Rogue One Gareth Edwards directing Rogue One - Release Date Dec 16 2016

Man... I know they'd keep him under wraps if he's in it, but imagine waking up one morning and seeing a blurry drone shot of Vader taking on the rebels.

 

Pretty cool set pics, What's the timeline in this film?

 

Right before a New Hope.

Pretty much the movie plot is exactly the first two lines of the opening crawl

It is a period of civil war.
Rebel spaceships, striking
from a hidden base, have won
their first victory against
the evil Galactic Empire.

During the battle, Rebel
spies managed to steal secret
plans to the Empire's
ultimate weapon, the DEATH
STAR,..​

Since (obviously) none of this rogue dirty 1/2dozen group, appear in the original trilogy. It will probably end with their last act, transmitting the plans to Lei on the Tantive IV, as Vader's Star destroyer closes in.

 

Hmm another prequel but it's a great idea and a Vader cameo or small role would be awesome

 

Alright, question -- If Vader appears, since this ends perhaps hours or minutes before ANH takes place, should his suit match the ANH version? In spite of the suit being refined in the following films, including in RotS? I vote yes.

 

Yup, Everyone and everything in this films needs to match A New Hope as much as possible. This is A New Hope except from the point of view of certain rebels and merely days or hours before the start of the original film instead of years before or after

 

For me this is one of those things where it becomes - be careful what you wish for.

Hopefully we get some scenes hinting at the looming presence making Imperial commanders accountable for the loss of these plans, and by the end, due to their incompetence, we finally see when he personally takes full command of the mission to retrieve them.

But I don't need, or want them to take it upon themselves to suddenly decide - we really need to "explore" Vader's angst here.
No, you don't! Hell no!

This has to be Vader at his coldest. least human and most mechanical, completely switched off emotionally, there shouldn't be any trace of the whiney torchered Anakin of the prequels.
Or of him even reflecting on that past for a second. That guy, is implicitly dead! at this point.

And this is also before he has any sense, or want of hope, that his children may have survived.
Just a pure mechanised walking death mask, focused on getting the plans back.
That's it!

I will freakin yell at the screen like a madman and wreck the theater, if they for a second have him all wistful and moping, at what he's become.
LOL!

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tim5nU3DwIE
So this will be your reaction?

 

LOL!

My reaction ? Less sad-stompy...
and more this

 

Yeah, this is the time period when Vader's his coldest. It's the time period used in the Force Unleashed games; so Vader's primary goal is hunting down the remaining Jedi….

 

Is it even 100% confirmed that Vader will be in this film or is it all hearsay at this point, because Edwards said that there would be no Force-users in this.

 

Vader would be a surprise though, and most likely a cameo. I think what Edwards meant like Jedi being involved with the man Rogue One crew. Or them fighting a new Sith like character.

 

Star Wars: Rogue One Set Photos Tease Massive Battle

http://screenrant.com/star-wars-rogue-one-set-photos-battle-felicity-jones/

 

Hope Donnie Yen's role is a sizeable one. He could bring so much to the Star Wars Universe.

 

Star Wars: Rogue One Script Polished By Christopher McQuarrie?

http://screenrant.com/star-wars-rogue-one-script-mcquarrie/

 

Just heard about this, I hope it's true. McQuarrie is an amazing writer.

 

Just a little piece of news from MSW.

Original Darth Vader sculptor starts working on Rogue One

 

Intriguing indeed...

 

And now I'm picturing a scene with the Imperial March slowly building in intensity, then BAM! Vader bursts in and starts wrecking up the place.

 

Don't know if anyone saw this, but BBC Entertainment correspondent Lizo Mzimba reported just a few days ago that apparently Riz Ahmed's agency website revealed his character's name in Rogue One as 'Bodhi Rook'. Not sure whether that's 100% at the moment.

 

Mads Mikkelsen Talks Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

http://screenrant.com/star-wars-rogue-one-mads-mikkelsen/

 

So in reality, he said nothing which is understandable

 

So when can we expect a trailer for this bad boy?

Earliest: In three weeks with TFA, but doesn't look like that's happening...
Possible/likely: May the Fourth 2016.
Latest: Celebration, which next year is in June, I think.

 

Wouldn't be surprised if it pops up online on May the 4th and premieres in theaters with Captain America: Civil War.

 

It really depends on how they are going to continue their marketing. If Disney continues the TFA formula. We could get one as early as TFA. Also we could get an VIII teaser with Civil War. But right now I'd say it's hard to say if they will continue that year before trailer.