The New ‘Star Wars’ Trailer Has The Entire Internet Talking About Space Horses
Space horses!
The new trailer for Star Wars: Rise of the Skywalker is filled with wonder, terror, action and intrigue. But fuck all that, because it also features arguably the most exciting entry into the Star Wars universe: space horses.
Yep, just as Return of the Jedi introduced us to those furry little fellas known as Ewoks, so too will Rise of the Skywalker, the final entry in a trilogy co-authored by Rian Johnson and J.J. Abrams, introduce us to intergalactic mares.
The beasts are only glimpsed very briefly in the trailer. Unfortunately, information on the internet about them is scant, to say the least. Wookiepedia, an extremely thorough encyclopedia of Star Wars terms, doesn’t even have a full page on them.
Am I having a stroke or were they actually riding space horses in the new #starwars trailer ? pic.twitter.com/WC0vC0n6Ul
— ThebombdotTom (@ThebombdotT) October 22, 2019
"and what comes through? that's right, it's the heroes riding their SPACE HORSES on the side of a STAR DESTROYER in the midst of an all-out dogfight" pic.twitter.com/5r0sDTuVaD
— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) October 22, 2019
Some digging shows that they’re called orbaks, but literally everything else about them is a mystery. Do they like space carrots? Sugar cubes? Are they dangerous to stand behind? Can you look a gift orbak in the mouth?
The internet is not telling. Guess we’ll have to wait for the film to come out to answer those questions, which I hope are addressed within the first 15 minutes, preferably by way of PowerPoint slide.
Anyway, because the internet is the internet and the mere hint of a phrase like ‘space horse’ is enough to turn the place into a joyful den of invention, the creatures have already become viral memes.
they are mounting
space horses
on top of a star destroyer
I fucking love Star Wars https://t.co/FaRvC1c8cl
— ∂αℓια ⁷ (@foreverakilljoy) October 22, 2019
Star Wars has always EXCELLED at doing a space battle and a ground battle and an emotional lightsaber fight at the same time and DID THEY JUST COMBINE THE SPACE AND GROUND BATTLES, ARE THEY RIDING HORSES ON A FUCKING SPACESHIP pic.twitter.com/dLOA4rCltA
— Cameron 🏝️🦋 (@bb8fanclub) October 22, 2019
Finn: it runs on the ground
Poe: *looking at space-horse*
Poe: i don’t get it
— Jim does a Star War (@ObsKenobs) October 22, 2019
space horses pic.twitter.com/PzDeqzB9Vm
— Josh Billinson (@jbillinson) October 22, 2019
The superior space horse https://t.co/bAibwuwrYB pic.twitter.com/kPfqilVYGB
— OTMemes (@OT_MEMES) October 22, 2019
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker didn't really have me until I saw that there's a space horse girl riding a space horse on top of a space ship in this new one.
— Meghan O’Keefe (@megsokay) October 22, 2019
*when you see your heroes riding space horses*
vs.
*when you see WHERE they're riding space horses*#StarWars #TheRiseOfSkywalker pic.twitter.com/RnYnyvjL8m— Brendan Agnew (@BLCAgnew) October 22, 2019
gonna take my space horse to the old town road pic.twitter.com/9bDQxVxaor
— Patrick Lenton (@PatrickLenton) October 22, 2019
Of course, as some have already pointed out, space horses aren’t an entirely new addition to the Star Wars canon. Tauntauns have been a part of the universe for yonks. Oh, and Rian Johnson put a whole bunch of equestrian creatures into his film, The Last Jedi, only to have his anti-animal cruelty message mocked by exactly the same kind of fans who are now rushing to throw rose petals at J.J. Abrams’ feet.
Oh well. Space horses!
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