When I was growing up, Star Wars was in the background with the Hasbro toy releases and occasional TV repeats or VHS re-releases. Then the media started hyping the release of the Special Editions in 1997. Shortly after that I saw the Special Edition of A New Hope in the cinema and became a fan. Some fans tend to get annoyed at the changes made in the Special Editions, but these releases got a whole new generation, including myself, hooked on the franchise. It got quiet after that, but then the trailer for The Phantom Menace arrived, drawing lots of attention. Now, Star Wars is getting ready to make another comeback with a whole new film and we've finally got a trailer to see what it's like.
Anyway, enough of that. It's time to do the over analysis of the trailer that every fan and every website is probably doing right now.
It opens in a desert while a portentious voice informs us that there has been an awakening in the force. Then we see John Boyega in a storm trooper suit. But is he a good guy or a bad guy? The Stormtroopers are supposed to be clones. Either they've augmented their troops with ordinary citizens or he is actually a rebel disguising himself in the uniform. Could the awakening of the Force be to do with him, or is it simply a voice over? Is he an Imperial Officer who becomes a good guy?
We then cut to a funny looking droid. It's good that there will be some comic elements to the film. Jar Jar Binks may have been annoying but you still need some humour in the film, otherwise you end up stuck with the solemn and dull Jedi of the prequels.
Then we see more Storm Troopers. Presumably the Empire has survived after the fall of Palpatine, which makes more sense. But who is in charge of the Empire now?
The woman in the picture above rides off into the desert on an unusual looking speeder. She is probably helping the rebels.
X-Wing fighters skim across the surface of some water, piloted by the guy pictured above.
Then we see a Sith clambers through the snow and activates his lightsabre. A voice over says 'The dark side and the light'. Doesn't really mean anything but sounds effective.
Then the classic theme starts and the the Millenium Falcon flies across the desert, shooting at Tie-Fighters with that memorable blaster sound.
There's not much to analyse here. But it's exciting to type it out. To think that Star Wars is coming back. With the appearance of storm Troopers, Falcon and the Tie-Fighters, the trailer seems to have been catered for fans.
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