Rogue One General Rogue One News/Speculation/SPOILER Thread - Part 6

[StarLord]

Experience Rogue One: A Star Wars Story again -- and go behind the scenes with a galaxy of bonus features -- when the thrilling tale of rebellion comes home on Digital HD (March 24) and Blu-ray 3D, Blu-ray, DVD, and On-Demand (April 4).

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story In-Home Trailer
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[Broseph44]

Awesome just like TFA the blu ray is April 4th, which is my birthday. 2 years in a row now I'll be buying myself a nice little gift haha.

 

[StarLord]

Good news for us UK folk too.

Star Wars UK

Calling all UK rebels! You can bring home #RogueOne on DVD, 3D Blu-ray and Digital Download from April 10. May the Force be with us.

 

[StarLord]

Here's the BONUS FEATURES:

http://www.starwars.com/news/rogue-one-a-star-wars-story-arrives-soon-digital-hd-blu-ray

A wide array of bonus features, ranging from never-before-seen cast and creator interviews to a look at hidden Easter eggs, will take fans deeper into Rogue One than ever before:

A Rogue Idea – Hear how ILM’s John Knoll came up with the movie’s concept – and why it’s the right film to launch the Star Wars stand-alone films.
Jyn: The Rebel – Get to know Rogue One’s defiant, resourceful survivor, and hear what it was like for Felicity Jones to bring her to life onscreen.
Cassian: The Spy – Diego Luna shares insights into his complex, driven character, who becomes a hero through selflessness, perseverance and passion.
K-2SO: The Droid – Explore the development of this reprogrammed Imperial droid, from initial pitch and character design through Alan Tudyk’s performance.
Baze & Chirrut: Guardians of the Whills – Go deeper into the relationship between these two very different characters, with Chinese superstars Jiang Wen and Donnie Yen.
Bodhi & Saw: The Pilot & The Revolutionary – Forest Whitaker and Riz Ahmed reflect on Saw Gerrera, the broken Rebel leader, and Bodhi Rook, the Imperial pilot who defects.
The Empire – Meet a dangerous new Imperial adversary…and cross paths once more with the most iconic villain of all time.
Visions of Hope: The Look of “Rogue One” – The filmmakers describe the challenges and thrills of developing a bold new look for the movie that can fit within the world of the original trilogy.
The Princess & The Governor – See what it took to bring the vibrant young princess of Star Wars: A New Hope – as well as one of her most memorable foes – back to the screen.
Epilogue: The Story Continues – Filmmakers and cast celebrate Rogue One’s premiere and look forward into the future, to the Star Wars stories yet to be told.
Rogue Connections – Uncover Easter eggs and film facts hidden throughout the movie that connect Rogue One to the Star Wars universe.

* Digital bonus offerings may vary by retailer.
RETAILER EXCLUSIVES
In addition, a selection of retailer exclusives will be available for pre-order starting February 23, featuring unique packaging and configurations:

Target Exclusive: 5-disc set includes collectible packaging with interchangeable character covers and exclusive bonus content (Blu-ray 3D + two Blu-ray + DVD + DVD exclusive content – 2 additional bonus features + Digital HD + collectible packaging)

Best Buy Exclusive: 4-disc set with exclusive SteelBook packaging (Blu-ray 3D + two Blu-ray + DVD + Digital HD + SteelBook packaging)

Walmart Exclusive: 3-disc set with exclusive K-2SO packaging and two Galactic Connexions trading discs (two Blu-ray + DVD + Digital HD + K-2SO packaging + two Galactic Connexions trading discs)

 

[Kaleb]

 

[StarLord]

This is pretty damn cool!

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[Marvolo]

Details About the Original Version of the Film's Climax

/film got a chance to speak with gareth edwards at the sxsw fest in austin, texas, where he was a special guest.

/film: can you talk about the original ending? We know there were reshoots, but i’d like know what wasn’t working and what you actually set out to change.

gareth edwards: i think the main thing that changed at the end…what used to happen, and you can get a sense of this in the early trailers, the transmission tower for the plans was separate from the main base on scarif. To transmit the plans, they had to escape and run along the beach and go up the tower. In cutting the film, it just felt too long. We had to find ways to compress the third act, which was quite long as it was. And one real, fast, brutal solution was to put the tower in the base, so they don’t have to run across the beach and do all of that stuff to get there. That became a decision that eliminated the shots you see in the trailer of the back of cassian and jyn and the at-ats. That was some of the reinvention that happened. It was all to do with compression.

