freely? ---
**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 17, 2015, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/467 "2015-04-17T00:13:24Z")
Anyone have footage of the crowd that was there when they showed the trailer? They must have lost it when Han Solo appeared. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Barchetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2015, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/468 "2015-04-17T00:40:49Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > [In case you thought the new robot was CGI, they brought him out on stage.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_K10fX9DSY) > > How does his head move around the ball part of his body so freely? That’s insane. Are they using magnets on the interior? ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2015, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/469 "2015-04-17T01:47:57Z")
That scene of them running across the desert sand, with the tie fighter high up in the haze coming down for them, reminds me of “North by Northwest”. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2015, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/470 "2015-04-17T01:48:23Z")
> [@Frodo](#): > > They should if it SW at least tried to be realistic, but as I said, WHO THE FUCK CARES :), this is SW It’s made of an adamantium/mithril alloy. Tough stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2015, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/471 "2015-04-17T03:11:17Z")
> [@Red\_Barchetta](#): > > That’s insane. Are they using magnets on the interior? My guess would be magnets, roller bearings, and radio control to make the head “roam” separately over the body: it seems to stick pretty close. Nice effect, though, and good to see it done practically. Good trailer, too; I’m prepared to be disappointed, but it certainly hits all the fan sweet spots. ---
**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 17, 2015, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/472 "2015-04-17T13:49:14Z")
I wonder what the percentage chance this movie is awesome is. Knowing what we do about its creation, artists behind the scenes, how it has been made, and the brief footage we’ve seen, what would you say? I’d put it like this: 50% chance it is awesome 30% chance it is really good, but not awesome 20% chance they blew it and it is only OK or bad. I might be a little high on the “awesome” chance. I might flip the 50% and 30% chances around. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2015, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/473 "2015-04-17T14:06:55Z")
> [@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. Bear in mind that it’s established within the first hour of the first movie that things move really slowly in the SW universe; the Republic stood for a thousand generations, and was defended by the Jedi for that entire time. It is implied the light saber has been around for millennia. This is a civilization working on a scale of time quite beyond the comprehension of an Earthling; that means they had an interstellar political organization that lasted four times longer than we on Earth have had recorded history at all. It’s equivalent to the Egyptian Old Kingdom conquering the entire world when it rose in 3100 BC, and remaining the world’s government from then until today, and then lasting about fifteen THOUSAND years. The impression one gets of the SW universe is that it is a very exhausted, worn out civilization. There is little attention to art or beauty, everything is industrial, and it’s incessantly violent. We here on Earth have had periods where technology plateaued, and we’ve only really had technology at all for far less time than the SW universe has had light sabers. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2015, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/474 "2015-04-17T14:12:53Z")
> [@Nauplius](#): > > He did. I’m pretty sure \*\*Frodo \*\*was just making a joke about how old Harrison Ford looked in that shot. Nope, I wish it was so but I misheard. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2015, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/475 "2015-04-17T14:21:48Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I wonder what the percentage chance this movie is awesome is. Knowing what we do about its creation, artists behind the scenes, how it has been made, and the brief footage we’ve seen, what would you say? > > I’d put it like this: > > 50% chance it is awesome > 30% chance it is really good, but not awesome > 20% chance they blew it and it is only OK or bad. > > I might be a little high on the “awesome” chance. I might flip the 50% and 30% chances around. Hmmm, I think actually the chance of “it will be really good but not awesome” is way too high. I think the percentages should be more like the below: 40% chance it will be awesome 10% chance it will be good, but not awesome 10% chance it will be just ok 10% chance it will be kinda bad 30% chance it will both suck and blow ---
**Author:** ![Gedd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gedd/32/4938_2.png) [@Gedd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gedd)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2015, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/476 "2015-04-17T15:36:49Z")
> [@Battle\_Pope](#): > > I grabbed a copy of the trailer to watch on my TV - on the _“My father has it”_ line there is a subtle reverberation/echo effect that’s not on the rest of it that I didn’t pick up listening through headphones on my PC. Nice little touch. > > I swear when Han and Chewie showed up, my inner 6 year-old who was awe-struck at Star Wars when it first came out, suddenly re-appeared and screamed "YESSSSS!!!'. This morning I showed it to my 6 year-old son. He saw all the movies this summer (4, 5, 1, 2, 3, 6) so he hasn’t had to wait a decade for another, but he was excited. I never thought I would get to take my kids to see a _Star Wars_ movie in the theatre. EEEEEEEEE!!! ---
**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:** [April 17, 2015, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/477 "2015-04-17T16:12:27Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > So, apparently that’s not Tatooine being depicted, but another desert planet called “Daku” (sp?). > [@N9IWP](#): > > I heard “Jackoo” (or more likely Jaq-uu") > > Brian It’s Jakku: [Jakku | Wookieepedia | Fandom](http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Jakku) ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2015, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/478 "2015-04-17T16:42:01Z")
That crashed Star Destroyer literally made me say, “That’s fucking cool” while I was watching the first time. I’m on. Ya got me again Star Wars! ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2015, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/479 "2015-04-17T17:20:22Z")
I have to admit, the new trailer has me a bit excited about this. ---
**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2015, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/480 "2015-04-17T17:53:04Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Anyone have footage of the crowd that was there when they showed the trailer? They must have lost it when Han Solo appeared. I was looking for exactly this since it came out (instead of just ubernerds talking about it in front of webcams!) [Here’s one. They do indeed ‘lose it!’](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yw8hiG5joes) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936.md?page=23) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936.md?page=25)