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I haven't been so irrationally excited about anything in quite some time. Who's that chick? What's with the Storm Trooper who's clearly not a clone? Who is the Sith guy? So many questions!

Please dont suck, please dont suck

"That kid you're talking to right there, I think he played his nuts off! And you can quote me on that shit!" -Bud Foster

Move over Boba Fett. If this guy (apparently its a girl) is half as awesome as she looks, he might be my new favorite character.

I am a huge Star Wars nerd and can't wait for this one.

West Virginian by birth, Hokie by choice

Duuuude? Chrome Trooper?!?

"That kid you're talking to right there, I think he played his nuts off! And you can quote me on that shit!" -Bud Foster

He's no good to me dead.

I think that got dumped in to the "Legends" universe. No longer canon

"I liked you guys a lot better when everybody told you you were terrible." -Justin Fuente

my excitement for this movie is ridiculous. I am trying to learn from my Episode 1 mistake of making my expectations too high. I just want a solid movie with good story arcs, great script writing, amazing acting, never before seen special effects, a Sith lord more badass than Darth Maul that doesn't get killed off easily, non-robotic lead actor, no child actors or characters with repeating names with long tongues, and some shot of a scantily clad babe in a metal bikini. is that too much to ask?

Pew pew pew!

@VTimHokie85

What a cream dream.

Pour some Beer on it

The new movies should also usher in a new golden era of Star Wars video games the likes of which haven't seen since the early to mid 00's. I really hope EA doesn't ruin everything.

The Orange and Maroon you see, that's fighting on to victory.

Yes! Even if the movie isn't great, at least they are bringing Star Wars Battlefront back. Battlefront II was definitely my favorite shooter and PS2 game. Hope they do the game justice. Current Gen graphics should make for a pretty entertaining game... Also am hoping the movie is good. If not Buzz Lightyear may have to make a cameo in either VIII or IX.

Yes,that's the Hokie Bird riding a camel. Why'd you ask?

And for the love of God could we please get a full Star Tours expansion area at Disney Hollywood Studio themepark?

"I liked you guys a lot better when everybody told you you were terrible." -Justin Fuente

They're working on it. Hollywood Studios, or whatever it's called now is getting a full revamp. Name and all. They pulled out the giant hat to make room for a Frozen attraction and they closed the American Idol studio. I think I read where the American Idol studio is going to be a Star Wars something or other.

The internet really killed Hollywood Studios, IMO. When it opened, it was pretty cool to go "behind the scenes" and see how movies are made. But now with fan sites and internet leaks, there's no such thing as movie magic anymore.

I want to see Disney rebrand that park as fan experiences for Disney's favorite franchises. Star Wars and the Marvel universe are my big two. I want a drink in the Most Eisley cantina, dammit.

"I liked you guys a lot better when everybody told you you were terrible." -Justin Fuente

I think that's what they are moving towards with the Frozen thing and Star Wars expansion. They already have Toy Story and others in place.

But they can't get rid of the Tower of Terror. Love riding that thing!

As for the drink, go over to Universal and have a Duff at Moe's. Very cool experience.

Tower of terror might be the best ride at all four parks. I almost want them to do an interactive queue like they've done with Haunted Mansion, but the queue is so damn awesome already with all the Twilight Zone easter eggs even if you can't touch them.

"I liked you guys a lot better when everybody told you you were terrible." -Justin Fuente

I can't tell you how many people I talk to are one and done with that ride. It is rare to find someone as enthusiastic about it as my wife and myself. Kudos to you and your good eye for easter eggs.

Our goal was always to ride it 13 times throughout the day. She would do it consecutively but after 4 times I'm shaky. The mindset is there but my body couldn't take it without sitting down for a spell. We made it to 9 times in a day once but we were drained by the end.

It's not as cool since they added the cage to the drop elevator, but when you're falling at faster than terminal velocity, I can understand why you need it. But honestly, the drop isn't even my favorite part of the ride. They do such a good job putting you inside an episode of the Twilight Zone.

