In what has been quite the year of expectations and small rumors and details of the filming of the new Star Wars movie, today we get the first teaser trailer, and with it first screens and many questions. Also a weird sword-like lightsaber.
The trailer features John Boyega most prominently, right at the beginning and a female character riding some sort of a vehicle, that could be Daisy Ridley.
Even though Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher are part of the cast ( I am assuming in supporting roles, or in roles with less action), they do not appear in this teaser trailer.
And the most controversial scene in this “bits and pieces” teaser trailer is the sword-like lightsaber, which has the extra handle tiny lightsabers. I guess after the introduction of the double bladed lightsaber in The Phantom Menace, this is a natural progression in technology in the Star Wars franchise, even though it is weird that in the original trilogy none of these lightsaber versions appear. This one has this flamy quality to it, it’s not just the regular laightsaber buzzing we’re used to.
And finally the first teaser for Episode VII – The Force Awakens…in a galaxy far, far away…
Episode VII is directed by J.J. Abrams and it’s scheduled to premiere in December 2015. Just in time for Christmas in about a year. 🙁