Update 4: The Rogue One Teaser Trailer Is Finally Here! Mon Mothma Actress’ Name Confirmed + New Location + New details on Ben Mendelsohn’s Character!
As expected the Rogue One promo campaign is starting to fire up after Star Wars: The Force Awakens was released on Blu-ray/DVD. And what a start it is! 7 months before Gareth Edwards’ movie hits theaters, we finally have the first full teaser trailer, and it is awesome. Check it out…
UPDATE!
And here are some screenshots from the trailer (captions by Hard Case):
The opening shot of Felicity Jones’ character Jyn Erso in rebel custody at what is presumably the hidden base on Yavin IV…
A wider shot of the base with the rebels as they should be…on the move and ready for a fight.
Now, there’s a familiar face. Welcome back, Mon Mothma.
Jyn Erso having a chat with Mothma and a rebel officer in the war room.
Jyn doing what she does…rebelling against the Empire.
Man, she’s really taking those boys down desert scavenger style isn’t she? Hmm…I wonder…Anyways, it’s great to see the old school stormtroopers back in action in all their cannon fodder glory. Check out the city in the background.
And of course, no rebellion era story would be complete without this classic monstrosity of a ship…
I wonder what kind of package Direct TV offers the Empire? I bet they get a killer discount.
Diego Luna in the war room. Why do I get the feeling he’ll be the Poe Dameron of this movie? Must be ’cause he just looks so cool standing there.
Another close-up shot of Felicity Jones…
Sound the alarm…and get to your ships! Nice classic shot with some pilots in their rebel orange on the left…
Admiral…Magneto?…First shot of Ben Mendelsohn’s character. And I must say, he is looking awesome!
And now we get a glimpse at Forest Whitaker looking like a hardcore mercenary…
“This isn’t the tank you’re looking for…you can go about your business…move along.”
Rebels on the run in what looks like an imperial facility or starship. Could the droid be Alan Tudyk’s character?
Donnie Yen showing us how The Raid cast could have been used in TFA…yes, please… Notice the black X-Wing in the background.
Shadow Troopers! The old Expanded Universe getting some love…
Destruction of an Imperial vessel that looks very similar to the design of Kylo Ren’s shuttle in TFA…
What an amazing visual…Mendelson taking a stroll across the aftermath of a tropical battlefield, and the first real glimpse of those floating stormtroopers that were spotted in those leaked set photos several months ago…
Imperial guards in the back…loyal subject kneeling to the ground…goood…goooood!
Wen Jiang about to bring the heat…
Felicity Jones looking amazing in her Imperial disguise…
And finally we have the logo…
UPDATE 2!
Anthony Breznican from EW.com shares more revelations from the trailer. Read their report from the link in the tweet.
https://twitter.com/Breznican/status/718088257183985665
Her first appearance in Episode III got cut, won’t happen this time.
UPDATE 3!
It's just been brought to my attention that they filmed Star Wars #RogueOne in Canary Wharf tube station. Say what! pic.twitter.com/C0AQ94tL8C
— MarcFC (@marcfc) April 7, 2016
And now we know where the X-Wing prop from those TMZ leaks ends up in the film.
UPDATE 4!
There has been a lot of speculation that Mendelsohn’s character in the film is a Grand Admiral who is either the canon version of Thrawn or a similar character type. However, it has been brought to our attention in the comments section below that the insignia on Mendelsohn’s uniform seems to be that of a Fleet Admiral (6 red over 6 blue), not a Grand Admiral like Thrawn which is very different (click here to see an old listing of Imperial insignia).
Grand Admiral Insignia (Legends)
Fleet Admiral Insignia (Legends)
Although the Imperial rank insignia have not all been firmly established yet in canon, with the attention to detail they seem to be paying so far (even to Legends material), I have to wonder if Mendelsohn’s character is in fact a Fleet Admiral instead of a Grand Admiral.
I also wanted to note that Wendig’s Aftermath had a mysterious Fleet Admiral pulling the strings at the end of the book. I wonder if he and Mendelsohn’s character are one and the same? What do you think?
Special thanks to Veritax for the heads up!
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Oh.
My.
Really like the teaser, it has layers.
Like an onion.
xD
Mendelsohn and that white suit! Love it!
Thrawn?
Maybe, but he’s not blue.
…and guns aren’t really a Thrawn thing (but my Thrawn figure does have a sidearm)
Why does it have to be Thrawn? There were Grand Admirals in ANH. A bunch. He’s some new character. Don’t shoehorn Thrawn in where he doesn’t belong.
Did I say it did? Nope! Just wishful thinking…
Maybe this is an origin story for him. Maybe sometime during the film, he falls into a boiling vat of blue milk? 🙂
It better not be human Thrawn, not that I’m racist lol, it’s simply something fans would never accept.
Agreed. I want the real Thrawn at some point. Maybe in Rebels? He does look heavily inspired by Thrawn, at least.
Filoni did say they’re introducing someone in Season 3 that hardcore fans have been asking for for a while. Either that’s gonna be Revan or Thrawn.
AMAZING…I just cried tears of joy.
1:02: GRAND ADMIRAL TIME!
Oh my stars & garters: Donnie Yen! In a SW flick!!!! AGGGHHHHHHH!!!! Amazeballs!
I was so looking forward to seeing Vader in this trailer…and by the time it was over I had completely forgotten about wanting to see Vader. This was a great trailer. The imagery was fantastic, the tone was perfect, and oh yeah…Mon Freakin’ Mothma. 🙂
Spot on! The Grand Admiral’s holding a firearm, which ain’t strictly Thrawn’s style. But now I know why they held off on the teaser: The next 8 months will be UNBEARABLE! Yavin Base! Walkers! The DEATH %$@+!+ STAR….Ya gotta pinch me here, folks!
I agree with each of your sentence. It looks great even without some juggernauts that we were expecting.
Please explain.
Grand Admiral guy visiting Vader’s Michael Jackson chamber?
I feel this bit was intentional to spark this very debate. They know we want Vader. This is a tease.
Curses! It worked…ALL TOO EASY
What do you mean?
I deleted my comment because they were coming across as rude. I still think it is Darth Vader even though his helmet isn’t showing. I do know he normally wears a cloak that ties at the neck with no hood. Dark Anakin loved his hooded cloak. Guess we will have to wait and see.
Well that was his theme playing as the trailer ended, and I’m pretty confident the guy in the cloak is walking into Vader’s chamber to kneel before him so he wasn’t technically absent from the trailer. 😉
I am beyond excited for this film now.
Stop, my dick can only get so erect.
That is what I was thinking too w/o the blue skin
Kylo’s ship!!! or same kind.
And there’s also someone who looks like Kylo at 1:18
I think it is that white general, just against light looks black
His cloak doesn’t have a hood.
My 1st inclination was Vader, then noticed the cloak had a hood…Are we getting a Palpatine cameo? Even if it’s the Grand Admiral guy w/ cloak up, appears he’s headed to ‘report’ to The Emperor, no? (Else why have Royal Guards?)
Maybe Palpatine/Emperor is reporting to Snoke?
Holy shit I never thought of this. But it would completely ruin the character. Good thought and awesome twist but I don’t think they will go that direction
Darth Sideous would kneel to no-one. The person is also too tall and has too broad shoulders. Could be Vader in his PJs.
You’re right! Didn’t notice it was a kneel…
Kylo had only two wings. This is larger transport of some kind with 4 wings. I think they are all nods to the Lambda Shuttle.
I guess it’s the same prop that they reused as they said earlier
Looks like Rishi
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I sure hope so!!
It would be a great wink to swtor
Yeah, that’s nice that we can see the evolution of the ship over the years.
Omg!!!! I don’t want to see it in my phone!!!!!
Ten minutes to see it at home!!! Fullscreeeeeen!!!!
Woo-hoo! (No Vader though).
Mon Mothma looks amazing. Black troopers are scary and… AT-ATs!
The installing of the laser array, OG Star Destroyers, Middleton’s character being ominous as all get out, lots of imperial armor variants… and our heroine in imperial garb looking smart!?
Lots to digest!
Are you blind?
Thats….not Darth Vader, bub. Probably an agent (or Inquistor) going to speak to him, but the guy in the cloak is NOT Darth vader.
We can’t be sure that this is darth Vader whom we have never seen wearing the cloak above his mask. We all saw it no need to be rude
I deleted the comment because I didn’t want to come across that way. I still think it is Darth Vader.
Definitely a cool trailer, didn’t blow me away like the first TFA teaser did, but still awesome.
It was so much better than I was expecting. Some of the CGI isn’t finished obviously but man… I’m sold.
that’s not thrawn…
Or: “This better not be Thrawn!” But yeah, it’s disappointing really, he is even standing in Thrawn’s pose. That HURTS :/
Yeah, but I seriously doubt it that he’s thrawn. They better leave that character to me when I’m bringing episode X…
0:28 – The reformatted Imperial commando droid ‘played’ by Alan Tudyk (I’m guessing).
Excellent trailer… Paced well, nice narrative… Only one strange shot. The construction shot of Death Star seemed goofy to me. This, of course, has no real effect on the overall enthusiasm for the film.
My only complaint was the AT-ATs look very unfinished. Which we know they are. Look at how it changed for TFA from teaser to final product.
Exactly. That shot might not even e in the final movie.
That was not the construction of the Death Star, it was the enormous disk withdrawing into the Death Star, (Maybe an artistic way of suggesting this construction).
I’ll just leave this here
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That asshole can GFHS with a rusty steel pineapple.
You gotta get over the partisan stuff man. It’s just a gif for excitement. Not a political statement 😛
Oh My F’@#%# God! Total Nerdgasm! It looks fabulous!
This is what I wanted. If only I had just one second of Vader my week would be complete
I’m going to assume that was an inquisitor that was kneeling down, The emperor would probably break a hip
ROFL
Yeah, it has to be, right? An inquisitor, or some kind of sith apprentice (maybe Vader’s secret one? Like Force Unleashed)
Not a secret with Palpy’s Royal Guards standing there…
Maybe he’s not really in it, or maybe they just want to keep his role up their sleeve for now.
Is it not also possible he is actually wearing a hood over his helmet?
This comment is far too open to abuse 🙂
Nope.
So is the main character female again?
Is she the hero… or the villain!? Probably the hero… but does it matter?
I’m not gonna lie, that is the only problem I have with this film so I’m probably more excited about Han Solo and Boba Fett but this entire film has an awesome cast and is finally stepping outside the usual SW story
WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU DON’T LIKE HER BEING THE PROTAGONIST?! Are you old fashioned or something?
Yeah man I miss the days when you could slap a bitch without question…-__-
Look, there aren’t supposed to be designated weak and strong genders, everything deserves to have their own structure on everything, not just on movies, but games and shows as well.
So it’s time to abandon your chauvinistic ideals behind and start to think more openly about everything in the world, you heard me!?
Doesn’t bother me. We’ve had male heroes for three decades.
Yes, Hollywood and Lucasfilm are finally starting to wake up to the fact that women are Star Wars fans too.
Nope, I’m pretty sure that half of the Earth’s population totally hate Star Wars.
Seems legit. 😉
Imagine if Imperial Admiral had blue skin and red eyes. People would go nuts!
Diego Luna seems to have that Dameron swagger going on…I wonder if he could possibly be Kes, Poe’s father. But, MSW was right about Felicity’s character name (Jyn) so they’re probably right about Luna’s as well (Cassein Willix). But how cool would that connection be if it were so?
It’s gotta be Biggs. Right?
It’s so interesting to see Disney going with female protagonists, it really beings a completely new look to this beloved universe.
Let’s see how a Star Wars movie with no Jedi in it will be received by the public..
Oh, there will be lightsabers trust me.
Yeah…some dude who wears a lot of black will probably have one 😉
For me I have absolutely no problem with it. I never was a big “jedi” guy. I always loved Han, Boba and even Wedge. I mean these guys don’t have special gifts but they still made a difference.
Rey or Jyn?
Damn it Disney, who do I “think about” now l
Both at the same time. It’s always my go to! 😉
Awesome! Looks like it will be the Star Wars version of the “Dirty Dozen.” Cannot wait. Fantastic seeing Mon Mothma, what I presume to be Yavin base, classic x-wings, and AT-ATs! Love the Imperial Walkers!!!
Man this film is going to be another wild ride from start to finish, so excited to see every damn character in this movie.
It’s already fun dissecting every little detail. I was worried it wouldn’t have that factor… but it does in spades!
Amen!
Really? Another Death Star? 🙂
Just kidding, looks awesome!
Dude, don’t you say that because I guarantee you the idiots are going to be making that kind of complaint
Then we know immediately how to categorize them. Trolls/not fans/shouldn’t be commenting. 😉
🙂 All in good fun.
A great trailer though – it showed glimpses and confirmed the plot, but didn’t give away anything too big. I’m (almost) glad they didn’t show Vader – I’d rather they kept that for closer to the film.
I agree, keep that “surprise” for the movie, not the trailers.
No one can save this world from ignorant casuals, that’s a sad fact.
There will always be stupid comments and stuff on the internet.
Damn, I just noticed that they’re kinda breaking continuity presented in ROTS. You see, the Death Star shooting circle dish was half already done with the skeleton of the base and here they are yet putting it in at the end of construction :/
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Maybe it had to be constructed this way and then to be seperated by the rest so they could work it’s inner infrastructure seperately, then re attach it to the rest of the construct.
Possible but it’s a stretch.
I’ve also heard some time ago that the scale/ratio of the Death Star doesn’t quite match the one from RotS as it was a much much smaller prototype Death Star. This was YEARS ago like right after RotS came out that I heard this. I haven’t noticed much of a difference but I never really studied the two side by side so I’m not sure.
Where exactly do you see that?
See the picture?
What I see is that the circle dish needs a covering!
Eh… it only conflicts with the PT. I can live with that given the conflicts of the PT with the OT. 😛
Very possible that the original Geonosian design was complete bunk, and this is the upgraded superlaser being installed, designed and manufactured by a new firm.
And on that note of the original design not performing, that could have been what caused the Emperror to ultimately wipe out the Geonosians: as punishment for their failure. We all know how much Sheev gets off on punishing failure.
Maybe they had to take it back to the shop.
Didn’t catch that, but it DID occur to me that the speed at which they were driving the dish towards the death star seems AWFULLY dangerous.
Good point.
Hahah, no it isn’t, not really – it’s nitpicking about a planet-sized construction zone in a pew-pew movie 🙂
True, but it’s probably magnetic and safe so…
Or…that’s just a prototype in RotS. Or…they upgraded the superlaser.
Ben Mendelsohn you brilliant bastard, I bet you a million dollars he is going to own the fuck out of this role.
The first trailer for Rogue One underwhelmed me to the degree that a kid is let into Disneyland and realizes that all the rides are actually just French grammar exams and brussel-sprout-eating. Seriously, it looks… just.. bad. Cookie-cutter exploitative nonsense. It looks like a Vietnam war movie in space, down to the AT-ATs wandering around somewhere outside Hanoi, presumably shouting “Diddimau! Diddimau!” to Ewoks or whatever.
If this tanks, I am going to call this movie “Full Metal Jar-Jar” and no-one is gonna be able to stop me.
Don’t be that guy.
If you can’t hear the workings of the Disney milking machine churning in high gear on this one, you need to take the fanboys out of your ears. I LOVED The Force Awakens. This ain’t The Force Awakens.
It isn’t supposed to be TFA… Totally different movie than the original three Skywalker trilogies.
