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New 'Star Wars' behind the scenes video from Comic-Con is most impressive

Posted Friday, July 10, 2015 at 10:50 PM Central
Last updated Monday, July 13, 2015 at 5:25 PM Central

by John Couture

It's becoming increasingly difficult to make a statement at Comic Con these days. Thanks to the legendary Marvel panels in Hall H at the San Diego Comic Con, the bar is through the roof and the first couple of days of panels this year proved just how hard it is to move the needle.

Tim and I were discussing how anticlimactic this Con has been today when we learned that there wouldn't be a new trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens at today's panel. The return of Star Wars to Comic Con was the primo event of this year's Con, so this news practically took the rest of the air out of our sails.

Boy, we couldn't be more wrong.

Not only did the Star Wars panel reunite the original trinity in Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher, but they also debuted a new behind the scenes video that will literally bring you to tears.

Are you crying yet? I know that I am. The best part is that this video is so jam-packed with footage and interesting tidbits that we will have to watch it many more times to get all of the gold out of it.

Is it December yet? Watching this video gives me the urge to go get in line now.

Oh, I almost forgot. If the video itself wasn't enough to make the panel a classic, director J.J. Abrams borrowed a page out of Steve Jobs' playbook with a memorable one more thing.

J.J. invited the entire Hall H crowd to a live Star Wars concert complete with a stormtrooper escort. While composer John Williams was unable to oversee the concert, he did provide a video message to the fans.