Rogue One: A Star Wars Story - Official Teaser Trailer

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The Dark Age of Star Wars is at an end.

It feels surreal to live in a world now with Star Wars movies being legit awesome again.
 
ferr said:
When it's all said and done and we have Han Solo and Boba Fett movies, etc, how am I going to remember the order to watch them in if the spin-offs don't have episode numbers!
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People can't even decide what order to watch the movies we already have, so this isn't a new problem.

Release order, people. C'mon.
 
Bobby Roberts said:
Someone above just suggested the "we have the plans" notification could be done via hologram as a means to get a CGI de-aged Leia in there w/ Billie Lourd doing a vocal impression maybe. I could see that working.

Here's what I like - there's a TON of questions up in the air as to how the hell this movie is going to work, or how it's even going to play out. It's pretty nuts that for as hawkish as the spoilerheads were over TFA, they (by they I mean we, by which I mean me) only managed to work from a shotlist and some pre-production paintings (the descriptions of which ended up being partially misleading because the motherfuckers disseminating the information are shitty writers with bad imaginations) and so far there's pretty much bupkes regarding how Rogue One works, and what there is pretty vague.

I'm sure shit will start to solidify the closer we get to my birthday (thank you Lucasfilm for the Star Wars movie) but as of now, this movie could go all sorts of directions and end in a whole bunch of ways.

There's gonna be a pull to hit things on the nose really hard, and I'm not so sure Lucasfilm is keen to do that more than a couple times per movie. I remember Abrams saying they went through and pulled a lot of those moments out on TFA. Edwards might be doing the same thing on this film.
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Damn. Bobby laying down the smack on Justin Ward and co.

... I agree.
 
So keen for this. I love how the mainline films are going but this lets the franchise explore different stories and tones that have nothing to do with Luke Skywalker.
 
-griffy- said:
Think the first shot of BB-8 at the top of the film, start on drop ships coming down to the planet, BB-8 rolls into frame, camera orbits around him for his reaction/realization, camera stays on him as he runs for help. Or Hux and Kylo on the ship as Finn/Poe excape. Start on guy at control panel, up to Hux ordering cannons fired, over to guy firing cannons, Kylo enters in background, follow Kylo over to Hux, stay on Kylo has he realizes FN-2187 is responsible. Or our hero trio approaching Maz's, walking in, the camera perusing all the creatures and finding Maz.
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These all just seem like relatively normal techniques to me, I've seen it from other directors including Lucas. Not saying you're wrong, I've just never associated any of it with being 100% unique to Spielberg.
 
Not gonna lie, didn't care for this movie before, despite loving TFA, but now I can't wait for it after watching the trailer :)
 
I wonder if Count Dooku will get any mentions in this movie, since it's right after ROTS and the Death Star is being built with his architectural plans. Maybe his signature will be on them somewhere?

I keep wondering if any mention to the Lucas Prequels will ever be made in these newer movies, since they are still being counted as canon.
 
brandonh83 said:
These all just seem like relatively normal techniques to me, I've seen it from other directors including Lucas. Not saying you're wrong, I've just never associated any of it with being 100% unique to Spielberg.
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It's specifically the blocking and shooting of them, and not wasting the camera movement, such that you don't even really realize it's a single shot since it kind of organically moves to individual shots (wide shot, to medium shot, to closeup) all in the larger shot. It's like the difference between sticking with the shot because there's isn't a reason to leave it, versus doing a long take where the point is to do a long take to show off. I think I edited this link into my first post after you replied, but here it is again:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8q4X2vDRfRk
 
Hmm, I'm not entirely sold yet, especially with the new protagonist.

"This is a rebellion isn't it? I rebel."

Yeah, ok honey, please don't as cringey for the whole movie.

It is interesting how the movie is taking place before the OT, but there is a clash with the older setting with modern filmmaking.
Feels weird having another Star Wars being released so soon.
 
-griffy- said:
It's specifically the blocking and shooting of them, and not wasting the camera movement, such that you don't even really realize it's a single shot since it kind of organically moves to individual shots (wide shot, to medium shot, to closeup) all in the larger shot. It's like the difference between sticking with the shot because there's isn't a reason to leave it, versus doing a long take where the point is to do a long take to show off. I think I edited this link into my first post after you replied, but here it is again:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8q4X2vDRfRk
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I see what you mean. I can see where Abrams uses this, it's just that he's so damned good at it at least with this film while still having some of his signature Abrams shots... I don't think the cinematography in the film is some kind of ripoff or hack job, influential though for sure. It's just something that works for the kinds of movies under the Lucas/Spielberg umbrella, which Abrams is now under.
 
