Holy Cow, This International Star Wars: The Force Awakens Trailer Has Tons Of New Footage
Wow. You thought you were done with new Star Wars trailers after the recent, amazing one we just had? Think again. Disney has released an international cut of the trailer—one that is packed with new shots and dialogue.
The trailer, which you can see below, follows a similar thematic path as the recent teaser, but we get to hear more from Rey and how she’s waiting for her family. We get to see Kylo Ren’s controversial new lightsaber in action. There’s a glimpse of Leia and C-3PO, of gorgeous vistas and alien suns—and then Lupita Nyong’o’s Maz Kanata ends the trailer by saying “Hope is not lost today… it is found.” See for yourself!
There is a surprising amount of extra stuff in here, especially considering J.J. Abrams was very insistent on the previous trailer being the last new footage we’d see before the movie released. Naturally, we’ve broken down some of that new content for you into glorious gifs!
Rey checks out the wreckage of a ship on Jakku.
And enquires as to where BB-8—who is owned by Poe Dameron—came from, and teasingly mentions that she knows what it’s like to wait for her family. The question is… who’s the family? Han and Leia, like everyone thinks it is?
The shot of Rey speeding across Jakku is very Luke-and-the-binary-sunset-y, and we love it.
A busy Jakku market, and BB-8 dashes off as it spots something that gets the attention of Rey… and Finn, who’s joined her now! Presumably, BB-8’s seen the First Order making their arrival, as we’ve seen images of Finn and Rey being chased through a similar environment by Stormtroopers.
Speaking of gorgeous shots of alien suns, this one is also spectacular. TIEs at sunset!
Finn and Rey introduce themselves to each other on the Falcon. Wait, they go through all that without knowing each other’s names first?
It’s the Resistance Base! There’s Poe in the background, a brief shot of C-3PO, and PRINCESS GODDAMN LEIA. They look pretty concerned by something.
Leia’s not the only old face we get to see in the trailer. Chewbacca is here, and he’s here to BLOW SHIT UP. Presumably the exploding First Order bridge, which was in the last trailer, is just cut here for effect rather than being Chewie’s actual handiwork, but still.
On a forest world we’ve seen only glimpses of, Rey gets a close encounter with Kylo Ren’s flickering, spitting lightsaber. Careful Kylo, you’ll have someone’s eye out with that thing! There’s a few shots of his lightsaber in this trailer, and we have to say, this crossguard thing has grown on us. It looks menacing and awesome.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens is out December 18th.
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Holy Cow, This International Star Wars: The Force Awakens Trailer Has Tons Of New Footage
This Data Scientist Made a Map of Every Single US Traffic Death In the Last Decade
Statistics about traffic fatalities don’t always have the power to shock most people. Huge numbers–like 373,377, the number of people who died in traffic between 2004 and 2013, for example–are difficult for our brains to really comprehend.
“Most people have seen the statistics about traffic accidents, [but] it’s hard to understand what those numbers mean in the real world,” the data scientist Max Galka recently told Gizmodo over email. That’s why Galka spent weeks compiling millions of records from the US government’s Fatality Analysis Reporting System to create a comprehensive map of every one of those 373,377 people who have died in traffic since 2003. “The purpose of the map is to show these statistics in terms of real people, some of whom may have died in your very neighborhood,” he says.
It’s an awful map; painful to look at for anyone who has been close to one of those almost half-million people–but Galka hopes it’ll help contextualize how large-scale statistics represent real people in real neighborhoods. The individuals are broken down by age and sex, as well as whether they were a passenger or driver, a pedestrian, a cyclist, and so on.
Seen as a whole, the map tends to follow the logic of the interstate system and clusters of cities, But as you drill down into locality, Galka also created tertiary maps that organize the fatalities into causal categories: Deaths caused by speeding, drinking and driving, or distracted driving. “I tried not to interject too much of my own views, but in my opinion, many, if not most, of these accidents were from preventable causes,” Galka says.
Distracted drivers, highlighted in green.
Just like those statistics that don’t quite hit home with most people, warnings about not drinking, texting, or speeding while driving are repeated again and again in our culture–maybe seeing their real effects on a map will help drive them home. You can explore the interactive here.
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This Data Scientist Made a Map of Every Single US Traffic Death In the Last Decade
Trek Wars: The Darkness Awakens
If you are a fan of both Star Trek and Star Wars, there’s no need to debate which one is better. Both have their good points. And if you are a fan who likes both, this awesome…
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How to demolish the most common arguments against God
Are you tired of hearing the same weak atheist arguments over and over, but lack a definitive way to respond to them? Do you sense that they’re wrong, but have trouble articulating why? Chances are, you have a vague and passing familiarity with the philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas, who demolished these arguments centuries ago; […]
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Here are 10 deleted Star Wars scenes that you probably never saw before
Some of these scenes were rightfully axed. Like Luke and Leia about to share a creepy intimate kiss before C-3P0 saves the day by interrupting them. Other scenes should have never been cut. Like the scene showing the Emperor demanding that the second Death Star be fired up to blow up the moon that Han and Leia were on. And other scenes are just fun like Han being Han.
Watch these 10 deleted Star Wars scenes from ScreenRant below.
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On Stopping Mass Shootings
Reader John O. writes:
Like most other Americans, it is with great sadness that I react to news reports of firearm-related violence. As someone who has made a career of education, I share a connection to my students, and it … Read More
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Watch A Tickle Me Elmo Get Absolutely Blasted With A Jet Engine Just For Fun
If you had a jet engine strapped to a truck, the first thing you should want to do should be obvious – that’s right, you’d strap a Tickle Me Elmo to a post and shoot it with screaming hot fire.
This is well and truly what the Internet was created for, friends.
There has never been a better use for 2,500 horsepower than this. Even if he does call Elmo by the name “Elmer” a couple of times.
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Awesome DIY Kid’s Rocket Raccoon Costume
The RPF forum member Christina Borchardt and her family planned to attend a comic convention dressed up as members of the Guardians of the Galaxy even before the movie came out. She started working on her son…
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Awesome DIY Kid’s Rocket Raccoon Costume