Updated with Better Quality. New Star Wars: The Force Awakens TV Spot – We Will Face Them!
A new TV spot has just been released on the official Star Wars Facebook page. Thank you Lucasfilm and Happy Thanksgiving!
Here’s the official release from StarWars.com’s official YouTube page:
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Oh yeah!
Stunning.
It’s nice to hear Snoke’s voice over
Many folks have posted that TFA’s biggest challenge will be living up to our expectations. I certainly believe that is the challenge at this point. But the powers at be must either have complete confidence or they are going all in with a big bluff. Every time a new spot is released, I spend about 2 seconds thinking about why I shouldn’t bother watching, and then I watch it about 10 times. Every spot has been great! They must know how much they are fueling fan expectation with these glimpses! I’m excited and I have tons of expectation. Let the chips fall where they may.
With the running time of the movie being a little over two hours we must have seen over 10% of the movie from trailers by now.
We’ve really only seen a few shots, many of them repeated in each TV spot. I don’t think we’ve seen 12 minutes of actual movie footage
There was about 15 seconds of new footage in this one new spot, We have seen less than 7 mins of actual footage.
Still a lot.
Your seeing seeing One tenth of scenes. Out of contest. Not a lot at all in a movie that is is 135 minutes long.
In two and a half minute, the Terminator:Genisys trailer showed you the entire plot of the movie. At under 7 minutes, we have no clue where this movie is going.
Actually we know the basic outline of the movie (i.e. the most likely chronological sequence of events). We still don’t know how the movie ends or who is related to whom. There is also a probable plot twist that is being kept secret and may be controversial (based on Boyega’s recent interview).
Visually its amazing. The acting, dialogues and chemistry is also on the spot judging from what we’ve already seen. If the story is also good, than im 100% sure, that this will be the best Star Wars film ever made.
This is so awesome! In my opinion, the best TV spot, with the Finn featured spot a close second!
Wow! This is probably the best one yet.
I take it the ominous red glow over the Stormtrooper army is what the Starkiller’s blast looks like sub-atmosphere? badass.
Yep. It’s likely the shot of the trees being destroyed isn’t a planet being hit but the collateral damage done when this thing is fired.
And I might add it clearly looks as CG as the CG in the prequels people like to hate on.
Hahaha. You’re funny, you know that?
Well yeah, the CG was never the problem, nor are JJ and crew actively ignoring CG. They’ve been using CG for what CG is good at: lightsabers, explosions, video compositing, etc.
They’ve been up-playing the Practical because A; they’re using an unusual amount of practical, and B; people are reactionary as shit.
I can’t really fault them for being paranoid of fan-rage. for whatever reason, everyone decided CGI was to blame for the PT’s arguable shortcomings. To say CG is to blame is a massive over-simplification, but that assumption still needs to be pacified to get asses in the seats.
No one with their head screwed on was really expecting TFA to be 100% practical effects.
Amazing! Epic! Awesome! Best TV Spot yet! Maybe better than even the Teasers and Trailers! Man oh man!! Geek hard on!
Guess we know how the Finn and storm trooper lightsaber battle ends.
Was the stormtrooper hit by a blaster shot ? How do you know it is the same riot trooper that was fighting Finn ?
Well that does look like the back of FInn’s head at the bottom of the screen (you can only see it for a split second at the end of the shot). I think he’s right.
The trooper is about to finish Finn off….but it’s not a handheld blaster that gets him I think it’s from an xwing or something.
Please! No more! Too much information! I can’t keep my cool! Too much anticipation!
“..even you have never faced such a test..”
Hmmm. So much intrigue. Is he speaking to Kylo? If so why the “even you”? Has Kylo done something to prove himself capable of great things (even if they are evil). If not, then who is Snoke talking to? Interesting.
And what test? Kylo from what we have been told, although part of the First Order, is on his own mission. Whether its to retrieve Lukes saber, or to find Luke, or whatever. Phasma and Hux are the ones responsible for destroying the Resistance. So that is not Kylo’s test. So what is Kylo’s test if indeed Snoke is talking to him?
