...trailer madness...SW...BvS...AoT...

There are a lot of trailers coming fast over the last week; the biggest by far is the second teaser for SW:TFA.  Again, let's remember that these are teasers.  A full trailer will have more context and narrative, where teasers are wrought with just-finished CG or even conceptual finished work.

So, without getting anything from the web and spurious 'teaser' releases, let's purely examine what we see in both teasers...

"There has been an awakening: have you felt it, the dark side and the light?" - Kylo Ren

"The Force is strong in my family.  My father has it.  I have it.  My sister has it.  You have that power too." - Luke Skywalker



My feeling is that J.J. Abrams is setting a foundation and the basis of the film.  It's no mistake that he chose the two primary protagonists, the Dark Side of Kylo Ren and the Light of Skywalker as the ones to introduce us to the new world.  It appears that the Force has been extinguished for many years, perhaps intentionally staying out of the politics of the Galaxy.  The mechanization of the old worlds are rotted and lay in desert sands.  It appears that both of the highest order of Sith and Jedi are rallying to start what was once lost.

ROGUE

The visuals play into this as well.  We see the familiar husks of the Rebellion versus the Empire.  However, we see an off-shoot of the Empire, with its new symbols and new stormtroopers, using familiar TIE fighters and Star Destroyers.  Their symbol is not even close to the Galactic 'Roundel' established by the Emperor.  It is a fierce symbol and the various fighters, the storm trooper, the TIE trooper and the glimmering Mandalorian mean business.  They are not the static clones of the past.

The Rebellion, if all goes back to what was lost, is not a centralized political entity.  It almost appears a fractured peace exists.  There is no Jedi Council.  And, by the looks of it, there is no political Senate.  This is the big question then: what is the backdrop in which the Force fights?  In Episodes 1-3 it was to fight off the growing threat of Separatists and Sith.  In Episodes 4-6 it was to break down the political cage of the Galactic Empire by Jedi and Rebellion.  It would be interesting if the next series is based on Terrorism.  The fractured, but deadly enemy...they don't seek power or a 'win', they only seek to destroy peace.

Of course we will no more when the full on trailer comes out.

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BEYOND all that, we also have the trailer for BvS, which will set up the Justice League movies of the next couple of years.  They won't be Avengers-killers for sure: but it will be a super charge of money for Warner Brothers.


Attack on Titan - not sure if this will work for American audiences.  We don't even see their wire suits working.  This is a big blocking point if they can make the fight scenes as exciting as the anime.


Fantastic Four has Kate Mara: that is all.