Star Wars: Rogue One Story Trailer
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I guarantee nobody at Lucasfilm even considered re-hiring Hayden Christensen to play Darth Vader, nor should they have.
Ragingbegal
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AnotherDayAnotherDollar
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Damn, trailer got me hyped.
What did he mean by this?
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So did Bryan Cranston need to fight on the Godzilla set to make sure his character emoted like a human being? Thats the vibe I'm getting from this.
And if they refuse to throw in an adr line saying 'WE NEED YOU TO STEAL THE PLANS TO THE DEATH STAR' like a normal movie would to explain the story in the "Story Trailer" then at least make sure the characters were introduced with a bang.
What we got so far is...
The 5 foot 2 lethal weapon when not handcuffed of course.
The monontone first mate.
The heavy weapons refugee who the Empire was really mean to.
The not-a-Jedi Jedi.
Philosophizing Forest Whitaker.
And no space party is complete without the "funny" deadpan robot.
The action figures will sell like hotcakes.
I'm not a negative Nancy, but I just think the bts drama is hurting marketing horribly. For example, the millions of Star Wars fans know the title's meaning, but does anyone else? Should you need to read a video description to figure out the plot of a movie. Insert some fun into the dialogue and lightness back to the tone and then it wouldnt embarass this selfserious movie to explain its own existence. Oooh its a dark and gritty war film with Star Wars stuff thats all you gotta know!
It's given me new appreciation for everything about The Force Awakens and Harrison Ford monologuing.
And if they refuse to throw in an adr line saying 'WE NEED YOU TO STEAL THE PLANS TO THE DEATH STAR' like a normal movie would to explain the story in the "Story Trailer" then at least make sure the characters were introduced with a bang.
What we got so far is...
The 5 foot 2 lethal weapon when not handcuffed of course.
The monontone first mate.
The heavy weapons refugee who the Empire was really mean to.
The not-a-Jedi Jedi.
Philosophizing Forest Whitaker.
And no space party is complete without the "funny" deadpan robot.
The action figures will sell like hotcakes.
I'm not a negative Nancy, but I just think the bts drama is hurting marketing horribly. For example, the millions of Star Wars fans know the title's meaning, but does anyone else? Should you need to read a video description to figure out the plot of a movie. Insert some fun into the dialogue and lightness back to the tone and then it wouldnt embarass this selfserious movie to explain its own existence. Oooh its a dark and gritty war film with Star Wars stuff thats all you gotta know!
It's given me new appreciation for everything about The Force Awakens and Harrison Ford monologuing.
That's really cool. I guess he cleans himself up and joins the Rebellion to help Jyn and company.
I'm not really sure what you're getting at here. "There's a weapons test imminent and we need to know to destroy it" is literally said over a massive panning shot of the Death Star.
Unless that itself is your issue?
Yeezus H. Christ
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Rebels is not awesome, lmao. It's very safe and frankly boring at most points.
rokkerkory
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The female lead is not even close to Rey levels of coolness.
She appears to be more bitchy / snotty.
She appears to be more bitchy / snotty.
Funky Papa
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Wut?
Man, that's one hell of a deconstruction from a trailer that shows basically nothing about her.
She looks a bit like FemSolo to me, but what do I know.
Dreams-Visions
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I mean not every movie has to have cute, endearing characters.
Anton Sugar
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lol
LegendofDragoonLives
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Not really doing anything for me. It just hurts the main premise of the movie is the most boring fucking subject they could have picked out of a world that has so much potential. Pretty sure the only reason they chose this was to use Vader to sell tickets. Saying that, I'll still see in the theaters 
What did he mean by this?
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No, it's like I said. The movie is taking itself so seriously that's the best choice of dialogue they had to explain the plot in the Mon Mithma exposition briefing scene. Why leave it up to the trailer viewers to piece together the plot for a series with concepts so on the nose like Dark Side and Light Side. Why these characters, where are they going, and what exactly are they going to do? That is my problem.
Dreams-Visions
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Not really doing anything for me. It just hurts the main premise of the movie is the most boring fucking subject they could have picked out of a world that has so much potential. Pretty sure the only reason they chose this was to use Vader to sell tickets. Saying that, I'll still see in the theaters
The extraction of the death star plans and the lives lost in the acquisition therein seems boring to you? Given the importance those plans had in the Star Wars trilogy story itself?
Really?
Isn't it fair to assume that those questions get answered in the film? Why do you expect a 2 minute trailer to answer every question you have about a movie or the characters therein, none of which you know anything about? Ya'll are making my head hurt. All you need to know is that there's a team, she was recruited for it, and people probably don't make it out alive. That times are desperate and perilous. What else do you need to know?
