Polygon - Everything you need to know about the Force Awakens trailerhttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/42931/favicon.ico2015-10-20T01:41:37-04:00http://www.polygon.com/rss/stream/93361222015-10-20T01:41:37-04:002015-10-20T01:41:37-04:00Everything you need to know about the amazing Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer
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<h1>Everything you need to know about the latest amazing Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer</h1>
<p class="mg-byline">By <em><a href="http://www.polygon.com/users/davetach">Dave Tach</a> </em> <a href="https://twitter.com/dptach" class="twitter">@dptach</a></p>
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<p>This is a proper <em>Star Wars: The Force Awakens</em> trailer. Not a teaser, not a montage of characters reacting, explosions and vehicles in a galaxy far, far away. This is an honest-to-goodness, plot-filled trailer.</p>
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<p>Taking only what we've watched so far in trailers, what the actors have said of their roles and the movie's recent theatrical poster,...</p>
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https://www.polygon.com/2015/10/20/9572741/star-wars-force-awakens-trailer-explanation-story-han-leiaDave Tach2015-10-20T00:00:01-04:002015-10-20T00:00:01-04:00Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer: Five best moments in gifs
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<p>On Monday, Disney aired the final theatrical trailer for its upcoming Star Wars film, <i>The Force Awakens</i>.</p>
<p>While the trailer definitely provided some more insight into what the heroes of sci-fi's most epic universe will have to face in the seventh installment, it also had some pretty great standalone visual moments.</p>
<p>Collected below are five of the best scenes from the trailer, in gif form for your viewing and saving pleasure.</p>
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<p><b>"It's true, all of it."</b></p>
<p>In this scene, Rey (Daisy Ridley) is asking Han Solo (Harrison Ford) about all of the stories they've heard regarding his adventures with fellow space renegdes Luke and Leia Skywalker (Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher). With a stoic look on his face, Han simply stares at her...</p>
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https://www.polygon.com/2015/10/20/9572483/star-wars-the-force-awakens-trailer-five-best-moments-in-gifsJulia Alexander2015-10-19T22:09:38-04:002015-10-19T22:09:38-04:00Watch the final trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens right now
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<p>Disney unveiled the final trailer for <i>Star Wars: The Force Awakens</i> during Monday Night Football tonight, and you can watch it above.</p>
<p>Two words: Holy shit.</p>
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https://www.polygon.com/2015/10/19/9571949/star-wars-the-force-awakens-trailer-final-footballBen Kuchera2015-10-19T20:42:02-04:002015-10-19T20:42:02-04:00AMC Theaters, Fandango crash during pre-orders for Star Wars: Force Awakens tickets
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<p>Echoing earlier problems in the U.K., certain theater chain websites in the U.S. have become victim to the massive group of fans trying to buy <i>Star Wars: The Force Awakens</i> tickets. People took to Twitter Monday night to express their grief with not being able to pre-order tickets to any of the film's first viewings because of websites crashing as soon as they opened them.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/Fandango">@Fandango</a> Nice going. I see all those surcharges didn't go to server upgrades. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/fandango?src=hash">#fandango</a></p>
— Joe Tricarico (@TrickPixels) <a href="https://twitter.com/TrickPixels/status/656266718013190144">October 20, 2015</a>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/Fandango">@Fandango</a>'s servers right now. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/StarWarsTheForceAwakens?src=hash">#StarWarsTheForceAwakens</a> <a href="https://t.co/HcdOSNF0J2">pic.twitter.com/HcdOSNF0J2</a></p>
— Matt Karolian (@mkarolian) <a href="https://twitter.com/mkarolian/status/656266801702129664">October 20, 2015</a>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Wow. Fandango is down, AMC Theaters is down, Alamo Drafthouse is down. Star Wars...</p>
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https://www.polygon.com/2015/10/19/9572067/amc-theaters-fandango-crash-during-pre-orders-for-force-awakensJulia Alexander2015-10-19T20:00:02-04:002015-10-19T20:00:02-04:00Star Wars parody poster designer absolutely loves Jar Jar Binks
