What is that old version of Indiana Jones doing as Han Solo?

Reminding us of our mortality?

I like the leather jacket that's sort of half way between Han's vest and Indy's jacket. And Chewie looks maaavelous; hasn't aged a day.

All I've ever wanted from a Star Wars movie is to see storm troopers absolutely destroy an Ewok village and inhabitants.

Is that too much to ask?

I saw this a couple hours ago and was going to post it, but got distracted by a raccoon who had climbed 58 storeys up a construction crane.

You could post that then ... sorry, too late.

Does actor John Boyega do anything in this movie except breathe heavily? He always seems to be suckin' down the air in every scene.

"I'm the one black guy. Do you know how precarious that makes my situation?"
— T-Dog, The Walking Dead

I can't wait til Life Day!

Edit: Spoilred out super annoying animated gif.

Not to be outdone, they released a "Sneak Peek" at Batman vs. Superman:
Batman v. Superman: Dawn Of Justice Official Sneak Peek (2015) - Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill Movie HD

Given that this is like trying to hype a new Lord of the Rings movie by showing Gandalf's robe and Aragorn's ranger outfit, I don't have high hopes for Dawn of Justice.

It doesn't help that the last several movies in the DC universe were mediocre to awful. I stick with the animated stuff, m'self.

wooooooooooooooot

At this point I'm pretty hopeful that this movie and the ones that come after it are going to be pretty awesome.

Harrison is looking every bit of his 72 years, but I like him as an old-ass Han. Looking forward to seeing Luke and Leia as well and the transition to the "next generation" of characters.

Everything they've shown so far is great. Please don't fuck this up, JJ.

Looks over at Star Trek.

Yeah, let's keep hoping.

Yeah, JJ's Star Trek movies aren't great. I've said that ever since I saw the first one. In fact, I think I said that his Star Trek movies looked more like Star Wars movies. Hopefully he gets this right. He's also got Lucasfilm behind him and a lot of people that want to be good. Either way, there's no way he can do worse than George.

Most Star Trek movies haven't been great.

The best Star Trek movie was Galaxy Quest.

I - It was great if you'd grown up on the TV show. It was starship porn.
II - The best Trek movie, hands down.
III - Mixed reviews, but Christopher Lloyd was the quintessential Klingon.
IV - A great adventure movie with a great sense of humor.
V - Bad script, cut FX budget, bleccch.
VI - Probably the most "historic" of the films for Trek continuity. Kirk should've died saving the President, though.
VII+ Yeah, mostly crap. First Contact had some good bits, but it also suffers from the fact that every cast member was contractually supposed to get screen time.

1:

Decker: Jim, I want this! As much as you wanted the Enterprise, I want this!

Kirk: You do? I don't remember any foreshadowing that your ambition was to be sucked into an unholy gestalt existence with scary mad computer probe. But by pure coincidence, that's exactly what we needright now. And this way we don't have to leave you tied up as the recurring-cast run back to the Enterprise.

To be fair, I think he just wanted to get his Star Freak on with Ilia.

...which is kind of ironic given what eventually happened to the actor...

Maybe this time we'll get a great star trek movie then.

That Star Destroyer must have had a very gentle landing. Well done, Captain!

Given that a Star Destroyer has a crew of about 37,000 and takes more material than a city to build and about as much energy output as a star to function, one surviving a landing on a planet is the least unbelievable thing about it.

Star Wars = space fantasy. It's practically anime-level reality.

I doubt it could even support its own weight under anything close to 1g. They certainly were never designed to land.

You might as well ask how repulsorlifts work. Star Destroyers could be magic space-metal for all we know.

Given that the Death Star should've housed more people than there are currently living on Earth, actual science for your fiction is out the window.

Absolutely. It's Space Opera. And it's Glorious!

From Wikipedia: "Space opera is a subgenre of science fiction that often emphasizes romantic, often melodramatic adventure, set mainly or entirely in outer space, usually involving conflict between opponents possessing advanced abilities."

Sorry, but George Lucas himself wrecked any hope of Star Wars being "space opera" thanks to the "romantic" bit. You have his ham-fisted 8-year-old-boy's idea of what men and women say to each other in Episode I-III, and then you have incestuous shenanigans in IV. You could argue romance between Han and Leia in V and VII, but by then the waters have been fouled...

From Google's dictionary: "ro·man·tic
adjective

1. conducive to or characterized by the expression of love.
2. of, characterized by, or suggestive of an idealized view of reality.
"a romantic attitude toward the past"
synonyms: idyllic, picturesque, fairy-tale;"

Pretty sure Wikipedia is referring to meaning 2.

Star wars is romantic. Good vs evil galore. A simpler world.

space opera isa subgenre of science fiction da often emphasizes romantic,often melodramatic adventure,set main or entire in outer space,usual involv conflict between opponents possess advanc abilities?

Sorry,but george lucas himself wreck any hope of star wars be "space opera" thanks toda "romantic" bit.yousa has his ham-fist 8-year-old-boy s idea of what men and women sayin to each other in episode i-iii,and then yousa has incestuous shenanigans in iv.yousa can argue romance between han and leia in v and vii,but by then da waters has been foul.

Luke and Leia swinging across a chasm in the belly of a giant, planet destroying spaceship while being chased by faceless, possibly robotic (I wasn't sure when I was 8) solders with ray guns. That scene alone would make it qualify as Space Opera in my book.

For Romantic, think Wagner, Chopin, Rochmaninoff, Goya, Gericault, Delacroix, Goethe, Keats, Byron, etc.

Only if you ignore that they (eventually) were revealed to be brother and sister.*

And then there's the "romantic" dialog from Episode II.


* George Lucas had it ALLLL planned out, suuuurrre he did...

No, that's not what I meant at all. I meant that that scene was Total Space Opera, based on its context, and then the following that with a list of composers, authors and artists that was meant as examples of Romantic as a movement in which grandiosity, emotion and awe were emphasized. The fact that Luke and Leia happen to be siblings has nothing to do with it.

can't watch now. I had a throbbing boner during last trailer.

Honestly, yeah, this might be good. Just keep Lucas as far away from it as possible, and it might be what the prequels should have been.

Can't wait for the George Lucas Edition of this trailer.