I agree. And I am stating my opinion that based on this trailer, they completely wasted their chance at making a good movie with a different tone. This looks awful to me.
To be fair, I think we all know that Disney aren’t doing these movies for charity, or out of service to fans – we’re not stupid. They are a business – they are doing this to make money. You can choose to go see their movies or not see them.
I think the teaser – and it’s only a teaser – looked pretty good, and I’ll definitely be there in December to watch it. If it is rubbish, I won’t see it again or buy it.
If Disney is a milking machine then milk away I say. I’m loving all this.
I hope you don’t get to the point where you start feeling like they are overmilking. Trust me, it’s a quite depressing feeling.
Maybe if they make a movie about why Jar Jar was cast out of his underwater city featuring Jim Carrey as the wacky sidekick Fnar Fnar Konks.
If they did it in a suspense/revenge/thriller kind of way, like Taken, I’d go watch that.
“Meesa hassa a certain set of skillsies”
Wait, TFA WASN’T Disney miking away, but THIS is? Okay, I’m sorry, I’m calling foul.
LOL here we go!
I disagree, I so felt it was Star Wars from the very second, it gave me chills. I however would have liked Thrawn to be blue skinned but you can’t have it all.
I have no opinion yet on the movie based on the teaser trailer alone. Hardcore fans will probably support Rogue One , but I find that type of movie difficult to sell to a general audience. Disney ‘s expectations are probably not that high though and they will probably be satisfied with a modest profit.
No one will stop you, but you may take a whole bunch of really well deserved derision because you don’t seem to get that THAT’S what it’s SUPPOSED to be. It’s not an episode, and I’m excited that it appears that means LFL is going to let some filmmakers play a bit in the universe and tell some different kinds of stories.
I’m not complaining that it’s different. I want it to be different from trilogy movies. I’m complaining that it looks terrible. Which I truly think it does. Deride away.
Yeah…terrible in a “Kelly’s Heroes” kinda way! *derp*
The acting looks either hammy or wooden. There are way too many gratuitous nods that make no narrative sense in the context of the actual trailer. The quoted lines are AWFUL. The script just seems really formulaic and dull. If this wasn’t a Star Wars movie, would you really think it was a movie worth watching? Be honest.
Everything you just wrote is basically every Star Wars movie since 1977.
I disagree. I dislike the prequels but love TFA. It’s a question about how much filmmaking talent is allowing through the door of the production. This seems way too calculated and focus-grouped and rushed-out to me compared to what makes good movies good.
Hey, I don’t expect you guys to agree. Just saying that I’m a fan and that I’m disappointed not to have something to look forward to in December…
There’s alway Christmas.
Good point. Aaahhh 😀
As a master of snark-fu, even I have to say I think you’re jumping the gun with your disappointment based on this trailer.
Hey, I hope so 😀 I’d love to be pleasantly surprised, but ugh. Right now, it just looks like any old standard crappy movie, with AT-ATs glued onto it.
Let’s hope I’m wrong as hell.
Don’t worry, you are.
I’m glad you can determine the ‘focus-grouping’ of the movie from 95 seconds of footage – no full scenes and pieces of dialogue.
You don’t have to look forward to it, its only April.
The narrative sense of the trailer? I mean, you DO get that trailers, and certainly not teasers which is what this really is, aren’t generally designed to show off the script, or make a whole lot of narrative sense, right? They’re supposed to whet your appetite with some exciting visuals and give you a vague sense of what the movie is. If you didn’t get anything from the action, fine, fair enough, but it’s 30 seconds – I think the thing did its job perfectly well from a narrative standpoint.
The lines we were teased with were “this is a rebellion, so I rebel, weee!” delivered in an awful way. And Forest Whitaker hamming out the incredibly tired and overused war movie motif “when do you become the bad guy?”. That is just not good writing. Sorry.
Star Wars is about overused motifs.
Oh dude…seriously? Sorry it doesn’t meet your MENSAn intellectual requirements. Perhaps you should move on since those hacks at Disney / LFL aren’t working up to your obviously superior standards? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6cxNR9ML8k
Wait, you made a a POSITIVE comment DEFENDING a Star wars movie? It’s a Christmas miracle!
And the first teaser for The Force Awakens looked like a fan-made film. I’ve learned not to judge a movie by its first teaser. I’m sure you’ll come around by the time trailer 2 or 3 comes out.
^^^Looks like we found “that guy.”^^^
Try not to cut yourself on that edge.
More than brutal.
Insane!!
Looks really f…….. brilliant!!!!
Oh man, there are some really spectacular shots!!!!!
Ships, costumes, at-ats, characters, oh my Godness!!!
Too early to make any judgments about the story, but the sets, cinematography, and direction look fantastic. It’s such a start contrast to what we saw in the prequels.
Some might say it looks like the OT films. 😛
Love it,Love that small Imperial tank,also,4 AT-AT’s,and Vader from behind at 1:18. I really hoped at the end of trailer,we will see Vader from close shot,or at least hear him,but trailer looks amazing anyway,it will be first STAR WARS – WAR MOVIE
Vader is wearing a hoodie now?
I’m not convinced that’s Vader.
Hell no, I think it’s an inquisitor
Yeah…that ain’t Vader
Not the guy in the cloak but I would bet he is the guy the guy in the cloak is going to see. Looks like one of Vader’s meditation pods.
At first,I thought it is a hood,but he is surrounded with Imperial guards,and he is on his knees,what we seen before,and also,Vader changed many variations of helmets in movies,with small differences,this is the helmet with a bit spiky top
But Vader is the real MVP, it seems demeaning for him to wear a hoodie, his helmet is imposing enough
Vader always looks from behind like he is wearing hood,cause of his helmet style,but it is him,we can see his holding and his slow moving,it is him
BUT those are certainly not his shoulders…
Stupid question…was it actually confirmed that Vader is appearing in this film or was it just speculation? The last thing I remember reading about it was that they had fully replicated ANH’s suit for this flm
I think it’s pretty much a safe bet. If only for a scene or two. Just as with Tarkin and the Emperor.
Almost certainly speculation – but really, it makes sense. They’d actually be crazy not to put Vader in.
I would think that it would be a great marketing tool for the film
Absolutely! But I don’t think showing him now is the best time. Showing Vader would whip the crowds into a frenzy, but there is a long eight months until the film comes out. I reckon Vader will appear much closer to the release date. Final trailer maybe?
SHit, might as well throw Boba Fett in there also.
There are rumors that Vader hires the ESB bounty hunters with Cade Bane to hunt down the rebels who stole the plans.
I thought it had been confirmed… presumably they’re doing a Luke/Snoke with his presence in the trailer so the big reveal comes in the movie?!
That’s different,we didn’t know where Luke was,and how Snoke looked like,we know what’s with Vader,and that he is the main villain in the movie,why to hide him from everyone,that’s not the same as with Luke,because we didn’t know was Luke evil,or he stayed good,and also,how would they market Luke,when he is only in last minute of the movie.
Slow down and start again.
Royal Guards! Does that mean we may see our favourite Emperor again? I’d hate to see them associated with anyone other than him.
If he is, he has to be played by Ian.
Agreed, I don’t get why they don’t have him on Rebels.
He’s expensive as hell?
I don’t think so. If he is we would already know… Theater paychecks are not specially high.
He’s said in the past if anyone wants him to do that voice, it’s going to cost them a great deal of cash. Why shell out when you can pay Witwer once to cover multiple characters. That’s just how it works in voice acting – you might not get the absolute best for a single role if you can get someone who can give you multiple characters reasonably well.
I agree for Witwer, he’s incredible at impersonating the Emperor.
And Sam Witwer’s doing just fine….
In the new cannon comics and novels, Imperial Guards have been with Vader at certain points. There a pair with him in Vader Down and with him in Sith Lords.
Sith Lords they were only with him because the Emperor was there. I think they even got in his way a few times in the interest of the Emperor, they weren’t there to look out for Vader at all.
Grand Admiral Thrawn? =)
https://i.redditmedia.com/LM_zWTfMAgQGki8xPyrGyTcRW3dboITVj_b2wIXg0-c.jpg?w=832&s=07c01b9a4dc40f2b3934227244f01064
Not quite.
Well, I see one big difference…
LOL
Kinda looks like Ian McKellan.
think its the dude that Bane in Batman strangles.
The dude on the right isn’t wearing a belt. Sorry, I’m out.
Please!!!!! We want Thrown!! 😀 😀
Haha…. no aliens in Star Wars anymore. 😉
I guess this is what we have to get used to now!
Outside the Cantina, where were the aliens in A NEW HOPE, other than Chewie?
Jawas, Banthas, Dewbacks, Tusken Raiders, Dianoga.
Zero aliens as part of the Rebellion until ROTJ.
Where is Mads Mikkelsen?
Denmark possibly? Have you tried calling his agent to ask? 😀
No, but it’s worth a try! XD
He’s sandwiched in-between the other 2 hours 18 minutes and 30 seconds.
Haha! XD
He’s either cooking up some human meat to eat while making out with Will Graham or he’s that kneeling cloaked figure.
Could Felicity Jones’ character be the black/commando trooper in foreground of shot with the burning building behind, as when you see her in the access tube later she has an imperial logo on the shoulder of her outfit?
I don’t know, that trooper looked a little more refined than she did in the suit
I said a couple of months ago that I wouldn’t ruin the movie experience for myself by watching all the trailers and TV clips because honestly, although I freaking loved TFA, it would have been a thousand times better had I not seen a lot of the footage pre-screening…I will find TV shows to keep me distracted
Okay, one note about trailer editors needing to be shot if they continue to employ “sad piano version of main theme: aside…I…I think I just came.
I thought I would come into work early and be productive. No I am just playing with my self at my desk. Ugh. Typing with one hand is really hard guys!
It’s not the only thing hard is what you are saying.
i love the fact that they got Eddie Redmayne to play Mon Mothma in this
funny, I thought it was glenn close, who looks quite convincing as a man herself. Woah, did we just discover a sub-genre of actors?
Lol! xD Genius!
I buy it.
http://content.internetvideoarchive.com/content/photos/9951/983746_038.jpg
Hmm I’m getting the feeling that Jyn will die in this film, for the greater good of course.
I’m still wondering if they are setting up Rey’s mom…
That would be little silly. I mean, does really everything has to be connected??
Well they did borrow from the EU a little bit in TFA. So if you look at it through that prism… she does kind of fit the Mara Jade build.
Think/hoping all the main leads will die in this one, way more interesting. The last member of the team is killed shortly after the plans are transmitted to the rebels.
Way more impactful if they do it right. Don’t know if SW wants to go that dark… would be awesome if they were willing.
Fade to black with blaster fire just heard… like the end of Blake’s 7
Believe that’s the whole point of doing a spin-off movie, having the agency to deviate a little from the SW formula.
I can hope they are that open to taking it in new directions.
No Vader in the Teaser…?
People are saying they could hear him breathing at the same time when she is in that tube
It was my first watch, I´ll pay attention!
And you can hear his theme song at the end.
I hear the rebel fanfare over the imperial march.
The Imperial March, aka Darth Vader’s Theme.
Is that the same actress who played Mon Mothma in RotS?
I think so. She looks a lot like Genevieve O’Reilly.
Yes, Wikipedia page lists RO: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genevieve_O%27Reilly
Was Mon Mothma in Rots? Have to re-watch that movie. Oh wait it’s one of the prequels. Back tracks.
Only in the deleted scenes.
Yep.
Amazing.
Looks like they’ll be over-using the same poor pull-rope effects as TFA when despatching stormtroopers;
What are you talking about?
the unnatural looking way stormtroopers are ‘propelled’ backwards or upwards when shot…the old ‘attached to a rope and pull’ technique…though very poorly done :/
I don’t care, probably 95 percent watching don’t either. Lots of things happen in these movies that can’t in real life, you know?
I’m probably gonna have to stay off this site if I’m going to go into the movie uninitiated
Good luck. I don’t think I can… I’ll maybe try but…
It’s gonna be tough man but I hated going into TFA having already seen most of the noteworthy scenes and reading up about all the characters
A part of me thinks it helped. So many people were bent out of shame about the similar themes between it and a new hope. I was totally prepared for it and ok with it beforehand. Maybe I would have been disgusted otherwise with the whole Death Star 3 etc.
Where are all the Aliens? All I see is humans. At least ANH had a Wookie throughout the film. I’m glad to see Mon Mothma in this film. Rogue One looks good. I was hoping that Mendelsohn’s character would be Admiral Thrawn. Oh well the movie should be entertaining. I love Star Wars Rebels, I hope there is an Easter egg of the Ghost in the film.
Looks like they’ll have a droid. So that’s something!
Only aliens we saw in ANH were the ones in the Cantina and Chewie.
What about the jawas and sandpeople?
Not part of the Rebellion.
In fact, we didn’t see a non-human member of the Rebellion until ROTJ, unless we’re counting the Taun-Tauns.
If Vader doesn’t deliver a “Vader-Down” style a$$ kicking in this movie I will be forced to demand money back….and then I will go home and cry myself to sleep again.
Having him personally kill one or more of them in a surprise appearance would be… so amazingly epic.
He needs to kill somebody besides a classroom of toddlers, two of his own officers, and an old dude on a suicide mission. Please lucasfilm, give us a reason to fear this guy.
I find your lack of faith disturbing…
Tell that to Kanjiklub!
I don’t even know what scene you are referring to. All I know is he betrayed his order and hunted them down and killed them. It’s what Obi said… and that’s ALL I’m going on 😉
I agree, the storyline alludes to him being a real “bad guy” but I want to see it. This was one of the most disappointing things to me about the prequels. The only evil thing Vader did in that trilogy was yell “NOOOO” in a really scary way. Gimme more.
Yeah… I kind of blanked them out. Star Wars is on the rise and I want my memory of it pure. 4 outstanding movies. I can live with that.
Hint:
In 1977, everybody clearly understood he was a badass. We didn’t even need a credible lightsaber fight.
That’s back when we knew very little about him. Our minds filled in the gap of who Vader is, and what he must have done to become so frightening. So I agree with you, in 1977 he was a badass by his mere presence and our own speculation.
But over the years as we learn more and more of his story, and we see his action as the main antagonist, I find that his character lacks the substance to warrant such fear.
To me, having Vader in a movie where he is not kicking rebel butt is the same as having him run a bake sale or teaching a class on knitting sweaters. Please don’t bother.
You forgot Biggs and a few other Rebel Pilots as well as Captain Antilles
Fuck, eight months man, there is so much going on in this film, so much I want to see, you can’t do this to me Disney
I’m just glad that they are. Star Wars was dormant for so long. It’s alive! It’s ALIVE!
Yes yes… there were some cartoons. Big whoop 😛
The force has…awakened. haha
Haha, people were just saying “it’s eight months away, why haven’t we seen a trailer yet?!”
“It’s so dense, every scene just has so many things going on.”
I think in this movie Vader is going to have a Vision from the Future (always in motion is).
…
He will watch Kylo Ren “he is sooo cool”…
Talking to him… “I have a Grandson, it is a boy, he is a boy, he is a boy, he is tall and dark and evil like me!”
Torturing Poe and Rey “YES, show them your anger, the power of the dark side, he is my grandson!”
“Wait, grandson?, do I have kids?”…
Deeepp Breathe
“Obi WANNN I hate you!!!”
