Although some fans regarded The Force Awakens as a bit of a retread into some of the safer Star Wars ideas from A New Hope, other people associated with the development of The Last Jedi have remarked on how fundamentally distinct it feels from other installments in the Star Wars franchise.
At this point, all eyes are on The Last Jedi to do something incredibly different and unique with the galaxy far, far away.
Judging by everything that we can see in that particular trailer, it certainly looks like we are not getting a retread of The Empire Strikes Back.
Rian Johnson has done something that seems unprecedented in the realm of Star Wars, and now he wants people to start getting excited about the potential of the project.