Very interesting indeed.
I bet he means Rey – not Finn and not anyone else.
Interesting. That certainly would add a very unique dynamic to the story!!
Do you mean that Rey is Kylos “test” or that Snoke is actually talking to Rey?
I think it is pretty clear that Snoke is talking to Kylo.
No I think he is speaking about the 2 of them, in fact I think there are more force users that will get introduced in the other episodes
Kylo’s obviously looking for “the last Jedi”. And I can’t think of too many tests that could be harsher than facing the guy who vanquished Vader, none other than Kylo’s hero & idol.
I think the one person Snoke would have that kind of respect for would be Luke. What test has Luke, already proven powerful, never faced? Turning someone to the dark side. That someone: Rey.
I believe everyone else here has already said what truly needs to be said, so I’ll just leave this place with a hearty:
“HOLY SHIT FUCK BALLS! That was awesome.”
What does Snoke say after “Even you have never faced such a test?” I’ve watched this thing like 10x and I cant make it out lol.
“it is time..”
Thank you
BANE: “MFFFFLLLLGRBAGGGGHHHHH!!!”
BATMAN: (beat) …”WHAT!?!”
BANE: “MFFF HHHEEED….GRBLGHABAGH!!!”
BATMAN: (beat) …”WHHHHAAAAAAT!?!?”
LMAO!!
Yeah, me & my oldest daughter (6) get A LOT of mileage from fictitious, rooftop confrontations between a guy who mumbles (Bane) through a mask and a guy whose ears are covered by a giant mask (Bats)…
By the Force! This movie gets better and better with every new promo!
That was the best TV spot of all ! Very informative.
Stop it! I’m already fully erect!
Well, the trailers have gone full circle. A year ago we got our first trailer with Snoke speaking, and now, probably our last trailer, with Snoke speaking.
Snoke seems to have a high regard for Kylo when he says “Even YOU have never faced such a test”. That’s sounds weird because most of the spoilers so far indicate that Kylo would be a somewhat clumsy still-in-training-Vader-fanboy that can’t even make a good lightsaber.
Maybe that’s how Snoke manipulates Kylo… by making him feel stronger than he actually is.
yeagh but isnt that exactly how Palpatine seduced and controlled all of his apprentices ? “u have done well” was a phrase he often said
Whenever Palpatine says “You have done well” to Vader, he probably means it. Vader was the Chosen One.
He also said it to Count Dooku, aka Darth Tyranus.
True… but “You have done well” is different from “Even YOU have never faced such a test”. It really seems like Snoke is saying some thing like “Even someone as powerful and experienced as YOU have never faced such a test”.
Probably because Kylo will be the best of the Knights of Ren. Snoke would be inflating his ego to control him.
“You have been well trained my young apprentice. They will be no match for you.” … right….. killed by Qui Gon’s padawan.
Which is really improbable if you think about it. A Jedi padawan normally wouldn’t be a match for a fully trained Sith Lord.
From my understanding, Maul was a young Sith apprentice, not a fully trained Sith Lord.
Maul was hardly a full Sith Lord, he was the sith version of a padawan at best. lets not forget that during the events of The Phantom Menace , Darth Sidious was still the apprentice of Darth Plagueis ( the “murder in your sleep” part happened the day after Palpatine got elected if i’m not mistaken )
Coulndt agree more. I made the same comment above. Could he possibly be talking to Luke? Wouldnt that be interesting?…. hmmmm
Snoke is actually the good guy… Kanata is bad. The First Order and good and the good guys are bad… DUN DUN DUN…
Honestly I do hope we have some thinking out the box surprises in store, things that no ones even thought of, or counter to what the most fan favoured twists might be.
Maybe the spoilers are not accurate and Kylo has already proven himself in several tasks Snoke has assigned to him.
That’s what it is. I remember the spoilers you’re talking about, and also remember those very same spoilers claimed he was clumsy while creating his lightsaber and that was why it was the way that it was, but now we know he intended to design his saber in that fashion, JJ said he was creating an ancient styled lightsaber. Those EARLY spoilers are now getting debunked.
