Star Wars: Rogue One Story Trailer

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brandonh83 said:
We've never seen this story.
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Yeah. We've only read about it during the first paragraph of the opening crawl of A New Hope. That's what's really exciting for me. Because, in the crawl, it said that that was the Rebellion's first major strike against the Empire, and that during the battle a group of Rebels were able to steal the plans. I assume that means we will have concurrent storylines for the Rebels. One for those fighting in the actual battle and another for the group that steals the plans. I do hope the movie ends with the plans being sent to the Tantive IV with Vader's Star Destroyer in pursuit. While it could almost veer into Prequel Trilogy territory, I think it could be interesting to see Vader acknowledge how close they are to Tatooine.
 
brandonh83 said:
Starkiller absolutely is an obstacle and not only for Rey.
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Its more like a giant distraction. Its like if Marion got kidnapped about 2/3rds of the way through Raiders of the Lost Ark and then Indy has to stop looking for the Covenant and go fight this giant Nazi war machine in London that was suddenly introduced halfway through the movie.

Then they get back home and the covenant just so happens to be there for no particular reason except that the movie's over. Thanks R2.
 
Starkville Base was easily my least favourite aspect of TFA. I'd rather have seen the First Order re-Empired itself by just invading the New Republic's core system and destroying things the old fashioned way.

Of course, Starkville Base, TFA etc have nothing to do with Rogue One.

brandonh83 said:
We've never seen this story.
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At this rate we'll soon reach a point people will be upset that these (sci-fi action) movies feature blasters and laser swords.
 
Escape Goat said:
Why is there a map to find Luke? Who made it? I havent watched the movie in awhile and I didnt read the novel.
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Not all the details on the map are known. The new EU is getting to that currently. All we know (and this is only putatively canon because it comes from the LEGO TFA game, and since that game gives us the conclusion to the story arc started in the C-3PO spinoff comic we've been running under the assumption that everything in it represents a comedic interpretation of canon events) is that the Sacred Order of Ramulus, an Ottegan religious order, used the Great Eye of Kalur to create the map and gave it to Lor San Tekka to aid the Resistance. Now what exactly the Sacred Order of Ramulus or the Great Eye of Kalur are, nobody knows.

R2's portion of the map came from the Galactic Empire's archives that he downloaded from the Death Star when he plugged into it in ANH, but the map was missing a portion because Ach-to is in a remote area.
 
ViewtifulJC said:
Its more like a giant distraction.
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The story is also about Kylo Ren trying to find Luke. Kylo takes Rey to his base-- Starkiller-- to get the information. Distraction, obstacle, same shit. It's a bump in the road like any story has. Starkiller doesn't have to be directly correlated with Luke just to earn a place in the story. There's more to the story than just finding Luke, and the events on Starkiller Base are also what mostly propels Rey to realize that finding Luke is more critical than she may have initially thought. Like I said, she didn't want any part of it at first as the visions spooked her.

However, the events that transpired at Starkiller base, from Rey seeing that some bad guys are after Luke to kill him, that they have this huge weapon and are a legitimate threat to the galaxy-- this stuff leads to her seeing just how important her tracking down Luke may actually be.
 
chicko1983 said:
I remember reading that this film was essentially a heist film.

Even though the Death Star is in it, and the rebels want to destroy it, they do not destroy it in this film - that happens in ANH.

So I'm looking forward to a movie where they come up with a plan to steal the Death Star plans, there are behind enemy lines and everything turns to shit, some of the team dies or gets captured and there is a great ending chase scene.
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Hopefully this is executed well, but I am also not feeling the actors in the trailer and hope they prove me wrong.
 
The more I think about this the more strange I think being a "Star Wars Story" is in regards to this film, this is as much a part of the Main Story of Star Wars as any other film, it even has a Skywalker in it. What happens, the outcome, dictates directly what happens next and not in a way you could say other films will in the "Story" bracket.
 
chicko1983 said:
I remember reading that this film was essentially a heist film.

Even though the Death Star is in it, and the rebels want to destroy it, they do not destroy it in this film - that happens in ANH.

So I'm looking forward to a movie where they come up with a plan to steal the Death Star plans, there are behind enemy lines and everything turns to shit, some of the team dies or gets captured and there is a great ending chase scene.
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Would be kind of funny if this film made the audience fall in love with the main characters, only to have them captured and sent to the Death Star for detainment. Then have Luke come and heroically blow the whole damn thing up while whooping and hollering.
 
Mr Cola said:
The more I think about this the more strange I think being a "Star Wars Story" is in regards to this film, this is as much a part of the Main Story of Star Wars as any other film, it even has a Skywalker in it. What happens, the outcome, dictates directly what happens next and not in a way you could say other films will in the "Story" bracket.
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I'm sure Vader will be a cameo at most. The guy in the white cape is the main antagonist.
 
MMarston said:
So guys, the real question is


How are we doing marathons now?
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Start with IV. Watch the first ten minutes, then switch to Rogue One for an extended flashback when the droids land on Tatooine. Watch Rogue One. You may also watch Rebels here, or wait until later. Go back to IV. Finish IV, go on to the Holiday Special, and then watch V. Now go back to TPM. Watch I, then II. Now watch every episode of The Clone Wars as well as the animated film in chronological order. Continue on to Caravan of Courage: An Ewoks Adventure, Ewoks: Battle for Endor, and then RotJ. Watch VI until the revelation that Leia and Luke are siblings. Swap VI for III. Pick up VI after you finish III, or, if you skipped it earlier, watch every episode of Rebels and then continue VI. Wait 30 years, and then watch Episode VII. Now you're ready for Episode VIII!
 
