azrael Posted November 24, 2015 Posted November 24, 2015 I love how the new Tie pilot/Snowtrooper/Flametrooper helmets look. I don't. The new ones may be good for the suit actor but the old ones felt more menacing. Quote
Mommar Posted November 24, 2015 Posted November 24, 2015 I don't. The new ones may be good for the suit actor but the old ones felt more menacing. Well, there weren't Flametroopers before. However, I think the new helmets for everybody (Minus the stormtroopers) look just as menacing now. I think the Snowtroopers in particular look more menacing than the original counterparts. Quote
wm cheng Posted November 24, 2015 Posted November 24, 2015 I love how the new Tie pilot/Snowtrooper/Flametrooper helmets look. Me too!!! I love how they updated the look but definitely kept the feel of the old. Quote
Dio Posted November 25, 2015 Posted November 25, 2015 It's a very weird realization that for this film I am looking more forward to the dogfights than the lightsaber duels. First time I've ever felt that way about a SW movie. Not that I expect any of it to be shabby, it just seems like the vehicle scenes have been done so well that they are really competing for the spotlight now, where before they were somewhat backdrop-ish (originals) or cheesy (prequels). Quote
JB0 Posted November 25, 2015 Posted November 25, 2015 All the cool stuff goes to the Empire/First Order.As it should. Bad guys always get all the cool stuff. Quote
Thom Posted November 25, 2015 Posted November 25, 2015 The T-70 is pretty cool. What we haven't seen yet, are the Resistance ships.What will their frigates look like, their Mon Col cruisers and such? I'm hoping we see those at some point as well. Quote
Mommar Posted November 25, 2015 Posted November 25, 2015 The T-70 is pretty cool. What we haven't seen yet, are the Resistance ships.What will their frigates look like, their Mon Col cruisers and such? I'm hoping we see those at some point as well. Will we actually see any of that stuff? So far all vehicle combat we've seen is JJ "grounded" i.e. it shows the ground because JJ Abrams is shitty with metaphors. Quote
myk Posted November 25, 2015 Posted November 25, 2015 The T-70 is pretty cool. What we haven't seen yet, are the Resistance ships.What will their frigates look like, their Mon Col cruisers and such? I'm hoping we see those at some point as well. The rebels had the cooler stuff, IMO. I don't even have a single Empire vehicle/toy except for the AT AT; I do have more than a few FX X Wings though... Quote
Mommar Posted November 25, 2015 Posted November 25, 2015 The rebels had the cooler stuff, IMO. I don't even have a single Empire vehicle/toy except for the AT AT; I do have more than a few FX X Wings though... I was going to say, X-Wing, B-Wing, A-Wing, etc. disagree. Quote
myk Posted November 26, 2015 Posted November 26, 2015 I was going to say, X-Wing, B-Wing, A-Wing, etc. disagree. I like the B Wing; such an odd but interesting design... Quote
jvmacross Posted November 26, 2015 Posted November 26, 2015 https://video.ford1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/hvideo-xap1/v/t43.1792-2/12283928_1525181687807153_1108545214_n.mp4?efg=eyJybHIiOjE1MDAsInJsYSI6MTA4NCwidmVuY29kZV90YWciOiJoZCJ9&rl=1500&vabr=955&oh=146c69bdf7cbc0eba3fcaf968ba7929a&oe=565762E5 Quote
electric indigo Posted November 26, 2015 Posted November 26, 2015 I already love the dogfight scenes! Apparently, the Empire has fallen back to some kind of SAM because their lasers suck so hard. Quote
myk Posted November 26, 2015 Posted November 26, 2015 Lol I still say the clones can't aim for s**t... Quote
jenius Posted November 27, 2015 Posted November 27, 2015 (edited) The video intimates that George was planning on having Jar Jar be a sith which would be really cool but then Lucas got cold feet because of the backlash which seems unlikely. First, if the 'backlash' was that people HATED Jar Jar then leaving him the Sith would be PERFECT. Second, if he was worried about the backlash because like... maybe children loved Jar Jar or something, then that'd be stupid. I think people are just desperate to make the prequel trilogy more palatable. Edited November 27, 2015 by jenius Quote
Graham Posted November 27, 2015 Posted November 27, 2015 Lol I still say the clones can't aim for s**t... What Clones? By the time of the Force Awakens, the original clones from the Clone wars would all be dead due to the fact that they age twice as fast as normal humans. Look how old Rex, Gregor and Wolff are in Rebels and that's set what 4 years before A New Hope It's already canon that the Empire phased out clones in favour on human recruits or conscripts. As far as I know, it hasn't been mentioned yet whether the First Order Storm Troopers are clones or humans, but I'm inclined to think the later, given that the Empire stopped using clones long ago, otherwise every Storm Trooper may be a Finn clone........hahah Quote
