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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story |OT| They rebel - SPOILERS

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The line where many people (bothans) died was from EP VI.
Yeah, I knew that. I think I just assumed the same thing happened with the first one. My wife was all distraught afterwards and I told her that I expected it but then went to look things up and saw that I shouldn't have.
 
Yeah I'm not trying to say Ewoks or Gungans are great. They're not. But I also agree with the guy who said that people would lose their shit if they introduced something like the Jawa's today and gave then just as much screentime as they got in A New Hope.

People often like to act like Star Wars is a lot more adult than it really is. Embrace the sillyness, I say.

Which isn't the same as being okay with Gungans obviously. There is a line somewhere.
People don't have a problem with a cute little alien here or there. People are fine with Jawas the same way they're fine with Salacious Crumb in ROTJ. It's a silly thing that doesn't really steal focus in a big way. Hell there's a little guy in Rogue One that got a positive reaction in that Jehda market fight.

The difference is you're not beating the bad guys with teddy bears. Or an army of annoying cartoon rabbits when you've already spent an entire movie with an annoying cartoon rabbit being a fucking idiot. The Jawas are scavengers, and they serve that purpose just fine. Then 15 minutes later they all get roasted.

And I don't even outright hate the Ewoks because atleast in concept, there is something kinda behind their involvement. They were supposed to be wookies originally and I can imagine that "non-industrialized native population helps fend off imperialistic bad guys" concept works just fine with that execution. The Gungan stuff completely distracts from everything important in that climax and has little appeal beyond George and ILM wanting to show off their cg.
 
Baze calls Chirrut's name a load of times when he walks towards the master switch. Baze definitely doesn't get as many mentions.
I don't know what he was saying. Chirp? Cherok? It doesn't help that he was very mumbly and there's lots of explosions and laser fire in the background drowning out a lot of lines
 
That was the lamest part. Just "look at what we did"ness to it.

My face turned red and my body got really warm. I excused myself from the group at the cinema and rushed to the bathroom. I pounded the wall with my fists as hard as possible. A bathroom attendant rushed over and asked if I was okay, I told him 'It's fine.'

Went back to my seat and took a long swig of my 120oz Cherry Coke Zero. Awaited any additional fun this Star Wars film was going to shovel into my fucking face.
 
I did! I wish there would be a sequel but it would probably be kind of uninteresting to have a book about how Galen slows down the Death Star's construction for 13 years.

Day #1586: Today I added another 12m to the tiny exhaust port hatch on the Western hemisphere. Orson keeps asking me what it's for, and I've come up with an elaborate (and very technical) explanation to hold him at bay. For now.
 
Just watched it.

It was good. Obviously not classic Star Wars in tone. Third act was best warfare sequence of the franchise.

I guess Donnie Yen's character was supposed to be a jedi in the original script
 
He says "don't choke on your ambition" as he force cucks him.

'Aspirations'.

1.
a hope or ambition of achieving something.
"the needs and aspirations of the people"
synonyms: desire, hope, longing, yearning, hankering, urge, wish; More
2.
MEDICINE
the action or process of drawing breath.


Get it? OH VADER LOL.
 
People don't have a problem with a cute little alien here or there. People are fine with Jawas the same way they're fine with Salacious Crumb in ROTJ. It's a silly thing that doesn't really steal focus in a big way. Hell there's a little guy in Rogue One that got a positive reaction in that Jehda market fight.

The difference is you're not beating the bad guys with teddy bears. Or an army of annoying cartoon rabbits when you've already spent an entire movie with an annoying cartoon rabbit being a fucking idiot. The Jawas are scavengers, and they serve that purpose just fine. Then 15 minutes later they all get roasted.

And I don't even outright hate the Ewoks because atleast in concept, there is something kinda behind their involvement. They were supposed to be wookies originally and I can imagine that "non-industrialized native population helps fend off imperialistic bad guys" concept works just fine with that execution. The Gungan stuff completely distracts from everything important in that climax and has little appeal beyond George and ILM wanting to show off their cg.

After finding out that the Ewoks were originally written to be Wookies just made them even worse somehow. The movie would have been so much better, and the showdown on Endor (or Kashyyk) would have made a whole lot more sense.
 
'Aspirations'.

1.
a hope or ambition of achieving something.
"the needs and aspirations of the people"
synonyms: desire, hope, longing, yearning, hankering, urge, wish; More
2.
MEDICINE
the action or process of drawing breath.


