* Rogue One: A Star Wars Story * (NOW WITH SPOILERS)

Alibaba99 · 23 Dec 2016 at 18:32

HeX said:
When they are all heading to the drop ship to go get the plans you can hear the tannoy call out 'General Syndulla to the control room' or something like that. You can also see the Ghost in the background in a couple of shots, and at the big battle at the end. That's your Rebels tie-in

But which General Syndulla? Hera or Cham?

There is also a brief glimpse of Chopper.

stoofa · 23 Dec 2016 at 20:05

MissChief said:
But he's not a Jedi? The only Jedi's to survive were Obi Wan and Yoda.

The whole order "vanishes" at the end of Episode III and the purge kills many. Nothing says that only Yoda and Obi Wan survive - they are the only ones we know about as such.

Zefan · 23 Dec 2016 at 20:34

Bishie said:
Saw the movie last night, and thoroughly enjoyed it. I'm a sucker for anything Star Wars.

Also, my collectible seems all the more valuable now that James Earl Jones reprised his role as Vader!

Even better that the picture is from SWG :cool:

G-MAN2004 · 23 Dec 2016 at 20:44

Just got back from seeing this and holy **** it's so damn good. Even got a bit emotional! I cringed when I discovered Disney first bought the franchise, but I honestly can't fault them at all. They've done it proper.

And omg Felicity... She is perfect.

GSXRMovistar · 23 Dec 2016 at 21:24

Finally got to watch this today and I thought it was awesome, very different but at the same time very familiar.

Negatives (but minor)
Forest Whitaker's character - Wish they could have squeezed in a bit more of his back story as he looked like a interesting character. (How does he fight, what happened to his legs...etc etc)
Moff Tarkin - Yes you could tell it was CGI in most scenes (however see below...).

Positives
Death Star weakness - Love how they have made a story to explain this stupid flaw
Moff Tarkin - Whilst it was clearly CGI bloody hell I thought it was great, to be able to include a character whose actor died 20+ years ago is amazing
They all died - Like the fact that they didn't make an excuse to save any of rogue characters

Really really enjoyed it and looking forward to watching it again and future spin-off movies.

firstborn · 23 Dec 2016 at 22:48

The last two posts - a breath of fresh air...

Glaucus · 23 Dec 2016 at 23:48

now taht is how you make a %%%%%% star wars film, that was epic.

hope (

) in stars wars restored, now if they can make films like that, then churn them out.

yep them all dieing was absolutely needed, a brave director who does it, and more films should follow when its so obviously a one sided fight.

Scam · 24 Dec 2016 at 12:31

Finally saw it yesterday so I'm allowed in this thread. Thoroughly enjoyable, couldn't ask for more. I was a bit underwhelmed with Vader's first appearance but then he totally made up for it

omg

For those wondering about the kiddies.. A family sat near me with two 5-6yr olds. I thought "well what I've heard is that this is a strong 12A, but whatever". One child was absolutely terrified of the Mummy trailer beforehand, lol. Practically jumped into his mum's arms. So much so that the mum suggested they leave.. They lasted about two thirds through the film...

Vertigo · 24 Dec 2016 at 13:01

Richdog said:
It's decent, and better than FA... but the best Star Wars? I can't help but think people are getting a bit carried away.

The opposing view is that those who think it's not are merely viewing the originals through rose-tinted glasses and also getting 'carried away'. The originals may have a special place in peoples' hearts but they're far from the masterpieces many would have us believe.

Vertigo · 24 Dec 2016 at 13:04

Scam said:
Finally saw it yesterday so I'm allowed in this thread. Thoroughly enjoyable, couldn't ask for more. I was a bit underwhelmed with Vader's first appearance but then he totally made up for it omg

For those wondering about the kiddies.. A family sat near me with two 5-6yr olds. I thought "well what I've heard is that this is a strong 12A, but whatever". One child was absolutely terrified of the Mummy trailer beforehand, lol. Practically jumped into his mum's arms. So much so that the mum suggested they leave.. They lasted about two thirds through the film...

I think the intention of 12A is that kids a few years under that age may go with a parent, not it's in any way suitable for kids half that age.

Did they leave because they were scared or just bored? Frankly I suspect the latter as I wouldn't expect a 5-6 year old to have the faintest idea what's going on and likely to get bored to the point of fidgeting and making noise, at which point I'd be telling the parent to take them and **** off.

firstborn · 24 Dec 2016 at 23:44

Vertigo1 said:
The opposing view is that those who think it's not are merely viewing the originals through rose-tinted glasses and also getting 'carried away'. The originals may have a special place in peoples' hearts but they're far from the masterpieces many would have us believe.

Bless you and thanks for your insight

easyrider · 25 Dec 2016 at 00:35

I'd love to see another starwars story with an 18 certificate.

This film was on the money !

easyrider · 25 Dec 2016 at 00:39

Warbie said:
Same, and with Leia too. It just looked weird. I'd have preferred a different actor entirely as he would have at least looked human. It could have easily been avoided too. Either way, not a major gripe, but both of those scenes were marred by the poor cgi and took me right out the movie.

I don't think the leia reveal at the end was necessary...The back of her hooded head was enough...

As for Cushing...I quite liked the arrogance of it.

G-MAN2004 · 25 Dec 2016 at 18:30

Here's something I've been wondering. Did you guys see the yellow wall of text at the beginning like with every other Star Wars film? :confused:

Zefan · 25 Dec 2016 at 18:41

G-MAN2004 said:
Here's something I've been wondering. Did you guys see the yellow wall of text at the beginning like with every other Star Wars film?

No one did, because it wasn't there, as was announced by the production team quite a while before the release of the film

G-MAN2004 · 25 Dec 2016 at 18:45

Just checking.

I saw this pic online and thought maybe my cinema had accidentally cut it out or something!

Raymond Lin · 25 Dec 2016 at 18:46

Zefan said:
No one did, because it wasn't there, as was announced by the production team quite a while before the release of the film

Can you imagine if it was there, and then they make another prequel base on that text.

It could just go on forever, episode 3.9, episode 3.8, episode 3.7....episode 3.1, episode 3.09, episode 3.08....

datalol-jack · 25 Dec 2016 at 18:47

G-MAN2004 said:
Just checking. I saw this pic online and thought maybe my cinema had accidentally cut it out or something!

"it's power" gave it away.

G-MAN2004 · 25 Dec 2016 at 18:49

Good point!

datalol-jack · 25 Dec 2016 at 18:54

G-MAN2004 said:
Good point!

It's odd though, and could be just a spin-off thing, but even most SW games I can think of had the opening crawl.

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