…
“mmm, I have to catch and torture (inspired by my grandson) about this matter that senator with Padme haircut always messing up with those droids, Organa, Leia Organa, that´s her name, she must know anything about my offspring her parents were close to Kenobi and Organa…”
“mmm those droids are familiar…”
Depp Breathe
The secret will be revealed in ROGUE ONE, Kylo Ren inspired Leia, and later Han torturing.
What’s Johnny Depp got to do with it 😀
Anybody seen this? It is fucking hilarity
https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/t50.2886-16/12134633_902261583226297_1587427234_n.mp4
hahahahha….. oh man.
Lol XD
My theater at the premiere was too casual – and that was kinda creepy.
Trust me, between my buddy and our wives, we did enough for the rest of the theater.
That guy is my spirit animal.
He is very representative of Star Wars fanboys haha
Is that …Genevieve O’Reilly who played Mon Mothma in EP3 deleted scenes?
Here’s another pic of Genevieve O’Reilly.
Question is, is this Genevieve O’Reilly?
It should be!
Yes. And she looks even more like Mon Mothma now than she did then.
Which she should because it’s like 5 years or a bit less until ROTJ
Wasn’t Tarkin an Admiral at some point?
What if it’s friend Wilhuff?
Nah, too close to ANH’s timeframe – he’d have to already be Peter Cushing by now.
I might be wrong, but… didn’t Peter Cushing like …die in 1994?
That’s not what I’m saying. It can’t be Tarkin because by this point in the SW timeline we’re effectively already at ANH – Tarkin’s role and appearance is set.
So was Mon Mothma’s.
see below.
It’s a possibility, not a necessity.
Correction! As a huge SWR nerd buddy of mine pointed out: Tarkin is already Grand Moff by Season 2 of SWR. So, unless he got demoted: not Tarkin
Yep, but Guy Henry has been rumored to be an “Imperial Officer”. To me he kinda looks like he could play the part of Tarkin with a little makeup. He has a gaunt face that could work in my opinion.
Is that the same mon mothma from rots?
Yahh
For anyone who knows the place… does the screenshot above with Jones running/looking back and the droid on left of screen look like it’s been filmed in a redressed London Jubilee Line tube station – Canada Water perhaps?
The panelling down the right hand side of the screen looks like the platform doors to allow you on and off the tube.
It does, yeah. Even the left side looks like some of the newer stations / platforms like Waterloo. I don’t really know Canary Wharf.
could this be the way they travel around the huge Deathstar ? by tram/train ? 🙂
https://fbcdn-photos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xlt1/v/t1.0-0/s261x260/12963589_1011720782230104_9070822132842474876_n.jpg?oh=87d29f41f8da5bea2d8143a3b6af9e93&oe=57872824&__gda__=1472200783_d2f8e45a6c3b88e4dad535f0e1965473
I’m wondering if maybe that’s an inquisitor… and Vader is in the light. Like healing or floating in a bacta type deal. I just don’t see Vader working a hood.
I am sure it’s Ben Mendelsohn about to speak to Vader. Why else would the Royal Guard be there?
I assume it’s Mads Mikkelsen’s character
That could be it too.
Is he some kind of racial bigot, going from white to black or vice versa, nah I’d say it is an inquisitor
It could be just a shadow due to the fact that it seems pretty dark in that room. Having an inquisitor in the film wouldn’t make any sense. There aren’t any Jedi to hunt in this movie.
Maybe they’re hunting the Rebels.
Darth maul lol
Is This man joining Rogue One? Same suit. But not blue in the trailer
Nah. EU is gone.
But Lucasfilm can borrow from it.
Thrawn is back! 😉 Please!
Power Armor Fallout 4 guy in this trailer. Dig it.
Darth Vader wasn’t in the trailer? There is even a screenshot in this article.
Very possible! 😉
That seems like a hood and I don’t think Vader wears hoods
Search your feelings you know it to be true. Or that guy has a big head… Also the way he is kneeling is almost too familiar. Who else could it be?
Someone new
Maybe but who would be wearing a cloak with imperial guards and kneeling that we haven’t seen yet. They really wanted it to look like Vader and cause this commotion. Who ever it is looks really important. This is a war movie any new character of this nature would deter from the movie itself. Vader just seems to make the most sense. Perhaps we see a side of him we’ve never seen.
Palps kneels to no one.
Thrawn?
Non-canon EU.
I feel like a broken record. The EU is not untouchable. They have grabbed several characters/locations/vehicles/weapons/etc. from the EU for canon material in just the past couple of years alone. They stated at the outset of the canon reset that they would cherry pick the best elements of the EU. Thrawn is one of the best elements of the EU. It’s only a matter of time before Thrawn enters the new canon. It may not be Rogue One, but it will happen.
He could be re-canonized.
Ezra?
Ezra is a rebel no, light side?
Ezra seems to be flirting with the darkside, and the whole Rebels gang is likely dead by the time we hit the opening scroll for Episode IV. So this is my conspiracy of choice. There was talk rebels will end early after Season III. Perhaps we’ll get an Ezra reveal as a big bad in Rogue 1, and then we get the second half of the season to see how it happened before it ends.
Mads Mikkelsen’s character.
He might be in the trailer… but not that hood. I believe he’s in front of the hooded character. Remember when he’d sit in that chamber to be free of his suit? I think this chamber is something similar for him.
idk…. never seen Vader where a hood…… could be, though.
I don’t think Vader would have Imperial guards around him. That was never his style. This may be a Palpatine cameo. Do you think Ian McDiarmid may have a small bit role in this movie?
Could it be Darth Maul?
Hopefully not.
That’s not Vader. Pretty sure it’s the same Grand Admiral from earlier in the trailer, just backlit so his outfit looks dark.
Vader doesn’t have a hood.
Who do they have playing mon mothma, cause she looks identical. If that’s another actress and not CGI, then well done, Casting Dept.
I’d say it’s Carrie-Anne Moss (The Matrix), but I’m not 100% sure
What about Genevieve O’Reilly wasn’t she in The Matrix too? She played Mothma in EP3 deleted scenes. Same woman in both pics?
HEY! Is that the same actress as in RotS?!
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Seriously, guys, the same thing has been asked like 6 times in the last 10 minutes on this thread.
But is she!?
I must know!? 😛
Yes.
What do you think?
Wonder if she aged naturally or that’s just makeup?
Yup, it’s confirmed
it could be the RotS actress — it’s been ten years, so she’s much closer to the OT Mon Mothma’s age.
It was actually 12 years after they filmed her part cut from ROTJ, they filmed it in 2003, and the part in Rogue One was filmed after Aug 2015. Plus the fact that Mothma is about 5 years younger than we see her in ROTJ. So the age of the actor and the character are only around 5 years off.
That’s Genevieve O’Reilly. She played Mon Mothma in the deleted scenes for Episode III.
I almost forgot, i remember calling it out that Ben would be playing an imperial officer of Some sort, it suits him
You forgot the best screenshot!
It’s the title image. 🙂
Quite seriously, not sucking up but I think we all need to give Viral a BIG thank you for his wonderful site. I’ve been following this site since 2012 and it never fails to impress me. Thanks Viral for all you do!
VH and the Mods do an awesome job here… in case you missed it, ask VH to post a pic of his Helmet* from a couple of months ago – it’s brilliant.
*NOT a euphemism!!
Oooh. That I would like to see!
Missed it in all the excitement, thx
hmmm …. seems that rogue one means more than just a title or name of the raiding group ……….. traitors might be a theme throughout the new films
Same woman in both pics below? Opinions please? Genevieve O’Reilly? She played Mothma in EP3 deleted scenes.
I love the way they incorporated the raid sirens into the music. Well done.
I loved when they used them in the teaser for Battlefront as well. I can’t wait until we actually get a good Star Wars game.
Since all I have is a super Nintendo, its been ages since I’ve played a decent new Star Wars game.
Speaking of Battlefront, that clip of the rebels running across the beach as the walkers approach has got DLC Rogue One map written all over it!
Oh definitely.
Reminded me of the Alien trailer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEVY_lonKf4
Omg! Imperial guards in it, emperor & or Vader! Roll on December!
I think it is Vader with a hood just to make people talk about it more
My first point was more a knee jerk reaction immediately thinking Darth Vader. I just can’t fathom who would be wearing a dark black cloak with a hood up. Too tall to be the emperor and he would never kneel. Vader’s deformed face in ROTJ could be caused by Darth Sideous’ force lightning. Maybe we see him with the helmet off, hood up. We all know Dark Anakin loved his hooded cloak. I’m still siding with Vader. They wouldn’t have another Sith running around other than Darth Vader.
I think it’s Mads Mikkelsen’s character. An Inquisitor, maybe.
My thoughts:
Did she say her name was Jen Arso? Or Jan Ors? Is that Jan Ors or some sort of Jan Ors-inspired character?
That has to be Biggs, right? They are trying really hard to get someone to look like Biggs if it’s not Biggs.
Ben’s character looks very Thrawn-like, without the blue skin, of course. A part of me hopes it’s Thrawn. The other part of me hopes it’s not because I would miss the blue skin.
This looks great. I’m excited. Hype train at full speed.
I think it’s Jyn Erso! 😉
Looks like the Empire is still using droid remnants.
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And this site going to pot. Too much sht going on, and now pop up ads. / Why is simplicity such a lost art?
Try an adblocker maybe? I have never once seen an ad or a popup when using this site.
Me either
Me either.
Your computer might be infected? I’ve had that before, pop up ads on every site you open. I don’t get any pop up ads here?
Neither do I. I haven’t gotten a single pop-up ad in all my time on this site.
Could the droid be the one from the aftermath book
OMG! This looks absolutely amazing! I cant wait to see this movie!
Agreed! 😀
goddamn, it’s going to be a long 8 months wait
Oh boy…. xD
also …. could this film be the reason they left dantooine ? …. are we suposed to think leia is actually betraying the rebels in iv because they are on dantooine in this film and we dont know theyve left ? … that would be cool
Mmmm… I honestly rather like Leia tricking Tarkin. 😉
Or at least trying to! 😉
so do i , and she still is , but watched in order it could be an “oooooooooooooo shes sold them out ” moment
Could be an interesting twist… 😉
Me too. Sending them on a wild bantha chase.
Haha! XD
This trailer looks like it takes place in Yavin IV.
Is it the same actress in the first two photos below?
I think it’s a different actress.
No, it’s the same lady. Genevieve O’Reilly is an Australian based actress. Seen her in Aussie TV shows over here recently. This is her. She’s just aged 12 years.
Ok. Cool. I actually just looked at some recent photos. She looks great as Mon Mothma. More so than she did in ROTS.
Absolutely! It’s amazing. Hoping we’ll see a Bail Organa cameo from Jimmy Smits too.
I will be crestfallen if we don’t see Bail in the movie. Jimmy Smits is *awesome* and I have to see him in this, THEY HAVE TO PUT HIM IN FOR A CAMEO.
Age him up more, but I’ve seen Jimmy looking quite a bit older last time I saw him on TV
http://www.cinemablend.com/images/sections/72144/jimmy_smits_72144.jpg
I’m glad she did too since this takes place nearly 20 years later.
We found out it’s the same actress.
This looks amazing!!
Hoping Genevieve O’Reilly’s Mon Mothma isn’t the only Prequel-era actor we’ll see return. Come on Jimmy Smits and Ian McDiarmid!
I couldn’t give two Smits about it!
😛
Bail Organa has to be in this movie. I will jump out of my skin if we get to see Jimmy Smits in RO. He’s aged gracefully if his appearance as Nero in SoA is any indication so I hope Lucasfilm did lure him back even if its just for a cameo.
Would love to see him interacting with Princess Leia… get a voice actor that sounds like Fisher and do it through a holo (like ANH). I’d lose my sheeeeet.
Jimmy has indeed aged. http://www.cinemablend.com/images/sections/72144/jimmy_smits_72144.jpg
Does anyone else think Felicity Jones has a Buffy the Imperial Slayer vibe? I’m not complaining. I loved that show. And this movie looks awesome. I could just see Sarah Michelle Gellar saying “I rebel.”
Ironically SMG plays the Seventh Sister.
“A major weapon test is imminent. We need to know what it is and how to destroy it” – Well that’s an understatement. I’d prefer something like… “I never thought it’s possible but the giant imperial station is real. How can this be…”
Put some awe into it – it’s a frikkin Death Star!! I really hope they do not make it too lightly.
My impression is, they don’t yet KNOW it’s anything on the scale of the Death Star when that line is spoken. I bet we still get a big “Holy shit!!” moment when the Rebels realize what it actually is.
Probably, I sure hope so 🙂
Yeah, just like in A New Hope when the fighters are getting ready to fly the trench run and Wedge says “Look at the size of that thing.” 🙂
I love the fact that they’re using the original ANH Star Destroyer design, rather than the ESB/ROTJ redesign. IMHO, that kind of attention to detail bodes VERY well for this film.
Hopefully, they don’t go overboard with the “new improved stormtrooper” designs, though. As cool as the shadowtroopers look, it raises the obvious question of why we never see them in the OT.
But by and large, I think the teaser looks killer, and I think that if the script measures up to the visuals we’re seeing here, this ought to be a mighty fun ride!
Sure but it’s also kinda crucial. It wouldn’t make any sense to use Mark II SDD’s instead of Mark I.
Furthermore, this looks to me even more like Mark 0.5. I like it!
To me it looks like the lines of Devastator, with additional greeblies on the cake layers and lighting inspired by Avenger. Not surprising as the original 3′ model doesn’t have a whole lot going on on the topside compared to Avenger, but that being the case, I’d call it Mk 1.5 🙂
I agree, and that’s why I’m so impressed that they caught a detail like that. ;^)
DOH! Missed your post. Yes, yes, yes, YES!!!! I just watched it on the big screen and the model is clearly patterned after the 3′ destroyer rather than what LFL has published every single time they’ve needed a star destroyer picture.
I never realized there was a difference between the ANH Star Destroyers and the ESB to RotJ models.
They have a different tractor beam array on top. Just look at the Devastator vs the Avenger. One is an Imperial I-class Star Destroyer and the other is Imperial II-class.
Maybe the Shadowtroopers are like a Stormtrooper SWAT team. Only used in especially demanding situations.
Special forces i suppose, special missions.
Yeah I know, this movie could suffer from prequel-itus
Imperial I-class Star Destroyers make me very happy indeed.
Is Jyns, actually, Mara Jade? Is Jyn Rey’s mother?
Hot Take!
Jyns is Jyns!
And Jyn is like Ben… where familiar EU elements are melded into one. Meaning Jyn could be Jyn… but based on Jade! 😛
She is way older than Luke at that time….while Luke could be 18-19, Jyn looks 25-30
Felicity Jones who plays Jyn is actually 32, she looks like she’s 18 though.
in the EU (from Dark Forces) the plans were stolen by Jan Ors and Kyle Katarn, so Jan Ors/Jyn Erso is more probable IMO. And she has quite the sames outfits and she could even meet Kyle on Death Star and makes him defect the Empire.
The only thing I didn’t like about this trailer, was that it was pretty cliche.
The theme music done in piano which is being done to death, and the dip to blacks with that. “BWaaaaaaaahhhhh!!!” Sound
Trailer music is done by 3rd parties now. Most likely not the Desplat score.
To be fair, Star Wars pretty much started the Nostalgiac Piano trend.
I’ve watched this trailer 8 times. I’ll watch it 17 or 25 more times today.
What I especially like is the fact that i get all these new heroes and still feel that they belong to this universe. Job well done Disney!
