- So this crowd behind
me is standing in line
for the first look at
some props and costumes
from Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
It's about an hour wait,
but we're gonna check it out
and see if it's worth all that time.
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So in case people don't know,
this is my best friend on earth Dawn.
- Hello.
- Who go in the room before we did
so she's giving us a tour.
- I've been waiting for a long time but--
- This is so awesome.
(gasps and squeals)
God!
- [Holly] Look at the droid.
Do you know who that is?
Is that BB-8?
- [Holly] It sure looks like BB-8.
- [Dawn] It sure looks like BB-8.
- Oh the Falcon.
The Falcon.
With the rectangular dish.
This is so beautiful.
I love this engine situation on the X.
You know what I mean, on the wing mounts?
But it's very cool.
- [Dawn] BB-8.
- [Dawn] There's another
surprise over here.
Look at the concept art.
What do you see?
- [Holly] It's Boyega.
- [Dawn] What does he have on his jacket?
(gasps and squeals)
- Holy crap spackle.
So in the concept art he has a light saber
on his jacket.
Which is significant when
you're a Star Wars nerd.
Cause that means things,
as we try to fit this puzzle together.
- [Dawn] They have black
pouches on their belts.
- [Holly] Oh they do!
That's almost like
Biker Scout armor, yeah.
Their little pouch assemblies.
Cause in previous versions
of Storm Troopers,
when you would see the
armor it was all plastics
and hard, their little pouch
and accessory assemblies.
So this is new that they
have a little cloth thing.
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I also like that they have
the textured under-layers.
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It's so beautiful.
- [Dawn] Very pretty.
I wanna see these dudes though.
I wanna see the Junkers.
- [Dawn] It's a junkyard thug.
- [Holly] Yeah.
I kind of love this.
I'd wear that to work.
- [Dawn] You would wear that to work.
(laughter)
I like the hat contraption.
- [Holly] Well, cause it's
shaped like a Biker Scout's.
- It is shaped like a Biker Scout.
- Except it's cloth.
I'm curious about the gloves
and the stuff that's
on the belt that looks,
it reads very florescent in this light.
But I bet it doesn't
read that way on film.
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Oh they're like Uggs.
(laughter)
Space Uggs.
Oh Rey.
- [Dawn] I like her a lot
more than I thought I would.
- [Holly] She is beautiful.
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Very cool.
That one shot of her
in the trailer running,
the costume is beautiful.
She too is in space Uggs.
Space Uggs are where it's at apparently.
- [Dawn] They look comfortable to me.
I have no problem.
(laughter)
She's very Sand Person even though
she's not on Tatooine.
I like the wrappings.
It hearkens back to Luke's wrappings
on his legs.
- Looking at her pike.
That's very cool.
This looks almost like a World War II
surplus item,
her little waist pack.
Snow Troopers (singing).
Ok Snow Troopers, super
popular in my house.
So this is the new
version of a Snow Trooper
that's gonna appear in The Force Awakens.
Which means rabies, rabies, rabies.
And they're quilted.
That's very cool.
Their previous ones always looked like,
they were like a wool,
almost like a blanket
that made the little waist thing
and now they're,
now they're all quilty.
Let's take a picture of the cool backpack!
That's where the magic lives,
all the little accessories.
Oh, I love it, I love it, I love it!
Ok now I do Light Saber and then Kylo Ren.
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I like that this looks kinda jenky.
You know that's been a thing.
For anybody that saw the
first teaser trailer,
everyone in the Star Wars
world was talking about
the sort of jaggedy nature
of this Light Saber,
with the cross piece
and how funky it looked
and there's been a lot of speculation
that it is because it's like, a hand made,
kind of unskilled labor effort.
And this kind of hold up that theory,
it looks a little jenky.
It does not look smooth and gorgeous
like most of the sort of art-deco
inspired Light Sabers are.
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It's probably really dangerous to carry.
This is fantasic.
- [Dawn] Right, he's gorgeous.
(groaning)
- This is one of those
things that often happens
with a lot of costumes on film.
If they're dark, you don't
appreciate all the details.
But this has amazing sort of
pleating down the sleeves.
The fabric is a really beautiful texture.
Gosh that seems heavy.
- [Dawn] It's beautiful huh?
- Like I wonder how stiff it is to wear?
These gloves are gorgeous.
One of the things I
like about this costume
compared to Darth Maul,
which had a very cool costume,
is this is kind of a leaner silhouette.
From the back in the first teaser,
where he's walking, it cuts almost a
Victorian coat kind of line,
even though it's longer.
It's not that crazy complicated.
Also I'd like to point out
that I haven't cried yet.
Very together.
Keeping my biz on track.
But I'm close, I'm getting very close.
I gotta go see BB-8 in a minute, again.
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Ok I have crazy town rabies over BB-8.
I love, I love, I love.
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Love it.
Ok we just came out and that was amazing.
I just can't convey how
amazing and exciting it is
for a life long Star Wars fan like me.
There are scenes that we have
seen in the trailer, teasers
that we get to see up close and personal.
We get to see BB-8 sitting
there looking amazing.
I am so in love with that
droid it's not even funny.
We got to see a mockette
of the new X-wings.
They're awesome.
We got to see the Falcon
with the new dish on it
that's rectangular.
We got to see some amazing costumes.
The Troopers that we
saw, but they are amazing
and new design is really beautiful.
It really hearkens back
to the McQuarrie designs
that were done for the
original trilogy a little bit.
It's just incredibly lovely.
It's so exciting!
None of these people are
gonna be let down by this.
It's awesome.
Ok so today is super exciting for us
because we are with
basically Star Wars royalty.
If you're a big Star Wars nerd
you already know who this guy is.
But for those of you
that aren't cool enough
to know that already,
this is Steve Sansweet.
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