Disney is planning something big for the first Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens trailer; bigger, apparently, than airing it in front of The Hobbit.
Last week, we learned that the first trailer for J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars: The Force Awakens would debut in front of The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (which premieres December 10 in Europe, December 12 in the U.K., and December 17 in the U.S.).
Or so we thought.
SlashFilm has learned, “from a very credible source,” that while the Star Wars trailer will likely air in front of Peter Jackson’s last instalment in his Middle-Earth saga, Disney has “bigger plans” for its much-anticipated debut.
This would surely mean that we’ll see the trailer before The Hobbit premieres, but the question is: how? Online? At special screening events? Via holograms?
When 20th Century Fox was gearing up for The Phantom Menace release, the first trailer aired both before and after Meet Joe Black. That was kind of special, but we’re thinking that Disney can and will go bigger.
A spoilery description for the teaser trailer has leaked, indicating that it’ll be about a minute long:
“[It’ll] be short. And when I say short, I mean one minute long. It’s going to have The Force Theme played on woodwinds, softly, over flashing images of the main leads, each fading to black. There’s no dialogue, just reveals of the characters. And then the music swells up into a full orchestral piece – perhaps what John Williams recorded this weekend? – and we hear a female voice, likely Daisy Ridley’s, saying “Wake up.” And then the title card appears – Star Wars: The Force Awakens – and we see the Millennium Falcon, firing blasters, coming right at the camera.”