re: Star Wars: The Force Awakens Teaser #2 (Spolierish Discussions)

The audience reaction when BB rolled out on stage was awesome

Loved the video highlights where Abrams talks about the traditional and physical sets, the lighting and being the standard and bar, any effects on top of that are just gravy.

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Did she really just say that BB8 is "operating on his own"?

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Yes, but I am assuming that means the commands are sent either by remote control or by a computer off stage.

Earlier in the clip you hear him mention the initial thought to go CG and then instead they went this way and in that comment he mentioned puppeteers, so there is someone directing his movements, just not by being inside or by stick/rod/cabling.

A couple of my thoughts on the trailer, I like how there are apparently a couple of nods to the OT. BB-8 peering around the corner is very reminiscent of Leia peering around at the Stormtroopers onboard Tantive IV. Also, when the Falcon flies down the exhaust port of the crashed ship, it made me think of flying into the Deather Star in ROTJ.

Love the new TIE Fighters. Took me a second to figure out what I was seeing but black spars and white panels as opposed to the old grey spars and black solar panels will look really good on screen.