Star Wars VII - The Force Awakens Trailer 2

Who didn’t see the new Star Wars trailer for Episode VII – The Force Awakens?  If you didn’t you must be living under a rock.   This was the second trailer to be released in regards to the movie and it was released of course at Star Wars Celebration.  Ask anyone who has seen the trailer watch how their eyes light up when they tell you about it.  I even scared and surprised my friends when they saw that I was excited beyond belief.  There is just something about the trailer that once it starts you can’t help but crack a smile as you hear the legendary haunting music that John Williams made famous.  And then you see the ruined hulks of an X-wing starfighter and a Star Destroyer in the background as Luke’s voice begins to talk about the Force and how his family is connected to it and a lightsaber is passed like a baton.  After that something in your chest beings to pound as you watch explosions going off left and right.  X-wings take off into the air as TIE fighters strafe a hanger.  The characters Finn and Rey (John Boyega & Daisy Ridley) are running for their lives.  A Sith Lord with his lightsaber grasping outwards with the Force, a phalanx of Stormtroopers and a chrome armored trooper before you reach the finale with Han Solo and Chewbacca claiming that their home. 

There is an electric current that hits you as the music picks up and all you can do is watch and pray that by the time it comes out you’ll have experienced something so profound that it borders on a near religious experience.  Or maybe that’s just me because I get chills up my spine every time I watch it and believe me I’ve seen it multiple times.  What makes this so exciting?  Is it the return of the original characters:  Luke Skywalker, Leia Organa, Han Solo, Chewbacca, C-3PO & R2-D2?  Is it the fact that we finally get to see a universe that is completely new to all and has yet to be revealed?  Is it the artistic vision that only J.J. Abrams can bring to it that returns us to on site locations shooting and sparingly used CGI effects where appropriate?  For me it’s all of these things.  To discover the identity of the Sith and what happened to the Empire.  To watch a new battle of the updated X-wings and TIE fighters.  To see a new Jedi emerge on his journey and to take up the mantle that Luke held alone against the Empire from the end of Episode IV – A New Hope to Episode VI – Return of the Jedi.  Damn, my Nerd flag is flying high and will stay there for the next 242 days until the release of Star Wars Episode VII – The Force Awakens.