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

danoliver1 · 7 Apr 2016 at 22:10

I predict many Bothans will die before the end of the film.

Shamikebab · 7 Apr 2016 at 22:12

danoliver1 said:
I predict many Bothans will die before the end of the film.

Wrong death star

shaank · 7 Apr 2016 at 22:20

danoliver1 said:
I predict many Bothans will die before the end of the film.

Shamikebab said:
Wrong death star

Yup, wrong Death Star. The Bothans died getting the plans for the second one, this one the plans end up in the hands of Leia and R2-D2 (as you know from ep IV) - so Rogue One just aims to set that up.

A proper prequel.

I fracking love it

J.T · 8 Apr 2016 at 10:50

Looks like it could be good.

Another Disney Princess though...

Breeze · 8 Apr 2016 at 11:38

Just watched the trailer. Looks great.

Armageus · 8 Apr 2016 at 11:55

Trailer looks good - looking forward to this.

stoofa · 8 Apr 2016 at 11:56

Tunney said:
Thrawn was Chiss in the old Expanded Universe books.

But thank the lord most of the old EU is now totally irrelevant.

Steedie · 8 Apr 2016 at 11:56

Looks awesome! Can't wait for this

redline said:
Hmm, not sure. It has a slightly 'made for TV' feel, or something... I can't quite put my finger on it... feels a little cheap maybe?

But I totally get where this comment is coming from, can't quite work out why but just looks a bit like a high budget TV show as opposed to a film

Nitefly · 8 Apr 2016 at 12:27

It's because it's a "spin off" - which many tv shows are.

PlacidCasual · 8 Apr 2016 at 13:07

I seem to remember reading that Peter Cushing's character Grand Moff Tarkin from A New Hope was in Rogue One. On that basis I assumed the guy in white was Tarkin, although I appreciate that he wore grey not white. Maybe he gets promotion between Rogue One and A New Hope.

Tarkin is also in Star Wars Rebels which is apparently canon. I'm interested in seeing how they tie that in with the films, one has to assume all those characters kark it before A New Hope.

daz · 8 Apr 2016 at 13:10

This looks great. Not as "tied" down as the rest of the series I really feel this could be a great watch.

No1newts · 8 Apr 2016 at 13:33

I thought this one had a lot to with Vader?

Zefan · 8 Apr 2016 at 13:35

No1newts said:
I thought this one had a lot to with Vader?

Hopefully not. The less light sabres and force the better IMO.

gettothechopper · 8 Apr 2016 at 14:19

Zefan said:
Hopefully not. The less light sabres and force the better IMO.

im hoping he isnt in it until right at the end where he turns up and annihilates them all, but just too slow to stop them transmitting the plans to leia on the blockade runner - directly setting up the opening of ANH

thinking about it it would be pretty crazy seeing vader dominating the battle without any jedi to save them from him

ianh · 8 Apr 2016 at 15:38

gettothechopper said:
thinking about it it would be pretty crazy seeing vader dominating the battle without any jedi to save them from him

He could be the "ultimate badass" in this as he tracks down the rebels without having a Jedi to fight meaning it could show him as an unstoppable force to the rebels.

But I don't think they'll go that way, I think it'll be a cameo at the end at best.

Grimley · 8 Apr 2016 at 16:11

gettothechopper said:
canary wharf tube station in that trailer ! lol

I thought that too.

Dunno about Vader being in this - I suspect his master will make a cameo appearance judging by the glimpse of the imperial guard in the clip.

They got Mon Mothma off to a tee as well - to the point where they asked Dr Who to go back to Ep XI & get her.

No1newts · 8 Apr 2016 at 17:36

I kind of liked the idea of seeing Vader in his pomp, we get Pansy Vader via Hayden and past it Vader in the last 3 films. Hardcore Vader would be brilliant.

HeX · 8 Apr 2016 at 17:47

gettothechopper said:
im hoping he isnt in it until right at the end where he turns up and annihilates them all, but just too slow to stop them transmitting the plans to leia on the blockade runner - directly setting up the opening of ANH

thinking about it it would be pretty crazy seeing vader dominating the battle without any jedi to save them from him

This is exactly how it should end.

2hrs of getting to know this rag tag bunch of rebel badasses who kick their way through stormtrooper butt to get the plans, only to be utterly wrecked by this unstoppable Sith Lord in the final moments of the film.

5punk3monk3y · 8 Apr 2016 at 19:44

stoofa said:
But thank the lord most of the old EU is now totally irrelevant.

Don't we have to vote "out" first

Trailer looks great, looking forward to this

dowie · 8 Apr 2016 at 21:12

should have clocked this when I watched the trailer

http://www.forbes.com/sites/ianmorris/2016/04/07/star-wars-rogue-one-trailer-has-an-amusing-secret/

Rather than build a costly set, the Star Wars production seems to have shot in the architecturally amazing Canary Wharf station – a far cry from a space station orbiting and waiting to dispatch laser-based death on a planet below.

Picked up quickly by keen eyes on Twitter as soon as the trailer went live, the scenes show Jyn Erso (played by Felicity Jones) running through the station. On the right you can see the sliding doors which are found in a small group of Jubilee Line stations. It was this that gave the whole thing away.

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

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