It came from a galaxy far, far away… Or at least it seemed like that the amount of time it took to arrive. But at about 15:15 GMT, as promised, the first teaser trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens was released.
It posed about as many questions as it answered. But here is what we’ve deduced so far.
1. As always, there’s at least one wise character – and they’re doing a familiarly creepy voice over…
Surely this guy isn’t back?
2. At least some of it’s going to be in Tattooine again
So that’s good news for the Tunisian film/tourism industry then.
3. John Boyega (“famous” for Attack the Block) is playing a Stormtrooper. Without a helmet!
Is he just lost in a desert, or is he actually deserting? What does this mean for the state of law and order in the galaxy?
4. Droids have wheely moved on from R2′s day
5. The new Stormtroopers look even more badass, with that sexy blue lighting and those cute little light-up guns
6. Is that Daisy Ridley we spotted on the back of that desert speeder? We can’t tell under all that loose desert head wear
7. X-wings? Going really fast. On a lake. Lovely.
8. One of the planets is potentially filmed in the same snowy forest as the “Beyond the Wall” scenes in Game of Thrones
Can we expect a White Walker stumbling on set?
9. The light-sabers seem to have weird sticky-out light-pommels. We’re not sure whether that looks user friendly
10. The Millennium Falcon is back (somehow). Wasn’t it supposed to be ready for the scrap heap 40 years ago?
There’s the camera flare we’ve come to know and love.
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