Okay, this looks pretty darned good. The Stupidest Light Saber Ever is more than made up for with some very sweet Millennium Falcon action.
(h/t +Les Jenkins)
Okay, this looks pretty darned good. The Stupidest Light Saber Ever is more than made up for with some very sweet Millennium Falcon action.
(h/t +Les Jenkins)
I love the people debating the lightsaber as if its general plausibility and practicality are things to be taken seriously.
The lightsaber actually looks like more like a real sword, I'm sure they'll develop the choreography for it.
I bet Luke Skywalker patented that light saber after getting his hand chopped off…and I now patent this theory (you can patent theories, right?)
+Daniel Swensen
The argument takes into consideration the fictional elements. That is, assuming light sabers work, having a light saber guard is just going to cut your hands off. You don't see swords with blades sticking out of the side of the grip!
It looks like star trek terrible wonder why
I'm not going to have an argument over two seconds of footage. That's even more absurd than lightsabers themselves. (Love lightsabers dearly, but they're already ridiculous.)
Thank u
I've already seen an early edit of this movie. It's ok.
+Daniel Swensen Verisimilitude.
You'd say it was stupid if it was shaped like an carrot and made out of jello, wouldn't you?
How about light-nunchucks instead of a sabre? An axe? Big giant scissors?
See? You ARE taking it "seriously".
Or at least expecting it to fit into the reality of the story.
Son, you've got me all wrong. If it got toxic "fans" wetting their diapers in rage, I'd have the WHOLE FILM be nothing but light-nunchucks.
+Daniel Swensen
Okay, I can get behind that. Can we throw some Teenage Mutant Ninja Jedi in there as well? (fanfic in 3… 2… 1…)
Sure. And a three-lightsaber that shoots blades.
COOL
As a long time Star Wars fan, this makes me more concerned than confident.
I like the light saber but the millennium falcon made my centurie
As long as they leave Jar Jar Binks out of it, I will be fine.
I'm not sure if I'm more amused by the folk Rally Truly Seriously Upset by the lightsaber, or the folk saying The Light Saber Is Meaningless, Move Along.
1. The lightsaber was clearly picked as an iconic image to show in the teasers. The production / creative team thought it was significant enough to share, so I have to think it's significant enough to comment on.
2. I feel that lightsabers have been one of these ever-escalating pieces of tech over time in the SW cinematic universe. In the beginning: lightsabers. Then double-lightsabers. Then crooked-hilt and purple-colored lightsabers. This just feels like more of the "How do we make this New and Exciting and Different?" stuff, tone-deaf to the idea that lightsabers are cool without screwing around with them.
So, yeah, I think the light-crossguards are stupid. I also don't think that ruins the movie for me.
It got nerds fighting and talking and blogging, which I suspect was much of the reason for including it in the teaser. 🙂
+Daniel Swensen Fiendishly clever. "These are not the lightsabers you're looking for …" OMG THESE AREN'T THE LIGHTSABERS I'M LOOKING FOR! WHERE ARE THE LIGHTSABERS I'M LOOKING FOR?!
Light-crossguards are easier to take than bunny sleds. I’ll probably see this movie.