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[Anton Sugar]

I wouldn't have thought so but they've managed to keep so much about this movie under wraps that now I won't be surprised if it's the case.

I mean, Mon Mothma is in the movie. There's no way Mon Mothma can be in this but Bail isn't, unless Jimmy Smits didn't want to come back for some reason. And yet we've heard nothing about Jimmy Smits being cast. So who knows what else they could have kept secret?

Has Genevieve O'Reilly (Mon Mothma in RotS and, presumably, here) even been credited as being in Rogue One yet? I checked her IMDB and there was no credit there this morning, but now there is one.

Could be some surprise appearances/cameos.

 

[SolidChamp]

Can we get a screen grab of Mon Mothma, for comparison to the original?

 

[Einchy]

Why the hell are people using spoiler tags to analyze a teaser? Unless you have inside info, I don't understand the point.

Their speculation comes from leaks and rumors.

 

[super-heated plasma]

Has Vader ever been depicted with a hood? He doesn't need a hood.

Maybe he's hiding from the UNSC, as he's being hunted by Spartan Locke, and the cloak hides him from their satellites.


Also, why do I have the feeling we just met Reys mom?

 

[Nazgul_Hunter]

The person in the tank is likely

Spoiler

Vader

and the tank is probably

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an earlier version of whatever life support pod Vader uses in Empire

. The Imperial Guards are there either because

Spoiler

Vader is kind of helpless when in the tank

or because

Spoiler

the hooded guy is The Emperor

I think that the hooded figure is

Spoiler

Darth Vader and they just added a CGI hood specifically for the trailer so as to not spoil him yet

 

[BFIB]

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story |OT| No Bothans died in getting the rebellion this information

 

[Guy.brush]

I guess the bigger problem is why it took so long for the first one and so little for the second, or for starkiller base for that matter?

Maybe this movie will answer that question. Perhaps some kind of scientific\engineering breakthrough was needed to make it possible, following which it just became a matter of how fast one could acquire the necessary resources. Kind of like the atomic bomb or the hydrogen bomb, the apollo rocket, the first airplanes, etc.

There is also this problem that the whole plot of Rogue One and ANH is basically that the Death Star is this invincible fortress that you need to get the blueprints for in order to find a weakness.
And in TFA all it takes to destroy it is a 2minute brainstorming around the battleplanning board and an ex-janitor's inside knowledge.
TFA's cheap starkiller base climax weakens this movie's potential and also hurts ANH.

 

[Cheebo]

Hopefully they don't show Vader until the movie comes out, really can't wait to see what he looks like.

Joke? He'll look exactly how he liked in A New Hope obviously.

 

[Inferno313]

I hear Vader's breath around 1:18 (figure kneeling) and 1:29 (end of the "what will you become?" line)

edit:


Yep that's where I hear the first Vader breath.

Also, the Imperial March plays over the title card at the end, which is as big a hint as any.

 

[paragonpro]

Looks incredible, i love the darker tone, the beach shot was amazing

 

[sphagnum]

Has Genevieve O'Reilly (Mon Mothma in RotS and, presumably, here) even been credited as being in Rogue One yet? I checked her IMDB and there was no credit there this morning, but now there is one.

Could be some surprise appearances/cameos.

Don't believe so. There weren't even any rumors of her being in it, whereas we know that there is concept are of

Spoiler

Bail and Leia

.

 

[Atraveller]

Is there a 1080p Apple Trailers link for this yet?

Only found a 720p link
http://movietrailers.apple.com/movies/lucasfilm/rogueoneastarwarsstory/rogueone-tsr1_a720p.m4v

 

[LiK]

Their speculation comes from leaks and rumors.

Not really from what I've been reading. It's just all guesses.

 

[brandonh83]

Joke? He'll look exactly how he liked in A New Hope obviously.

Guys...

 

[Dennis]

If the

Spoiler

Emperor bows to Snoke

I am going to flip tables.

 

[shiba5]

Doesn't look like he's kneeling to me. You can see his robe is about an inch off the floor and not bunched up like it would be if he was knelt down.
Edit: NM, watched the trailer again and he's kneeling. Me dumb.

(Obviously this is the Emperor Palpatine Surgical Reconstruction Center.)

Maybe.

 

[-griffy-]

Has Genevieve O'Reilly (Mon Mothma in RotS and, presumably, here) even been credited as being in Rogue One yet? I checked her IMDB and there was no credit there this morning, but now there is one.

Could be some surprise appearances/cameos.

It was confirmed in this EW writeup:

We know her. This is Mon Mothma, former senator and leader of the Rebel Alliance. She was the one who delivers the Rebel briefing about the second Death Star in 1983's Return of the Jedi, and she was portrayed then by Caroline Blakiston. (That's the one where "many Bothan spies died" to bring the Rebels information about the second Death Star.) Mothma was supposed to turn up briefly in 2005's Revenge of the Sith, played by Genevieve O’Reilly, but the scene was cut and she appeared only in a deleted scene on the DVD. But ... O'Reilly is back! A Lucasfilm source confirms that's her playing the character again in Rogue One -- and this time there's no chance of ending up on the cutting room floor.

Also lol:

Star Wars: Rogue One |OT| No Bothans died to bring us this information

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story OT | No Bothans Were Harmed in the Making of This Film

 

[Anton Sugar]

Can we get a screen grab of Mon Mothma, for comparison to the original?

Return of the Jedi - Rogue One - Revenge of the Sith

Rogue One and RotS are the same actress.

