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[Fj0823]

Didn't he say "she". I figured it was a wink to Ahsoka since he mentioned she was helpful in the clone wars or something. I mentioned it a couple pages back but I missed a line or two somehow, so at first thought Kenobi, then he said She, then leia was the only cameo the rest of the way.

He first mentions a he, Obi Wan

He thens mention who will look for him, a she.

 

[sphagnum]

You can't track a ship at hyperspace. Who knows hiw long it takes Vader to find her. Leia saying you don't know it was this corellian corvette.

Vader does it in the Tarkin novel, but it's only because his meditation chamber is on the ship he's tracking and he has a bond with it. They make a point of how stunning such a thing is.

 

[Number_6]

http://www.columbia.com/rogue-one-landing/

These?

Yeah, pretty much. Thanks.

I wish they did something like the orange Ponda Baba or gold Luke jackets too.

 

[Mariolee]

Just realised... the chances of an Alec Guinness Force ghost in episode 8 just massively increased. The force ghostyness could help mask the uncanny valley aspects..

Oh shit did not even think about this.

 

[ronaldthump]

Yeah he looks cool but I found he seemed to mumble a lot of his lines. Apparently he started doing a posh English accent but Edwards told him just to use his own Aussie accent... but it seems like half the time he's caught in the middle, and honestly he sounds like he has something in his mouth that detracts from what he's saying.

I thought Sam Mendelson was easily the best part of RO. He was a compelling villian all the way through and he was a great antagonist. Everytime he was on screen, the 1st half of the movie didn't suck.
The thing that however made me laugh was the monologing with the pistol that got him shot. He was great.

 

[3N16MA]

What did you guys think about all the crazy ass ships and storm trooper variants they put in that were never in the original trilogy? Kind of neat to see but also weird.

Scarif Troopers look great. One of the best trooper designs.

Just needed more screen time.

 

[Sigma722]

Didn't he say "she". I figured it was a wink to Ahsoka since he mentioned she was helpful in the clone wars or something. I mentioned it a couple pages back but I missed a line or two somehow, so at first thought Kenobi, then he said She, then leia was the only cameo the rest of the way.

He said he'd trust his life with Leia to get the message to Kenobi, she was the she, he was the jedi.

 

[Izayoi]

God, the cinematography was SO GOOD.

One of my very first thoughts while watching the movie.

Great stuff.

 

[Teggy]

It's a weird complaint, particularly regarding the trooper variants. Where should the shore troopers have appeared in the originals? Why would you expect death troopers to be a common sight?

Death Troopers I would have expected to see somewhere - there are these super elite troopers and we never saw them?

The spaceships seem a bigger deal though - there were ones that looked like tie interceptors but the wings were parallel to the ground, and there were a bunch of weird variations on the imperial shuttles. Why didn't they use the standard imperial shuttle?

 

[boxter432]

He said he'd trust his life with Leia to get the message to Kenobi, she was the she, he was the jedi.

He first mentions a he, Obi Wan

He thens mention who will look for him, a she.

Got it, thanks. I knew I missed a line or part of one.

 

[Mariolee]

That's plausible enough, too.

But it's not like the lie they were all telling needed to be plausible. It was a pretty easily blown-open lie. Vader never believed it. He was right not to.

This movie doesn't change that at all. If anything, all it does is make the rebels more defiant.

I mean, look at Leia selling "I don't know what you're talking about" now. She might as well be saying "suck my fuckin' dick, I ain't giving you shit."

Daughters can be so frustrating sometimes.

 

[Number_6]

Just realised... the chances of an Alec Guinness Force ghost in episode 8 just massively increased. The force ghostyness could help mask the uncanny valley aspects..

I still don't think it'd be in good taste. Felt the same about Tarkin. They recast Mon Mothma. Why not Tarkin?

 

[BigJonsson]

That's plausible enough, too.

But it's not like the lie they were all telling needed to be plausible. It was a pretty easily blown-open lie. Vader never believed it. He was right not to.

