Star Wars: Rogue One

[Scarlett.]

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Disney has confirmed that one of the Star Wars spinoffs will be titled Rogue One, while also confirming that Star Wars Episode VIII will be released on May 26, 2017.

The company's CEO Bob Iger revealed in an investor call today (March 12) that director Gareth Edwards's Rogue One will star Oscar nominee Felicity Jones and will begin production this summer in London.

ogue One - which opens on December 16, 2016 - is a story that screenwriter Chris Weitz will set outside of the core Star Wars saga, while still maintaining connections to its universe.

Iger also confirmed during the investor call that Looper's Rian Johnson will both write and direct Star Wars Episode VIII.

Its release on May 26, 2017 is being timed to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope.

The first film for the revived franchise will be director JJ Abrams's Star Wars: The Force Awakens, opening on December 18.

Original franchise stars Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill are all back for the film, along with new cast members John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver and Andy Serkis.

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[Scarlett.]

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Only video I could find, excuse the annoying guy who appears instantly after the end of the teaser.

[James]

There's a new trailer coming on August 11th. They put out a weird advert announcing it mixing Star Wars and the Olympics.

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This was the previous trailer. Couldn't find if this had been posted. (?)

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[Ross.]

Can't wait for this

[Jamie89]

I was a bit apprehensive about a standalone Star Wars film, but I'm getting more and more excited for this :amazed:

[armand.kay]

Yeah I didn't know know to feel about it at first but I'm really exited now! Looks really good :worry:

[James]

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[James]

Looks good.

[Jamie89]

Trailer's great :clap1: I want to know how much of Vader we'll see in it though. I get the feeling it'll be a really small role where he'll just pop up at the end or something, like Luke in The Force Awakens. But I want to see more of him than that.

[Will.]

looks good, I loved the force awakens.

[James]

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From Auralnauts channel - check out their Episodes 1-4 re-dubs.

[James]

Another trailer.

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[user104658]

Looks like a much better film than ep VII, to be honest...

[Jamie89]

Looks really good, best trailer so far for it anyway imo.

[Jordan.]

Less than a week away http://popoverdose.com/images/smilies/emoji/e427.png

[James]

I'm going to see it tomorrow. Reviews have been good apparently, but I'm staying away from spoilers this time. I practically new everything about The Force Awakens before seeing it.

[Jamie89]

:amazed: I'm not seeing it till Sat so I'm trying to avoid all reviews and spoilers till then

[Will.]

:amazed: I'm not seeing it till Sat so I'm trying to avoid all reviews and spoilers till then

Can I come with you please.

[Jamie89]

Can I come with you please.

As long as you bring the snacks http://cdn.thisisbigbrother.com/customavatars/avatar91353_151.gif

[James]

I saw it today, and enjoyed it. I felt I was getting into the story, and caring about the characters (which is what it is all about for me), about half way through.

There's one moment where they are definitely giving the fans what they want, haha. You'll know what it is when you see it.

Though I thought later it doesn't really fit in with what we see in some of the other films.

Another thing is there is a lot of bits in the trailers which aren't in the films. In fact I watched an Rogue One advert on Youtube after I saw the film, and it had something which isn't in the film.

I liked the droid's humour, and the blind martial-arts man, and the phrase he repeated at one stage resonated with me, for some reason.

^Minor spoilers.^.

Bigger spoiler points.

I think the over-thought themselves trying to explain the flaw in the Death Star. If you were going to build in a exploitable flaw, why make it so difficult to hit (the exhaust port).

The cgi-ing of one character's face looked a bit 'uncanny valley' - like a video game character. I didn't mind the other one though.

[Jordan.]

So tempting to click :worry: I probably wont be seeing it until the end of the month.

[James]

Something in the trailer not in film.

Another thing is there is a lot of bits in the trailers which aren't in the films. In fact I watched an Rogue One advert on Youtube after I saw the film, and it had something which isn't in the film.


This was the bit in the advert I saw after the film, which wasn't in the film itself.
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[Jamie89]

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story takes $290m on first weekend :clap1:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38359634

[Jamie89]

I still haven't seen it yet though, was meant to go on saturday but we're going tomorrow instead now. I've heard good things though so I can't wait :amazed:

[Jordan.]

Star Wars officially ending Christmas as December's biggest event :clap1:

I'm hopefully going to see it wednesday!

[DouglasS]

I saw it the other day and I had only seen 1 star wars movie and wasn't really a fan of the franchise and can say I loved this film. So I imagine star wins fans will really love it

[Vanessa]

Saw it last week and it was brilliant! Hoping there.will be more spin off Star Wars movies :hee:

[Niamh.]