Jinn looks more like she belongs in District 12.
I’m glad I’m not the only one who thought this.
Love the little different stormtroopers helmets on that tank.
Definetly the different sections of empire (black, Brown, and this) and rebellion (the blue/brown/likeendor/suits/helmets and Brown/like/hoth) with the old ones, are simply amazing
HA! They even nailed the look of the Star Destroyer – that’s the 3′ Devastator model (albeit with lighting inspired by the ESB ships) in its ANH configuration, rather than the more commonly referenced Avenger model. Happy nerd.
Yeah, with the tall thingy on the bridge. They did their homework.
Not just that, because Devastator was filmed with the antenna in the horizontal for ESB. Look the series of little boxes in front of the terraces, right along the spine – that’s the ANH ISD.
That IS an oddity. A happy MrCrankypants! 🙂
Good eye! Could Vader be on that thing? I hope to find out…
I’m also happy. I noticed right away that they made it an Imperial I-class SD instead of the more common II-class. That could have been a stupid mistake.
Now THIS is looking like the Star Wars movie that it should be, not the rehashed missed opportunity that was The Force Awakens.
Or the amazingly precarious yet wildly successful relaunch that was The Force Awakens?
It’s fine to not like it… but it set out to do a daunting task. By most accounts it did so quite successfully. I’m sure 8 and 9 will please those put off by TFA. At least if they give them a chance.
I agree with everything you said. It certainly was successful and many people liked it, but my opinion of it still stands. Absolutely will give 8 and 9 a chance, as I think they will only improve on 7.
All that being said, Rouge is really looking good, and as ANH is my favorite film, that only makes it better for me.
Great comment Adavanter Mki. TFA was a massive service to please everyone, and it did the job very well because, overall, Star Wars was back for almost everyone, which was the most difficult thing to do. I could whine as well, but I just understand that TFA is the film that needs to be. No more, no less. And BTW, it’s the opposite of a wasted opportunity.
I’m starting to understand that more now. Still a little unhappy with its story and delivery, but the love is growing.
You wouldn’t be the first too, I was also one of those “fans” who didn’t initially like TFA. It grew on me immensely and I now enjoy it very much for what it is.
It shouldn’t be taken too seriously and if you don’t analyze every second that is happening with the movie, it is quite fun.
Like others have pointed out, TFA had a lot of shoes to fill, and to see that it did so well at accomplishing so many goals is kind of amazing in itself. If anything I think people need to appreciate the work and talent put into these movies to make them so believable.
Right, what a missed opportunity. Too bad the film got terrible reviews and made about $5 at the box office.
I don’t judge a movie by what critics say or how much it makes. I judge it by watching it and forming an opinion for myself.
And your opinion differs from at least 90% of the viewing audience, and over 90% of the critics. So, keep that in mind.
Doesn’t matter. I watched the movie and that’s what I thought of it.
Then it presumably won’t matter to you that your opinion has been considered and rejected by the overwhelming majority of critics and fans alike.
More power to you, but it is pretty clear that what you believe is what a Star Wars movie “should be” is a distinctly minority opinion and most likely not one that would be in Disney’s or the fans’ interest to make.
On the other hand, there is a slight chance that if TFA had been made to your tastes that it could have added a few more positive percentage points to Fan/Critic ratings, and thus may added greater profit to Disney.
So you’re saying there’s a chance?
What you think Star Wars should be and what Disney/Lucasfilm thinks Star Wars should be are clearly very different.
If you had your way with what Star Wars should be, I guarantee, no matter what you think of in your little head of yours. It would be 1000 times worse than what Lucasfilm comes up with. They are an entire corporation filled with professional filmmakers and they employ some of the best writers and artists in the industry today.
You are an angsty “fan” who didn’t get what he had hoped on film. Hardly credible for knowing what would be best for Star Wars.
And your opinion is in a small minority by every measurable indicator.
That doesn’t change anything. It’s still my opinion.
More like 2 billion.
Now THIS looks like the comment that it should be, not the rehashed missed opportunity that was your comment.
Are those SWAMP TROOPERS running among the regular storm troopers at 1:12?
Are they Swamp troopers? They also look like the Tank trooper helmets.
Edit: I take that back… looking more closely at the Tank Trooper his helmet is a bit different.
I had to look twice too. Also the troopers in the hallway seem to have a green tint.
There are at least three new types of troopers going by what we saw in this teaser.
The tank troopers, the scarab troopers, and the black death troopers.
MSW reported that they will called Scarab Troopers.
I’m truly amazed by the production design of this film. It looks like it was taken straight from A New Hope’s set.
Even though the director has clearly stated this film will feel very different than the classic films.
Feel, not look!
In a good way, of course. It’s like A New Hope if it were shot today,
And the two melodies, the force and empire, over the final logo, at the same time… Beautiful
Ehhh… Honestly I wasn’t impressed at all by the music. I know it’s just a trailer, but this is the first Star Wars film without a John Williams score so I am very curious how the music will turn out. The music in Star Wars is as important as it gets when it comes to crafting a Star Wars movie… Hell, the music in the prequels was better than the movies themselves… So hopefully the score holds up but I wasn’t impressed by the music in this trailer.
Alexandre Desplat is a fantastic composer. I’m sure he will follow in the footsteps of John Williams.
I don’t judge a score by a trailer.
I was replying to a user who thought that the music at the end of the trailer was beautiful… I thought the music in the trailer was “meh”.
Me nether No Disintegrations. That’s the reason the finals notes of the force and empire stands out over the rest of the trailer’s music.
I know what you mean. Music is so important in SW. but it’s time to accept other good composers (believe me, in my opinion there are only a few to make good soundtracks nowadays. I’m scared too).
Williams (best of all time of course) will not live forever.
Interesting how the music will mix with this “war” type movie. Probably will be generic but with the lucky part we have SW notes to put in.
I noticed that too. They work well together. On a side note, check this out that somebody did with Luke and Rey’s theme together.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bJpmMwrabo
You do know this theme mash up is from the end credits music of The Force Awakens?
Nope, but now I do. Still, a simply stunning piece of music.
Can we look at this shot for a 40346 time?
Together with Luke and the twin suns, and Vader with the black helmet looking at the stars, this could be among the three best shots of Star Wars so far. The idea of giving you a star destroyer with a starry background only to reveal it’s the surface of the Death Star in the shadows… I can’t believe it.
Amazing shot indeed! 😉
I said that as soon as I saw it the first time. This is instantly one of the coolest shots in any Star Wars movie, ever. And that’s saying something.
I absolutely agree; it’s a genius shot. Plus, that CGI model of the Star Destroyer is amazingly detailed.
And the Death Star as well. Never seen that among of detail in it’s surface. Looks so BIG, yet it feels like the original.
Not sure yet it’s even CGI… But wether its a model or computer generated it all looks fantastic! 😀
Interesting! they have the original mmodels of the star destroyer. Recycled with the add-ons, maybe? The Death Star I think it’s CG for sure.
Yeah, you’re probably right! 😉
The models are not in great shape though. Not the original 3′, although the lighting is SO good on the bridge, I am willing to believe that’s practical. I DOUBT it, but I can’t quite make myself believe it’s not.
I agree. If the Finalizer from VII is anything to go by, ILM have really perfected the look of CGI Star Destroyers.
Amazing that the rebel base looks exactly as it did in ANH; even with seeing Mon Mothma. Cool. ^_^
Yep, pretty cool! 😀
I got some very Katniss-Everdeen-vibes from this trailer. (The flippant attitude, the all-black-clad shots of Jyn staring defiantly off into the distance, etc.) Sadly, I’m not much of a Katniss fan, but this still looks like a pretty terrific movie.
They should’ve had her play Leia instead.
Jennifer Lawrence or Felicity Jones?
Felicity Jones
was anyone else not impressed with Forest Whitaker, or the lack of “gritty” that was expected for this movie? Once more, the feeling was there, with the very interesting music and tone, but Forest and lack of gritty was just not doing it for me. Also, now that i am typing this, Felicity seemed a tad campy.
He was hardly in it to judge.
from what we saw though. By that logic nothing from this trailer should be judge worthy because compared to the film, everything was hardly in it. he got just as much dialogue time as mon mothma, and felicity
Have you watched the entire film months in advance? Wow those Chinese hackers are good.
no. but from setting the tone, which was good, i think it would have been better with out the VO. Because, to me, Forest’s voice was not great.
This wasn’t exactly an acting showcase but hopefully they just picked bad takes. I’m sure this is another payday for him too.
OK, SO NOW THEY HAVE DONE A NEW HOPE PART II AND DECIDES TO DO A PREQUEL TO THAT VERY SAME MOVIE. FOR FUX SAKES, GIVE US SOMETHINH ORIGINAL INSTEAD. LASY B-STARDS
Don’t act so surprised your highness
some peoples children…
Go write a screenplay. Let’s see what brilliant stuff you come up with. But you might want to take a course in basic spelling and grammar first.
If they did a trilogy on the Sith Wars thousands of years before TPM would that still be un-original as they are in effect prequels?
Stop shouting Mom.
STFU
The MSW description/drawing of Alan Tudyk’s droid matches up with what we see in the teaser.
http://makingstarwars.net/2016/03/rogue-one-a-star-wars-storys-new-droid-sidekick-description-quick-sketches/
MSW is pretty spot on with everything they report.
So agree. Reckon they’re about 90%+ right.
I LOVED it, when that alarm went of it send chills up and down my spin. Again
I loved this teaser.
Spoiler, the death star blows up in the next movie
WAY TO RUIN IT
🙂
TRIGGERED
It’s about damn time! Worth, the wait though. This looks Fabulous!!
I could get really used to having a new SW every December.
2015 – SW: Episode VII
2016 – Rogue One
2017 – SW: Episode VIII
2018 – Adventures of Young Han Solo
2019 – SW: Episode IX
2020 – Boba Fett? Obi-wan? Yoda? movie
2021 – SW: Episode X (maybe)
That’s a ton of money coming in every year for Disney. My god. Just think about all that money.
I don’t think Han will make as much as you think considering the majority of opinions of most people on this site and others.
A great deal are equally opposed to Fett too though I’m open to it.
If both are good they’ll do well, but they won’t be banking on presales.
Spinoffs are probably going to be for the hardcore fans like the Trek films before Abrams, Most of which made a good profit but didn’t break box office records aside from one or two.
Yeah, probably.
Can you do polls in the forums? I very much doubt the idea of a Han spinoff would get anywher near above 50 percent on this site alone.
Hopefully the 2020 one will be the Obi-wan movie.
$4 billion was a steal.
I wonder how will deal this movie the people who saw in TFA another “death star” and lack of originality. Interesting their opinions are
Not really. TFA was a reopening and continuation of the franchise that should of blended the homage to the OT and use of original ideas betters. This is an original concept – a story that deals directly with how the plans were stolen and found themselves with Leia in the opening shots of Episode IV. Quite frankly people that can’t see flaws in their favourite films are fan boys.
I’d much rather they have gone in a new direction with the first spinoff but this is basically a ANH prequel and it’s pretty much unavoidable for similarities to it.
Hope they go in a different direction for Han Solo.
I hope that new direction consists of them canceling the movie.
It can be saved if they get the rights to de-age Ford 40 years ago ala Antman……and spend a mere 300 million and 3 years working on it.
Isn’t this the part where everyone starts screaming that Disney cast Anthony Ingruber for every Harrison Ford role ever in perpetuity?
“HE’S A REAL ACTOR HE WAS IN A SHORT FILM ONCE HE CAN DO GOOD IMPRESHUN URGHHHHHHHHHH”
Like that?
You spoke the forbidden name! Egads.
Lol.
“How will you make me look younger?”
“We’ll use the Force!”
“That’s not how the Force works!”
Haha! He does sound older now but nowhere near as much as Fisher.
I like it. Not sure about the lead actress yet, though. But that Walker scene!!!
I’m really interested in finding out how Donnie Yen’s character is going to wreck those three stormtroopers with a staff. The whole “terrible aim” joke is reaching a whole nother level lol
Yeah like what wouldn’t they just shoot him.
We’ll use the Force!
jedi council will be awesome to watch today! thanks for the break down SW.net
Kyle Katarn and Jan Ors spotted walking out of Yavin’s base at 1 :00
lol you’re right
I love that everyone seems to be overlooking the one big problem with this trailer. It’s very… Hunger Games. I’m not the only one that sees that, right? The teen girl protagonist in a badass pose with tight armor, facing down a dystopian society led by corrupt rulers… Not at all what it seemed like from the vague descriptions.
“It’s very… Hunger Games” You mean it’s a form of “The Hero’s Journey” from our own mythology?
Yeah, we know. In fact, it’s been mentioned about a billion times in the past how much like Star Wars, Hunger Games is.
except that star wars is way better.
Well, having been a Star Wars fan since 76, I’m inclined to agree with you there, but there are many ways to tell the Hero’s Journey. All still bow to The Odyssey of Greek lore of course, but HG did a relatively good job, even if it was toned down a bit from it’s original source material.
Hunger Games is just a ripoff of Battle Royale.
“even if it was toned down a bit from it’s original source material.”
I know. And we call those “Remakes”.
The writer never admitted the ,,inspiration” of Battle Royale though. She said she was inspired only by Iraq war reports.
The fist one was, that is. The other ones are fairly original, although both Catching Fire and Battle Royale 2 have the main character leading a terrorist resistance group against the adults that made them play the games.
I dunno, I just never felt inspired to read or watch hg and what I’ve seen of it didn’t impress me.
Fair enough. It’s all subjective and we all like what we like. I didn’t necessarily think that HG was brilliant by any measure, but I did enjoy the first two films for what they were.
I really don’t think that’s what he is referring to.
My bad. I’ll endeavor to be more sexist next time.
^ Comment flagged.
For what, calling out the original poster for being a sexist douche? Fine by me. Flag away.
^Comment flagged.
Your move.
the main difference is, that this is not hunger games. That movie got overhype,with a ridiculous story that I just couldn’t like, shaky camera movements that wouldn’t let you see the cheap effects, and was visually unsatisfying. plus there the girl was a teen, here she’s slightly older. The fact that we’re in a distopy here, is kind of irrelevant… I mean, it’s the empire… Plus, this is essentially a war movie. That was a stupid YA novel adaptation.
To be more precise, it was shameless ripoff of a japanese movie (and manga) Battle Royale.
The Hunger Games had “cheap effects?”
Dianoga.
Not that cheap for the time, thank you very much.
The teen girl? Felicity is 30 years old …
But she looks way younger.
I think you mean Hunger Game is very Star Warsy.
except felicity jones > jlaw. and star wars> everything
Star Wars has been around for much much longer than the Hunger Games. When I watched the Hunger Games movies especially the third one, I noticed that it seemed like they were trying to copy Star Wars not the other way around. I mean, the peacekeepers even kind of look like Stormtroopers.
Some things I noticed…
Well noticed. I’m guessing Vader is perhaps inside having continued treatment. Would make sense for having the guard there when prone to attack.
Maybe Vader is in the tank, recovering from the duel with Ahsoka…
Possible, but the timescale suggests the Rebellion isn’t in full swing at the time of the duel. Though I would be happy with either!!
YES PLEASE!
Nekkid Vader? Ewwww…
I wonder if his dingaling is still intact or if it got burned off.
I’m thinking the latter. Youch. And lava too…burnt weenie sandwich
The state of the Star Wars fandom in 2016, lol.
