I have seen quite a bit of people complaining about the new Star Wars trailer. Here are some examples of what I've been seeing:
"Hurr durrr the lightsaber is different. y would they do that. y pls somebody tell me y."
"That little soccer droid is stupid droids never looked like that in the other movies. I'm pissed."
"That speeder looks like a big brown popsicle speeder bikes don't look like that."
"A black stormtrooper? They're trying too hard."
"Abrams is just trying new things in Star Wars but he's trying too hard."
You guys do realize that this movie is set 30 years after the original trilogy, right? Also, technology advances over time. I bet half of the tech that we saw in the teaser were leaps and bounds ahead of what took it's place in the past. As Star Wars is a technologically based universe, it isn't hard to piece together that droids, weapons, transportation, and misc. items would advance as soon as they could. I find your lack of faith in Abrams disturbing.
On the stormtrooper, that can easily be answered in EU lore with a simple explanation. The Empire decided to use multiple templates for the cloning of the troopers after a situation with the Fett template caused a massive issue for them. Not only that, but people could enlist in the Imperial Army and undergo training to join the ranks of the Galactic Empire. A few Google searches and 5 minutes would reveal that easily. I understand that the internet is a wretched hive of scum and villany, but if you were curious as to why things look a tad different than you're used to, a quick Google search will ease your mind.
I understand that this is completely out there for anybody who doesn't know about the Star Wars EU, but the stuck-up, half-witted, scruffy-looking nerf-herders complaining about changes in technology really need to be educated on what 'advancement of society' really means. Look at our own history. We have made quite a leap in technology in the past 30 years.
If you aren't excited about this movie and the new breath of life being brought into this universe, then you need to go home and rethink your life.
