Sounds is just as important toStar Warsas the visual element. So when it came time to watch the newStar Wars: The Last Jeditrailer, many fans waited until they could crank that volume knob up to 11 and watch it on their personal home theater system with that new John Williams score backing all the iconic sound effects we’ve come to love and cherish over the past 40 years. Alas, oneStar Wars 8actor wasn’t able to enjoy the trailer in such a matter. He didn’t even get to hear the sounds audible through his iPhone. Instead he had to settle for watching it from afar, with no sound at all.
Who are we talking about? PoorGeneral Hux, that’s who. And the guy doesn’t even show up in this latest footage. Which is one reason why actorDomhnall Gleesondidn’t even attempt to reach for that volume knob in a crowded bar, when the latestStar Warstrailer interrupted NFL halftime.
Domhnall Gleeson was watching the Chicago Bears vs. the Minnesota Vikings in a very crowded and rowdy bar full of sports nuts. And he delivers this hilarious explanation as to way he was afraid to reach for the remote and turn up the sound.
“I couldn’t be like, ‘Hey, keep it down. I’m trying to watch this! I might be in this… Oh, no, I’m not.'”
There’s no doubt, mostfans who watched the trailer for the first timehad a better viewing experience than one of its own main stars. Domhnall Gleeson reprises his role as General Hux fromThe Force Awakens, as he tries to rally his First Order troops against an incoming invasion by the Resistance. We get to see some of his battle in the opening moments as newly manufactured AT-ATs go against speeders on the planet Crait. But Hux doesn’t make an appearance in the footage this time around. So Gleeson is particularly glad that he didn’t stop the action at his local bar. It might have been one thing if the noise of the crowd was drowning out the football game. But that wasn’t the case.
“There was a band on, and I couldn’t be like, ‘Hey, keep it down. I’m trying to watch this!’ I couldn’t do that!”
Don’t worry. When Domhnall Gleeson finally got home later that night, he went to the officialStar WarsYoutube channel and fired up the trailer on his computer. He watched it a second time with sounds. And his jaw dropped at what he saw.
“I thought it was amazingly coo. I can’t wait to see the film.”
According toThe Hollywood Reporter, Domhnall Gleeson is too cool to cry about his character General Hux not showing up in theLast Jeditrailer. It didn’t keep thisStar Warsstar from being excited. If you haven’t yet seen the new trailer, whichfailed to break IT’s trailer view record, you can watch the embed here.
