The new "Star Wars" trailer

Been listening to the Now Playing reviews of the first six movies, and they made an interesting point. Throughout the prequels, at least, the Siths never lie. They might not be good guys, but they are honest.
The Jedi, meanwhile, speak in riddles wrapped in enigmas, full of half-truths and moral equivalencies.
So, it simply might not be in the Siths to think they're the good guys. If they "speak in absolutes," as the Jedi said in one of the prequels, then they must be aware of how evil they actually are.

 

I'm in the same boat. If I can swing it, I'm trying to go tomorrow night just to see it with an opening night crowd and share the reaction as things are revealed. I have a feeling this thing is going to be spoiled like hell by the end of the weekend no matter how hard you try to avoid it, so I might as well share in the wonder before that happens.

 

Walt Disney Co. and strippers. Truly two of a kind.

 

In case anybody missed Fallon doing this one.

 

This review kind of touches on this subject. And I think the next two movies will be far different than this one.

http://io9.gizmodo.com/star-wars-the-force-awakens-is-the-most-fun-ive-had-at-1748271186

 

As does this one (with some spoilers):

'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' Review: The Empire Strikes Out

It is perhaps unfair to condemn Star Wars: The Force Awakens for being an exercise in fan service when that is the primary goal of the picture. As the first new Star Wars film in 10 years and the first non-prequel since 1983, the primary objective for Walt Disney’s initial shot is getting fans back onboard and excited for whatever comes next.
When I tell you that most of the emotional oomph comes from our prior knowledge of, and emotional connection to, the first three films, you might not read that as a criticism. As we see new heroes and villains undergoing adventures that bear a strong resemblance to what we witnessed 38 years ago, with similar group dynamics no less, it is only due to the charisma and talent of our newbies and J.J. Abrams’s undeniable skill as a visual storyteller that the Mad Libs narrative doesn’t outright destroy the picture.

 

Someone posted the Star Wars Holiday Special from 1978. Read about it, but never saw it before tonight. It's 90 minutes. It's practically Episode IV 1/2. It's worth watching for remembering how awful sci-fi or the late 1970s or both at the same time were to watch. Here are a few highlights, but it must be seen to be believed.

1. Multiple of instances of long stretches, 10 minutes or more, with no dialogue. Only Wookiee growls. No subtitles.
2. Chewie's family reminds me of Donkey Kong Country. Chewie is Donkey Kong. His wife is Kandy Kong, his son is Diddy Kong, his dad is Kranky Kong.
3. Cirq du Solie shows up.
4. There in an entire sequence in which Chewie's wife watches a cooking show.
5. Chewie's dad starts watching what at first seems to be a porno, in the middle of the living room. A human woman shows up in what looks like his virtual reality headset, says she's all of his fantasies, and says she finds this thing, which you have to see, is adorable. He rewinds and replays that part multiple times. He may be about to start beating his Wookie dork like a it owes him Republic credits, but she sings a song instead. The visuals make her look like an extra from an Earth, Wind & Fire video.
6. Chewie's kid is a little shit. I wanted the stormtrooper to shoot him in the face. Gramps thinks he's a little shit, too.
7. Mark Hamill looks like a human Ken doll.
8. Wookie Christmas is called Life Day. They celebrate by wearing snuggies, holding snow globes, and listening to a coked up Carrie Fisher sing.
9. Harrison Ford isn't even trying to act, and he's still pretty good in his 2 scenes.
10. Art Carney plays a huckster/handyman/salesman. He's more unbearable than 3PO on smack.
11. A band that I thought was Yes has a musical number. The singer's microphone looks like a pink/purple lightsaber dildo.
12. Oh shit, is that Bea Arthur?!? It is. She gets a musical number, too.
13. Going by end credits, George Lucas didn't make this, but he was not even given a "created by" credit. I can see why he's disavowed this piece of shit.
14. I bet a lot of people were disappointed to see this on CBS that night. It took the time slot of Wonder Woman and The Incredible Hulk.

 

The band was Jefferson Starship sans Grace Slick who had just been kicked out for her excessive drinking.

There also was the animated sequence with boba fett.

 

It's really interesting to watch the original "Star Wars," keeping in mind that it was intended to be a standalone film at the time. It's the story of a boy who goes on an adventure and ends up a hero, avenging his father's death. People love "Empire Strikes Back," but it seems like a (though brilliant) transitional movie to me. After tidily wrapping up his hero's journey in "Star Wars," Lucas had to rebuild the action from the ground up. "Empire" is a two-hour moving of the chess pieces to set up an ending even more triumphant than "Star Wars," for both the protagonist Luke and the Rebel Alliance.

"Jedi" gets an unfair rap. It's better than "Empire" in a lot of ways. The Emporer's scene is an all-time show-stopper.

 

It's now at 95 percent at Rotten Tomatoes.com, with 179 "fresh" reviews and 10 "rotten" reviews. That's somewhat imprecise, of course. I see 2.5 star reviews in the "fresh" category, and others in the "rotten" category. Rotten Tomatoes turns criticism into a binary thing, and it's not. That said, it's a decent gauge of the general reaction.

 

The Ewoks bring down Jedi in a big way.

 

Saw a spoiler this morning. I'm bummed.