Freeza Under The Shower
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Voiced by the Voice of Vader himself.
Though I would love a Hayden Christensen "I it was ME, Austin! It was ME ALL ALONG!" moment. Or Jar-Jar wearing the suit. "Iz Wassa Messa! Iz Wassa Messa AL Azong!"
I'm still confused. Are you saying they're not displaying things thoroughly enough or that they're displaying things too on the nose?
WadiumArcadium
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Kinda makes sense seeing she's a criminal.
Dash_Riprock
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You're only as good as your last film.
WadiumArcadium
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Nah.
What did he mean by this?
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Trailers are meant to sell and showcase a movie so we are well within our rights to criticize the movie.
Plenty of trailers accomplish that; yes, that is what I want.
The former.
Plenty of trailers accomplish that; yes, that is what I want.
The former.
I'm wondering if this trailer is expecting everyone to know Star Wars at this point, and to be drawn in by the characters and the visuals and the nostalgia more than explaining things. Star Wars is a monster name, the name alone can draw the people in, even if they are confused or the plot is not as clear cut.
Freeza Under The Shower
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Are you saying we're not going to have this:
in a non-Lucas Star Wars movie? Those hacks! Those fucking hacks!
Or lines about hating sand? Or loooove?
Btw, I feel that a lot of people are ignoring the Man vs. Environment theme with Godzilla. That movie was very respectful towards the 1954 original, including main scientist dying and a nuclear accident situation. There is one shot in particular where Godzilla walks back into the see and I could literally feel my skin having a galvanic response, which is how you can tell (intense) memory recognition. It took a while to find, but that exact shot is also in the original movie, where I saw it first when I was six or something like that.
This.
There's a handful of good episodes (usually the season finale), but a whole lot of filler.
I miss late-era Clone Wars, though even that still had its fair share of bland episodes.
Rogue One looks pretty good visually. Not sure about some of the dialogue in this trailer (or is it just the delivery? I really can't decide).
LegendofDragoonLives
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There's nothing surprising there. The Death stars have enough limelight that it became a parody of itself by VII. If they wanted to go back to the past, look at a Hans story or a Jedi turning evil or vice-versa. The trilogy already happened, I couldn't give a shit about the Death Star by now.
To be honest following Edwards from Monsters and Godzilla, his eye for great visual effects is his major plus point whilst his human characters have been pretty wooden.
Not much of a problem though, the writing was never a strong point in Star Wars.
Sapiens
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That's because she's english.
A) We're getting Han's past (also a way worse idea than this tbqh)
B) WE HAD AN ENTIRE TRILOGY DEDICATED TO A JEDI TURNING EVIL
What did you want to see from this trailer?
TFA trailers didn't divulge much in the way of story details - Luke going missing, Kylo's lineage, state of the galaxy, what BB-8's purpose was, what Leia was up to, Maz etc.
infinityBCRT
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BossDarkseid
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And Rey wasn't?
Different time periods, this was confirmed pretty recently.
He was considered for early drafts of Episode 7 with the whole Vader Force Ghost idea
I really want this.
Freeza Under The Shower
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OR DID WE?
edit: I should probably clarify that I am, obviously, being completely sarcastic about this prequel stuff. It won't be missed, though a small nod might be nice. Just one random evil guy from Jar Jar's race or whatever. Just to say "fuck that shit", basically.
Lys Skygge
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Ehhhh.... I thought the trailer was pretty bad. It felt kinda cheesy.
Man, the creeping Imperial March piece, cinematography, all on point..
Except the dialogue. A few hit lines, but man this is really starting to worry me. Feels very generic and safe. The TFA trailers didn't give me this feeling, dialogue was always on point and interesting.
SW, at its core, is driven by its characters; I really hope this doesn't turn into a shallow action movie. Either way, good trailer, now just make sure the character development/dialogue is there to drive the story and you've got a great film.
Except the dialogue. A few hit lines, but man this is really starting to worry me. Feels very generic and safe. The TFA trailers didn't give me this feeling, dialogue was always on point and interesting.
SW, at its core, is driven by its characters; I really hope this doesn't turn into a shallow action movie. Either way, good trailer, now just make sure the character development/dialogue is there to drive the story and you've got a great film.
Mega Caprison
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i'm not feeling it, sorry guys 
robertsan21
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also worried, didnt feel as good as the first trailer. The Dialog and action scenes felt like every other movie out there but with a star wars theme.
hope I am wrong. I need this to be good!
hope I am wrong. I need this to be good!
This is what I'm most concerned about. Felt the same way with the dialogue, but everything else seems to be right on point.
moltonasty
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lol. dat dialogue...
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