That is certainly true!
I always thought at least that retcon made something make MORE sense in the original movie, Leia tells Luke isn’t he short for a storm trooper:dubious: Uh well Leia see people tend to be different heights you know.
But if all the ST are clones, makes sense she noticed something off.
Yes, otherwise, for the mini-light-sabers to have their desired blocking effect, the wielder’s own thumb and fingers would have to be in danger of being sliced off.
Perhaps it is a primitive lightsaber, which is why it gives off such an odd blade look. Also, those may be “ports” like exhaust or flame ports that are needed because the dude made his own primitive lightsaber.
Evil force users might have to reinvent the light sabre thing.
And black doesn’t exist. The cool thing about scifi is everybody gets to be whatever, and people don’t notice unless the plot requires. “What is this, thing?”
I think John Boyega is supposed to be a good guy, so it’s probably the classic borrowed stormtrooper outfit.
Also, in the scene where the stormtroopers are on the troop convoy(?), the four or five that are visible have markedly different heights. No single-source clones, these.
In that pic, the “light” of the saber looks very plasma like, which is different than the previous films.
Interesting.
Hey, you’re right about the different height Stormtroopers! Yeah!
I’ve thought the idea of Stormtroopers just being clones was dumb, dumb, dumb! Why not have them be enlisted men with a stake in the game?
Or better, a mix of conscripts pressed into service?
Anything better than dumb clones all raised the same in some sterile academy.
And I hope Abrams does a special scene to restore the mysticism that is the force.
Maybe he could, y’know… awaken it?
Note none of the original actors are shown in the trailer. Maybe the fears of Geriatric Wars are overblown.
“Not so clumsy or burny as a light Longsword”
I don’t think Stormtroopers were clones in the original trilogy. By then they were conscripted. They were part of the Imperial Academy that Biggs had joined and Luke was intending to enlist in. They’d be Troopers or TIE Pilots.
And in fact it may be that John Boyega’s character is an enlisted Trooper who goes AWOL.
Ohhhh … can we all sign a pact right now not to nit-pick this thing to death?
It will have many of the trappings of a Star Wars movie, but many things will also be different. It’s even possible that the tone and style will be significantly different, which doesn’t have to be a bad thing.
It will not be great. It will probably be good, if we give it a chance. It will not be whatever we’re expecting it to be, and it’s not going to be good if we aren’t ready to accept that.
It’s raining. I think a similar thing happened in the rainy scenes in the prequels.
As for the low flying ships…
“You’d know what would be cool. How about spaceship that fly just above the land?”
Like putting the Enterprise underwater.
The rolling droid reminded me of the ‘bots’ in The Black Hole.
and
“Scotty! How many atmospheres of pressure is the ship designed for?!”
“She’s a spaceship cap’n! So between zero and one!”
I hope this movie has a lot of slow moments. Episode 4 was perhaps a pit too plodding at a lot of points (Tatooine especially), but I really admired how the first two movies stopped, took their time, and introspected in quite a few places. RotJ really didn’t, and the Prequels certainly tried at points, but that mostly led to poorly written romance dialogue when it happened.
Obviously it makes sense for them to highlight the actiony bits in an 80-second teaser, but I really hope they try and keep some of the mystique and quietness of 4 and 5.
JJ Abrams is excellent at pacing, so I think there will be quite a few slower spots. I imagine most of those moments would involve the original cast members, they aren’t likely to be doing much leaping around.
The Falcon in the teaser shot had better have been piloted by Han Solo!
I for one am glad they’ve ditched the EU. With a few exceptions there is a lot of really shitty plots, books, and stories in there. I’ve never understood how the ‘EU’ gets so much of pass from serious fans of the universe, when so much of it is ten times worse than the prequels.
That being said, I like the look of the trailer overall. I wonder if it’s an age/experience thing, because initially picking up on small things like, an attempt to create a realistic feel to the ships, by having a contrail coming off the Falcon, 
but then my adult cynic steps in and wonders, how could there possibly be enough moisture in the atmosphere of Tatooine to create a contrail! :smack:
I’m determined not to nit pick, I’ll happily enjoy the ride, go to an early screening next year, and take the movie on it’s merits.