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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?

7) Driving Miss Daisy

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Ridley’s big profile shot is followed up with something a little more expansive. The Speeder she rides off on into one of Tatooine’s sunsets is a pleasant reminder of how part of what’s charming about Star Wars is how silly and counterintuitive the ship designs are.

A giant orange USB stick is hardly the sleekest or sexiest vehicle out there, but it’s the weathered paint job on the hover-jalopy that gives it plenty of personality. The closing swing round to show Ridley heading towards a sparsely populated Tatooine horizon leaves you wondering who she’s in such a hurry to see (or get away from).

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