Because they knew it would be all over the web anyway. Might as well release an official high quality version.
Absolutely. Pointless to even think of waiting more than 1 day. By putting up their version, they get the right version out there immediately.
Emphasis…teaser. Nothing all that amazing in this. It’s barely a look.
I predict that sword with the tiny side sabers by the handle will be the source of a great many jokes over the coming weeks and months. How do those little tiny handle sabers help?
My thumb! I shouldn’t have moved my thumb!
And check out that lens flare when the Falcon goes through the desert.
By the way, all critiques to me actually make me hopeful. I don’t want the trailers to be too awesome. I just want to see a few shots and then allow the movie to be what it is. I still insist that Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones had some awesome trailers and both are total crap.
Actually, I always thought some sort of hilt would be a good idea. Seems like it would be easy for your opponent’s sabre to slide down and take your arm off otherwise.
Yay for rolly-droid!
So we’ve seen the male hero, the female hero, the comic relief robot, and the villain. The villain appears to be a woman.
So is this the same thing that’s being shown in theaters? Or is this the weaksauce Internet version that we’re stuck with?
Soccer Ball droid is cute, and I hope it’s THE comic relief character in the movie.
Why do you think the villain is a woman? That would be cool, but I didn’t see it.
So…anyone think that Disney can save this franchise and “Un-Lucas” it??
They could, but I’m not convinced they will yet. It’s like Star Trek. Sometimes it gets really close to being really cool, and then they lame it up.
I don’t know about that, but it certainly made my 9-year-old son shout “COOL!!!” loud enough to be heard in orbit.
It seems trailer technology has advanced over the last fifteen years or so.
Mainly the thinness of the limbs, but also the walk.
There is some criticism I’m hearing about lens flares and light saber handles, but I’m exicited. I’ll be at the midnight showing.
It’s the same. People who paid to go to a theater get to see the same 88 seconds we did…which is just a teaser.
A trailer should come along this summer.
So which character is the Luke Skywalker type protege character?
I’ve heard a few rumours and none of them confirm anything about his apprentice. Closest guess is Daisy Ridley character(the girl on the speeder on Tatooine)
Some are speculating Adam Driver, he’s kinda lanky.