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TEASER TRAILERS

n the same way the trailer
for Return of the Jedi
needed no introduction,
Ithis bold departure
takes advantage of Star Wars’
long-standing hold on the
public imagination. Instead
of dialogue or even sound
from the new movie, this
teaser presents silent footage
from Attack of the Clones,
accompanied by the steady,
sinister breathing of Darth
Vader from the original trilogy.
episode TWO As the trailer builds to
its climax, staccato drums
AT TACK OF add to the tension, which
culminates in the brief sound
THE CLONES of lightsabers clashing. The
movie’s title appears with a
musical sting, and then recedes
T E ASER T R AILER #1, 2001 to black. The whole thing is
just one minute long, but stays
with you much longer.

episode THREE
REVENGE OF

THE SITH

T E A S E R T R A IL E R #1, 2 0 0 4

kilfully weaving together Alec
Guinness’ “For a thousand
generations…” speech from A New
SHope with footage from The Phantom
Menace, Attack of the Clones, and the movie
it is previewing, this epic teaser reminds
casual viewers how everything ties together
while deftly pushing their nostalgia buttons.
For full-on fans, it is both a love letter to
the movie that spawned the prequels, and
a tantalizing glimpse of everything they
had long been waiting to see: Anakin’s fall,
Vader’s rise—and Wookiees, lots of Wookiees!
As teasers go, it’s perfect: sending goose
bumps down the spine, bringing the two
trilogies together, and priming audiences for,

what was at that point, the final chapter in
the Star Wars saga.

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