Think Kylo Ren is seduced by the dark side by the promise of power. Like Anakin before him.
Actually, this sounds like a normal practice in the Dark Side master-apprentice dynamics, IMO. This line reminded me of when Sidious told Maul that Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon would be no match for him in TPM.
what’s the test? luke?
WHAT IF, Snoke’s talking to Luke?
Unlikely, but possible.
Could be massaging his ego,creating a false sense of security.
YAY SPACE BATTLE! When Poe says “All teams, give it everything you got” you can see they’re in space and there’s a planet with atmosphere below them. Hype Hype.
This aligns with the Disney Infinity trailer released yesterday.
Not a space battle. Probably just a quick blockade situation when they’re leaving the planet after battle.
If it’s as epic is this, then I’ll be very satisfied.
It’s nice to see a star war in this Star Wars film.
I thought the same. But maybe are descending to the planet? maybe i’m wrong. 😛 I would like to see a space battle too 😉 Buuuut we have five more movies to come… time will tell
damn Kylo bitch slapped Poe
Did he slap him or force push him backwards ??
Force push.
Force Bitch Slap
Looked like he actually tapped him on the head. Seemed kind of comical to me, but not in a bad way, almost like he’s playing with him and is being quite cruel and sadistic about it. Control his mind, tortures him, then waves his hand in front of his face then just dunts him on the head out of nowhere. Haha. Kylo is going to be an evil bastard, I love it! :p
0:53 COME AT ME BITCHES(Finn)
We pretty much know the outline of the movie, but it’s the detail left to be discovered that’ll make the movie.
At :44 second it looks like that trooper is about to come down on Finn with the death blow from his electro-staff, and Solo pops out of the rubble just in time to blast him, throwing him back. I know things in trailers aren’t necessarily reflective of the final movie, but it would be interesting if that’s the case: Han saves Finn.
That I’m confused about is why the hell did the ST do a somersault in the air? Han’s blaster isn’t that powerful. Huh :/
Shot by something way more powerful.
maybe Finn used the forced and Han’s blaster made him flip
That would be cool . Although I think resistance fighters start swooping in and that’s what the trooper gets shot by
How would Finn know how to use the force ?
It’s an X-wing
Sounds like during the movie Han becomes very close and protective over Finn, like the son he never had.
Or maybe there is a plot twist. I don’t think so though.
Yep. Although with the force of that blast to the trooper I would say an xwing takes him out…..once maz kanatas castle is overrun it looks like the resistance swoops in to save our heroes.
Thus starting the Battle of Takodana.
it looks like a blaster shot to me. In 30 years blasters may have become more powerful. But I suppose that could be a shot from an X wing.
Yeah but is that the angle of the shot going downwards?? Would come from up above then.
I’m in agreement with the analysis that the bolt is coming from an X-Wing. Makes sense to me and if you go back to the final trailer, you see X-Wing(s) strafing the stronghold and a stormtrooper shooting at it with his comparatively puny blaster. Either this is another angle or this is a completely different trooper (electro tonfa riot trooper, possibly the one Finn is fighting with) suffering the same fate.
remember han solo has a MEGA-blaster mode in battlefront where it charges and fires a single devastating shot
Finn is really hopeless if he can’t even take down a stormtrooper on his own. It looks like he’ll need a lot of training if he wants to become a Jedi.
OH MY GOD so it is confirmed that theory that the troopers started to learn hot to handle a sword so that´s why Finn know how to use a lightsaber.
UTTER GARBAGE PLOT!
Bla bla blah. Stop hating and just watch the movie when it comes out.
“We got to run!” That’s all you been doing in every trailer/TV spot, Finn! I don’t think I seen him sit still for one second.
Well he sits at the gun turret controls in the Falcon and shouts “woohoo!” in a genuinely convincing moment of excitement that makes Hayden Christensen seem like an awful actor (which he isn’t). :p
Still moving though, lol. With all the sweating he’s doing, I can see them making him a formerly porky child who joined the First Order to get in shape and now he just can’t let it go.
looks aaaace! 😀
I got just one word for this, WONDERFUL! ( Whilst a tear of joy runs down my cheek. ) = )
I know the feeling, bro! I’m enjoying this so much… the anticipation, the suspense, the waiting for the movie to come out and all the little snippets they are releasing. It’s driving me crazy, but I love it.
