So about that poster. It's got some new faces, some old faces, some promotional character art, oh and a BRAND NEW DEATH STAR. Perhaps this is Starkiller Base? It would be difficult to understand how it could snow on a superstructure, but hey this is Star Wars. Suspend your disbelief for a moment. We also see Leia and her new hair. It's loud. I expected nothing less. Finn is carrying the lightsaber seen in the brief teaser from the summer that appears to be Luke Skywalker's former weapon. It interests me to note that all of the notably good characters face the right, except for Rey who is looking left like Kylo Ren does in the top left corner (but yeah, Poe Dameron is looking left too). But I'm probably reading too far into that. It's just a poster, right? Right?
The poster continues the pattern of mystery and secrecy surrounding Luke Skywalker's whereabouts, appearance and allegiance. We have yet to see Mark Hamill's senior Luke in any promotional footage be it in-film or B-Roll, however there was that leaked photo of him in full Jedi robes. Maybe the final trailer will give us a glimpse into his life thirty years after the Battle of Endor. (I would like to note that many believe Luke appeared in the Star Wars Celebration teaser with R2-D2, but I remain skeptical because it would require his hand's technology to have reverted to a metal prosthetic as opposed to his original synthetic human hand).
Better yet, where is Max von Sydow in all of this? At least we know Luke Skywalker is in film and Andy Serkis is portraying a new character named Supreme Leader Snoke. Who is Sydow? We will find out soon enough.
Tune in to Monday Night Football on October 19th to catch the trailer during halftime, or wait to it to appear online right after. I'm sure it won't disappoint!
Star Wars: The Force Awakens is in theatres December 18, 2015.
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