DiipuSurotu said:
I'm sure Vader will be a cameo at most. The guy in the white cape is the main antagonist.
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I know it just seems, almost a technicality to say this isnt episodic, with the Solo film for example they are going younger and, although you can say everything that happens to him affects things going forward its much less tangeable, probably taking place a few years before episode 4 (Would have to considering a new actor). So you can kind of throw that off and say "Story" but this is the direct events that continue the story and cause the repocussions in ANH, and not by proxy, directly, you can watch this film then ANH and you are watching a direct continuation of events (Albeit maybe a different tone).

It just feels like this not being an episode is sort of strange.
 
brandonh83 said:
However, the events that transpired at Starkiller base, from Rey seeing that some bad guys are after Luke to kill him, that they have this huge weapon and are a legitimate threat to the galaxy-- this stuff leads to her seeing just how important her tracking down Luke may actually be.
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She wanted her family and then to find Luke, then she sees some inscrutable nonsense visions of scary people so she runs away...then she just magically learns the Force in 10 seconds and decides "huh, finding Luke is my motivation again". And then the last piece to find Luke just shows up at their doorstep for no real reason, the events of Starkiller having absolutely nothing to do with it.

like this is not a strong story lol.

I think Civil War had a similar problem. There was the Civil War stuff that climaxed at the airport...and then the movie started over with a new conflict between Iron Man/Captain America/Winter Soldier wholly independent from the registration thing they were arguing about for 2 hours
 
TheXbox said:
Start with IV. Watch the first ten minutes, then switch to Rogue One for an extended flashback when the droids land on Tatooine. Watch Rogue One. You may also watch Rebels here, or wait until later. Go back to IV. Finish IV, go on to the Holiday Special, and then watch V. Now go back to TPM. Watch I, then II. Now watch every episode of The Clone Wars as well as the animated film in chronological order. Continue on to Caravan of Courage: An Ewoks Adventure, Ewoks: Battle for Endor, and then RotJ. Watch VI until the revelation that Leia and Luke are siblings. Swap VI for III. Pick up VI after you finish III, or, if you skipped it earlier, watch every episode of Rebels and then continue VI. Wait 30 years, and then watch Episode VII. Now you're ready for Episode VIII!
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This order should be called "Machete Kills".
 
I hope they skip any super weapons next movie so that in the third installment we can have a climactic space battle trying to destroy a new, partially finished, planet-sized super laser.
 
ViewtifulJC said:
She wanted her family and then to find Luke, then she sees some inscrutable nonsense visions of scary people so she runs away...then she just magically learns the Force in 10 seconds and decides "huh, finding Luke is my motivation again". And then the last piece to find Luke just shows up at their doorstep for no real reason, the events of Starkiller having absolutely nothing to do with it.
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I don't see it this way at all. She's waiting for her family to come back to Jakku. The plot about BB-8 having the map gets her caught into something huge, which briefly gets her away from Jakku, but she wants to go back. She sees the visions on Takodana, they scare her, Maz tries to convince her to stick with it and find Luke, but she declines, confused and frightened.

It's not really until Kylo intervenes, kidnaps her, and she discovers that finding Luke is perhaps more important than going back to Jakku to wait on her family. There's also a lot of information we don't have yet about her family or why she learns the Force in "10 seconds" (she doesn't).

I'd also argue that the airport battle in Civil War was just what things led to, but the climax went back to square one basically.
 
Ugh there was never any onesie map to "find Luke." The map is for the location of the first Jedi temple where it's speculated he may be

I see this has been answered many times over now haha
 
sphagnum said:
Not all the details on the map are known. The new EU is getting to that currently. All we know is that the Sacred Order of Ramulus, an Ottegan religious order, used the Great Eye of Kalur to create the map and gave it to Lor San Tekka to aid the Resistance.
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I was always more interested into this movie than in epsiode 7 (especially once JJ was on board), but the trailers so far are kinda eh. The characters really need to deliver here and it doesn't look or sound like they will do so far.
 
I wonder if "We need to steal the plans to the Death Star" turns into (Mads Mickeyson spoilers)
"We need to kidnap the man who designed it, of fuck he's your dad!?"

Edit: Its not a spoiler according to people above
 
What did he mean by this? said:
I wonder if "We need to steal the plans to the Death Star" turns into (Mads Mickeyson spoilers)
"We need to kidnap the man who designed it, of fuck he's your dad!?"
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Sounds like a retread of ESB. It has blasters, Stormtroopers, characters, and another
he's your dad twist

They're not even trying anymore, just close up shop.
 
Watch SPL for kickass Donnie Yen vs Sammo Hung action. Make sure you get the uncut HK version and not the edited China version. Lol.
 
Idk why people are encouraging people to watch Donnie Yen beforehand only for Rogue One to inevitably fail at being even a fraction as awesome.
 
Moonkid said:
Idk why people are encouraging people to watch Donnie Yen beforehand only for Rogue One to inevitably fail at being even a fraction as awesome.
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You see that scene where he's slowly walking towards the camera? Dude is already certified badass.
 
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