@frimmel:
I was watching the trailer for the first time and they get to that long shot of the Falcon being chased by a TIE and I went, “Cue Firefly style crash zoom onto Falcon. TIE crashes. Wow did that just copy and paste that from Return of the Jedi?”
I thought the same thing. It is both an unimaginitive re-creation and another blatant show of fan service.
@frimmel:
The lightsaber crossguard is still dumb.
At this point it is just escalation that will not stop. It started with Darth Maul in Ep. 1 having a double bladed lightsaber… which was legitimately cool, useful and seemingly plausible. Thankfully Lucas didn’t take that further in creating new and different lightsabers. But I fear that is what we have happening now. There is a perceived need to up the ante and deliver something novel and never before seen… but for what purpose? To keep people’s interest? To be creative? To wow the audience with something ever more outrageous? You start to ruin the legacy and the future when you tamper with something simple that works.
@frimmel:
I also think the not-Tatooine desert planet being called Jakku is JJ thumbing his nose at fans again because it was going to be Tatooine.
I never considered that, but seems plausible. Although, I don’t know why he would feel the need to do so considering that anyone would have assumed that a desert planet in the trailers or in pictures from a set would be Tatooine. I don’t know why he would feel slighted about that speculation. He would have to expect it.
But again, copying the desert planet theme comes off as both hearkening back and retreading old ground because it worked before. If he would have just said it was Tatooine that would not be an issue.