Get it? OH VADER LOL.

Oh I misremembered it's better than I thought! How can someone not love that line.
 
I liked it more than VII to be honest. Tho that is definitely subject to change. I really liked the ending half of the film. It felt realistic to have the cast fall in what is essentially a war film.

Tarkin's CG was immediately way off for me. I thought it was really bad, and really took me out of any scene he was in.

This droid is 1000x better than BB.

I thought the side characters were all really likable, and I was for sure sad when they all went down.

The Vader pun made me laugh, but it reeeeaaaally didn't fit.

Sol Guerrera (Or whatever his name was exactly) didn't run because he's too old and knew he wouldn't make it

Thought the dialogue between the two MCs after Jyn's father dies was really good as well.

So yeah, I dug the film quite a bit
 
I wonder if Disney has the balls to pull of a bothans movie for death star two tying to return of the Jedi.

Rogue one was just perfect, a great star wars film. Started pretty slow but it picked up after 30 minutes. It was everything I could want from Star Wars.
 
I wonder if Disney has the balls to pull of a bothans movie for death star two tying to return of the Jedi.

Rogue one was just perfect, a great star wars film. Started pretty slow but it picked up after 30 minutes. It was everything I could want from Star Wars.
Why bother? The stealing of the plans for the original death star is a far bigger event.
 
Wait how did the cantina guys survive the blast

one of them transformed into a great winged bantha and the other clambered on his back and they flew off into the sun bickering about the cost of blue milk in the local delicatessen the one with the buttface said i bet its much cheaper in alberquerque and the one with the lumpy nose said nonsense you can get two for the price of one in tatooine and they flipped a coin and ended up in tatooine and while they were there they bumped into some little whiny sandy hair cunt and his sugar daddy
 
one of them transformed into a great winged bantha and the other clambered on his back and they flew off into the sun bickering about the cost of blue milk in the local delicatessen the one with the buttface said i bet its much cheaper in alberquerque and the one with the lumpy nose said nonsense you can get two for the price of one in tatooine and they flipped a coin and ended up in tatooine and while they were there they bumped into some little whiny sandy hair cunt and his sugar daddy

I'm done. See you tomorrow folks, it's been a blast.
 
I wonder if Disney has the balls to pull of a bothans movie for death star two tying to return of the Jedi.

Rogue one was just perfect, a great star wars film. Started pretty slow but it picked up after 30 minutes. It was everything I could want from Star Wars.
I hope they don't. The "suicide mission to get Death Star plans" story is told. It works even less so considering the Rebels getting away with the info is just part of Palpatine's scheme to trap their fleet.
 
And yet the guys from the cantina suddenly ran into Jyn.

Absolutely hated that one. I think I've had my fill of obvious nods to other films now. Stop doing it. I've never been a fan of it, just takes me out of the film. I don't mind a character referencing something they've done but anything else is usually rubbish.

Can they stop shoehorning in R2D2 and C3PO as well. They are bloody annoying at this point. I was quite happy watching Rogue One then they turned up. Get on the ship where you are suppose to be and don't say a word.
 
Absolutely hated that one. I think I've had my fill of obvious nods to other films now. Stop doing it. I've never been a fan of it, just takes me out of the film. I don't mind a character referencing something they've done but anything else is usually rubbish.

Can they stop shoehorning in R2D2 and C3PO as well. They are bloody annoying at this point. I was quite happy watching Rogue One then they turned up. Get on the ship where you are suppose to be and don't say a word.
Agreed. They didn't need to be in PT or in Rogue One. I can accept it in VII but, they're out of place in every other non OT movie.
 
Absolutely hated that one. I think I've had my fill of obvious nods to other films now. Stop doing it. I've never been a fan of it, just takes me out of the film. I don't mind a character referencing something they've done but anything else is usually rubbish.

Can they stop shoehorning in R2D2 and C3PO as well. They are bloody annoying at this point. I was quite happy watching Rogue One then they turned up. Get on the ship where you are suppose to be and don't say a word.

They are main characters in Rogue One: Two.
 
I hope they don't. The "suicide mission to get Death Star plans" story is told. It works even less so considering the Rebels getting away with the info is just part of Palpatine's scheme to trap their fleet.

They do want to milk the franchise to hell. I'm just saying it's an option. Do a whole squad of only bothans doing whatever. (no humans). You can learn about there planet, culture, etc.

After young han solo I wonder what else will they do that's expanded universe.

