Ranking The 11 Shots From The Star Wars: The Force Awakens Trailer

After weeks of speculation, the first footage for J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars: The Force Awakens is now available for viewing. Was it worth the hype? Did it make us turn from the comfortingly dismissive cynicism of the Dark side toward the fanboyish optimism of the Light? The consensus: yeah, pretty much. Which is a little surprising, considering how little of a trailer it actually is. Unless Abrams plans on breaking up every other shot with a black insert, just half of the 88-second trailer has any actual footage in it. At only 11 shots long, is there much of anything that we can infer about the new movie’s plot, or how good it’s going to be?

Sam Woolf Nov 28, 2014 2:08 pm2014-11-28T17:26:47-05:00

9) Hello, Daisy Ridley

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Nostalgia Bait: 10/100

Neat New Stuff: 50/100

And there’s the girl! British actress Daisy Ridley makes her entrance into the Star Wars canon in style, sporting Sandspeeder-appropriate garb that’s more practical than fashionable. Why does she look back nervously before taking off in a hurry? Who knows! But as one of only four actual people to appear in the trailer, this makes for a fine introduction to some of the third trilogy’s new blood. The dramatic zoom from medium shot to closeup lets us know that Ridley’s face is one we’ll want to be familiar with before seeing the rest of the film.

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