Just… so… awesome. No 1080p version yet?
Now TIE fighters fire missiles? I actually think that’s great. One of the things that freaked me out about the Battlestar Galactica reboot. What great imagery. not to mention nukes are a personal fear of mine. Love this screenshot I took. It was an X-wing that bites it, maybe fired from orbit though?
It’s extremely WWII-esque. I like it.
Reminds me of the “drunk missile” porn from Robotech/Macross. 😉
i agree the gray sky also work
Could be a concussion missile, but only the TIE Bombers and TIE Advanced and above have those…
Or so we thought…
OMG I think I just lost my frickinn’ mind
That’s Luke ROTJ lightsaber that Kylo is holding in is left hand during the rain scene, is that correct???
http://i.imgur.com/3f9bkb8.jpg?fb
Really hard to see. You would think so, wouldn´t you?
Holy crap great catch! That is almost certainly another saber! Now whether its Lukes or not I dont know but damn…
It COULD be. It’s too hard to make out to know for sure.
Wow, how did we miss that? Good spot!!!… but – bit strange to be holding right down on the very end of the hilt, so maybe it’s something else?
if it is indeed the ROTJ saber than this would change everything we thought so far about Anakin’s saber, could Finn be on a journey to reunite it with its original owner since Kylo has its successor?
Epic!! Happy danksgiving! 🙂
Im surprised no one has mentioned the scene where general hux is adressing the troops on the 20FT podium, he looks very tall in this shot, take another look, im now convinced its snoke, he is the supreme leader afterall, so why would a general address the troops, also andy sirkis said hes fiest scene was on a 20FT platform
So Jar Jar is Plagueis confirmed
why do people keep thinking snoke is plagueis, palpatine killed him years before episode 1
Well, he did learn how to cheat death…
According to a master bullshitter, Plagueis learned how to cheat death.
I don’t think Palpatine lied about that.
I believe Palpatine was lying through his teeth about everything concerning Plagueis, except for killing his master in his sleep.
Still if JJ uses Jar Jar as Snoke it would create riples through the living Force and millions would cry in terror. On the other hand there is a sound theory that Jar Jar was actually an undercover Sith who was placed by Palpatine near Anakin. That theory also explains why he never gets hurt, he is using the Force.
Mmmmm…no.
I think I did a poo in my pants.
I can smell it over here.
And you thought wookies smelt bad
Just on the inside… oh wait, that’s Tauntauns…
Nah,Taun Tauns smell bad! 😉
Finn is Landos son
i dont belive that theory, but john boyaga has said he and jj abrams are having lots of laughs over the fact that no one has guessed right yet over who finn is
The first trilogy (IV, V, VI) worked well because they twisted the argument, like a soap opera. The heros IV, the villain became father V, and then the romance became sister VI. So I would expect they keep secrets for VIII and IX.
In the new comics Han had a fake wedding with a black woman, a pirate I think so maybe Finn is Han’s son.
How interesting would that be?
Lando married a Jedi and had Finn…..that is why Han has a connection to Finn. Maybe Lando will be in episode 8
i hope not have you seen billy dee williams latley, at least harrison ford still looks cool
Lando can still lose weight for the scene
Lando will appear in Han’s funeral
Why do people always assume someone has to have a Jedi in their lineage? Non force sensitive parents can have a force sensitive child. Just saying.
Good point….but you get what i mean…would be interesting if was landos son
Force sensitivity is different to how many midichlorians a person has… Anakin had the most midichlorians but struggled to listen to the Force, rather he followed his own desires…
Lando couldn’t have married a Jedi because his wife would’ve had to be a Youngling by the time of the Clone Wars, and all Younglings were killed at the Temple. That pretty much kills your theory.
The ONLY and BEST thing of this movie will be the dogfights, BY FAR!
The only?
