John Boyega stars in new 15 second 'Star Wars' trailer tease
Posted Thursday, August 27, 2015 at 5:01 PM Central
Last updated Thursday, August 27, 2015 at 5:03 PM Central
by John Couture
You all know my feelings about teasers for trailers. In general, I think they are the absolute bottom of the movie marketing food chain. I would say that I loathe them, but I think that's being too kind.
But as they say, there is an exception to every rule. For me, those exceptions usually revolve Star Wars. Earlier today, the official Star Wars Instagram account posted a 15 second teaser for the next trailer from the upcoming Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
For a Star Wars junkie like myself, that's absolute and complete torture. I've embedded the snippet below, but as you can see there are some soon to be iconic moments in this tease, namely John Boyega's Finn igniting a familiar blue lightsaber.
That moment was extra fun for me because it proves that I possess special pre-cognition powers. You may recall that we famously (or rather not so famously) wrote and acted out a script for The Force Awakens back in April as part of an April Fool's Day prank. One of the key climatic scenes in our screen play involved a lightsaber duel between Adam Driver's Kylo and Boyega's Finn. You can listen to the script read below or I've added a screen shot of the scenes in question.
So, what do you think? Do I have the power? Or am I just a really good guesser? I suppose we'll find out for sure when The Force Awakens opens on December 18.