Watch it again.
And again.
The voice over of Luke Skywalker (reminiscent of his line from Return of the Jedi) as we see shots of Vader's burned out helmet:
Then the closeup on (presumably) Luke's robotic hand:
Then a shot of the iconic Graflex lightsaber that Luke used in A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back, being handed off from somebody to somebody else:
And then we get to the shot where the X-Wings fly past the camera. That's the coolest shot in the trailer, perhaps with the exception being the shot of Han and Chewie at the end.
The motion in the shot is epic. The sounds. The composition. I can't wait to see this battle played out in theaters in December.
After the X-Wings, we get a good look at who Kylo Ren is:
The mask is very reminiscent of the old Knights of the Old Republic games. He's obviously using the force in this shot. Against who, or what?
Then we get a glimpse of the new Stormtroopers on an ice/snow planet, that is guarded by turbolaser batteries:
And then, after a climactic chase, we get a nice moment as Han tells Chewie, "Chewie, we're home."
And that's the moment that did it for me. We're home. It feels like Star Wars, and it looks like Star Wars. I guess we'll see in December.