Bobby Roberts said:
YUP.

This film is fucking STACKED, man.

(and now Edwards just has to not fuck it up)
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Man, you know how exciting and nerve wracking it was for a director that wasn't George Lucas to make a Star Wars in the post-Lucas era? It's also super exciting and nerve wracking to hear a composer who isn't Williams composing a Star Wars movie. Super curious what Desplat is gonna do.

brandonh83 said:
I see what you mean. I can see where Abrams uses this, it's just that he's so damned good at it at least with this film while still having some of his signature Abrams shots... I don't think the cinematography in the film is some kind of ripoff or hack job, influential though for sure. It's just something that works for the kinds of movies under the Lucas/Spielberg umbrella, which Abrams is now under.
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Oh yeah, I'm not disparaging Abrams at all, he has a keen understanding of where and why you'd use those type of shots, so that it compares so favorably to Spielberg is only meant as a complement in this case.
 
Why is that "I rebel" line so troubling for some of you? That sounds like some sarcastic, smart-ass remark I'd deliver to someone in just the same fashion. I see nothing wrong with it.
 
I hope we actually get to see the honor guards of the Emperor fight this time. The way Yoda handled them in Ep.III they were shown so "weak". Time to put them to justice.
 
bananafactory said:
So is the story mostly Whitta still? Or did they toss his stuff?
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Whitta, then Chris Weitz, finished by Chris McQuarrie. (I think it's just a doctor/polish, I don't think he'll be credited)

The story is John Knoll's, actually.

So it'll probably read

Story by
JOHN KNOLL

Written by
GARY WHITTA and CHRIS WEITZ
 
I can't stop watching the Teaser; the walkers scene has me pumped.

Really excited for this one.
 
UrbanRats said:
Probably the main reason why I am excited for it.

His score for Birth and Tree of Life are masterpieces.
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Those are great, though I'm mostly excited in this instance because of his Deathly Hallows work, which had well-rounded themes and action cues. I think they're really underrated because they're not scores for Malick or Oscar bait. The abstract nature found in those wouldn't work with Star Wars (depending) but his Potter scores are more in-line of what to expect.
 
Charcoal said:
I fully expect the last shot to be R2 speeding up the ramp to the ship right as it's taking off
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Yeah, that'd be very nice to have in the movie somewhere.

You cant end the movie on the first shot of ep4 because then you're ending on an unfinished action scene and that's an awkward cut. You cant give the plans to R2 because that doesnt happen until later with Leia. You can't show the plans getting on board the ship at all, because they were transmitted to the ship remotely.
Several transmissions were beamed to this ship by Rebel spies...
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But something like watching R2 board the T4? Great. Maybe from a distance as main characters have some closing lines. Perhaps even seeing Leia among those boarding the ship. Wouldnt be hard to put a lady in a white outfit and some buns and shoot her from behind.
 
Bobby Roberts said:
Whitta, then Chris Weitz, finished by Chris McQuarrie. (I think it's just a doctor/polish, I don't think he'll be credited)

The story is John Knoll's, actually.

So it'll probably read

Story by
JOHN KNOLL

Written by
GARY WHITTA and CHRIS WEITZ
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Thanks. Was having trouble finding the specific credits.
 
Has there been any word on whether this will feature the usual title scroll/end credits we're used to? CAn't decide if I want it or not...
 
AT-ATs are awesome are one of the most uniquely "STAR WARS" things in the franchise, in my opinion

Cindres said:
Has there been any word on whether this will feature the usual title scroll/end credits we're used to? CAn't decide if I want it or not...
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I think not doing the opening crawl would be a nice way to establish that this isn't a mainline Star Wars movie
 
KingBroly said:
The lines come across as forced to me. The delivery isn't helping much, either.
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Nothing is indicative of that line being forced. I really don't see that whatsoever. It comes off as natural dialogue from someone who is snide and has nothing to lose.

The delivery is the best damn part.
 
So what theory has more power ... the girl is Rey's mom or "Poe Dameron in a Mustache" (possibly Diego Luna ?) is Poe's father ?
 
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