The sleeper awakens
I'm not usually a fan of sub-30-second teasers, but when it comes to The Force Awakens I'll take anything I can get. Courtesy of the Star Wars Instagram account, this snippet gives us a glimpse at The First Order's military forces, as well as main characters Rey and Finn in action. It's short but sweet, and features one or two images that are sure to get the Star Wars faithful's pulses racing.
The trailer opens on a group of characters looking out over the First Order's ranks. Quite who they are is a mystery, but I definitely spotted Phasma's chrome dome on the left there. Could the chap at the edge of the dais be Andy Serkis' Supreme Leader Snoke? It's hard to tell, but the character looks human, which doesn't fit with what we know about Snoke's character - Serkis donned a mocap suit for his part, leading many to believe Snoke wouldn't be your run-of-the-mill homo sapiens. Perhaps he's just a lumpy-faced villain, a la Emperor Palpatine, or even some kind of robot-human hybrid?
The scene that's likely to push hype-o-meters into the red is that of John Boyega's Finn firing up his lightsaber, awash in neon blue light, amidst swirls of falling snow and looking ready to do some serious damage. An earlier scene - one we've seen in a previous trailer - shows bad guy Kylo Ren firing up his own 'saber in the same snowy locale, suggesting that the two cross blades at some point in the film. Oh, the music syncing up with the lightsabers crackling to life is a nice touch.
Rumour has it the full trailer will be with us by the end of this week.
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