Yes it’s just all dogfights
One catfight would be nice… Rey vs Phasma for example…
I think Rey is too young to lose all her teeth at once. Give her a break!
Ha ha, Phantastic!
The only GOOD thing.
Blah blah blah. Just watch the movie and stop complaining.
The cinematography when Finn speaks is so classic. Just love it!
Every shot i have seen so far is a piece of art… If the script it’s good, you will have a masterpiece…
I don’t care.. I think Boyega is going to shine and shut up alot of doubters. I’m buying every shot I’ve seen of him and his voice, and delivery of his lines is classic Star Wars. I haven’t seen the movie yet but from what I know, Finn will shoot up on my list of favorite Star Wars characters. I have that much faith in the actor and script.
I agree. Me too. Boyega has such a powerful voice and his expressions in trailers are brilliant. In fact, i think all cast from TFA is amazing. And i have a lot of faith in Kasdan too.
remember han solo has a MEGA-blaster mode in battlefront where it charges and fires a single devastating shot. so maybe thats why the stormtrooper flips
But the blast comes from high up, so it’s probably an X-wing.
Nah, that’s Han, plain and AWESOME!!!
Mmmmm…no.
Awww, come on – please? I know you know that a Tie Fighters lasers would have done A LOT more damage to little Troopie than just making him jump a bit…
We’ve seen a TIE fighter shoot a blaster out of a stormtrooper’s hand in a previous trailer without killing him. The angle of the shot in this trailer is just too high to be a blaster shot.
Probably the last one to notice but Kylo’s not wearing his mask at the end, maybe JJ did something with his face? What’s under the mask…? Omg the anticipation im dyin here xD
He’s unmasked because he chose to reveal his real identity to one of the central characters.
Or his mask could’ve been damaged during the fight and he was forced to remove it. The big reveals don’t come in the opening act of a trilogy. Otherwise the rest of the films would lose a lot of drama.
Of course that’s entirely possible, but Kylo Ren is only one new character out of only one of the new movies.
Well, you’ve got your theory and I’ve got mine. Till the film comes out, guess we’ll just have to disagree on this.
There is more than one Ren if you haven’t noticed…
Yeah, and Kylo could still have lost his mask & helmet at some point during his confrontation with Finn & Rey.
Hey, something I though of earlier, that’s totally left field and probably totally bonkers. I remembered about the shot of what looked like Adam Driver in a resistance pilot outfit, then I thought, what if he is playing twins. One a good guy, one Kylo Ren. Adam Driver playing two parts, perhaps they don’t even know each other, perhaps no one but their parents know. Or some crazy set up like that. VERY unlikely, but if there was going to be a true twist no one had seen that would be a fantastic one.
COuld you link to the pic?
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RspYkAahs5U/VBXxFy3MTUI/AAAAAAACsz8/-EXyPc4_QMo/s1600/sw1.jpg
Thank you. I guess that SORT OF looks like Adam Driver, but if that were really him, I think more pics would’ve leaked.
Twins do run in the Skywalker family…hmmm…that would be interesting
Really? How many twins are there?…
Finn is born of the Force to Yaddle… no one, I repeat NO ONE saw that coming…
Raised in secret by Jar-Jar.
Grows up in Palpatine’s secret meditation chamber on Naboo.
It all makes sense now.
Palpatine’s secret meditation chamber on Naboo… now that is something of very great interest. Palpatine had by necessity a secret place on his home world (Naboo). He MUST have… He NEEDED a secret place for all his Sith artifacts and documents, much in the same way Obi Wan had his “hideaway” during his time of exile… (Yoda on Dagobah too for that matter). How much is there to be discovered!?
This is one those trailers… I’ve watched a couple of times now. Yes yes I’ve watched them all multiple times but I mean more than normal 😛
This one . . . Just wow. WOW! Looks so dang good!
Love the shot of Finn screaming “REY!”
Must be when shes captured. I hope they’re the couple of this trilogy.
Hes screaming RUN!!!
One of the better TV spots!
