[Trivial Psychic]

You know what's a shame...I know that the trailer didn't give us much to go off of, but nearly no one can seem to find anything to discuss other than the lightsaber. It reminds me of when the trailer for "The Phantom Menace" debuted, and they showed us all of this neat stuff we never saw before, and all anyone wanted to talk about was Maul's staff saber. In fact, all the way up to the movie, it was all anyone wanted to talk about.

Really makes me wish they left the damn thing out of the trailer. It's actually working against Abrams I think at this point, as it's become such a focus point on forums and in the media that it's becoming anti-hype. When CNN is doing stories about how sword makers are scoffing the weapon design, it's more than just a slow news day, it's becoming a big deal that's taking away from some of the excitement. When we get another trailer 3 or 4 months from now, people will still wanna discuss the lightsaber. I understand all about hype machines, but what was wrong in surprising us at the theater opening day?

Going off on a tangent with that said, and I know this is going to sound contradictory as I am talking about non spoilers and trailers, but I hope the lightsaber never shows up again until the movie is actually in theaters, and the next trailer gives us something to discuss other than "oh ****" moments and action sequences that would be better reserved as surprises. ASM2 and G.I.Joe Retaliation were RUINED thanks to the amount of spoilers and "oh ****" moments it's trailers gave away. On the other hand, CA: Winter Soldier did a fantastic job at hiding the major plot points in it's trailers (unless you read spoilers, who saw Arnim Zola coming?), while Gareth Edwards did a good job at hiding stuff in Godzilla's trailers for months (until it was all spoiled by the onslaught of television commercials,) and I hope Abrams is able to do the same thing down the line with this film. The lightsaber discussion is actually starting to drive me crazy...lol.