Mommar Posted November 27, 2015 Posted November 27, 2015 What Clones? By the time of the Force Awakens, the original clones from the Clone wars would all be dead due to the fact that they age twice as fast as normal humans. Look how old Rex, Gregor and Wolff are in Rebels and that's set what 4 years before A New Hope It's already canon that the Empire phased out clones in favour on human recruits or conscripts. As far as I know, it hasn't been mentioned yet whether the First Order Storm Troopers are clones or humans, but I'm inclined to think the later, given that the Empire stopped using clones long ago, otherwise every Storm Trooper may be a Finn clone........hahah It's already been confirmed that the First Order troopers are definitely not clones. JJ went out of his way to describe the diversity present in the troopers, various heights, weights, races and sexes. Not really the type of thing you'd get with clones. Quote
myk Posted November 27, 2015 Posted November 27, 2015 Clones, S-Troopers, conscripts, recruits, ROTC, U.S. Army reserve, whatever; they can't aim for all of the midichlorians in the universe... Quote
JB0 Posted November 27, 2015 Posted November 27, 2015 3 weeks until TFA And another two months until you can actually buy tickets to a show that isn't sold out! Quote
Dobber Posted November 27, 2015 Posted November 27, 2015 3 weeks until TFA And then the process starts all over for Rogue 1 Chris Quote
myk Posted November 27, 2015 Posted November 27, 2015 And another two months until you can actually buy tickets to a show that isn't sold out! I have tickets but I may consider not going on the count of how crazy it's going to be the first coupla weeks... Quote
myk Posted November 29, 2015 Posted November 29, 2015 I wonder why he has a different colored plane? Is this the "Poe" type? Quote
Dobber Posted November 29, 2015 Posted November 29, 2015 (edited) awesome.... I know right! I posted how much I'm loving the "exterior" X-wing shots they've shown in a couple trailers, on another board I frequent. The one you posted and the other one with the X-wings rolling into their target. The shot you posted reminds me of box art from an old board game from West End Games. Chris Edited November 29, 2015 by Dobber Quote
renegadeleader1 Posted November 29, 2015 Posted November 29, 2015 That box art has been released as a poster. Quote
skullmilitia Posted November 29, 2015 Posted November 29, 2015 Poe has his own custom X-wing color scheme. Also.. might be borrowed from another certain show, but a lot of the X wings have either green, blue, red, or yellow stripes for squadrons. Notice that looking at the variations. Poe is the only one with a black X-wing. Quote
JB0 Posted November 30, 2015 Posted November 30, 2015 Poe has his own custom X-wing color scheme. Also.. might be borrowed from another certain show, but a lot of the X wings have either green, blue, red, or yellow stripes for squadrons. Notice that looking at the variations. Poe is the only one with a black X-wing. Poe obviously heads up Wraith Squadron. Quote
renegadeleader1 Posted November 30, 2015 Posted November 30, 2015 Poe may have a nice X-Wing paint job, but his helmet still looks like crap especially with the cheek bits. Quote
Dio Posted November 30, 2015 Posted November 30, 2015 http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/trailers/637009-new-star-wars-tv-spots-and-disney-channel-promos#/slide/1 So I caught a new TV spot yesterday on the Disney channel, and the first lines in it seemed like something new I had not heard before: BB-8: beep boop boop beep Rey: Where do you come from? BB-8: beep boop boop beep Rey: I know all about waiting. BB-8: beep boop boop beep? Rey: For my family. I doubt that it's a Pacific Rim reference. Has that line been in any of the other trailers? It definitely plays into some earlier (and popular) speculation. Quote
Dobber Posted November 30, 2015 Posted November 30, 2015 It was in the Japanese international trailer. Chris Quote
Chewie Posted December 1, 2015 Posted December 1, 2015 The new Battlefront trailer for The Battle of Jakku confirms that the Falcon is flying over the remains of a Super Star Destroyer in the movie trailers. Quote
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