So that is Starkiller Base firing. It is a slow powerful Stream like a lightsaber out of a planet. They changed Snokes Voice a bit unless he talks to a few peeps. If Snoke is not the Awakening than just like the Title says it is the Force. However what Awakens the Force. Poe is Hans estranged son. The even you suggests that Kylo has been at this for a while. He is not green but battle hardened. So what is the Awakening. It must be something. If Snoke is already awake and says Kylo has to face it it can not be him. Maybe it is the Death of Anakin Skywalker. I still hope dearly Luke was wise enough to pull him out of the suit and keep him alive.
We know who Poe’s parents are from the comic books. He is not Han’s son.
Poe does look like he cops a hiding from the “Ren”, is this to extract the location of the Resistance Base, or bend his mind to serve the Ren???
“Maybe it is the Death of Anakin Skywalker. I still hope dearly Luke was
wise enough to pull him out of the suit and keep him alive.”
I do not believe this could possibly happen because of Anakin’s appearance as a Force Ghost at the end of Return of the Jedi. If Vader is still physically alive, I do not think Anakin could have transitioned into a Force Ghost thirty odd years ago…
The Force has Awakened because the “balance” that the Force itself instigated has now been disturbed… the “rest” is over, the Force is now active again and will “balance” itself… EP9 “The Balance of the Force”…
Poe Dameron is the son of the Dameron couple who helped Han Leia and Luke as pilots after the battle of Endor. So no, Poe is NOT Han’s son. Anakin Skywalker, Darth Vader died in Luke’s arms and was cremated. His force ghost appears in the end of the Original Trilogy so he is NOT alive.
Darth Plagueis has awoken from the Tomb of the Dark Lords. Nothing else would be more satisfying than Darth Plagueis. He is the creator of the Skywalker line…
He used Force Impregnate on Shmi.
its called Rape here on earth
Lol YES!
Yes Advanter. He had to wait for someone to come of Age that was not Luke. Newbern he still lives in the tomb which logically is on Star KillerBase which may be Mygeeto. The Staff will open the tomb. The saber may power the base. I got an email which is not in the Comments. Anakin did bring Balance to the Force and when that screen rolls it is changed happens for episode 7. It will be greatly unbalance. The adventures of Luke Skywalker must continue. I just wonder what Plagueis eats in the tomb. Likely hid seeds and dirt and food stores.
I think Snoke hit the snooze alarm… and it’s like the third time it’s warned him. So he was just grumbling to Kylo that it was time to start the day.
The First Order – Sith would be proud. It was their dream to have a blood red sky above them.
Everything in this latest TV spot seems to match up about perfectly with SpoilerBoard’s potential scene-by-scene rundown (in PDF form; pieced together from all the leaks, teasers, trailers and interviews)…SPOILER ALERT (do not click on the following link unless you are unconcerned about the possibility of potentially key story details being revealed:
http://spoilerboard.blogspot.com/2015/11/spoilerboard-update-v24-abc-tv-promo.html
Just a couple of weeks ago, JJ said he’s surprised that nothing has been leaked. So either this persistent synopsis rumor is completely fake or JJ is lying….
JJ is not that good at keeping secrets, did you see his pathetic attempt on STartrek?
Like I said, ‘or JJ is lying…’
Yes, it does, doesn’t it? Plus speculation about this sort of thing is always fun!
The school yard rumours in 81/82 were 99% imagination… with all the access we have today the more “fan theories” put out there the better I think – with so many differing opinions we are almost at the point of the “unknown”…
Oh yeah. I remember arguing heatedly with my friends on whether Luke would turn to the Dark Side in RotJ, if Vader had told him the truth or not, wondering who was Yoda’s “another”, etc. Those were great times indeed.
Also, kudos to Abrams and co. for doing an amazing job at keeping this thing under wraps. By this time, back in ’99, ’02 and ’05, I pretty much knew 99.9% of Eps. I, II and III already. Fan theories and speculation sure beat the hell out of real spoilers, IMO.
I don’t think a filmmaker can do anything about people’s expectations or preconceptions. All they can do is pour their hearts & souls into their work and hope for the best. Expectations are entirely on us, the fans, IMO.