Vader would have troops from his own 501st guarding him , it’s probably Palpatine , he’s the only one who has the Royal Guards.
Not true. In recent comics and novels Vader has full reign to command the Imperial Guard to his liking. Even goes on a mission with a pair of them in Vader Down. Palpatine lets him boss them around and even kill them at his will. Very likely they are indeed guarding him rehabbing in a bacta tank.
Yes that’s very true but with the exception of Aayla Secura what happens in the comics isn’t usually translated into the Star Wars movies
Adding more fuel to the conversation… Coincidence?
Sheev! he is healing from the battle with Dank Dindu
Coincidence?
This was posted this morning. Coincidence?
I was wondering if this could be the first STAR WARS movie without R2 & 3PO….
If Bail turns up they may have a cameo
It indeed felt like an underground…
Does anybody else kind of hope these Anthology movies do not start with the a long time ago….. and the opening crawl?
I kind of want them to be their own thing
im with you
I agree. Set them apart.
Nope. But I’ll be happy to live without the opening crawl. Also I hope they jump straight in without credits until the end.
I still want them to be honest, but perhaps only because I don’t know what they’ll replace that moment with.
If they open the film with the Star Wars theme, it will be difficult not to have a crawl to allow the music to decrescendo to set the tone for the opening scene. If they cut straight from the Lucasfilm logo to the beginning of the story, skip the Star Wars theme, then they can get away without a crawl. But loosing the theme, the crawl, and “A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…” might make it difficult for it to feel like Star Wars for those of us who have grown up with it. Not saying that it won’t work without those, but it is a risk.
are you stupid? even star wars video games have the crawl so y not here
If they do it well than I’m all for it, as long as the Saga films keep their crawls.
I know it’s just the teaser, but meh..
Do people actually say meh in real life? I mean really, do you say that, then get your ass stomped for sounding like a fucking cat? Fuck off already.
I thought it was meh at first too, I wasn’t impressed with the AT-ATs at the end, but I watched it a few more times and now I love it.
Nice to see those white uniforms from EP IV and Genevieve O’Reilly from EP III back!!! LF and Disney are killing it! Nice.
Yeah, LF and Disney are KILLING Star Wars.
Lora?
Lol YES! The resemblance is uncanny.
Oh, quit it already.
Yeah, bring back the prequelly-type Star Wars movies that everyone loved and not one person was disappointed with.
The majority of kids liked the prequels. And guess what? The kids in the early 00’s are now teenagers and adults. Disney would be stupid not to cash in on this potentially huge market.
And after a point, I do think audiences will be tired of seeing ANH and Ralph McQuarrie over and over and over…
The kids like the prequels when they were made (i.e. when those children were like 6 years old). Now that they’re older, they see that the prequels are just abortions put to film, so I don’t think anyone really cares about catering to all 3 fans of those movies.
Cool, you know every child on the planet? Is…is that you, Santa?
Yep. I see you when you’re sleeping bruh.
I assumed as much, but still creepy.
The one on the right is Admiral Wullf Yularen.
From The Clone Wars
Cool! 🙂
Judging by the rank plaque, isn’t Ben Mendelson’s character a Fleet Admiral instead of a Grand Admiral??
You are correct. Good eye. Now that you mention it, the mysterious man pulling the strings in Aftermath was a Fleet Admiral. I wonder if he and Mendelson’s character are one and the same?
It is great to see the classic stormtroopers back!!! Not the clone troopers. Not the duck-faced troopers of TFA. But the real classic stormtroopers!!!!
Maybe they’ll learn to shoot this time around.
That’s it! Forest Whitaker is Finn’s dad!!! 🙂
Don’t give any theorists ideas! 😉
There’s nothing fresh or unique about this movie. Big deal if it is a ‘war movie’- all Star Wars movies involve war of some sort. Looks like forgettable characters and battle scenes inspired by any PS4 game out there.
Off of a 2 minute trailer, huh? Welp, I guess you won’t be seeing it then.
I’m afraid so, if it’s just more of the same.
your loss.
Can’t you argue that all Star Wars movies are more of the same?
Or all FPS games are more of the same?
Or all horror movies are more of the same?
Dude, forgettable characters is not the right word for the Star Wars universe you know?
Because 1 minute of footage gives you the ability to judge the entire movie. Seems legit…..
Was thinking those shots were filmed in an underground, my first thought was the LA Metro.
I though the same, it looks like the platforms.
Canary Wharf
what’s really depressing is that this trailer has only two kinds of comments: people not liking it, or people not understanding what it is. I start to think that star wars fanbase will just never be satisfied, and I’m sick of it…
I CAN’T WAIT FOR THIS MOVIE! I’m more excited for Rogue One than I ever was for RotS or TFA.
Except for the comments of those who liked it…
All 3 of them?
Can’t wait! I liken it to the classic WW2 picture, “The Dirty Dozen.” A group of quasi-criminals recruited for a likely one-way mission. Hopefully that gives folks a better understanding?
All these comments about Mary Sues are really fresh and new, I haven’t seen anything like them before.
Seriously. I’m like “We’ve had this conversation before, let it rest.”
Don’t let us get drowned out by the negative people. There are plenty of reasonable fans out there. Star Wars should be an escape from the BS, not a place to bring your own BS to.
First impression. It felt like I was watching a fan film. Maybe because it’s got all the totems that are “cool” from the films.
After repeat viewings I feel like this really has the look nailed.
Not too keen on the lead actress, felt like she’d just stepped off the set of Downtown Abbey. Daisy pulled off the posh English girl without it being annoying, but I don’t get that same vibe from this one.
I think Jones is a better actress overall but I don’t really get it from here so far.
If this turns out to be as good as it looks how cool would it be to watch Rogue One and then ANH back to back . ANH does kind of give you the impression that it begins in the middle of a story.
I would liken this movie to a tasty appetizer while we wait for the next meal of the episodic saga to be served. I don’t expect it to carry the same weight or emotional impact of the episodes, but that’s not to say I won’t enjoy it immensely like a delicious plate of nachos.
So: this movie is just an excuse to give more of what we’ve seen
already- OT storm troopers, Imperial guard, the Death Star, AT-ATs, etc.
etc.?? Pretty sad…….
No this movie is made to expand the Star Wars universe. Also there are some people who are too young enough to have never experienced the Death Star, Imperial Guards, AT-ATs in theaters so this is pretty cool
Then don’t watch it. Simple solution really.
So: Your comment is just an excuse to whine about something that won’t affected you in any actual way?? Pretty sad…….
Comment sections make me hate people. No one appreciates anything.
At least it’s not as bad as the Aintitcool news talkback , that’s like the wild west of comment sections.
That’s being generous. I’d call it a Hutt’s intestine of comment sections.
It’s the most wretched hive of scum and villainy.
Ugh..that website is awful. I went there once and never went back there again. Comments section is full vile nasty scumbags.
Looks like the movie is relying on nostalgia to appeal to the ‘disenfranchised’ fans.. ho-hum.
Nope, its using the look of the OT due to its position in the timeline. TFA used to much nostalgia IMO instead of focusing on original ideas.
One minute of footage. ONE MINUTE.
Agreed with Clone11038. Will anyone ever be satisfied? I am a long time Star Wars fan who was fortunate enough to live through all 7 movies. Stop nitpicking each film. Some are going to better than others. Oh well. It’s great that we get to get new movies. Just sit back and enjoy them with a bucket of popcorn. I know all there is about all of the movies and yet I am excited for each one and I WILL NOT nitpick each movie. I enjoy them. Because I AM A TRUE FAN!!!
For me there has been 4 outstanding movies. I’m pretty happy right now. This trailer looks like I might be getting a 5th!
Agree. I too also enjoyed Episodes I, II, III, and TESB.
Get out.
While I agree with your sentiment and agree that it’s good to be optimistic, in no way does that make you any more a “true” fan that, say, someone who didn’t enjoy TFA but loves the rest, or someone who loves the OT but hates the PT (or vice versa)…just sayin’…
You had me until the true fan thing. That’s the no True Scotsman fallacy. I can critique a star wars film and still be a fan of the franchise.
Relying on nostalgia?! Its a movie about stuff that happens before the original. What else is there going to be but nostalgia. Enjoy the movie or don’t watch. #EnjoyStuffPeople
Why isnt anybody talking about how its VADERS THEME WHEN THE TITLE CARD POPS UP.
Because it’s obvious.
Bahah is it? Does that make it any less cool?
Does anybody else think Felicity Jones would be better served playing Leia in this film instead of an unknown? I mean Leia has to be in this film right? Of course you can’t really put the puzzle pieces together until you see the film. Otherwise I’m hyped!
I would love a cameo of Leia, hologram or in person, but don’t think she should be the character that steals the plans
If she would be in it, it would be at the end of the movie. She would receive the stolen plans and take off into space where then Star Wars: A New Hope would commence.
Probably because that’s all the CGI that they’d be able to afford, lol.
Never been a huge fan of recasting actors unless they die and it would raise too many questions for non-fans.
I might be OK if her Carrie fhisher’s daughter plays her because they look so alike
I’d rather they get the best person for the role instead of going based on physical appearance and nepotism.
Glad I’m not the only one who sees that though they could de-age Fisher like Douglass in Antman which was pretty seamless.
Except Carrie Fisher sounds nothing like she did back in 1977.
Sound alike then long as it’s not Julie Dolan.
OMG…..this is just FANTASTIC!!! Love every single shot of it…it looks like the extended version of ANH
I agree! It’s like A New Hope – The Prelude.
I must admit that I am somewhat worried that this will just be another Man of Steel-esque grittydark movie that takes itself way too seriously. Of course, we should all keep open minds about this. I’m perfectly fine with seeing Starwars done differently, I just hope that that different way isn’t the same as every other lame blockbuster since 2008.
Having watched this trailer a couple of times…i think it looks absolutely great (the look and feel are spot on for me the characters look interesting) , can’t wait to see it.
The giant Death Star weapon disk being assembled, are you kidding?!!! Chills, goosebumps.
I’m bummed this might be better than TFA…
Don’t be. I was dissapointed with TFA and as such I’ve been skeptical as to how Rouge One may turn out.
This just went a long way in boosting my confidence in the film. Even if you loved TFA, there’s nothing wrong if you end up liking this even more.
Although, I was really excited for his Godzilla when I saw the trailer and after I saw the movie I was shocked how bad the story was.
However, Edwards just directed Godzilla, he didn’t write the story. Nor did he write the story for this film. So I’d hold on to that hope. 🙂
Written by the guy who wrote the games reviews I used to read in the C64 days..
To each their own opinion.
Rouge One? I’ve never heard of that before.
It looks more like SW but a lot of that probably has to do with the fact that it’s set in the OT. Too early to tell.
Yeah, the fact that it takes p[lace in the exact time period as those other Star Wars films MIGHT have something to do with it.
I’d be ok with that. Means it’ll be outstanding.
Loved TFA, I’d be surprised if Rogue One is better, but I’d more than welcome it if it is.
Don’t be bummed. Be PUMPED!
But, is R1 another Katniss/Tris/Rey/girl-power/we’re-tough-as-the-boys/strong-female-role script that we’ve seen so much of lately???
So what if it is? What is wrong with strong female leads?
I think his point is that it becoming almost cliche at this point. Sure, we are all for girl power, but so many movies have been going this route lately that it is starting to seem one sided in the opposite direction of what it used to be.
There are still way more male centric films released than female. I hardly think it’s one sided. And if it is cliched, has not been a cliche for the last how many decades of male lead movies? I hope the addition of female leads becomes the norm and isn’t a trend. As a father raising a daughter, it’s nice to show her that women don’t have to be relegated to the victim role always needing a knight to save them.
I personally don’t care about the gender. race or sexual preference of a lead as long as their story is interesting and the character is enjoyable to watch. Far too many people are hung up on labels and categories. The lead is too female, too black… ugh… surely we’re better than this now? It’s not the 1950’s anymore.
I figured my comment would generate some responses. Understand, I am not against strong female characters at all. I loved Rey in TFA and Katniss in Hunger Games. I have two daughters, and I want for them to have strong female heroes to look up to. The thing that bothers me is that at times Hollywood seems to do things more for political reasons than because they make sense. I am not saying that is what they are doing with Rogue One, but I do think there are movies and TV shows where Hollywood puts in a female/minority/gay/disabled/whatever character not because it serves the story or accurately reflects the population, but because they want to make a statement. It annoys the heck out of me when it is done blatantly and awkwardly.
Imo a male lead in the new trilogy would’ve been boring. We’ve already had 6 movies with male leads. Rey brougt some variety. And besides, we’ve had Han Solo in episode VII, one of the most badass guy in the Galaxy.
Im aware that there is some political agenda behind these decision, but honesly as long as the movie is good I dont care.
I don’t follow the logic. Rogue One having a female lead doesn’t “make sense,” “reflects the population,” or “serves the story” correctly?
You have obviously misunderstood my statements. Please reread them. I never said that Rogue One having a female lead did not make sense.
I keep seeing this kind of statement on this site. “I’m fine with female leads; I just hate it when it’s done for politically correct reasons.” Well, how do you know the difference? How could Lucasfilm make a film that doesn’t appear to have a politically correct female lead other than to not make a film that has a female lead?
I think many times it is pretty easy to tell. The classic example is when Stephen Spielberg made the movie “Hook,” and made the Lost Boys into a multi-ethnic group of kids. In the novel, the Lost Boys are natives of the island, essentially equivalent to Native Americans. That makes sense. To have a group that was comprised of one person of several different races did not really make sense in the context of the story. Spielberg even stated he made this change for political reasons.
Yeah, it’s so cliché. I want a movie with a man!
/sarcasm
So the only two options are Mary Sue and Male Lead?
They are sort of stuck at this point. Imagine the shit storm that would ensue if Rey was as dorky as Luke in ANH or whiney as Anakin in AOTC. Hence why she was so overpowered. It’s all about the bottom line and no one wants the media bringing down their film hence why they’d rather create a superhero than a character with faults.
Kind of like in 80’s cartoons where all the POC characters were the same way because they feared a perceived racist backlash.
Good example.
I like that Chris Rock bit where he said black people will finally have equality when everyone thinks they can suck as much at basketball as white guys. Same goes for female leads in science fantasy films.
And imagine the backlash if Anakin was as whiny as Anakin in AOTC.
There WAS a backlash.
There was but I meant if Rey was that way. I thought Padme was a dull character but she DID have flaws unlike her potential Grandaughter in regards to being overtly trusting, naive, and emotional kinda like Anakin and most 20 somethings to be fair. Rey is more like a superhero right now by comparison so they actually regressed in spite of the media narrative.
Rey is naive and overly trusting in TFA. She trusts Finn instantly, is convinced that her family is coming back to save her someday, and is tempted by the dark Side while fighting with Kylo. So she has FLAWS. Enough with the Mary Sue BS.
Finn was a hero though. While Anakin was a domestic abuser so her instincts about him were correct. As for her family, They haven’t said what happened to them yet and given she can’t remember who they are it makes sense from her point of view and what little she knows of the whole situation. I’m not sure about being tempted by the dark side either, Obi-Wan got agressive with Maul and Luke with Vader in Empire but they never really went over.
No, she was tempted. The novelization even adds that a voice in her head tells her to kill Kylo. So yeah….
Both Obi-Wan and Luke wanted to as well, I remember the novelization mentioning him using the dark side in TPM. I can’t remember if they said Luke did but his mission was clearly to kill Vader in Empire.
