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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?

4) Trooper Reveal

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Nostalgia Bait: 90/100

Neat New Stuff: 30/100

Closing out the first act of the trailer with a bang, the reveal of the Stormtroopers marks the point where everyone knows without question they’re watching a trailer for a Star Wars movie. For what were essentially useless henchmen in the original trilogy, the return of the Stormtroopers is a celebratory one, and says a lot about the state of the galaxy we ourselves will be returning to.

Plus, the slight redesign on the helmets helps separate old from new. Is the teardrop-style black bar around the jawline meant to imply the Troopers are still really sad about the Emperor dying, or that they all killed a man in space prison? Only time will tell.

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