The revised Star Tours is almost as good, but since it's still just a simulator it comes up a little short. I would love for them to develop a Star Wars themed ride using the trackless car system they've installed in their overseas parks.

"I liked you guys a lot better when everybody told you you were terrible." -Justin Fuente

Aaaaand so much for going to bed. Thanks.

"The Big Ten is always using excuses to cancel games with us. First Wisconsin. Then Wisconsin. After that, Wisconsin. The subsequent cancellation with Wisconsin comes to mind too. Now Penn State. What's next? Wisconsin?" -HorseOnATreadmill

Can we just have a Star Wars movie akin to The Two Towers, where it's like 3% plot and 97% battle? Except instead of midgets and albinos and homosexuals with hairy feet, it's X-Wings and TIE fighters for 3 hours straight, and only features Porkins.

Stay on target

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Do what?

It's a line from A New Hope. Spoken by Porkins.

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I can't believe I missed that.

"The Big Ten is always using excuses to cancel games with us. First Wisconsin. Then Wisconsin. After that, Wisconsin. The subsequent cancellation with Wisconsin comes to mind too. Now Penn State. What's next? Wisconsin?" -HorseOnATreadmill

As a Rangers fan, this one hurts.

Eesh definitely didn't mean to rub salt in the wound. Just grabbed a gif off Google. Well, at least it was accurate haha

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Wrong pilot, the quote was from Gold 5, Davish Krail. Porkins was Red 6 during the Battle of Yavin and was shot down before attempting the trench run.

Porkins Approved Strategy!

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Is this a tshirt?

TELL ME THIS IS A TSHIRT.

"I liked you guys a lot better when everybody told you you were terrible." -Justin Fuente

Sadly no. It is an original sketch by InheritMyBreakingWind Artwork, my little brother's side project. He did that one for me because I was fascinated with all the creativity around character naming, but they just called the fat guy "Porkins."

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In my mind, that is framed and hung over your mantel in the family room.

Please don't correct me if I'm wrong. Let me imagine Porkins offering you his natural casing encouragement as you break down the O and D.

"I liked you guys a lot better when everybody told you you were terrible." -Justin Fuente

I do have it framed but I have not hung it up yet. I have the big BB King oil up over my kitchen table.

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You have seriously just made my day.

"I liked you guys a lot better when everybody told you you were terrible." -Justin Fuente

My brother is so much more talented than me. Great artist. Excellent guitar player. And he holds down a good in Richmond.

My favorite Fartwork is probably Karl Marx battling the monopoly guy in RockEmSockEmRobots, but I may be the only guy who got that. He does lots of Star Wars, Lebowski, and Trailer Park Boys references in his work.

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Oh my god. These are amazing.

Also... Greatest name for an art studio ever. Brilliant.

"I liked you guys a lot better when everybody told you you were terrible." -Justin Fuente

Gibson, Kramer, and Deen sharing sticks of butter is both appropriate and disturbing at the same time.

It brings to mind a quote that I can't attribute, but
"Every work of art is a crime that wasn't committed."

Hasselhoff and "Wendy" is just too perfect.

STAY ON TARGET

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I'm too jaded to get very optimistic.

I guess after all the shit Lucas pulled over the years pussifying the original story, about all that would have worked for me on the trailer would have been Han and Chewie violating Greedo's corpse.

I lost it on the franchise when the Teddy Bears squished the armored E.T.s with 2 logs suspended between trees.

This is going to be great for the ACC.

to be fair, the logs were pretty big.....

Don't be dismissing those badass little ewoks.

Wet stuff on the red stuff.

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Mythbusters tested it as plausible

The Ewoks had obviously been planning an attack on the Imperial base for a while. They just took the arrival of the rebels and their "god" C-3PO as a sign it was time to launch it.

Or are you saying you don't think those logs would have actually crushed a walker?

"I liked you guys a lot better when everybody told you you were terrible." -Justin Fuente

So your saying the older you get the more you become cranky and difficult to understand.