Cool.
And she evidently wanted to make teh sex with 8 year old boys. I’d call that a bit of a flaw….
I guess it’s also not pedophilia in the GFFA if a woman does it.
The majority of Hollywood action films feature tough-as-nails men in the central roles. Nobody gives a hoot about this fact.
It’s only overpowered when women do it.
But the ones that are perfect are boring, and the films forgotten very quickly. Male, female, this is Star Wars – I expect more.
Yeah, that was my point. Even the term “strong female lead” is so overused. Was Leia Ep4 a “strong” lead? Leia Ep6, hmmm, maybe less so? Padme? Was Luke even a strong male lead? Do we care? It’s a current fad in Hollywood as I think we all would acknowledge. Would Hollywood even do an action female that didn’t kick (unrealistic amounts of) ass?
I’m also thrown a bit here because Rogue One promo art first looked like a squad of soldiers, but the teaser now suggests another hero’s journey kinda thing. But Forest Whitaker looks so good in this.
(Hey, I like the great discussion this spawned!)
I think we all just need to have cool characters and not care about their genders.
Women leads are great. But what I want is a real woman lead, not a man disguised as a woman. The female beat-em-up archetype is really just a male fantasy dressed up as a cute girl.
For a couple of examples of great and realistic female heroes, watch series like The Assets (based on a true story) or The Bletchley Circle. They do heroic things but they don’t run around beating up men who are more than twice their size.
Whatever happened to just accepting strong characters without need for an agenda (misogynist, feminist, or whatever your agenda may be)?
Please do not group Rey or Jyn Erso in with any characters of the inferior franchises. This is Star Wars, not (insert lame franchise here), and these characters should be accepted as much as Luke, Han, or any other character (male, female, or otherwise).
And Jar-jar. Dont forget Jar-jar!
Who? What? I can’t forget something I refuse to remember… 😉
Just watch Episode 1 with LSD.
Thank you. Not everything is the evil feminist gay Muslim Anti-Christian Atheist vegan Leftist Liberal Left Wing PC Illuminati Terre Reptilian Jesuit Catholic Time Terrorist Agenda. Some people….
I can name more male characters that are as tough-as-nails that nobody calls out (Jason Bourne, James Bond, Terminator, James T Kirk, etc.. Etc…) Personally I think it’s great Hollywood is finally respecting the 50% of the population which is non-male.
All of whom have flaws and failures. You know what would be ‘respecting 50% of the population’? Not making every female lead a Mary Sue. It’s not actually necessary to make female leads be flawless ciphers that are beloved by everyone for no particular reason and who treat male characters like either infants or idiots.
Rey is too emotion-ful and was tempted by the Dark side during her fight with Kylo. I’d call that a character flaw.
I think you’re reading more into that than is written. I am all for the idea of Rey, I don’t have ANY problem with a female lead to take us through this new trilogy. Despite how impressed I was with Ridley, I am not terribly impressed with how Rey in particular was written in TFA.
No, I’m not reading too much into it. The novelization even clarifies that a voice in Rey’s head tells her to kill Kylo Ren. She is tempted. She has flaws.
I’m sensing some thinly-veiled emasculation….
Well, she’s a tough-as-nails hero, who beats up men wearing armor with her bare hands, plays by her own rules, and all of the established characters we know are in the film love/respect her. So….
1. The trailer was cut weirdly. You don’t know if she actually defeated all of those guys by herself, or if she was even doing it with her bear hands.
2. Yeah, she plays by her own rules. She’s a rogue, like Han. but no one complains about that element of HIS character.
3. It’s a teaser. You haven’t seen more than 2 character interactions with this character from out the entire 2 hour movie, and the two spoken character interactions with her character were her 1) having an antagonist talk with an authority figure and 2) having another (non-friendly/loving/respectful) exchange with an authority figure who’s authority she clearly acknowledges.
Sheesh.
It was a throw-away, TUD, let it go. It’s far too early to make any call about what this character is in RO.
You’re right, it is too early to make any calls about this character. So stop doing that.
A young Snoke in the trailer?
http://image.noelshack.com/fichiers/2016/14/1460056598-sans-titre789.png
That would be a great tie-in!
I had wondered that myself.
Inquisitor.
Why would it be an Inquisitor if there are no Jedi in this movie?
Why not? The Inquisitors could also be tasked in fighting and tracking down the Rebels , why waste an asset on just tracking down and dealing with the Jedi. Vader was tasked with dealing with the Rebellion for 3 films.
Because the Inquisitors sole purpose is to help Vader hunt down the Jedi and force sensitive children. The Empire does not see the Rebels as an actual threat. See; Hope, A New. Also if Vader is going to be in the movie, why would he send an Inquisitor to do the job for him? Plus 90% of the movie going audience hasn’t seen Rebels and will confuse the crap out of them. I can keep going.
1. The Empire underestimates the Rebellion, but they’re still willing to send Inquisitors after them. That’s kind of the whole plot of Rebels, genius.
2. Vader has better stuff to do. Dark evil Fighting Leia things.
3. Who says that the movie can’t just explain who the Inquisitors are?
I can keep going 😉
Also this take place years after Rebels. Also all of the Inquisitors are dead by the time that this movie starts.
I believe season 2 that just wrapped is 4 years before ANH and with season 3 out later this year I’m guessing the timeframe will bring us even closer to ANH. There are still 4 inquisitors left that we have not seen and still 1-2 more seasons left of Rebels so it’s a bit premature to assume that they are all dead by the time of ANH . Your point is very valid and you could be right they could all be dead by ANH which would explain why they are not scene in the OT (of course the real reason is they weren’t even thought up until 3-4 years ago).
There are more Inquisitors out there.
They’re still tracking down Rebels and finding new Jedi peeps. This movie could explain why the Inquisitorius has been disbanded by Episode IV.
They are more darksiders than anything and only they are shown to wear dark hoods so far.
That appears the be a Bacta Tank.
We can see the back of this guy. ONLY his back.
My opinion? Could be anyone.
Of course could be Vader. Or the Emperor, or a new sith apprentice, or a inquisitor, or Snoke, or Ezra, or Nien Nunb, or Felicity Jones, or my…
Vader doesn’t have a hood. Never did.
Palpatine is in the tank in my hopes, and the hooded person his/her secret apprentice. Do you remember Mara Jade, Luke’s wife ? She had been the hand of Emperor (now Inquisitor) and killed by Jacen Solo/Kylo Ren.
Unlike some comments below, I hope these new Anthology movies start with the opening crawl. It’s become an important part of the star wars movies. I don’t know, a star wars movie without an opening crawl might seem strange, at least for me
See I don’t. “A Long Time Ago in a Galaxy Far, Far Away….” is enough. The opening titles should only be reserved for saga films.
Yes and yes.
Oh great! Another movie with a Death Star!!! 🙂
Except it isn’t blowing up this time….. Right?
Hey, no spoilers!!! 😉
I think it’s a contractual obligation
At least it’s the SAME Death Star.
It’s not another Death Star, it’s THE DEATH STAR.
ok so i don’t have all day to read all the comments but just from scrolling down quickly for several pages… did nobody else notice vader’s breathing??? and if this has been pointed out please forgive me… right at the end of the trailer when she is in the black outfit down in what looks like a round tube like cooridor?? as the lights cut on… you can slightly hear. the cooooh chhhhhh sound of vader. it’s not an over pronounced/full breath but i listened to it many times and I’d be willing to bet it’s vader confronting her… just my take on it..
Yeah I heard it too, I reckon they’re saving Vader for the trailer they’ll show at Celebration in July, the reaction to that will be equaled to the response of “Chewie we’re home”
yeah i assumed that would be a bigger reveal saved for a more prominent event… i was just surprised nobody else noticed or mentioned it… it made the trailer for me… and not to start the prequel bashing because lord knows that’s been done… but maybe this movie will give us what we wanted to see there…vader finally getting some more action..
I didn’t hear anything after multiple views/listens. Might be a stretch but I do think Vader is in this film.
yeah it’s hard to make out but it’s there. its almost over-shaddowed by the voice talking. it’s literally right before the fade to the rogue one title… i even went home to tell my son about it and before i could ask him he meets me at the door freaking out about it and saying i heard vaders breathing… lol… the force is strong with this one!!!
That is awesome that you are bonding with your son over Star Wars. My dad is the person who got me into the films myself. Whenever my wife and I decide to have kids its something I hope I can bond with them eventually about as well.
I thought I heard vader breathing at about 1:18 when it looks like maybe Vader kneeling from behind. Didn’t notice the end.
I hear what you are talking about, but it doesn’t sound like Vader to me. It sounds like reverberation, either on the voice of Forrest Whitaker or something in the shot of Jyn.
Incredibly excited for this. The trailer looks great!
Seeing those stills ups my confidence. And Felicity Jones is great.
You’ve
Down vote for being a grass
Lighten up Buzz killington
Reported for false reports and being over-sensitive.
Ka-chow that.
You’ve been reported for reporting others for dumb reasons.
Are you human? Yes, then you will get into arguments over things you are passionate about.
You’ve been reported because I don’t like the Brady Bunch.
Is the Admiral in the white suit simple not Admiral Wullf Yularen from ANH?
Wulff Yularen was an admiral in the Republic but he was later a colonel in the Imperial Security Bureau. This is clarified in the Tarkin novel. His rank insignia in ANH indicates colonel as well.
Makes sense then that ISB would be tracking these Rebels then in R1 and it isn’t a Thrawn type character.
TIL that Yularen was in ANH. Mind. Blown.
This takes place right before ANH and he’s played by another actor in that with a mustache too.
Any chances Jyn Erso could be Rey’s mother in future? They look alike…
I’m tellin’ ya – Forest Whitaker is Finn’s dad!!! So why can’t Jyn be Rey’s mom?
Why does everything have to be connected? Why can’t Forest Whitaker be Lando’s cousin?
Ha ha!!! Good one!
uh-oh…We got another black character! he must be Finn’s dad!!!! man gtfo of here with that nonsense…Felicity Jones is White and has an English accent She must be Grand Moff Tarkins Daughter!
Apparently, you are completely incapable of recognizing sarcasm in the written form.
I hope not. While it would be a fine connection, I don’t want so many characters being related. My honest hope is that besides some obvious connections, like Vader and Palpatine, the main characters in this film are not connected to the main characters of other Star Wars films/properties. Give us new, unrelated/unconnected main characters.
I hope not either, was just a conjeture. Anyway I am afraid Rey will be Luke’s daughter due major claim from fans in social media… Hope to be wrong.
I don’t know about any fan claims in social media, nor do i want to know, but I thought general concensus from just watching the film was that she was Luke’s daughter. Personally I think she’s Lukes. Or its truly a rehash of the OT and she is Snokes Daughter and Snoke is Palpatine’s Son. So she’s Palpatines Grand Daughter and we get a Luke/Vader you’re my father rehash with Rey/Snoke, lol.
Wait, what ?
Exactly, lol. Just f’ing around.
So where are the bonthans? /sarcasm
Sarcasm yes, but they were involved to the 2nd Death Star, not the first, that we know of.
They’re all dead Dave
Dave’s not here man.
Michael Barratt then..?
My only real issue is with the CG walkers but that’s probably more due to lack of time/budget and the fact that all the go motion guys are all dead or retired now. Not sure why they made Luna into a Poe clone either. I’m glad that O’Reilly is back though I didn’t recogonize her as well as the Emperor’s Royal Guards, Nice to see that they are incorporating bits of TFA into the OT like the droids and shuttle. I really like Jones as an actress but she seems a bit delicate looking compared to Ridley but that’s probably due to how they are marketing her in this.
It really does feel look like the first EU film in many ways in that it’s a nice little side story that most can take or leave. Along with the fact that there are no Jedi/Sith, familiar faces, or it has all that great of an impact on the larger saga.
So not a bad start to the spinoffs from what I can tell since at least they got the look right as best as they can which is near impossible considering everything is digital now but I’m glad we are getting at least one all-new planet and I really hope that desert location isn’t Tatooine for the 6th time.
Just throwing this out there: The AT-AT Walkers appear to have a jerky movement to them as if done by physical effect. Think of the AT-ATs in ESB and how they were captured on film using Phil Tippett’s go-motion technology…same as the Taun Tauns. R1 AT-ATs are definitely CGI, to be sure, but ILM probably used advanced their technology they developed for Noah (Darren Aronofsky 2014) for rendering the rock giants to move like Ray Harryhausen used stop motion animation for his creatures. If so, we are in for treat in December. Also, I am sure the CGI will be polished by the time R1 arrives in theaters.
Oh yeah, I’m not knocking the work or artists but weight is really hard to get right in CG adding to the fact Empire had 3 years and this one had maybe a year at most?
I hope you are right about the improved effects in the final version though. I figured what with practical effects being a mandate that this would be a prime example to use the but it is a lost art and time consuming though Robot Chicken does a decen job on a shoestring budget. I’d be interested how they would have done it with a 100 million one.
It would be interesting! The one major stop motion genius that comes to mind is Henry Selick directed and animated The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993). In the early oughts he became supervising director of Laika, formerly Will Vinton Studios, which has made Coraline (2009), Paranorman (2012), Boxtrolls (2014), and the upcoming Kubo and the Two Strings (2106). They have pioneered the use of 3D printing parts for the stop motion process. Would be cool to see something like their work in Star Wars!
Even better idea! They could have freelanced him to do it. Probably too late now but something to keep in mind for the next ones.
One thing, the AT-ATs weren’t go motion. And I really think that shot is pretty much done.
Different model of AT-AT, so maybe they move differently.
I think you missed what I was saying. It’s a tiny point, but Zachary said the EBS walkers were Go-Motion (stop motion models attached to a computer-controlled platform which moves the model slightly during each exposure. Gives you motion blur on a stop motion sequence, smoothing out the animation a bit). They weren’t; they were simply hand-animated in place, no motion blur. The ATSTs in Jedi were Go-Motion.
I agree with getting the look right – I think they’ve nailed the Star Destroyer here, loved it.
If they have Biggs in the movie at all, then I wouldn’t be surprised if Tatooine is also in the movie, given that’s where he is from. Also, if they have Biggs, you can almost bet that there will be a conversation along the lines of “I know this amazing pilot we should recruit, his name is Luke Skywalker”
I’m not sure as this right before ANH so they can’t recast but he had a lookalike cousin in the old EU. According to that he would have jumped ship by now to join the Rebellion too so they don’t need to go back to to Tatooine though Dantooine or Bestine is a strong posibility.
You shouldn’t have added that last sentence, now you’ll be jinxed. The entire movie will take place on the totally original planet of Shmatooine.
That’s not true………that’s impossible!
I dunno, I like most everything about it. For some reason Felicity feels so in place in that trailer, I feel she’s gonna be a great addition to SW universe. They nailed the new trooper classes, they really feel as if they were desgined back in 1977 along the “original” ones.. The only thing a bit off is the CGI but I’m sure its gonna only improve over the next months as we get closer to the premiere. The story and the design is there, I hope they don’t screw up editing and direction.
Also, if that’s Desplat’s music in the trailer can we talk about how great does he manage to balance the Williams’ themes with his own feel and individual style.
I hope it’s Desplat’s music, because this stuff sounds great in my opinion. I’m glad he’s not trying to copy Williams, but instead incorporates it into his own style.
Something looks familiar here.
I thought so too
The lines on the maps are slightly off, but it could be a more zoomed in part of the map. At least thats what I think the glass things are.
