Watch a 16-bit version of the Rise of Skywalker trailer

Unless you’ve been living under a rock since early April, you’ve seen “The Rise of Skywalker” trailer that created a great disturbance on the internet – as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in nerdy jubilation. While most the 28 million viewers on YouTube took to it with a dissection knife and an FBI-caliber analysis committee, one fan had a very different reaction. Animator John Stratman decided he wanted to see it in a new light.

So he remade it in 16-bit.

New video! Remade the Episode 9 trailer in 16-bit Super Star Wars Style! Happy May the 4th!@rianjohnson@jjabramshttps://t.co/K6odNInjid pic.twitter.com/uesadvKzR1

— John Stratman (@stratmasterj) May 4, 2019

If you’ve ever wanted to see what a 2019 blockbuster movie trailer would look like as a Super Nintendo game … well, then you’re in the same minority as Stratman. Whether you asked for it or not, here it is in all its retro glory:

We’ve got to admit, though; if someone turned this into a playable side-scroller, we’d buy it in a heartbeat. Let us know in the comments below if you feel the same way, and we’ll see you in theaters for the real deal this December!

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