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Nailed it. Jedi was the first non-cartoon movie that I saw in a theater. ET was a drive in, and I can remember seeing Song of the South at the Bristol Mall theater before Jedi. My mom took off work to take me to a matinee becauseIbwas so excited. It was awesome, Ewoks and all.

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Born in 68 here. I very much appreciate the Ewoks. You just have to get their place in the storyline.

The emperor, in his evil arrogance, thought he had accounted for everything in his strategy... he sprung the perfect trap by completing the perfect rope-a-dope. However he didn't anticipate the little guy standing up - aka - the Ewoks.

The Ewoks were pretty much responsible for the fall of the empire...and, the fact that the stormtroopers' armor can't stand up to sticks and pebbles didn't hurt either.

Leonard. Duh.

The armor is the most useless armor I've ever seen. Rocks, stones, sticks, laser blasts, tripping and falling...it doesn't stop anything. It's also possible the armor adds some form of ineptitude because how can anyone be as dumb as most of the storm troopers are?

My understanding from reading stuff that's no longer canonical is that the armor isn't designed to stop blaster fire, but rather to deflect it away from the body's midline. It only had a limited ablative quality to absorb and disperce blaster bolts allowing troopers to survive and recieve treatment for otherwise deadly wounds but not usually providing them full protection. Almost any form of armor has some deficiencies, plate armor was great for stoping swords from slicing into the body but a simple club or hammer could easily knock a knight from his horse/feet and nearly any heavy spike would pierce it. The bad marksmanship of the stormtroopers on the first Death Star is easily explained by the fact that the empire wanted Luke and company to escape and lead them to the Rebel's main base. The biggest problem that the stormtroopers on Endor faced wasn't the ineffectiveness of the armor as protection, but rather the ineffectiveness of it as camouflage in a forest environment especially compared to the armor we see worn by Clone troopers on Kashyyyk in Revenge of the Sith. The use of uncamouflaged armor by the troops on Endor's moon speaks to the arrogant overconfidence that Luke identified as the Emperor's weakness.

Was that Luke's lightsaber that was lost when he got his hand cut off?

And what's with the sweaty guy who's always out of breath in every scene he's in?

"Exit light..."

yes that is his light saber, and Boyega's character is still a mystery but it looks like he is either a spy or a storm trooper that gets tired of the Empire's shit and goes rogue. Either way it looks awesome as does this panorama cropped together on /film HERE

a crashed x-wing and star destroyer in the desert is bad ass

or, maybe he's the character the force has awoken in and that's how he's causing so much destruction

I loved the opening scene of the trailer. That alone got me excited. As long as they don't Jar Jar this movie up, I think it will be awesome.

Maybe Boyega's character needs to consult Sam Rogers on methods for harnessing such awesome power. Or, alternatively, maybe he should lay off the Wyatt Teller diet plan. Either provides a reasonable explanation for his behavior. Time will tell what his story is...

"Exit light..."

Just rewatched it and now I am really over analyzing it but did anyone else notice that when Luke is talking on the Voice Over he says "My father has it..." using the present tense?

My understanding is that nothing but the "Chewie, we're home" line was new. Same music from previous movies and same dialog. That line is the exact same as the one from the original.

ah shoot, I totally skipped that on the /Film analysis

I don't think this is true. The original line doesn't say "My sister has it", because he's talking to his sister.

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He says "My sister has it" to Leah. That's how he tells her them about being siblings (eww), her having the Force, Vader being their Dad, etc.

"That kid you're talking to right there, I think he played his nuts off! And you can quote me on that shit!" -Bud Foster

That's how he tells her them about being siblings (eww), her having the Force, Vader being their Dad

Woah, hey now, how about a little #SPOILERALERT next time before dropping a bomb like that!

"We judge ourselves by our intentions and others by their behavior" Stephen M.R. Covey

“When life knocks you down plan to land on your back, because if you can look up, you can get up, if you fall flat on your face it can kill your spirit” David Wilson

Rosebud was a sled.

"I liked you guys a lot better when everybody told you you were terrible." -Justin Fuente

WHAT?!? What's next, that Bruce Willis was really dead?