The Anal retentive OCD people will kick in now. People who griped about the lightsaber hilt prop having minor differenes from scene to scene. When the same thing happened with ANH and ESB Skywalker saber.
Also the maps could change between Rogue One and Ep. 4
It HAS to be!
It’s uncanny! They recreated it perfectly!
Thank god for the Lucas film archives. Most studios just throw stuff away, but the archives have been an invaluable resource. Good job on that one George!
Great, now I can’t unsee that the screen behind Mon Mothma is different.
Can’t unsee that the Falcon interiors between all the films are different too.
Oh, that goes without saying, but it’s become a pleasantly comfortable thing now.
I’m sure it’ll be fixed… but right now if I had one major complaint. It’s the AT-ATs. Not their inclusion of course but their effects. I also know they aren’t nearly finished.
I just don’t want them taking the Rebels route and saying they aren’t the same version/model. The AT-ATs head is iconic to me… and the ones on display here are very OFF. IMO. They need the more extended and armor plated side cannons. Plus their heads are generally wider/flatter. One google search and you immediately see what I mean.
So TL:DR… I hope these are very placeholder AT-ATs.
This story takes place 3 -4 years before ESB. The empire certainly could have made some design changes in that time. Or maybe there are various classes of AT-AT in service at one time. The US military has multiple classes/ages of fighters or naval vessels in service simultaneously…
I can’t believe that people can’t wrap their mind around the idea that the Empire had variations in artillery and weaponry, etc. and special troop divisions we did not see in EP4-6, just because we don’t see it, doesn’t mean it can’t happen or exist concurrently. We didn’t see snowtroopers in Return of the Jedi or A New Hope, nor did we see scout troopers in A New Hope or Empire Strikes Back. Just because we didn’t see them in those movies, doesn’t mean they didn’t exist somewhere.
Oh I totally get that. I just want MY iconic AT-ATs. Totally a selfish desire. 😛
Well in that case it’s fine lol.
Rebels has a slightly different model of AT-AT, IIRC. This is probably the same model.
EDIT: I looked it up, and the Rebels AT-ATs are a slightly larger model. This is probably that same model.
But they ARE a different model though, so….
Um…particle effects are done, so I wouldn’t count on much changing to the shot. Certainly wouldn’t be holding my breath for a redesign if I were you.
This is going to be a very important film. Simple as that. Looks amazing. Better see Vader in here fucking shit up!
Could be their version of Thrawn that isn’t yet a Grand Admiral. He does kind of look like him, minus the alien features. Maybe some type of experimentation results in the blue look later on, if they don’t go the Alien route. Or maybe its a nod to us old EU fans. Or, most likely, coincidence.
I hope they save the real Thrawn, blue skin and all, for a different time. I don’t want a half-Thrawn. I want the whole enchilada.
I agree. Enchiladas are delicious, especially the chicken kind.
It’s not the first time an Imperial wore that color in a film, look at Tarkin’s roundtable in ANH.
This will be better than any OT movie *shot in the neck*
So if Mon Mothma is gonna be in this is there a possibility for Bail Organa and The Emperor to make an appearance?
I wouldn’t doubt it. I wonder if Organa does make an appearance if they will get Jimmy Smits to reprise the role. Would be kinda cool for continuity sake. Like they did with Mothma actress from Episode III to this one.
Finally a good prequel 😉
Hopefully.
If that new guy is Thrawn (and I think he carries himself with a very “I’m better than you attitude”) I’m interested as to why they never showed a room of fine art which is like the call mark of a Thrawn. There had been rumors that Thrawn would return to Rebels so the timeline does match up.
I personally think this is not Thrawn but a different Admiral. I DO think that Rebels is going to introduce Thrawn in Season 3, however.
I think Mendelsohn’s character could be one of the imperials of book Afermath. Interesting imperial reunion took place in that book and there were cool characters.
The only thing that I don’t like is the lack of alien creatures. Maybe they are added in postproduction or there are no finished creature shots yet. I really hope that we will see more of them because one reason to watch SW are the bizzare and exotic creatures 🙁
one of the few things I heard about this film officially was that it was going to create a more realistic, humanistic approach with the aliens. This trailer didn’t show a single one.
I agree where’s the bothans
When Mon Mothma said “Many bothans died…” in Return of the Jedi, she was referring to the SECOND Death Star plans, not the first.
This is a teaser that concentrates on the character. Aliens will be held for the movie and for teaser when the effects shots are done. It’s 7 months out, after all.
I love that siren noise.
My 9-year-old daughter said it sounded “like a bantha ate a cat and died.”
My 11yr old boy said it sounded like a Wookie eating an Ewok
Are you guys being serious?
Yes. I thought it was the return of Jesus Christ at first but then I remembered that Jesus doesn’t exist and finished watching the trailer.
I know, right, but the teaser was so good I forgot for a moment!
That goes against my strongly held religious belief. TRIGGERED!
My inner 8 year-old said that it sounded like an elephant dying and giving birth to triplets simultaneously.
At 0:35 in the background far left is General Dodonna.
I buy it.
It looks & feels awesome…..
Please let that be Kyle Katarn!!!!!please!!!!
Jyn Erso…. Jan Ors
Who is that?
Kyle Katarn’s squeeze 😉
Who’s that again I don’t know who KK is.
Kyle Katarn is a Legends character and fan favorite from the Jedi Academy games. He was super badass. A Gary Stu, but a fun one to play as.
Really enjoyed a lot those games at the time. Great fun!
GTFOOH with that “Jedi Academy game” shit. KK is from Dark Forces, and he never became a Jedi Knight by finding a lightsaber in a garage.
But I like Jedi Acadmey….
Academy was the one where you are a new apprentice, right? Choosing which missions to go on? Yeah, that was fun. Jedi Knight had that painfully dumb evolution of Kyle into a Knight by LITERALLY finding a lightsaber in his dead dad’s garage.
Except he periodically failed, and you frequently felt overwhelmed by stormtroopers. THAT title needs to be revitalized by…shit, I guess it’s….sigh…EA now. Forget it.
EA. Their HQ is a wretched hive of scum and villainy.
No, please. EA should burn in hell for this battlefront kit Game. Shame on them
Kyle Katarn’s pilot.
If it is kyle, I suspect he has a completely different name. The way that the dude was standing in the yavin base is eerily similar to how Kyle was briefed to get the plans in the Dark Forces game.
To me, Kyle Katarn will always be the first guy that stole the Death Star plans. “That was easy…now to get to my ship.”
Sorry if someones already said this, but what are peoples thoughts that Jyn Erso could turn out to join the Emperor? Effectively becoming a special agent or as people may know, the Emperor’s Hand(Mara Jade). Even possibly going on to be the eventual mother of Ray? Timelines correct and it would explain her not being in the original trilogy.
Isn’t it Rey, or am I wrong.
No you’re correct, but you obviously knew who i meant.
This is many years before Thrawn was in the books though. Maybe he was promoted?
I don’t think this is Thrawn, but if they wanted to, they could mess with the timeline. There’s no canon time period for when Thrawn was around. If they wanted to, they could even make the Chiss a long-living species and him around for a while.
What if Jyn Erso is Laura Dern’s character in Episode 8?
Seems like the wrong character type. Laura Dern’s character seems to be an uptight Resistance leader.
yeah! a gonk droid
Gonk Droids are like the secret favorite droid. They’re never important but whenever one is on screen everyone seems to yell out: GONK DROID!
BRILLIANT TRAILER!!!!
One of the most important scenes to me is the hooded figure kneeling before the tube being guarded by the emperors royal guards. Ive been thinking about this scene lots and would like to discuss my thoughts.
* The size of the figure is too large and broad to be Palps. The size is more similar to Vader.
* Vader doesn’t wear a cloak that we know of. Anikan (Ep3 non suited up Vader) did wear a cloak like when he took out the jedi temple.
* The emperor wouldn’t be kneeling to anyone.
* If its a cloaked Vader, is the Emperor inside the tube for some reason?
* Are the death star plans locked inside the tube being guarded perhaps?
* If the figure is the Emperor could it be that Plagueis is inside the tube therefor confirming that he is still alive somehow there for adding to the idea that Snoke is Plagueis?
* Is the figure Snoke himself? which shows us that Snoke has always been there in the shadows of the Emperor, perhaps a secret apprentice?
This one scene in the trailer has made me the most excited for this film, so many possibilities, so many potential theories, only time will tell and I cannot wait!
please add some theories bellow if you have any or feel free to discuss, crtique or add to some of my theories that I have listed.
Darth Jar Jar . . .
The Emperor must be near by, so I think he is inside the chamber, with the Royal Guards standing guard. Pretty certain it’s Vader who has the back to us, Master/Pupil/the rule of two. Agree the build looks very similar to Vader. I would be very surprised if it’s not. Can’t see any other character having as close as a relationship to Palapatine as Vader.
Don’t think anything Episode VIII related will be revealed in this movie, so I’m sceptical Snoke will feature in this one.
It’s a great scene from several in the teaser.
Aren’t Royal Guards dressed in red? The hooded figure is in black. Plus, why would they have a shot like that focusing on such an unimportant character? Whoever is in that shot is going to at least have some lines in the movie.
Plus he has no royal guard stick thing! (Some star wars nerd correct me on the proper name of that)
you mean a force pike? who are you referring to?
Some can assume, some can’t
The character could be in the shadows, hence why his outfit appears black. His silhouette and build is exactly the same as the other two guards. There could be any logical reason why he appears to weld no staff. This scene could be a precursor to someone else walking into the room, like Vader. I don’t think we’ll get a glimpse of Vader until the final trailer.
Maybe.
I don’t think the camera would focus on that figure like that if it weren’t a real character with lines and the like.
It’s not, the character is being used to frame the scene.
If I were the director, i would use an important character to frame my shot. That’s just me though.
it could be Sidious in the tank… because aging, and the cloaked person could be his secret apprentice and the Grand Inquisitor, and it will be revealed she’s the mother of Rey and saved by Luke from the dark side but killed by Kylo Ren after 6 and before 7. Also known as Myra Jedd. No joking
That’s my thinking, Sidious must be in that room (hence the guards). Like your theory on the person with their back to us.
Could this be Mads Mikkelsens’ character?
My bet is that there’s gonna be an Inquisitor coming into play that they’ve kept under mystery-wraps. It’d make more sense for them to have an Inquisitor to kick some non-Jedi ass, with a cameo from Darth Vader. Having Darth Vader in an outright fight, while awesome, just isn’t right for where SW is at right now, so in the long run it’s better that they give us someone other than Darth Vader to rip shit up. I think the inclusion of a bad-ass Inquisitor would be perfect, especially against weaker protagonists such as these lowly rebels.
A Cameo from Vader would be nice though.
I like this theory! thank you for sharing!
I agree if Vader is involved re the plans, it does weaken his character, more than he has already been weakened by the prequels.
Although there is that line in ANH though where Vader says “There will be no one to stop us THIS time!” so I wonder if he is super pissed in ANH because they were able to steal the plans under his watch in this movie?
I have a feeling that line will be clarified, somewhat, by events in Rogue One.
Agreed! and hoping so!
Hmm awesome theory but I don’t think Ben’s character is going out like a bitch.
I hope Vader’s role isn’t reduced to a cameo at the end, with the Emperor saying “go and fetch me those plans” and Vader saying “Yes Master”.
I can’t see them doing that. He’ll either be a relatively major player like he was in ANH, or he’s not in it. They wouldn’t whip out a rabidly anticipated returning main character just for the last minute of the mov….oh….waaaaaait.
Ha! My favourite two parts of TFA were the opening crawl (wow, this movie is about Luke Skywalker!) and Luke’s scene.
I can understand why they held Luke back though – storywise, I agree that if Luke had been there all movie, I really wouldn’t have cared what happened to Rey and Finn and Poe. And also from a business perspective. If TFA had tanked at the box office, they could still pull out Luke in the marketing for Episode 8, and draw on more nostalgia (which I’m sure they will anyway).
As much as I am a huge fan of George Lucas (and this isn’t a complaint), but it could be argued that Lucas did the same thing in Episode 3, only bringing out Darth Vader in costume for a few minutes.
But for Rogue One, they’ve gotta use him, don’t they? Just a glimpse of him doing something awesome in a trailer, and this film makes a billion+ worldwide, easily.
I don’t know. I thought I wanted Vader in this, but the more time it has to percolate, the less I think he belongs here. Vader might be too big to bring into this ‘sidelines’ story.
If Rebels is canon, then Vader has already had some experience dealing with the Rebels. It wouldn’t be out of place for him to be chasing them in this one.
Having said that, you’re probably right that he doesn’t need to be in there for story purposes – but I still want to see him in there.
Maybe that’s Mads Mikkelsen’s character. An Inquisitor, perhaps?
Has there been any rumours of Ian returning to this film as Palpatine?
No, but it wouldn’t surprise me.
Agreed – with all the focus on TFA, they could have done a lot under the radar. Hopefully there will be some really nice surprises in this one!
I feel like a lot went under the radar with this film!! thanks to TFA! even with the trailer, BANG “its coming out tomorrow!” we had no clue!
I do love spoilers and speculation but sometimes surprises are great, especially when it means we don’t have to wait very long (like the trailer announcement). Im really hoping Ian returned and its been a big secret. Seems a shame not to use the character when the actor is still alive and well and the character is very relevant to the story.
He has talked to Disney about returning for some disney films
That is one very important Imperial cryotank, it would appear. Maybe somebody being kept alive? Or perhaps Vader is in the tank, having had some sort of injury or medical crisis the suit couldn’t compensate for?
Didn’t think of Vader being in the tank! good theory, I like it!
Who do you think the hooded figure would be if its Vader in the tank?
Vader’s apprentice
NO. God no. My fondest hope is that part of tossing the EU was tossing that ‘secret apprentice’ nonsense.
The Grand Inquisitor or secret appreentice to Sidious. Mara jade in legends was the hand of the emperor at the times of R1.
First time I saw that shot I immediately thought of this image:
A damaged Vader (by that rebel scum?) healing and getting a courtesy visit from the Emperor himself.
But the Emperor would never kneel to anyone. And since the guards seem to be guarding the tank, there must be someone “imperial” in there, either be Palpatine himself or someone related to him, leaving it open to a Plagueis or Snoke theory.
The hooded figure kneeling seems to be an apprentice to who’s inside the tank or someone who reverences him. I wonder if this might be the connection to the Rebels TV show (a dark Ezra?) or even the Felicity Jones character turned evil at the end (because of that line: “if you continue to fight, what will you become?”).
Either way, I’m really enjoying this feeling of not knowing a lot of things in an episode we all thought we knew pretty much about it. It’s that feeling before TFA: all the hype, the theories, the long awaited anticipation. It´s a great time to be a SW fan!
I doubt this movie is going to have any significant SW:Rebels connections after all, season three hasn’t even started yet and by the time they get to the juicy bits, Rogue One will be on it’s way to a home release. I’m keen as fuck to know who this guy is, because it could honestly be anybody.
Ah, by the ‘juicy bits’ you must mean the last episode of the season.
You’re being especially negative again lately. What happened? Want to talk about it?
Not really, but thanks for noticing. And I already SAID I love the trailer. Rebels Season 2? But for the last episode/s, total waste of time. Don’t try to deny it.
I like the show, so no, I didn’t think it was a waste of time.
Sorry you didn’t like it.
Space Whales didn’t waste anyone’s time? Lol, you be trippin’.
