The new "Star Wars" trailer

He has gotten a lot of mileage out of providing the voice for Joker-type villains, but he really does it well.

 

This is from a guy on YouTube who makes a lot of fan trailers, but the new footage seems legit, and the end of the trailer is fantastic:

 

Here's a lengthy plot speculation based upon trailers and other rumors:

A Compiled Synopsis of Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

 

One of my biggest concerns is that there are going to be too many damned characters.

In the original "Star Wars," you had:

Primary
Luke Skywalker
Princess Leia
Han Solo
Darth Vader
Obi-Wan Kenobi

Secondary
C3PO
R2D2
Chewbacca
Uncle Owen
Aunt Beru
Greedo

Peripheral
A couple of Imperial officers for Vader to kill off
Stormtroopers
X-Wing fighter pilots
Jawas
Sand People
Assorted Mos Eisley Cantina ruffians

That seems to about cover it, right? I suppose those are more than I thought. But for "The Force Awakens," you have Luke, Leia, Han, the two droids, and Chewbacca to keep track of, along with what feels like an ever-expanding list of new characters.

 

I bet you will find that for this movie, some of those former primary characters become secondary or peripheral. Seems like they are really pushing the new droid. Bet you won't see a ton of R2 or C3PO.

 

Given how beloved this series is and what an incredible cash cow this franchise is, they damn well better get this one right.

No pressure, right?

 

Abrams did pretty well with Star Trek. Those movies were creaky from the get-go.

 

I just don't know what "right" means.

The original "Star Wars," both Episode IV and the original trilogy, was so epic in scope. To me, "Star Wars" is the story of good vs. evil, played out through father-and-son Luke and Anakin Skywalker, along with the characters who help facilitate their story. It is not, as Lucas and now Disney has tried to make it, a "universe." It is a specific story encompassing specific epic themes played out through specific characters.

That doesn't mean this next trilogy can't be good in its own right. I just don't know where it should aim. You can't out-epic the original trilogy. But aiming low might be a letdown, as well.

 

These aren't the movies you're looking for, Dick.

 

He did fair. It's not difficult to find long time Trek fans who were not all that impressed. It's more that they were relieved that the new movies were not complete abortions. The second one was a Michael Bay mish-mash. The Trek movies have been hit and miss from the start.

I'm not ill-wishing the guy. I think he gets the franchise pretty well, and has enough pull to prevent the studio from meddling it into pablum. It's the writing that concerns me. The acting will be good enough, and you know that the CGI will be.

I was 21 when Star Wars came out, and I saw it early. Loved it. I still have a button they were giving away at the check out counter of the mall record store. It was a largish button, white stars on a dark blue field, and it said "May The Force Be With You".

No one knew what it meant.