OTTAWA, ON—Benjamin Cole, 36, is embarrassed to confess that like a total and complete nerd, the new Rogue One trailer has made him look forward to the next installment of the most universally beloved and successful movie franchise ever created by man.

"I don't know, I think enormous nerds like me feel socially alienated sometimes because we're into some pretty weird and obscure stuff," Cole explains, gesturing to his Seinfeld t-shirt.

"Oh man, I'm such a Seinfeld nerd too," he adds, referring to the hugely profitable TV program written specifically so that every living person on earth could relate to it.

"I've seen every episode at least three times," he mumbles, fiddling with the fraying Back to the Future Band-Aid on his pinky finger. "Don't judge me. I feel like my family judges me pretty hard for that stuff."

Cole's father George says his son is probably right about that. "When Ben was a teenager he'd stay up late watching the Star Warsmovies," he says.

"God, I used to be worried sick about his emotional and social development. Nothing can prepare you for having a child who enjoys and consumes popular culture that's specifically marketed to appeal to the hopes, dreams, and fantasies of his exact demographic."

Cole says he watched the Rogue One teaser this morning at his desk at his IT job, furtively looking around the office to make sure no one could see the unquestionably dorky thing he was doing: enjoying accessible and relatable characters engaged in exciting, visually stimulating activities.

He says about 20 seconds into the trailer his boss came by and glanced at the video on his screen, causing Cole deep feelings of humiliation.

"She... she sort of heavily breathed the word 'Awesome!' and pulled up a chair," Cole explains.

Cole confirms that he will be first in line to see Rogue One when it's released in theatres this December.

"I know, I know, I'm like the biggest dweeb ever to exist," he smiles, blushing furiously.

"It's hard for other people to understand why a guy would spend money on thoroughly enjoyable entertainment on the day that it's been made available for public consumption," he stammers. "But I love and accept myself for who I am, not who society wants me to be."