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I'm with EnSabahNerd. Inquisitor's lightsaber is lame, unless it serves a functional purpose not illustrated in the trailer. Given that the bad guy is reportedly played by Benedict Cumberbatch, the flamelike appearance of the lightsaber might be an evocation of Smaug and Sauron, other villains associated with fire who were played recently by the same actor. It's got to be more than that. I'll bet it stretches full length in three directions or something, although that doesn't seem practical.

The stormtroopers have packed on a few pounds: thirty years of space pizza will do that. The ship shots are cool, but Hollywood is saturated with CG (computer generated animation) now, and one lesson that J.J. ought to have taken from the Hayden Christenson movies is that CG is no substitute for a good, well-told story.

So far, I smell a rehash of Star Trek Into Darkness, with cheap one-liners, topsy-turvy ship shots and lens flares. The movie is bound to make money, but it won't break new ground.