Yeah and a land speeder. Three things I know. OMG I'm so excited times three.
I guess I just don't get it, how can people be so unreservedly excited? The same people that lived through the release of eps 1-3? The same people spending countless hours of their life doing fan edits of the original trilogy to fix all of the Special Editions and Lucas 'retconning' changes. Something about those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it I guess.
The one phrase that sticks in my mind from the Red Letter Media reviews was something like "the biggest case of cinematic blue balls ever". Like I said, I'm somewhat excited but these teasers are just pretty fan service shots and didn't we have plenty of that leading up to episode 1? The prequels problems were never that they weren't pretty. So far we know Episode 7 will be pretty and apparently the reaction from the internet at large is that that fact alone is worth several "I crapped/creamed my pants" posts by itself.
Hey Kid, is this cantankerous crotchetyness what it'll be like all the time when I'm old?
Why am I excited? A few reasons I guess.
A. I choose to be...at 37, not much geeks me out anymore and I miss this feeling. I felt this in 1999 for Episode 1. If I've learned anything in this life, it's that anticipation of something exciting is often better than the event itself. Christmas, the new Final Fantasy game, that next gen console, a trip to Six Flags...those feelings I used to have. That excitement. It doesn't happen much anymore so when I have a chance, I go for it.
B. Disney + J.J Abrams. This isn't Lucas and his money CG jacking off in our faces anymore, this is Disney and they want dat $$. The SW franchise will be flogged and raped to no end outside of these films, I get that. On the other hand, I do not feel they are so stupid as to seriously fuck these up. J.J. Abrams made a rock solid believer out of me with the new Star Trek movies. If you call youself a ST fan and you didn't lie the new films...you're a cynical fuck and not only need to let things go a bit, but need to be more open minded. He rebooted a dead franchise in a spectacular way. If someone's largest complaint is lens-flare, perhaps they're forgetting how monumentally horrible Episode I-III really was.
In the end, the film will be great, good or disappointing. Until then, I'm going to let myself go a bit, let myself get all excited like I used to do when I hear a new Zelda game was coming out. Sitting back all "meh" and be a cynical fuck is just not very fun.