HOW 'BOUT THAT NEW STAR WARS, EH?

The teaser definitely gave me hope for the film. Abrams does okay with Star Trek (despite what the hardcore Trekkies say) and I don't doubt that this will be as good.

I was hoping we'd see old fart Luke or grandpa Han, but I suppose we'll have to wait until the first official trailer to see them.

"Only a Sith would bring a claymore to a katana fight." -me, after seeing this teaser.

That said, I LOVE the Lightclaymore. However, the astromech head atop a soccer ball was definitely an 'oh no kiddie shit' moment for me.
Also I saw the helmet for the Stormtrooper awhile back, looks damn cool.
Anyway. This is all visuals. I have a spark of hope that I can burn with excitement after watching this movie... But we know zilch about the plot, acting, or direction.
I agree Abrams did well with Star Wars, but I did also think it was a bit of a super sexed up version of Star Trek and can see why the Trekkie's may not like it. The plot itself wasn't that amazing nor amazingly bad either. It was definitely 'big'. That alone makes me hope that Abrams is up to the task of bringing us a big space opera.
It's certainly going to be an opening night event for me and my dad though, no doubt about it.

My pants remain unsoiled. The trailer was pretty to look at. It was nice to see the Millennium Falcon back in action. But really, there wasn't anything that made me lose control of my bladder and scream like a little girl.

That being said, as one of those hardcore Trekkies, I will admit that Abrams did do a decent job with the Star Trek movies. And since he is admittedly a Star Wars guy, I suspect Abrams will do Star Wars justice... Or! Or! He could have a Coruscant from the future get destroyed by a mysterious red matter, and have old Han, Luke, and Leia go back into the past to help their younger selves stop Nero from deploying his weapon... ...

Trailer doesn't really say anything at all about what the movie is going to be like... So if that was supposed to make me want to see the movie, I can't say it did. I just hope there won't be politics.

author=Corfaisus

author=SnowOwl
I just hope there won't be politics.

Considering "the Empire" is still in full swing apparently, I've got some bad news for you. I'm also sure that soccer (football, futbol) ball robot is going to be the next best thing since Jar Jar Binks. Also, dig that USB drive speeder at :40. Mmm, so good.

Totally reasonable preconceptions.

Meh...terrible trailer. Definitely nothing in it that makes me want to see the movie. It looks like he made a bunch of Star Wars screensavers and made those into a trailer.

If he's counting the books as canon, I hope he doesn't include the story arc that kills off Mara Jade.

author=Pizza

author=pianotm
Meh...terrible trailer. Definitely nothing in it that makes me want to see the movie. It looks like he made a bunch of Star Wars screensavers and made those into a trailer.

If he's counting the books as canon, I hope he doesn't include the story arc that kills off Mara Jade.

According to Wookiepedia neither the books nor anything from the EU was used for the script.

So the crybaby Star Wars freaks will hate it. Moot point I guess since that fandom is based around hating the series they're supposed to love.

Oh thank goodness. There's so much complicated idiotic bullshit in the books. (Admittedly, there are some awesome characters in the books I would love to see onscreen--the aforementioned Mara Jade, for one.)

its so dense

every single image has so many things going on

author=Pizza

author=pianotm
Meh...terrible trailer. Definitely nothing in it that makes me want to see the movie. It looks like he made a bunch of Star Wars screensavers and made those into a trailer.

If he's counting the books as canon, I hope he doesn't include the story arc that kills off Mara Jade.

According to Wookiepedia neither the books nor anything from the EU was used for the script.

So the crybaby Star Wars freaks will hate it. Moot point I guess since that fandom is based around hating the series they're supposed to love.

When Disney bought the franchise almost the first thing they did was stat officially that all EU stuff before the time of the statement was no longer canon.
George Lucas also stated the books are not canon. Only the 6 movies and clone wars show (presumably new Rebels show) are canon. The books have always been flexible fluff.

http://www.starwars.com/news/the-legendary-star-wars-expanded-universe-turns-a-new-page
According to this,

Now, with an exciting future filled with new cinematic installments of Star Wars, all aspects of Star Wars storytelling moving forward will be connected.

Mickey Mouse money house is looking to change that.
Edit: just finished reading that. Apparently there's a book preset before Star Wars Rebels coming. So yup, EU will be a thing moving forward, I suppose.