I agree with R2D2 and C3P0 they should be nowhere except the originals and episode 7.
 
Just got out, loved it. Absolutely loved it. There are nit picks here and there but it's a Star Wars movie. This is the prequel movie I deserved as an 18 year old.
 
They are main characters in Rogue One: Two.
What about when we steal the plans for Starkiller base in Rogue One:Two:Three?
They do want to milk the franchise to hell. I'm just saying it's an option. Do a whole squad of only bothans doing whatever. (no humans). You can learn about there planet, culture, etc.

After young han solo I wonder what else will they do that's expanded universe.
Star Wars:The Ghastly Evil featuring child Luke Skywalker.

Seriously though, Obi Wan or bust.
 
I remember I was 8 when I saw AOTC and even then I thought it was an unmitigated pile of Jabba cum.

Didn't rewatch that and ROTS until pre-TFA. Both fucking wank.

Rogue One was pretty good tho. It's no TFA or ANH or ESB or Bad Boys II, but then what is?
 
Day #1586: Today I added another 12m to the tiny exhaust port hatch on the Western hemisphere. Orson keeps asking me what it's for, and I've come up with an elaborate (and very technical) explanation to hold him at bay. For now.

I didn't like that part of the story really. Didn't feel like there needed to be a consciously added weakness. Him leaking schematics and sending out a warning as his last act of defiance would be more than enough as part of the "scientist working on super-weapon at gunpoint" character arc. That and transitioning straight into the Blockade runner fleeing the final battle with Darth Vader witnessing it felt like them trying to tie the continuity into neat little bows that they didn't have to. Not enough to torpedo the movie or anything, but I think it was weaker for them.
 
The ending being a "five minutes before" transition to IV was silly because when Vader captures Leia's ship she's all "nah we're on a diplomatic mission!" but Vader just saw this ship launch from the Rebel Flagship and then he tracked it. Leia's lie is the flimsiest shit.
 
They do want to milk the franchise to hell. I'm just saying it's an option. Do a whole squad of only bothans doing whatever. (no humans). You can learn about there planet, culture, etc.

After young han solo I wonder what else will they do that's expanded universe.
Lol a Death Star 2 plans movie would be the laziest retread ever. And they're not going to sell a Star Wars movie with only these guys:

latest

They have the Han Solo movie
Boba Fett
Rumored Obi-Wan movie

You could tell a story about the beginnings of the Jedi Order versus the Sith.
You could do a thriller about people trapped on a derelict ship out in space.
You could do a movie about an element introduced in the new trilogy.
You could do a movie about the criminal underworld (actually this is probably what Han Solo/Boba Fett are about)

You could do a movie about almost anything...
 
So C-3P0/ Anthony Daniels has been in all 8 movies ATM and I can see them trying to get it every movie. But how the hell are they going to get him into the Han movie?? He's not in the rebellion so how could the writers make it not corny AF? Just voice a random ass droid or do like how this movie had a ponda baba cameo?
 
So C-3P0/ Anthony Daniels has been in all 8 movies ATM and I can see them trying to get it every movie. But how the hell are they going to get him into the Han movie?? He's not in the rebellion so how could the writers make it not corny AF? Just voice a random ass droid or do like how this movie had a ponda baba cameo?

Maybe he cock blocks Lando?
 
Lol a Death Star 2 plans movie would be the laziest retread ever. And they're not going to sell a Star Wars movie with only these guys:



They have the Han Solo movie
Boba Fett
Rumored Obi-Wan movie

You could tell a story about the beginnings of the Jedi Order versus the Sith.
You could do a thriller about people trapped on a derelict ship out in space.
You could do a movie about an element introduced in the new trilogy.

You could do a movie about almost anything...

I think Boba has been
rightfully
scrapped.

Also I think the whole Jedi vs Sith beginning is something that should stay in the EU outside of passing mention in a main film or something. Far too much to cover and i just feel it would be unnecessary.
 
I want a spinoff all about the Mon Calamari.

Admiral Raddus dies in the heat of battle and a young Captain Ackbar must now become Admiral and lead the final firefight against the Empire.
 
One of my favourite moments in retrospect is when Jimmy the Squealer tells Cassian that he can't climb out of that alley.

I might have missed something, but why did gerrera not leave with them ?
I figured he'd given up. His troops were all dead, the city he was fighting for was destroyed, and he was old and broken.

You could do a movie about almost anything...
First-person comedy about Anakin's lightsaber after Cloud City
 
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