This Official Millennium Falcon Video Is Also A "Dark Knight" Homage



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It’s part of a running joke on social media between Star Wars: Episode VII director J.J. Abrams and Batman v Superman director Zack Snyder. And it is getting a little weird.


On Thursday, J.J. Abrams' production company Bad Robot posted this video of the first official look at the Millennium Falcon in Star Wars: Episode VII. But it turns out to be something more... And weirder.



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We start with the familiar chords from John Williams' Star Wars score as the camera pans over a tight close-up of the Falcon.


We start with the familiar chords from John Williams' Star Wars score as the camera pans over a tight close-up of the Falcon.


So far, so head-explodingly good.


Lucasfilm / Bad Robot / Via Twitter: @bad_robot


But then, the music shifts...to Hans Zimmer's Dark Knight score?


But then, the music shifts...to Hans Zimmer's Dark Knight score?


Lucasfilm / Bad Robot / Via Twitter: @bad_robot


And the camera zooms in on… Is that?… Yup, the Batmobile from Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy.


And the camera zooms in on… Is that? … Yup, the Batmobile from Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy.


On the Millennium Falcon. What the what?


Lucasfilm / Bad Robot / Via Twitter: @bad_robot




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