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<p>Movie poster designer extraordinaire Olly Gibbs was in the middle of making lasagna when the official poster for <i>Star Wars: The Force Awakens </i>was revealed to the world on Twitter.</p>
<p>From the time he saw it to the time he finished his own parody mockup, he had not only finished making his dinner, but he also unknowingly created the next viral Star Wars sensation.</p>
<p>When asked by Polygon why he decided to go with an all-Jar Jar Binks reimagining of the poster, Gibbs confided that he had a little bit of love in his heart for one of the franchise's most controversial characters.</p>
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<p>"I find your lack of faith in the Binks disturbing," he said via email when prodded on the decision. "My first Star Wars film I ever saw in...</p>
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https://www.polygon.com/2015/10/19/9571223/star-wars-parody-poster-designer-absolutely-loves-jar-jar-binksJulia Alexander2015-10-19T17:30:01-04:002015-10-19T17:30:01-04:00Movie theater sites are crashing under Force Awakens pre-order traffic
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<p>Although not unexpected, it's official: Pre-order tickets for <i>Star Wars: The Force Awakens</i> are crashing movie theater chain sites. People in the U.K. clambering to purchase tickets have already taken down Odeon and Picturehouse Cinema websites, <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/star-wars-advance-ticket-demand-832977" target="_blank">according to The Hollywood Reporter.</a></p>
<p>Because of the crash, Odeon couldn't give out numbers on exactly how many tickets were sold, but another theater company -Vue- reported 10,000 tickets sold in just 90 minutes.</p>
<p>A spokesperson told the trade publication that it was one of "the biggest first [hours] of advance ticket sales seen so far this year," and that it would normally take weeks for ticket sales to reach today's record breaking numbers.</p>
<p>Whether or not this foreshadows what American and...</p>
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https://www.polygon.com/2015/10/19/9570349/movie-theater-sites-are-crashing-under-force-awakens-pre-order-trafficJulia Alexander2015-10-19T15:00:02-04:002015-10-19T15:00:02-04:00The Force Awakens poster gets reimagined with Jar Jar Binks, Batman and John Cena
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<p>As people anxiously waited for the official <i>Star Wars: The Force Awakens</i> poster to be unveiled Sunday, some internet dwellers saw the perfect opportunity to meme-ify it as quickly as possible.</p>
<p>From bringing back Jar Jar Binks to the universe to letting Warner Bros.' get in on the action, here are some of the best "improved posters" that the internet came up with.</p>
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<p>The above poster, <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/heroichollywood/status/655924010727768064">courtesy of Heroic Hollywood</a>, reimagines the Star Wars poster with the upcoming cast of Warner Bros.' biggest superhero movie yet, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Notice that Ben Affleck's Batman still looks incredibly sad, even in the new universe.</p>
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<p>Perhaps the most terrifying thing to happen to the Star Wars...</p>
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https://www.polygon.com/2015/10/19/9567769/star-wars-the-force-awakens-poster-gets-reimagined-with-jar-jarJulia Alexander2015-10-19T13:35:29-04:002015-10-19T13:35:29-04:00All the teasers for tonight's Star Wars trailer in one place
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<p>For those of you who missed it the first time it came around in 1999 for the prequels, you are now witness to the fully operational <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="/franchise/star-wars/741">Star Wars</a> hype engine. First came <a href="http://www.polygon.com/2015/10/18/9563673/star-wars-force-awakens-poster-trailer-news">the new poster</a>, then <a href="http://www.polygon.com/2015/10/19/9566609/star-wars-the-force-awakens-emojis-come-to-twitter">emojis</a> and finally the announcement of multiple officially sanctioned <a href="http://www.polygon.com/2015/10/18/9563773/star-wars-the-force-awakens-marathon-details-theatrical">movie marathons</a> around the country. Now we get to the main event; prepping for the release of the trailer.</p>
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