After doing some dabbling with the audio of Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer today I think I’ve discovered a few things and I’m almost sure that what others have been guessing at, on some other fronts may well be true.
You might remember I was the one who first suggested it was Andy Serkis’ voice last November about thirty minutes after the initial teaser trailer hit the internet. It was confirmed just hours later surprising many that it was not Max Von Sydow’s voice.
Again in the theatrical trailer there is some confusion and guessing on who is actually speaking the female lines (other than Rey/Daisy Ridley). I believe I have discovered a few things by playing the the pitch and tone of the voices and comparing them to Lupita Nyong’o and Carrie Fisher (mostly from A New Hope).
The first thing I think I have discovered is that the line, “The Force, it’s calling to you,” is not actually a complete line that will be spoken in the upcoming movie. I believe “The Force,” said by Lupita Nyong’o has simply been taken from some other line she speaks in the movie and then “It’s calling to you,” could very well be Carrie Fisher (I think it is), reprising her accent from A New Hope (and to a lesser extent the other two Original Trilogy movies) as many have suggested. It’s so subtle and the voices are not so different that casually you don’t really hear a difference. But even if it is the same voice speaking this entire line, I still don’t believe that the entire line is “The Force, it’s calling to you.” It feels and sounds edited when playing with audio pitches and levels. I believe (highlight the below section for a possible spoiler):
Highlight//“It’s calling to you,” is in reference to the lightsaber calling to Rey, not the Force.//End Highlight
I’m also almost certain the two voices are now completely different from the “Who are you,” and the “Just let it in”. So it seems that three females do indeed talk in this trailer, which would equal the amount of male roles speaking in the trailer.
Take this for what you will but I edit and listen to a lot of audio, messing with the podcast and I’ve discovered things like this before just by playing with sound. I’m not guaranteeing this information is true but I’m very confident. We have seen plenty of lines in movie trailers taken out of context of what is actually happening visually as a misdirect or to make the trailer more exciting. In fact I’d say most movies do this so it’s no big surprise JJ Abrams, Mr. Mystery Box himself would do it. What is a little sneakier is if they blended two lines together from two completely different people.
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