Everyone Loves the New 'Star Wars Last Jedi' Trailer
by EG
With about two months to go until the release of Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi, Disney is turning up the hype by releasing a new trailer for the sequel. The strategy is working, because everyone is talking about the trailer, and it seems that everyone loves it, especially the folks at The Hollywood Reporter.
The new Star Wars: The Last Jedi trailer has arrived, and it's as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in happiness.
To break down all of those thoughts, The Hollywood Reporter's Ryan Parker, Graeme McMillan, Erik Hayden, Ashley Lee, Patrick Shanley and Aaron Couch are taking a closer look at the trailer for Rian Johnson's film.
Aaron Couch: We deal in hyperbole when it comes to these movies all the time, but I have to ask: is this one of the best trailers of all time? I used to watch the final trailer for The Dark Knight every day in the month leading up to its release. Will I be watching this trailer every day? No, but it is likely the closest I've gotten to that feeling since.
Ryan Parker: I am blown away by the trailer. I don't think I have ever been so hyped for a Star Wars film than I am right now. It was the perfect mix of everything I was hoping it would be. We got more Luke, but not too much, some looks at Leia that really hurt my heart and some more insight into where this all is going. And according to Luke it won't end the way we think it will.
Ashley Lee: In the age of Comic-Con and D23 and every other trailer-dropping event these days, it's so rare to have to *wait* for a trailer. And remember how the Force Awakens teaser came out over a year before that movie's release? Plus, tonight's lengthy football game! But it's safe to say this was worth the wait.
Graeme McMillan: "This is not going to end the way you think it will" is one of those lines that just seems too perfect for a trailer, doesn't it? And The Last Jedi's new trailer feels ready to lean into that idea, with hints that Rey and Kylo Ren might team up, or that Luke will refuse to train Rey, that Leia's love for her son might ultimately redeem Kylo…
Erik Hayden: The newest trailer featured an interestingly skittish Luke Skywalker, some Revenge of the Sith-style cheesy CG starship battles, some needed Lord of the Rings-ish quest imagery and thankfully no boilerplate General Hux bad guy lines. Also: a humorously screeching Porg in the Millennium Falcon as it navigates some more treacherous terrain, with TIE Fighters in pursuit.
Patrick Shanley: First off, no one does cute quite like Star Wars and Porgs might have launched that adorability quotient into a completely different galaxy. They make me elicit sounds I’m not proud of. That said, this trailer was dark, man. Like, Kylo Ren listening to My Chemical Romance and writing Vader fan-fic dark.
Read more trailer impressions at The Hollywood Reporter.
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