Rogue One General Rogue One News/Speculation/SPOILER Thread

[Venomfan]

Was that a real bootleg trailer i just watched? Someone posted it in the comments on a CBM article. It was

Spoiler

the emperor narrarating as the camera pans over a forested planet revealing the death star in the sky

 

[Snow Queen]

Was that a real bootleg trailer i just watched? Someone posted it in the comments on a CBM article. It was

Spoiler

the emperor narrarating as the camera pans over a forested planet revealing the death star in the sky

Yes, however [BLACKOUT]Obi-Wan narrates the trailer.[/BLACKOUT]

 

[titansupes]

Was that a real bootleg trailer i just watched? Someone posted it in the comments on a CBM article. It was

Spoiler

the emperor narrarating as the camera pans over a forested planet revealing the death star in the sky

Yep, it's real. But it's not new-- It's from Celebration in April last year.

 

[Venomfan]

Yes, however [BLACKOUT]Obi-Wan narrates the trailer.[/BLACKOUT]

Well that's embarrassing lol

 

[Lone]

What if he has this badass one liner for the whole movie before he does something badass like killing the whole squadron?

Vader: "I don't like sand..."

*ignites lightsaber*

 

[Filmfan93]

Okay, so I saw the leaked trailer. Is this the real thing? And wasn't it released months ago and then removed by Disney? Also, what is this forest planet? Wasn't the Death Star built above Geonosis?

 

[nightwing06]

Looks great

 

[Lord]

Okay, so I saw the leaked trailer. Is this the real thing? And wasn't it released months ago and then removed by Disney? Also, what is this forest planet? Wasn't the Death Star built above Geonosis?

When it was first released probably, but there's always been some version of it easily available on youtube. In least i have been able to watch it once every month. And whenever i tried to search for it, i was always able to find it with ease.

As far as we know, it's the real deal, i wish Disney would have already made an HD version available for everyone.

 

[Young Superman]

I hope this is good.

 

[writer0327]

When it was first released probably, but there's always been some version of it easily available on youtube. In least i have been able to watch it once every month. And whenever i tried to search for it, i was always able to find it with ease.

As far as we know, it's the real deal, i wish Disney would have already made an HD version available for everyone.

Indeed, although with what has been shown in the trailer, there wasn't much to see if anything.

 

[Solidus]

I hope this is good.

I think it will be. Now that TFA is out, and focus is turning towards this I'm finding myself getting more and more excited with every piece of info we hear.

 

[dude stannis]

So glad MacQuarrie came in to fix up the script. Shame he wasn't around to punch up TFA a bit, I feel like he could've ironed out my issues perfectly.

 

[Supa]

Maybe this is kind of heresy, but I think it'd be neat if the whole "Long time ago" and opening crawl wasn't in these Anthology films and only in the main saga. Something similar could be used, maybe like the Clone Wars, to set the tone of the individual movie better and also give it some separation from the main Star Wars films, and make it feel more special.

I think it'd be fitting with Rogue One aiming to be a darker Star Wars story, to flip the expectation on its head. Just a thought.

 

[writer0327]

Maybe this is kind of heresy, but I think it'd be neat if the whole "Long time ago" and opening crawl wasn't in these Anthology films and only in the main saga. Something similar could be used, maybe like the Clone Wars, to set the tone of the individual movie better and also give it some separation from the main Star Wars films, and make it feel more special.

I think it'd be fitting with Rogue One aiming to be a darker Star Wars story, to flip the expectation on its head. Just a thought.

From everything I've read, Rogue One is dark, gritty war movie, so the tone definitely is different.

 

[BatsDC]

JoBlo posted some lightly spoilery new details:

Rumors began swirling about stormtroopers in all-black costumes appearing in the film late last year and we can confirm that they will be in the movie. Our sources indicated that they are often referred to as "Death Troopers", although no mention if the commonly referenced "Shadowtrooper" from the Legacy Universe would be used. (also, recall that Donnie Yen shared an image of some helmets a while back, including a black one).


One of the prominent characters in the film is a droid that works with the rebels, specifically Felicity Jones' group, that is said to be a "scene stealer" in the film. It was originally an Empire droid and has been repurposed to serve the rebel alliance. He's two-legged and a dark grey or black color. In terms of appearance, the droid has long arms and legs and is very different than a typical protocol droid like C-3PO. Could this be the mo-cap character that Alan Tudyk is playing? Time will tell.


So far we don't have a confirmation on any of the character names, but you can add this one to the puzzle: "Cashen" is the name of one of the key players, although which we can't say. It could be spelled differently as well, in that whole "Star Wars" way (i.e. Kashen or Kashyn, etc.). Speculate away on that one, but hey...it's a name.


There will be a new Tie Fighter design and AT-ATs will be featured in the film.

Lastly, addressing those Darth Vader rumours, we can confirm that Darth Vader will be in the film and is expected to have a larger role than originally thought. How big or how involved we can't say specifically, but expect to see the return of one of Star Wars' most infamous characters to the big screen.

JoBlo.com

 

[Snow Queen]

MSW has a few articles up including good looks at the costumes and a description of [BLACKOUT]Vader[/BLACKOUT] concept art.

 

[titansupes]

Oooh, I like what I'm hearing/reading.

 

[Solidus]

Yeah the more I read about this film, the more excited I get. I cannot wait for the trailer.

 

[writer0327]

And now I'm reading Vader has actual action scenes, and some pretty gruesome ones of him cutting down Rebels on a battlefield???? Is giddy a word people still use?

I need a trailer in the worst way.

 

[Snow Queen]

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[NewYorkSpider]

Yeah I can't wait to see the trailer for this. One of my most anticipated movies of the year.

 

[Marvolo]

Has this been posted:

Darth Vader will have action sequences in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. We have been told that Darth Vader has had several suits of armor built for the film. There is a hero suit which is a direct copy of the suit we have seen in Star Wars: A New Hope (see Darth Vader Dream Team Assembled?), down to the lenses in the eyes. The most interesting part is that stunt suits have been built, which indicates Darth Vader will in fact see action.

The action sequences filmed are unknown, but there was work pitching the different ways Darth Vader could kill rebels on a battlefield with the Force and his lightsaber. The storyboard “pitches” showed decapitated rebels, people being dismembered by Vader throwing his sword, levitating bodies to make human shields, and so on. The art was more violent than what we’ve seen Darth Vader do on screen before.

http://**************.net/2016/01/a...e-some-action-in-rogue-one-a-star-wars-story/

 

[Sithborg]

Will have to work hard to out do the Vader Down cross over in the comics.

 

[Greens]

Will have to work hard to out do the Vader Down cross over in the comics.

I think Vader Down is a good indication of what we're going to see. This is Vader at the peak of his abilities.

 

[Orba]

Interesting considering that when the Prequels were being released GL said that you never really saw what Jedi could do in the OT because it just had old men, half trained boys and guys that were mostly machine.