"We judge ourselves by our intentions and others by their behavior" Stephen M.R. Covey

“When life knocks you down plan to land on your back, because if you can look up, you can get up, if you fall flat on your face it can kill your spirit” David Wilson

The titanic sinks

HOKIE HOKIE HOKIE HI
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Pfft yeah right. Just like some jokers the other day were trying to tell me there was no Tyler Durden

"The Big Ten is always using excuses to cancel games with us. First Wisconsin. Then Wisconsin. After that, Wisconsin. The subsequent cancellation with Wisconsin comes to mind too. Now Penn State. What's next? Wisconsin?" -HorseOnATreadmill

Reminds me of the time someone tried to convince me Russell Crowe was just imagining his roommate in A Beautiful Mind

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Great. Now I've just added Jar Jar as a verb in my vocabulary.

Examples:

I had to go so bad I Jar Jared in my pants.
Dammit. Put that down before you Jar Jar another one.
Wow! UVA can really Jar Jar up a 5* recruit.

We put the K in Kwality

I read that Finn (Boyega's character) in the old timeline (this is supposed to be an all new story) was a storm trooper that Vader was training, along with the woman in the chrome storm trooper outfit. Apparently Yoda was wrong when he said "1 master, 1 apprentice." I don't know if that will play out, but if the books one of Leia and Han's kids (Jacen) becomes a Sith.

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"I liked you guys a lot better when everybody told you you were terrible." -Justin Fuente

I was old enough to see Jedi in the theatres and have been hooked ever since. Lucas did his best to ruin me with re-filming's and episode I-III but luckily he sold the universe to he little mouse. I say luckily because they have done great things with the Marvel franchise so I am guessing this will be closer to the original trilogy than that cgi crap. And yes this trailer looks totally tits@ Ok nerdgasm over, continue your normal shenanigans...

I can imagine no more rewarding a career. And any man who may be asked in this century what he did to make his life worthwhile, I think can respond with a good deal of pride and satisfaction:
“I served in the United States Navy"

Also fun, BB-8 is not CGI:

"Exit light..."

And apparently the relationship between R2 and BB-8 is modeled after these guys :

Could be really funny if done right.

"I liked you guys a lot better when everybody told you you were terrible." -Justin Fuente

I need to re-watch all the Star Wars movies. All I remember liking was the
Ewoks and Yoda. I'm pretty excited for this one though. Esp since B-burg now
has an IMAX.

@AMB4VT

Hold the phone. Bburg has an IMAX now?

"Virginia Tech: Our trees have more school spirit than your students."

damned straight. With a bar, grill, bowling alley, and arcade. A one stop money drain

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Hold up...

Can you take a drink... From the bar... INTO the movie??

"I liked you guys a lot better when everybody told you you were terrible." -Justin Fuente

Shoot, there are theatres now where you can order a drink from the bar....from your seat while watching the movie.

Already excited about the musical score of this movie from what i heard in the trailer

@VTimHokie85

This article says no new music has been in the trailers yet. It is all from the previous movies

"We were at the pinnacle, and we did it for years," Foster says. He pauses, nods, takes a deep breath. "And I did it with the best guy in the business."

I loved all of the visuals, and the "Chewie, we're home." at the end. My only nitpicking is the line used for the voiceover being a rehash of a line already used to tell Leia that she was Luke's sister.

The greatness is that they've labeled this a teaser trailer. When do you think the actual trailer drops? Probably Ant-Man, right?

My only nitpicking is the line used for the voiceover being a rehash of a line already used to tell Leia that she was Luke's sister.

That was the point. Use a line that few people remember but had great significance to express that the next generation of Jedi comes from the Skywalker family. Also, the voiceover is Luke, so the line is even more fitting.

I have to say at first I wasnt sure if JJ Abrams was gonna be able to be all in or was going to be burnt out after Star Trek.

But I think he is going to make this pretty much great. Hopefully the right balance of reference to the originals and new content, and some of that fun adventure mood from the originals that the prequels left out.

also lens flare and shakey cam for everyone!