This movie doesn't change that at all. If anything, all it does is make the rebels more defiant.

I mean, look at Leia selling "I don't know what you're talking about" now. She might as well be saying "suck my fuckin' dick, I ain't giving you shit."



Nah, she's saying "We don't have the plans, we're on a diplomatic mission." She's lying. Vader obviously tracked them through hyperspace somehow. Someone brought up some sci-fi bullshit earlier in the thread about hyperspace buoys, which sounds good enough for me. I know in the Radio Drama version of this, they get the plans beamed directly to the ship, and immediately jump, and think they're safe, only to drop out of hyperspace at Tatooine, and almost IMMEDIATELY get rushed on. So far as I can tell, there's no version of this story in which they don't immediately get got after dropping out of Hyperspace.

Or that wasn't even the Tantive and Leia kept transferring onto different corvettes to throw Vader off

 

[Escape Goat]

Or that wasn't even the Tantive and Leia kept transferring onto different corvettes to throw Vader off

Leia was looking for a chop shop on Tattooine.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

Or that wasn't even the Tantive and Leia kept transferring onto different corvettes to throw Vader off

Or Leia doesn't give a fuck and is going to stonewall Vader because she can, regardless how believable her story really is.

Which is exactly what she was doing before this movie came out anyway.

 

[Skyball Paint]

If there's one thing that bothered me, I feel like Jyn is overshadowed by the rest of the cast in her own damn story, especially in the action scenes, she doesn't really have a standout action moment like the rest of the cast, and in fact has surprisingly little action.

 

[Mariolee]

I still don't think it'd be in good taste. Felt the same about Tarkin. They recast Mon Mothma. Why not Tarkin?

I've seen this brought up multiple times even though it feels pretty obvious.

You could say that Mon Mothma looks different because a few years take place between Rogue One and Return of the Jedi, her only two official appearances.

However there is literally no time left between Rogue One and A New Hope, so it would make no sense Tarkin would look really different.

 

[Vincent Alexander]

still, helluva reach for her to use a lie like that considering the context haha

Yeah. This is honestly one part I just can't fit in with A New Hope. It's just too...silly? Not sure the word. I'm convinced a good brainstorm could have come up with a better solution than they did.

 

[Number_6]

Leia was looking for a chop shop on Tattooine.

She stole Vader's plans and killed his dog.

 

[BigJonsson]

Or Leia doesn't give a fuck and is going to stonewall Vader because she can, regardless how believable her story really is.

Which is exactly what she was doing before this movie came out anyway.

It could help explain how 3P0 and R2 got on board

 

[GamerSoul]

So many little things to comment on, but one thing I think we can all agree on was seeing the droid stomp some storm troopers with...a storm trooper was awesome. It was the star wars version of this:

Lol I'm putting that droid right below BB8 as my second favorite Star Wars droid.

 

[3N16MA]

How long before the GAF Rogue One backlash starts? TFA got a swift kick of its pedestal.

 

[Dominator]

Theater was packed, but my crowd was dead silent the entire film. No laughter, no clapping, no nothing. It was pretty strange if I'm being honest...

Good flick though, I enjoyed it.

 

[Caffeine]

Underwhelming. Lack of Jedi hurt this even more than I thought it would. CGI characters looked terribad. Really hated the lack of a crawling intro and lack of traditional Star Wars theme song. I get that this is a side story but I don't give a fuck.

I was left with the same empty feeling of disappointment I had after episode I.

100% nailed my feeling after seeing it.

 

[malingenie]

I could not get over the cgi Moff. My gf didn't even know. Other thant that I loved it. Way to paint the rebel struggle.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

It could help explain how 3P0 and R2 got on board

That's one of the reasons I think that cameo should have been cut (that and it's just dumb. Why would anyone fuckin talk to Threepio about Scarif? Or at all? Fuck Threepio), but it was also a scene in which the fleet is basically scrambling to join Raddus. Nothing that says the Tantive has left yet at that point to join Raddus' en route.