 

[Hex]

I want to go play Battlefront now god damn I want to see more already

 

[efyu_lemonardo]

If the

Spoiler

Emperor bows to Snoke

I am going to flip tables.

it's

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Jar Jar Binks

in the bacta tank

 

[MattyG]

If the

Spoiler

Emperor bows to Snoke

I am going to flip tables.

Seriously. They have to know that this is the worst retcon they could possibly make and that it would be a terrible move.

 

[Dennis]

it's

Spoiler

Jar Jar Binks

in the bacta tank

Time to flush.

 

[sphagnum]

Can we get a screen grab of Mon Mothma, for comparison to the original?

Rogue One

Return of the Jedi

 

[CloudyTuba]

Hmm... so you guys are saying that THIS from the end of Ep III:

Is just the Repub-Pire building it themselves already, and the bugs are already out of the picture at that point? I guess that's plausible, I dunno.

And then it took 20 more years? I guess that's fine, too... kind of kludgey. Maybe they'll have a little dialogue to explain that they had to have some big breakthrough somewhere along the line. I dunno.

I see your point but I dont consider it a big deal for me. If it's really killing you though, there is a fanedit of ep3 that also took issue with this and edited that shot with them above Coruscant rather than the Death Star. It also has Padme surviving but in poor health, matching dialogue from ep6. It is called Labyrinth of Evil.

 

[Nokagi]

Time to flush.

Good call.

 

[Dennis]

A New Hope - Rogue One - Revenge of the Sith

Two first look very similar.

 

[Anton Sugar]

Also lol:

lol, whoops! Great minds!

 

[kurahador]

Guys...I think it's Revan in the tank.

 

[inm8num2]

Isn't it obvious who the hooded figure is?

 

[ultrazilla]

Forgive me if I am wrong but isn't this

Spoiler

Darth?

Those Red Guards are Emperor Guards. I think this is the Emperor! But wait....

that strange capsule he's coming out of. Almost looks like a cloning capsule.

Could we be in for a massive shocker in that the Emperor seen in the original Trilogy is a clone?

What if the main bad guy in the new Trilogy-Snoke-is actually the REAL EMPEROR!

OMG!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVm-FY-9X5M

 

[Guy.brush]

A New Hope - Rogue One - Revenge of the Sith

Dat timeless fashion icon. She never changes her jewelry, clothes and haircut in over 30 years.

 

[brandonh83]

Guys...I think it's Revan in the tank.

See, my money is on Carnage.

 

[Einchy]

Was anyone else a little freaked out by Mon Mothma in the OT? She's like a Tilda Swinton when Tilda Swinton is at her most Tilda Swinton.

 

[Dennis]

Isn't it obvious who the hooded figure is?

The Darth Jar Jar rumors...........it is true. All of it.

 

[Inferno313]

new theory: the robed character is an unimportant personal assistant to palpatine, like the ones he had as chancellor. The person in the bacta tank is palpatine, healing from his battle with yoda.

His battle with Yoda would've been about 15 years ago at this point, no?

 

[Future PhaZe]

Looks like it's very well made. But I have no interest in this particular story they are telling. I couldn't be more nope on death star shit and I'm hardly the only one.

 

[Enduin]

Dat timeless fashion icon. She never changes her jewelry, clothes and haircut in over 30 years.

Well when you're only allowed to say like 5 lines of dialogue over those 30 years you gotta stay recognizable.

 

[Michael F. Assbender]

Isn't it obvious who the hooded figure is?

Yep. The trailer cuts away just before he steps in some Bantha poo, slips on a banana peel, and a strategically placed bucket of water falls on his head.

Should I have spoiler-tagged that?

 

[SlickShoesRUCrazy]

Looks awesome.

Down for more star wars after how awesome TFA was!

 

[Sephzilla]

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story |OT| Vader's in this, Thanos is not

I think that the hooded figure is

Spoiler

Darth Vader and they just added a CGI hood specifically for the trailer so as to not spoil him yet

Oh that's entirely possible, good point.

 

[Mr Cola]

Return of the Jedi - Rogue One - Revenge of the Sith

Rogue One and RotS are the same actress.

Thats some good work there

 

[Heshinsi]

Ok sign me up for the Day Zero edition! Fuck that looked balls to the wall awesome.

 

[Mass Effect]

Isn't it obvious who the hooded figure is?

The Darth Jar Jar rumors...........it is true. All of it.

Stop it. Stop it right now.

 

[Vault Dweller 111]

new theory: the robed character is an unimportant personal assistant to palpatine, like the ones he had as chancellor. The person in the bacta tank is palpatine, healing from his battle with yoda.

Still healing 17 years later?

 

[ktflexx]

They're the taller model that was initially used, see Rebels season 2. The Empire "streamlined" them by the time of ESB.

didn't know that, thank you!

 

[efyu_lemonardo]

Isn't it obvious who the hooded figure is?

The Darth Jar Jar rumors...........it is true. All of it.

lol was trying to imply this as well

 

[thenexus6]

Return of the Jedi - Rogue One - Revenge of the Sith

Rogue One and RotS are the same actress.

At a quick glance middle looks like Eddie Redmayne

 

[Michael F. Assbender]

Still healing 17 years later?

He's an old man and their galaxy doesn't have BenGay.

Edit: And my stupid comment makes top page. Fantastic.

 

[ryan299]

How long before ep 4 does this take place?

 

[Timeaisis]

Hell yeah, Ben Mendelsohn.