Star Wars Episode VII News: Week 35

Will The Episode VII Trailer Be Released With The Hobbit?

     Not much happened this week in The Force Awakens news (I'll be using The Force Awakens and Episode VII interchangeably from now on). Nothing, that is, until two reports emerged almost simultaneously about the Episode VII trailer. Now, no Star Wars movie has ever released a trailer more than 10 months in advance. Lucasfilm was known to be secretive, not wanting to give away any details. Was known to be secretive.

     According to Star Wars Episode VII News, the trailer for The Force Awakens will be premiering next month, with December 17th's The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies. This comes from a tweet from Reece Steel, who said: "Had a talk with Thomas Gormley today, when asked about the teaser trailer for Star Wars VII he said, 'You might want to go see The Hobbit.' :) ". His tweet and Twitter account were shortly deleted. Strange if he was just making it up. If this rumor is true, it would make a lot of sense, as it is almost exactly a year before Episode VII's premier (December 18). It's strange that Disney would cross promote. It would seem more likely that The Force Awakens trailer would debut on a Disney TV show, like Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. or Star Wars Rebels. It is very possible, though; Disney has cross promoted in the past. All of this could be rendered null and void if the trailer leaks online, like with Avengers: Age of Ultron. With all the secrecy at Disney, it would be difficult. But never mess with hardcore Star Wars fans; they'll somehow find a way.

     The details may have already leaked: According to BadAss Digest, some unknowable sources say that the trailer will be one minute long or less. The Force Theme (the one that plays as Luke Skywalker gazes at the twin sunset on Tatooine in Star Wars) will be playing on woodwinds, with an overlay of shots of the cast of Episode VII in succession, with each fading to black. The orchestra gets louder and louder, then a female voice whispers, "Wake up." Then the title: Star Wars: The Force Awakens, appears. The Millennium Falcon with full blasters firing, flies toward the camera. Cut to black.

     "Wake up"?! Can Disney be any more obvious with the whole The Force Awakens thing? But, in reality, this is probably exactly what a trailer for Episode VII needs. No huge reveals, no in depth craziness. It's still over a year away, and the first trailer needs to pump fans up just enough to get them excited, but not enough so that they get impatient. A teaser trailer should be just that-- a teaser. If this is what the trailer consists of, then it will be a reminder that something huge is on the way.

     And it is.