Attack on Junon - FFVII Revelation SGF 2026 Trailer Analysis Pt2 | Game Analysis #37 - Video

Meteor looms in the sky, Avalanche is captured, and planetary superweapons are running amok. Amidst the chaos, Cid & Vincent hijack the Highwind, Tifa unshackles herself, and Sapphire Weapon attacks.

In this analysis video, we continue our chronological coverage of footage from the Final Fantasy VII Revelation trailers shown at Summer Game Fest 2026. Today's topic: Avalanche's execution at and Sapphire Weapon's attack on the naval fortress Junon.

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This video is based on the (footnoted & hyperlinked) article first posted to our Substack on July 2, 2026: https://ccobservatory.substack.com/p/attack-on-junon-ffvii-revelation-trailer-analysis-part2

Vyzzuvazzadth: Analysis, script (Substack article)
Kutakuma: Narration
Dachdagger: Video editing, footage

--- Timestamps:

00:00:00 Intro

00:00:46 MENACING METEOR IN THE BLUE SKY

00:09:51 RUFUS' ANNOUNCEMENT SPEECH
00:11:12 Conflict with Wutai
00:11:41 Connection to Avalanche
00:13:49 Political Chess
00:15:39 The Man Behind the Curtain
00:21:43 Master of Puppets
00:25:37 Many Moving Pieces

00:31:30 HIJACKING THE HIGHWIND
00:33:46 Location and Positioning
00:36:22 Sneaking Mission
00:40:37 Highwind’s Hot Mascot

00:44:13 BARRET IN TROUBLE
00:44:39 Shinra Trooper Design
00:46:40 Point in the Story

00:49:38 YUFFIE & NANAKI ON THE RUN
00:50:17 Location
00:52:07 Placement in the Story

00:54:01 SAPPHIRE WEAPON EMERGES
00:55:46 The Original Chain of Events

00:58:28 THE REMADE ATTACK ON JUNON
00:58:38 Weapon Approaches
01:01:34 Tifa in Trouble
01:02:00 Differences to the Original Version
01:04:24 How to Break those Chains
01:07:00 Gas is in the Air
01:09:26 Free Yet Trapped
01:10:35 The Duality of Graphical Fidelity
01:11:42 Attack on Titan
01:14:15 Sea Snake or Shrimp?
01:17:30 Main Weapon Revelation
01:19:25 Getting Ready to Fire
01:22:28 Near Miss

01:27:17 DEVIATION THROUGH DODGING
01:29:47 The Third Possibility
01:32:03 Fighting the Weapon
01:34:18 Outro

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|| REFERENCES

--- FFVII Revelation videos:
Gameplay introduction trailer: https://youtu.be/uVMg1Ub-6-Y
Sapphire Weapon attacks: https://youtu.be/QdNmVWXuYec?t=7128

--- Previous analyses:
Rufus: https://youtu.be/zUJfdq_TcZI&t=1583s
Rewriting History: https://youtu.be/Pu_f1UfpEyQ?t=5921
The New Ending: https://youtu.be/O_4KXgSu5j4&t=14902s
The analysis so far: https://youtu.be/zUJfdq_TcZI&t=7241s
Lower half of the face:
- https://youtu.be/Pu_f1UfpEyQ?t=1026
- https://youtu.be/8eqRzfKFL_Q?t=2041
Sephiroth's Influence: https://youtu.be/cME0FVti1wo?t=4779

--- Interviews:
automaton-media.com:
- https://shorturl.at/EvlcQ
- https://shorturl.at/yzSKb
https://www.famitsu.com/article/202606/77331
https://www.4gamer.net/games/013/G101379/20260607016/

--- Terms
SOLDIER P0 Class Prototype: https://finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/SOLDIER#P0_SOLDIER_class
Free-Time Events (FF Type-0): https://finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Free_Time_Event
Time (Lightning Returns: FFXIII): https://finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Time_(Lightning_Returns)
Solar flare: https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/What_are_solar_flares
Coronal mass ejection: https://www.space.com/coronal-mass-ejections-cme
Difference between both: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11667/
False flag operation: https://corbettreport.com/a-brief-history-of-false-flag-terror/
Patagium: https://biomemedia.org/glossary/patagium/
Full-Motion Video: https://fmvworld.com/faq.html

--- Music
Attack of the WEAPON: https://youtu.be/asxyJpPhx_s?t=62

|| MUSIC USED

--- REMAKE OST:
Rufus Shinra
Shinras Theme
Mako Reactor 1
Wutai Jukebox Ver.
Bombing Mission

--- REBIRTH OST:
Cosmo Canyon - Sanctum of Planetology
Assassination Attempt
Another Buster Sword
Queens Blood
Barret's Theme
Weapon's Cry
Grasptropod
Purest of Materia
Rumble with Rufus

--- REBIRTH PLUS OST:
Remnawave Tower Activation
Attack on Kalm
Tifa's Theme
Thinking Ahead
Fire in the Hole
Gun-Armed Men
The Tiny Bronco Soars

--- EVER CRISIS:
The Northern Cave
The Highwind Takes to the Skies