Personally, I’d rather temper my expectations and be pleasantly surprised by TFA than think it’ll be greater than TESB (my favorite film ever) and be disappointed in the end. Especially because of Abrams. Not a fan of his work to this day, at all.
2 comments before bed… ESB “Greatest Film Ever”… with out doubt! Expectations… you can thank George for all the SW expectations… he did after all create this universe we are playing in… it is HIS universe regardless of whatever stupid money was paid for its IP…
I agree. TESB is the greatest film ever and SW is George’s toy, definitely. I’m thankful to him for letting us play with it for so long, and to Disney for letting us keep playing with it after they purchased it.
This is the best tv spot. Snoke and Kylo are such a badass pair. I keep thinking about how smoke looks and after that interview with Serkis saying he’s massive and his skull structure is so different I want him to be like a giant reptilian dragon sith creature. His voice just sounds so evil it’s awesome. The theme is the best too. I can’t wait anymore for this movie!!
I think his voice sounds more vulnerable and wise than evil. He must have spent many years in Palpatine’s circle.
Why does it seem that they are really trying to sell something that doesn’t need to be sold this hard? Are they not sure about that?
Disney, being the marketing masters they are, probably gave Lucasfilm a $100 million marketing budget they didn’t need, and now they’re desperately trying to find a way to spend it.
All concentrated at the end of the year at the same time. Quite a powerful balace to be kept.
Yep. Everyone whined that the movie was being kept too under wraps, and was barely being advertised. Now, just three weeks away from its wide release, it’s being shoved down our throats like nobody’s business.
I’m sure they considered that. Really wasn’t any other option though. I do hope someday studios will have the gaul to do a truly minimalist realease.
Hahaha. That’ll be the day.
Considering the movie has already made $50m in advance ticket sales, that marketing budget will likely prove a good investment!
Lol, I totally agree. Luckily for Disney, they have enough of a widespread empire that they can get a lot of free promotion (ABC, ESPN, Disney Channel).
Because there are many millions of other casual movie fans that don’t know there is a new Star Wars movie coming out. You, me and the other die hards know, but Disney wants to make sure this film, which they are confident has mass appeal, is in front of EVERYONE!
Nah. Anyone who has even a remote interest in movies knows this has been coming. Coverage has been in every newspaper and magazine since the first teaser dropped a year ago.
Nah, trust me, there are a lot of people that didn’t know up until a few weeks ago.
Well, I can’t say I have experience the same. Everyone I know knows about it, even non-film fans.
Ok, ok. Regardless, it’s going to shatter records not only on opening weekend because of the marketing hype but because it’s a great story and people will go back and see it multiple times!
How do you know it’s a great story?
Now you’re seeing too cynical. We will find out in less than 3 weeks….
No, I just don’t get the logic behind declaring the movie as a masterpiece until we’ve seen it.
Poe could have had a V8
Its snoke on the podium not hux, keep looking hes very tall
It’s Hux. If you look at 0:23 during this TV spot, you can clearyly see that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d480M0fopC0&list=PL9qHkI9lVOHeKwir-dLBzglBENfQENcnU&index=5
Snoke is in no condition to be standing out there.
Doesn’t look that tall to me.
😉
Kylo Ren in the background at :53 while Finn is screaming? Shadowy Rubble? Nothing?
Finn mentions something he has “seen”. Is he referring to Starkiller base and the firing of the First Order’s super weapon ? Is that what made hum defect from the First Order? Or did he have a “force vision” as part of the “awakening” ?
I think he’s referring to the atrocities he witnesses at the beginning of the movie that compel him to leave the First Order.
I can’t tell what is said right after Snoke says “Even you have never faced such a test”. It sounds like Kylo Ren responding maybe? It’s hard to tell. Can anyone make out what is being said?
Snoke says, “It is time.”
Most important if you see a Doc of George Lucas writing the Phantom Menace, there is a scene where he starts the whole entire Prequel Trilogy by writing on a piece of paper who is Anakins Father. You can imagine this thought could be the beginning and the end. George knew what he was writing.