If you want quick & dirty continuity patch-ups, there you go.

Seriously tho: The only change the end of Rogue One really transfers onto the opening of Star Wars is that the Rebels' lie to the Empire is more baldfaced. That's all. They were never not lying to them through their fucking teeth, and the lie never needed to be plausible. It just needed to be a lie that stonewalled Vader and prevented them from tracking the plans down and getting them before they got back to Yavin.

 

[Izayoi]

Theater was packed, but my crowd was dead silent the entire film. No laughter, no clapping, no nothing. It was pretty strange if I'm being honest...

Good flick though, I enjoyed it.

Strange... Lots of laughs in my theater, but no clapping or anything... I think the film was a little too somber for that.

 

[EroticSushi]

Vader's Becta tank from the art book.

 

[Back-In-Black]

Strange... Lots of laughs in my theater, but no clapping or anything... I think the film was a little too somber for that.

Nah, my audience was great. We laughed at all the right bits, caught all the little references, were dead silent at them emotional gut punch deaths, and erupted with Leia and "Hope." Then most people clapped at the credits (Laugh all you want Euro-GAF). Also, more importantly the entire theater burst into laughter after "The Fate of the Furious" trailer played. That's when I knew I was with good people.

 

[Sesuadra]

Theater was packed, but my crowd was dead silent the entire film. No laughter, no clapping, no nothing. It was pretty strange if I'm being honest...

Good flick though, I enjoyed it.

Fiancée and I enjoyed the movie a lot but our crowd was also strange.
The couple sitting next to us started using their coats as blankets and fell asleep :/...my fiancée and i were also the only ones laughing at the K2-SO scenes.

Such a strange cinema experience.
But I also have to say the cinema fucked up. They showed us 45 minutes of advertisement...you could feel people getting angry. I've never seen so much advertisement before a movie ever before in Germany.

 

[EYEL1NER]

Death Troopers I would have expected to see somewhere - there are these super elite troopers and we never saw them?

The spaceships seem a bigger deal though - there were ones that looked like tie interceptors but the wings were parallel to the ground, and there were a bunch of weird variations on the imperial shuttles. Why didn't they use the standard imperial shuttle?

TIE Strikers. I don't mind that they are a "new" ship for older movies and not featured in the OT. Like I said in my "Like/Dislike" post, I was disappointed that there wasn't more of them in the movie. As soon as they were first shown, the X-Wing TMG community glommed onto any info that came out about them, because "new movie ship" probably equals "new ship for the game." The models were featured at various Star Wars events, along with information about them. There were tons of pictures, there was tons of info, and of course there are a bunch of toys of the ship. And then they were only really featured in the end for a brief time, with no long lingering shots focusing on the movable wings or anything. Maybe at some point there some info will pop up about how that installation was the only one to have them, so they weren't on Eadu because of that, or because they are mainly atmospheric fighters they aren't housed on Star Destroyers, so they weren't flying around Jeddah. But for now, I just want to see more of them.

 

[Hydrus]

Just got back from seeing it. It was awesome! Might be one of my favorites in the series. That ending! Got a little something in my throat ;__;

O yea, everyone clapped, whistled, yelled and hi fived each other when it ended! USA, USA!!!

 

[MMarston]

Vader's Becta tank from the art book.

On that note


Anyone else also wondering what Vader does in his free time at the castle haha

 

[Bonen no Max'd]

Yo though what were those fighters the Empire was using in the ground battle that weren't TIEs? My first thought was Preybirds but I know that of all things to pull from the old EU that wouldn't be one of them.

 

[Mariolee]

On that note


Anyone else also wondering what Vader does in his free time at the castle haha

Pranks his butlers

 

[3N16MA]

On that note


Anyone else also wondering what Vader does in his free time at the castle haha

Perfects the force choke.

 

[Vincent Alexander]

On that note


Anyone else also wondering what Vader does in his free time at the castle haha

Practice his one-liners, obviously.