Saw it yesterday, it was alright but no where near as good as the last Star Wars film

[Jamie89]

Just watched it and I LOVED it! :lovedup:

I didn't have that many expectations with it being a spin off so I wouldn't have been disappointed really even if it was just average but I thought it was brilliant! Not as good as TFA but still great in it's own right and actually being a spin off made it better in some respects, I thought it was able to do things that a 'normal' Star Wars movie wouldn't do and it took advantage of those opportunities. Overall I loved the darker tone of it, the special effects were incredible, the characters, the story, everything was great!

I loved all the characters but my stand out favourites were K-2SO (Sheldon Cooper teas? :laugh: ) and Chirrut :flutter:

The special effects were great but in particular, one of my favourite scenes was when the Death Star struck Jedha, seeing the impact from the ground and the characters fleeing the tidal wave of rock, it was epic. And special effects aside it was just a great scene to have, seeing the destruction from the point of view of the people being hit.

I thought The Force and the power of it was presented really well. Obviously it's been done so many times over the course of the films but the scene where Chirrut is walking towards the switch thing and using the force to get him there safely for example, it's one of my favourite ever force-related scenes.

One thing that I loved which would never have been possible in a normal Star Wars movie was having all of the main characters dying, and I thought all the deaths were executed really well. And to have so many deaths of main characters and not lose interest or have any diminishing emotional impact, and then to even kill off Jyn as well, I thought it was brave and all done superbly, and some of those scenes are up there with the best in the franchise imo. Jyn's dad, K-2SO, Chirrut, Baze, Saw, The Pilot, and of course Jyn and Cassian hugging while they wait to be 'blasted into oblivion' :laugh: :flutter: I found all of their deaths really powerful.

And the bad guy, Orson, was also brilliant. His death scene was definitely one of my favourites from the film, having him lying there and seeing the Death Star appear, the knowing look on his face that he was about to be destroyed by the weapon he created. It was great.

And OMG Darth Vader! He wasn't in it much but he was used perfectly and his scenes are great. His "don't choke on your aspirations" (I think it was) line :love: but especially the scene where he's cutting through the Rebel troops at the end, just the whole setting of it, the fear of the troops, I loved it and I actually think it's one of the best Darth Vader scenes ever.

Oh and Leia being there in the final scene blew me away, I had no idea that was going to happen and I could have cried :laugh: Ugh it was so good.

My only faults... there was no opening crawl :oh: (but yeah I guess maybe it would have been out of place in a spin off?) but something else which was my only real issue with the story, was when Jyn was trying to convince the Rebels to help get the Death Star plans and they decided against it. I know from the films point of view it was best that the Rogue One crew went on their own and have the Rebels join them later, and it was a better film for doing that, I just think they could have written the set up of it better because from a story point of view, it didn't make much sense to me. I thought Jyn had a really strong argument and yeah I just didn't really understand why they were against helping, I get the danger aspect of it for them but still, they're Rebels. And when they eventually decided to help, the woman who was in charge seemed happy about it which suggested that she'd wanted the Rebels to help all along, in which case why didn't she put up any kind of argument for it herself instead of (very quickly) settling on the decision that they wouldn't help out? Maybe I missed something, I don't know, when I watch it again I'm going to pay closer attention to those scenes I think.

[Jamie89]

I think the over-thought themselves trying to explain the flaw in the Death Star. If you were going to build in a exploitable flaw, why make it so difficult to hit (the exhaust port).

Oh I loved the explanation of that :laugh: I thought the hologram scene was great and I don't think it would have been as good with a lesser explanation tbh, but also I just think it adds so much to A New Hope, and without ret-conning anything, I really admired that they were able to do that. I think as well that in building the exploitation flaw, they'd have to prioritise it being kept hidden over being easy to hit, and it would probably be difficult to achieve both.

[Jordan.]

Ugh just left cinema and I'm completely slain. Definitely in my top 3 Star Wars film.

[Jordan.]

One thing that I loved which would never have been possible in a normal Star Wars movie was having all of the main characters dying, and I thought all the deaths were executed really well. And to have so many deaths of main characters and not lose interest or have any diminishing emotional impact, and then to even kill off Jyn as well, I thought it was brave and all done superbly, and some of those scenes are up there with the best in the franchise imo. Jyn's dad, K-2SO, Chirrut, Baze, Saw, The Pilot, and of course Jyn and Cassian hugging while they wait to be 'blasted into oblivion' :laugh: :flutter: I found all of their deaths really powerful.

I really loved this too. It was really emotional and bitter sweet to see all these brave character die but know it wouldn't be in vain. Jyn and Cassian hugging at the end awaiting their fate </3

[James]

DVD trailer.

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