'There has been... an awakening': Explosive Star Wars Episode VII teaser reveals new cast-members

UK Daily Mail ^ | November 28, 2014 | John Chester

[arderkrag]

AHEM

It also protected the troopers from very harsh environments as well as projectiles and kinetic energy weapons.[1] The armor significantly reduced damage to the wearer from a blaster bolt, but it could be completely penetrated by a more powerful cannon blast. The body glove allowed for operation in warm or cold climates, however it could protect the trooper from almost any environment -- from total vacuum conditions to the very extremes in cold and heat for a very limited period of time. The Imperial Army soon acquired the use of the armor in the later years of the Galactic Empire.

[Boogieman]

They couldn’t even save the stormtroopers from the stone-tipped spears and rocks that Ewoks were tossing at them.

[Boogieman]

Lucas just wanted to remake the chariot race from Ben Hur, that’s all that was.

[montag813]

Looks like the typical J.J. Abrams over-the-top action sequences that strain credulity (to say the least). Star Trek Into Darkness was horrible, both for the ridiculously impossible action sequences and the cringeworthy theft of lines from Wrath of Khan — perhaps the laziest screenwriting ever. Why is this guy so celebrated?

[GeronL]

The force was sleeping

[a fool in paradise]

I thought it was the “save the farm” bit from Little Rascals, Marx Bros’ A Day At The Races (done again as “the big show to save the production company), and the serials of the 1930s.

It’s more than just about a race scene. It’s a plot device.

[Rodamala]

Thank you.

[GeronL]

blah

[GeronL]

That website is awful period, the sidebar might as well be pornographic. A horrible website.

[GeronL]

I don’t think those moves so close to the surface are realistic, notice the X-Wing fighters are also barely above the water.

Star Wars: Battles 2 feet above the ground

[discostu]

Not hiding, just existing. It’s canon that the Empire didn’t just die with the Emperor, it just lost its figurehead. But it was a huge organization that ran with a lot of momentum and the war continued on in various forms for a very long time.

[Sybeck1]

Star Trek Into Darkness

One of the worst movies ever

[christx30]

The war probably got a lot worse after Endor, with hundreds of Admirals and senators vying for the emporer’s throne. I’m thinking it was like Game of Thrones, but with lightsabers.

[christx30]

The Empire stopped using clones some time after the clones on Kamino rebelled. http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Kamino_uprising
They recruit from humanoid races like Naboo, and Corellians. The Empire hates non-humanoid races.

[montag813]

Star Trek Into Darkness One of the worst movies ever

Did your jaw drop, as did mine, when Kirk and Spock echoed the pivotal Wrath of Khan lines? Was that not despicable?

[BenLurkin]

Why is the dark side sword a cross?

[C19fan]

For me that light saber invokes Medieval era long swords with the long “blade” and hilt. Some geeks complained the lack of a cross guard on the light sabers meant a user could accidentally slice off their fingers if they lost their grip.

[Sirius Lee]

i believe this is fake.

Fake but accurate. Like anything from a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, details are sketchy, but as a historical dramatization, Star Wars is pretty faithful to the events as they are understood to have originally transpired. But now with more lens flare.

[jmcenanly]

I noticed that the X-wings were raising spray and the Falcon was kicking up dust and showing a slight contrails, as you would expect from a real aircraft. It sholud look spectacular.