"Don't choke on your aspirations."
"I could force you to talk if I wanted."
"I find your lack of faith disturbing. Ahh. There we go. That's a keeper. Just need the right moment."

 

[sphagnum]

On that note


Anyone else also wondering what Vader does in his free time at the castle haha

Well if they want to stick with the castle concept from the first ESB draft, he's feeding his pet gargoyles out of gold bowls.

 

[Bonen no Max'd]

Well if they want to stick with the castle concept from the first ESB draft, he's feeding his pet gargoyles out of gold bowls.

It's hearing things like this that remind me why the OT turned out great and the PT did not.

 

[labx]

So, seeing the trailers again, it is clear in what parts of the film was the re-shooting.

1. Saw's arc. From Bald to Crazy uncle.
2. Jedha, destruction and escape. (The trailer showed Jin looking and shouting in the ship)
3. third act, almost all of it. Scene where krennic is walking on the beach full of dead storm troopers gone. Scene when Jin and Cassian are running with the map of the Death Star on the beach, gone.

 

[Ecotic]

I kept myself spoiler free going in and was surprised to see the prequel actors for Bail Organa and Mon Mothma return. And also to show Vader's injuries to mirror what happened in Episode III.

I thought Disney's directive going forward was that the prequels were to not be contradicted, but also not acknowledged.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

Also the Rebellion knew what the Death Star was before they tapped Jyn, and Jyn tried to recruit Saw.

So at some point the Rebellion had Galen's message before anyone did. Which brings what Bodhi's original role was intoquestion.

 

[dcelw540]

So I enjoyed it but I felt almost nothing coming out of it expect the vader scene. I will watch it again soon but I feel the replay value is not going to be as good as the others.

 

[Cross-Section]

Has anyone mentioned this bit about Felicity Jones having a sequel option in her contract?

Putting my money on "surprise Han Solo spin-off appearance depicting exactly why Jyn got put in Imperial jail (and perhaps expounding on her surprise in R1 at people not running when things get bad *cough*HAN*cough*)"

At least, that's the only logical thing I can come up with.

 

[SargerusBR]

Kinda wish Krennic had survived. He can make an interesting villain.

Maybe he can get a comic.

 

[RyanW]

I thought Disney's directive going forward was that the prequels were to not be contradicted, but also not acknowledged.

There's so much wrong in this one sentence

 

[Fj0823]

I kept myself spoiler free going in and was surprised to see the prequel actors for Bail Organa and Mon Mothma return. And also to show Vader's injuries to mirror what happened in Episode III.

I thought Disney's directive going forward was that the prequels were to not be contradicted, but also not acknowledged.

There hasnt been a single piece of new Star Wars materials that validates this idea

Even episode 7 has a couple of references here and there.

The shows and books are full of prequel stuff too

The only ones apparently playing that game are the Battlefront guys.

 

[Vincent Alexander]

Kinda wish Krennic had survived. He can make an interesting villain.

Maybe he can get a comic.

Yeah. He was honestly the best (new) character of the movie. They could've given him a lot more to do, but I loved that character. And he acted it well. Jyn and boytoy-whatever were as forgettable as they come in comparison.

I kept myself spoiler free going in and was surprised to see the prequel actors for Bail Organa and Mon Mothma return. And also to show Vader's injuries to mirror what happened in Episode III.

I thought Disney's directive going forward was that the prequels were to not be contradicted, but also not acknowledged.

I know what you're talking about, and I think this was a JJ Abrams quote, but not the studio's stance.

 

[30yearsofhurt]

The problem with killing off Jyn and Co was that the story climaxed with Jyn dying and then you had this extra bit with Vader then Leia.
It just fell into a narrative mess.

 

[Count Dookkake]

I kept myself spoiler free going in and was surprised to see the prequel actors for Bail Organa and Mon Mothma return. And also to show Vader's injuries to mirror what happened in Episode III.

I thought Disney's directive going forward was that the prequels were to not be contradicted, but also not acknowledged.

That's just fanboy fantasy. The prequels are not going to be ignored.