As cool as many things are, and they really are, you can’t outstay your welcome. We’ve all done it. We’ve all sat in a movie and even if you love a film, there’s that moment where you want to look at your watch, or you feel like “okay, i hope it ends soon.” you don’t want the audience thinking that. You don’t want them to lag. If you feel that when you watch something back, you need to find a way to tighten it somewhere. That was a big win for a compression.

http://www.slashfilm.com/gareth-edwards-original-rogue-one-ending/

in the original cut, Vader never actually boarded the ship at all.

"He arrives and obliterates the Calamari ship, and then the blockade runner gets out just in time and he pursues the blockade runner. And then Jabez [Olssen] was like, 'I think we need to get Darth on that ship,' and I thought, yeah, that's a brilliant idea and would love to do it, but there's no way they're going to let us do it. It's a big number and we had, what, like 3 or 4 months before release. Kathy [Kennedy] came in and Jabez thought, ***** it, and pitched her this idea, and she loved it. Suddenly within a week or two we were at Pinewood shooting that scene."

The sequence had to match up with one which was shot five months earlier, when a Rebel pulled to lever to disconnect the Tantive IV from Admiral Raddus' ship, so the team made sure to be "very careful with it." Edwards asked the ROGUE ONE stunt team to come up with everything they could think of for the sequence and they "came up with a whole shopping list of ideas. 70% we used, and maybe 30% felt a little too extreme. They were things you hadn't seen him do before, and I wanted to stick to what Darth does in the original trilogy."


http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/gareth-edwards-on-reshooting-rogue-one-s-ending-and-that-darth-vader-scene-292

I'd love to hear what those extreme ideas were. If it was considered too extreme for Vader it must have been some really messed up ideas.

 

[OnTheAir]

More on the film's original ending:

http://ew.com/movies/2017/03/20/rogue-one-alternate-ending-revealed/

 

[DarthSkywalker]

The original ending was what I thought it was. Man I watched those trailers way too much.

 

[Kane52630]

 

[Broseph44]

Those gifs

 

[Marvolo]

Vader looks so badass there.

And that second is definitely one of the most iconic shots of the franchise.

I need hi-res gifs of both of these.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

 

[Marvolo]

Aww thats the good stuff.

 

[Sawyer]

Still think he looked weird on Mustafar, but at the end

 

[Marvolo]

Still think he looked weird on Mustafar, but at the end

On mustafar his helmet seemed off to me. Like it was too large or oddly proportioned. Perhaps the neck was shorter than it usually is. He almost looked...dare I say it...mildly goofy on mustafar. I really dont know exactly what made him look off in that scene but I agree something was off about the costume or the way the actor was wearing it.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

It was his neck i noticed on Mustafar, it looked huge, almost like it had an older, heavier person in the suit.

Those Vader gods are amazing Kane, can't wait to see this again.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

 

[Pfeiffer-Pfan]

Those Vader gifs are everything. We need more Vader, but it doesn't sound as if Lucasfilm will be revisiting him anytime soon.

 

[OnTheAir]

Vader was originally going to kill one of Rogue One's main characters:


http://ew.com/movies/2017/03/21/rogue-almost-got-more-vader-killing-a-major-character/

 

[OnTheAir]

Original plans for Jyn's mother:


http://ew.com/movies/2017/03/22/rogue-one-jyn-erso-mother-jedi/

 

[Drizzle]

Vader was originally going to kill one of Rogue One's main characters:


http://ew.com/movies/2017/03/21/rogue-almost-got-more-vader-killing-a-major-character/

I had actually thought that's how his death was going to go down in the film, but I prefer how everything unfolded.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

 

[Broseph44]

 

[OnTheAir]

Riz Ahmed was originally going to play a different character:

http://ew.com/movies/2017/03/23/rogue-one-riz-ahmed-bokan-bodhi-rook/