He developed and directed both Trek movies like they were Star Wars movies, so I figured he'd do just fine with Episode 7. JJ's only real deficiency is actually ending a narrative arc. (Final season of Lost, anyone?)

"I liked you guys a lot better when everybody told you you were terrible." -Justin Fuente

I thought JJ didn't have anything to do with lost beyond the first episode and storyline development for the series.

I just hope he doesn't open the movie up with the ending of story then what is essentially a huge flashback to get to that point as was 50% of all Alias episodes and the Mission Impossible he directed.

The storyline development was what I was talking about. It became pretty clear he had no clue how to end it.

"I liked you guys a lot better when everybody told you you were terrible." -Justin Fuente

Don't you get me started on the second movie of the Star Trek reboot.

There's always a lighthouse. There's always a man. There's always a city.

What, you don't like the Enterprise being at the bottom of the goddam ocean for no good reason?

"I liked you guys a lot better when everybody told you you were terrible." -Justin Fuente

I liked the one where Captain Kirk had to go rescue the whales

"We were at the pinnacle, and we did it for years," Foster says. He pauses, nods, takes a deep breath. "And I did it with the best guy in the business."

Forget that, I don't like JJ Abrams taking the plot from the best Star Trek movie, and then swapping two characters and going "LOOK I MADE A GREAT NEW BLOCKBUSTER WOOO"

There's always a lighthouse. There's always a man. There's always a city.

And straight up lying that it is the Kahn for six months before the movie comes out. And seriously freaking resolving the plot by having Spock suddenly think, hey, I'll just call alternate reality me...

"I liked you guys a lot better when everybody told you you were terrible." -Justin Fuente

Though the "How It Should Have Ended" vid on YouTube is great!

"When you do die and go into a friends brain, remember to write down instructions"

"And the first time you travel through time bring a whale back with you, itll save you some time down the road"

"O and get ready because Borg=Assholes"

I wonder if Jabba the Hut had any descendants that can come back for revenge in this one? Jabba's place was always a cool hang with parties going all day err day, plenty of booze, and more chained up woman than one could shake a stick at. I wonder if he was just into the bondage thing or if he was some Tatooine lothario who woman were forced to be with because he was rich, even if he was physically unpleasant, like the Rick Ross of his day.

The Dude Abides

Matty McCryface is ready.

He's been watching Star Wars trailers... since way before anybody paid him to watch Star Wars trailers...

"I liked you guys a lot better when everybody told you you were terrible." -Justin Fuente

It just felt right to watch Star Wars trailers ya know?

"That kid you're talking to right there, I think he played his nuts off! And you can quote me on that shit!" -Bud Foster

Don't cry Matthew....don't cry!!

@AMB4VT

I think McConaughey is too busy riding around in his Lincoln, rolling boogers, and contemplating life to be worried about Star Wars.

"Welcome to the Terror Dome." -- Corey Moore

Speaking of trailers, did anyone see the leaked Batman vs Superman trailer???

"Tell me. Do you bleed?"

"I liked you guys a lot better when everybody told you you were terrible." -Justin Fuente

"You will"

#allthegoosebumps

"I liked you guys a lot better when everybody told you you were terrible." -Justin Fuente

"Amazing how it only takes a little."

Just realized it reminds me of the Halo 5 trailers:
-Disgraced (perhaps?) hero
-Statue of disgraced hero in the middle of disintegrating backdrop
-Other hero come to settle the matter
-Only one speaks

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On a sidenote, I have never been a huge fan of shooters, but I am seriously excited to give the new Star Wars Battlefront a try when it hits XBox One

Battlefront trailer

Honestly more excited about the game than the movie, and I'm not a huge gamer. I loved Battlefront II, still my favorite game.

Outside it's night time, but inside it's LeDay

40 years? I would have thought Han Solo settled down and opened a Farbucks by now.

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New behind-the-scenes footage aired at Comic-Con:

"Exit light..."

Can't wait!

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Best parts: no Hayden Christiansen, no dull and listless Natalie Portman "acting" (though she's kinda hot), and absolutely NO Jar Jar!