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Star Wars: The Force Awakens Teaser Trailer as Disney’s TRON?

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What happens if you reduce the Star Wars: The Force Awakens teaser trailer to its basic forms and highlight them as beams of neon? You get a trailer that feels like it could be set in the world of Disney’s TRON:

Okay, that’s not quite exactly TRON. But I do like it.

This trailer was made by UK artist “Neonardo” who designs animation as if it was done entirely in neon. The effect is simple and fun drawing out the essence of what makes the trailer work.

Neonardo has also created an incredible animated neon take on the Marvel Ant-Man poster. Check it out below:
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8-Bit Star Wars: The Force Awakens Teaser Trailer is Retro Fun

There is something about the fun retro feel of 8-bit (or in this case 16-bit) video games. The latest craze is recreating modern movies (or movie trailers) as if they were pixelated video game and the latest target of the trend is “Star Wars: The… Read More »8-Bit Star Wars: The Force Awakens Teaser Trailer is Retro Fun

Two Star Wars: The Force Awakens inspired designs battle on Tee Fury today.

Two fantastic new Star Wars: The Force Awakens inspired t-shirt designs on Tee Fury this morning. From designer Captain Ribman comes your first chance to buy a riff on a bubble-gum collector card wrapper “Twin Sun Battle” featuring Tie-Fighters and the Millennium Falcon. Competing is… Read More »Two Star Wars: The Force Awakens inspired designs battle on Tee Fury today.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens Action Figure Prototypes Leak

If you were a kid in the late 1970s there’s a good chance your Christmas stocking had at least one Kenner Star Wars action figure stuffed in it. Thanks to a leaked photo, we’ve gotten our first look at some of the Star Wars: The… Read More »Star Wars: The Force Awakens Action Figure Prototypes Leak

Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Character Trading Cards

Star Wars fans rejoice! Character names for The Force Awakens have been revealed! While these reveals are kept mainly to those characters in the recent trailer, it is still very exciting. Probably the coolest thing about this reveal is how they did it. Using Topp’s… Read More »Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Character Trading Cards

Star Wars Weekends at Disney’s Hollywood Studios 2015 Dates

2015 is shaping up to be a big year for Star Wars fans. It really gets going with Star Wars Weekends at Disney’s Hollywood Studios and ends with a December release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Dates for the 2015 event were just released.… Read More »Star Wars Weekends at Disney’s Hollywood Studios 2015 Dates

Pete’s Review: Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens Trailer

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If you haven’t seen it yet, take a gander at the first Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens trailer. Did you watch it? Well watch it again just to take it all in.

While this trailer is extremely exciting, it also possibly confirms a few of the rumors that have been circulating about the plot. Fair warning, these are rumors but they could turn out to be potential spoilers.

We see John Boyega’s Storm Trooper character first thing in some form of distress. If the rumors are true, then he has just suffered a crash which seems likely since his distress seems focused on the fact that he doesn’t no where he is.

We get a first look of Daisy Ridley’s scavenger character as well, hopping on her speeder in some kind of a rush. While nothing is concrete, it’s safe to assume that the planet they are on is in fact Tatooine. Not counting the fact that it is a desert planet, it is historically known to have a prevalent scavenger motif.Read More »Pete’s Review: Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens Trailer

Review: Star Wars – The Force Awakens Teaser Trailer

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Now that we’ve had a few moments to digest the first trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens and get ‘the feels’ out of the way, it’s time for a deeper look at what we see in our first glimpse of the Star Wars universe as brought to you by J.J. Abrams and team. If there’s one thing this trailer does, is it alleviates your fears. No, J.J. Abrams isn’t going to cram a million lens flares into every frame like he did with the Star Trek series. In fact, it is very much in keeping with the cinematography of the original trilogy.

In fact, this trailer appears designed to make you forget about the second trilogy (the prequels) entirely. I’d say it just about succeeds. It has the scope and adventure of the original trilogy, it evokes the dirty worn down tech we were used to, and it transports you to an otherworldly and exotic place. By the time we get to the new John Williams score, we’re ready to believe that this is going to be an awesome film.

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The narrator appears to be Andy Serkis. While we know he’s been cast, we don’t know quite what character he’s playing in the film, but it might be one of the force wielding bad guys. We see the new look Storm Troopers, very close to the classic look, but just different enough to be amazing and menacing.Read More »Review: Star Wars – The Force Awakens Teaser Trailer