Maybe it’s because I grew up in the 80’s and saw Star Trek IV on TV once a month, but I didn’t really mind the space whale episode. I actually liked the concept that they traveled through hyperspace.
And the action was decent.
I was just expecting more. I felt Clone Wars hit a much better balance of breath-catching episodes and stuff that drove the story forward. Most of what development we got this season in Rebels can be distilled to the last couple of episodes, while we would have been in exactly the same place narratively without 75% of the rest of the episodes. It’s a different approach, and I’m wondering if it’s geared more towards eventual syndication.
I’m looking forward to this more than ep. Viii
The weird admiral at the end of Aftermath is probably Ben Mendelsohn.
I LOVED this trailer! That shot of Ben Mendelsohn treading through the water with the Stormtroopers laying dead around him is MAGICAL!
I like how he magically decided a floor-length cape was the best wardrobe accessory for wading through a lake.
Or he’s just so bad ass he doesn’t care.
Or the Empire picks up his dry-cleaning bill. It’s a taxable benefit, but, eh, what the hell.
I’m sure it had nothing to do with looking cool for the trailers. Not at all.
Im assuming that Jyn may very well die in the end of this film… seeing as she is not seen in the original movies. Mon Mothma would have called upon her to help Luke, Leia & Han etc in their missions..
I’d say it’s going to be a heart wrenching sacrifice for the greater good.
Agreed!
you’re assuming she is dead, there are so many options
I’m not saying the new characters relate to old ones, but they seemed to wedge in Kyle Katarn and Dash Rendar around the orig trig without causing too much disruption. I think there’s a good chance characters survive, they are just off on other missions.
Perhaps teaming up with some bothans to get some other plans later on..
This could be true!! only time will tell.
I just feel that if she and the others were good enough to steal the plans to begin with.. they certainly would have been required in the missions that involved Leia, Luke & Han in EP’s 4,5,6.
yeah if you looks at 1:00 in trailer the actor Luna really looks like to Katarn and Jones to Jan Ors. The two who have stolan death star plans in Legends
I tend to agree she (or others) may not make it to the end. I just came from “strong female lead” discussion below…but I’m thinking now Jyn may be a little too irreverent for a traditional protagonist anyway. Therefore, an expendable character?
Other interesting point….how will the film end? Tantive IV? Leia? R2/C3P0?
Maybe they’ll throw a curveball, and flash forward to show the celebrations after the Death Star is destroyed. Maybe Jyn (if she survives) and her friends (if they survive) will be in the crowd for Luke and Han’s medal ceremony
I agree!
Im also wondering at what point will the film end? Are we literally going to see them “beaming” the plans to the Tantive right before the start of EP4? or will it end well before that? It would be exciting to take it right up to that point. I would like to have a scene explaining that Leia will be taking the plans to Alderan and picking up Obi wan along the way whichs adds more gravity to the opening of EP4! thats the magic of these spin offs, they have potential to enhance the originals if they’re done right! time will tell.
Think the scenes with the AT-ATs are near the end of the 3rd act. Our lead characters look to be running towards their doom. Perhaps they have already transmitted the plans to the Rebels at this point, Riz Ahmed is the team’s communications expert. My theory is that Ahmed had transmitted the DS plans using communication equipment within the Empire’s base facility, this is how Darth Vader tracks the signal to Leia’s ship. I have a niggly feeling all our main heroes die in this movie.
I hope it ends up with a Star Destroyer chasing the Tantive IV or at least mentions that they have to intercept it. As you say if it is done right it can enhance the OT even.
(A little off topic here, but, question for everyone…)
In Ep4, did (1) Leia send R2-D2 with the Death Star plans down to Tatooine to find safety with Obi-Wan because their ship was being captured by the Star Destroyer, or (2) Leia was ON HER WAY TO PICK UP Obi-Wan, with the plans, to recruit him to help with the Death Star plan and attack?
I have always thought it’s #1, but recent discussion here has made me think #2. After all, why else did they just happen to be in orbit above Tatooine at the start of Ep4? I guess it depends on the (unmentioned) backstory, which, possibly, Rogue One will touch on.
I think that it is a logical fallacy to presume that because the character is not seen in the OT, that they do not survive said film or TV series.
In fact, wars are usually fought in multiple locations through multiple battles and a multitude of fronts.
(Sorry, meant to respond to jenno10388. My bad)
going back to the trailer where i think it’s forest whitakers voice talking… asking her what she will become… and it looks as if she’s in a tie fighter uniform… what if.. and hang on here for a minute. what if that’s when darth vader confronts her and he seduces her to the dark side and she turns to the empire… what if she becomes a tie fighter pilot… moreover… what if she is captain phasma… since we up to this point have not seen captain phasma’s face… there would be no need to explain why they aren’t the same person…. and yes i know we didn’t see captain phasma in any other movies so where she been type questions will come up.. but still it’s a possibility…
Hey nice try General Jan Dodonna from A New Hope, I see you hiding in the background.
Interesting choice using Mon Mothma in this film (do her friends call her just Mon?!).
On the one hand, it removes the need to focus on Princess Leia (and saves having to recast?), but on the other hand, it makes me wonder why she is seemingly in charge here, completely absent from A New Hope, then back in charge in ROTJ.
Monnie, Mon-ster, Mons…
Mo’
Hopefully this is explained in the movie!
I wonder what´s the problem of Script Writers in 2014-15-16 introducing female characters in a movie…
So the existence of female lead characters is a “problem” now? Do you realize how stupid you sound?
Ok Bully.
Call stupid yourself or your mom.
Stop insulting, me or anyone else.
Learn to Read, if you are not able of an intelligent understanding of what you read pay a private teacher or tell your daddy to pay it for you.
And stop trolling me.
Stop trolling me.
Stop trolling me.
Period.
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Stop trolling me.
I hope that the part “stop trolling me and insulting me” in every post you do, you have had understood that.
Don´t read my commments, and don´t answer my comments, just that. Forget I exist.
Love it, gonna see it opening night, anticipating it more than TFA, but…how bad is the subtitle “A STAR WARS Story”? Come on!
For real. It’s not too late to go back to Star Wars Anthology: Rogue One!
Agreed
Mon Mothma really likes the tasseled Roman togas. She wears the same thing all the time.
I’m guessing it’s a Chandrilan thing.
I’m fucking glad that Star Wars is embracing diversity because like it or not, diversity is in and pretty soon it will be mandatory, and if SW can push that along then why try to stop it? There were plenty of male leads in the previous films and besides that, there is Han Solo and possibly a Boba Fett solo (pun intended) film being released.
I agree. I think acknowledging the existence of women in the GFFA is a good thing.
Mandatory diversity is not diversity. Please keep the SJW garbage out of Star Wars, for the love of God.
Get with the times dude, you don’t change that mentality anytime soon then you can be sure to be disappointed royally, and regularly.
Its funny – I don’t, for one second, think about someone’s skin color or gender. I didn’t even think about that when Ridley and Boyega were announced as the leads. I couldn’t care less if the lead is white, black, Asian, etc. Perhaps the people calling for diversity are the people who have a problem with it in the first place?
With that being said, Disney can cast whoever they want and be as diverse as they want. My fear is, as you had mentioned, forced diversity, which is not diversity at all. Stop focusing on skin color and gender and enjoy the movie.
As far as “getting with the times” – I refuse to be part of this politically correct cabal that infects just about every aspect of our lives. These people pushing for equality don’t care about equality, they care about limiting free speech of opponents.
It’s funny how there is absolutely no new white male protagonists. However there are many new antagonists. Definitely getting with the 21st century with the white guilt movement and all. At least it’s still ok to have new white male characters…..as long as they are the villains.
I really didn’t even notice that there were no new white protagonists. As I mentioned before, Disney can cast whoever they want. If Disney is taking the “white-only antagonist” stance, that tells you a lot about their stance on equality and diversity.
Those who are calling for diversity and equality in the first place are the ones who have issues with diversity and equality in the first place. Focus on the story, not political correctness.
Come on, Oscar Isaac and Diego Luna are not so different form white people. White comes in various nuances. But sincerely, in 2016, who still care about people skin ??? Besides racists of course
You don’t have to be apart of it man and that’s the beauty of it, nobody will care, all of our opinions aren’t really going to make a difference other then create more squabble. In don’t really care who plays the characters as long as it Makes sense, feels natural and more importantly is played amazingly.
Yeah! The true problem is shitty plot as in TFA.
How do you know it’s mandatory? Do you work for Lucasfilm and get to see the behind the scenes stuff where they have a checklist of all of these “mandatory” quota points they have to fill in every new movie?
Ask Kylo about mandatory diversity. He brought it up, not me.
its not really diversity though.
The what is it actually?
Yeah you’re right mate, I could only see white people. GTFO
Rey and Jyn = White female lead
Finn and F. Whitaker = Black male accompanying the female lead
Poe and D. Luna = Latino male, the “cool sidekick”
I’m not saying these are coincidences, more likely intentional. Now, for the Han Solo I’m not sure what they have in mind, but my guts tell me that they will shove in some sort of white female there to teach Han Solo how things work.
I think Maz Kanata is Han Solo’s mentor. Does an old short-stature orange female, upset you as well?
I think it’s about economics. They use demographics in all things, for sales and casting world actors to sell in different parts of the world seems to be the norm. The strong female lead seems to be the norm too- in all the blockbusters anyway..
Economics are based on the demand. There’s a clear demand for diversity because more and more people from different gender and color are embracing this franchise, and they deserve to be represented. This is why Kelly Marie Tran plays a leading role in the next chapter. It’s called globalization and fits perfectly with the Star Wars Universe, where creatures from every corner of the universe, from humans to twi-leks, join forces for the common good.
So we agree then ? 🙂 .
This is why Kelly Marie Tran plays a leading role? Really? Then fuck it, fire her ass. All this time I had assumed it was because she auditioned well and slotted in nicely to the ensemble.
Hopefully.
Mo money mo money money, more diversity means more range in audience
So true.. And My point of World Actors was meant as Using famous actors from different parts of the world to sell more in their respective countries. Just out of curiosity,Is there any famous Bollywood actors in these new films ? . Maybe they are missing a trick there,
Haha dude you can’t expect them to please everybody, this is a huge leap though
China Bank!!
I prefer the term inclusiveness.
Cool man. lol
I prefer… Language! xD (Regrading the second word in your comment, Mr. Ren) 😉
I don’t think that Ben is playing the Fleet Admiral mentioned in Aftermath. If he were, why didn’t we see or hear of him during the OT? Doesn’t seem likely to me.
He gets dead. They all get dead.
No one has noticed that Diego Luna’s character is looking exactly like Poe Dameron??
many people have noticed it. but he’s not playing Kes Dameron.
Still…
It’s odd..
Does Kes Dameron knows about this guy?
Midichlorian test?
ummm… eh?
i think he’s more like Kyle Katarn (legends). Same outfit. Look at 1:00 on the trailer
When you see those above screenshots you realise what a visual treat we are in store for. So many great images, but Felicity Jones dressed in her spy attire edges it for me.
I was streaming the trailer on my TV and we noticed that Mendlesohn’s character is holding a gun.
So let me ask the herd: What implications does this have on his identity?
SWNN, there are WAY TOO MANY comments on here!
Can you impose a rule such as, for example, whenever there’s a post about a trailer (or something else that causes massive amounts of comments), limit the number of threads started by a single user by 1? And if people want to continue commenting as replies off that OP, they can (as long as they stay on topic of what the OP stated). Also, delete any post (whether OP or replies) that is completely off-topic of what the article is about. I don’t care if it’s some sort of new video review of TFA, a trailer reaction video, some article about the death of some actor who played a character in a SW movie that was in the background for two seconds (yes, I know I come off as a disrespectful dick when stating that, but come on, either create a thread about that in the Cantina forum or wait till SWNN makes a main article about said actor’s death), comment on what’s relevant on the article’s subject matter. Also, i strongly suggest that you delete comments that are essentially duplicates of someone else’s comment from earlier
I think by imposing such rules, the comments section will look more organized and cleaned up and not so intimidating to turn people off from reading other fans’ comments.
Seriously?
Perhaps you missed this:
“The comments section on the blog is intended to be a place for any and
all Star Wars fans to share their thoughts and opinions in a respectful
environment. While everyone is free to share, certain behaviors will
not be tolerated. Any inappropriate comments or personal attacks,
especially those concerning a person’s ethnicity or gender will be
deleted. Commenters who choose to violate this policy risk being banned
from future discussions.”
I know about that. And? Doesn’t mean that there can’t be new rules amended. Just saying
Well, but if you choose to have your notifications turned off because you can’t be bothered with a red dot and a bunch of e-mail, that’s pretty much your problem, isn’t it? No need to amend new rules. Just saying.
Well, on top of that, you don’t have to have notifications for every single event that happens on a particular blog post.
Well… you can lead a horse to water… you can’t make them drink.
I guess the point is completely beyond you.
Threads like this are the exception. For ex. – TFA trailer post may have had like 1700 comments, but the comments for most articles stay below 100 and are more easily manageable. I get what you’re saying, but threads with this kind of volume are so rare that it’s really a non issue in my opinion. I don’t speak for Viral Hide, so he may see it differently. But I say just read what comments you can, comment on what you can, and check your disqus account for notifications on conversations that you are a part of. I feel like limiting the number of comments a user can share may really limit the conversation, and for threads like this, it’s almost impossible to moderate repetitive comments and things of that nature. Only reported comments will most likely be considered for moderation in this type of thread. But like I said, this kind of situation doesn’t usually occur on the site, but if we see it becoming a problem, I’m sure we will look at some options.
I have my notifications turned off because I don’t want to be blasted with a bunch of them. I also turned off my e-mail notifications so that I don’t get a bunch of e-mails every time someone replies.
Also, I’ve got a lot going on in my day so I don’t have time to come on this site every 5-10 minutes to catch up on all the action (now yes, that’s something more on me than anything else but come on, you can’t tell me that others on this site don’t have anything else going on in their day-to-day lives besides perusing this site, as much as I and others enjoy reading the articles on here lol).
Thankfully none of the rest of us here have lives – please, tell me more about your busy life.
I kind of like the massive list of comments. I’ve checked back a couple of times briefly talking to the most current group. It’s cool/fun IMO. I’m fine with my past convos vanishing to the depths.
I’m with you on this one. Brilliant site, I have no problem at all.
Think the only comment policy that needs to be amended is having killjoys like yourself banned from posting comments.
You’ve been reported
And?
She’s like poetry. Her constant whining rhymes.
Much to look forward to.
Much to look forward to
Constant are complaints about other people.
Blow it out her ass
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Haiku, MF, do you speak it!
Not everyone is like an onion.
Wow. Just wow.
Now, see, that’s just essentially a duplicate of 95% of all of your highly valuable input so far to the conversation. Do we delete that, or…?
You report a lot of people. I only report one person. Guess who it is, Marsha?
Yes. Impose restrictions on freedom of speech.
K, first, it’s a private board, you don’t HAVE freedom of speech here. Second, nah, that’s more your thing.
That SAID….yes, Jesus Christ, someone shut Marsha up already. The last couple of days all I hear is Marsha, Marsha, MARSHA!
The hypocrite returns to troll me again.
And fails.
You come off as being a spoiled little brat.
“Dear Mr President, there are too many states nowadays – please eliminate three.”
“Dear SWNN staff, could you please delete and censor comments according to MY arbitrary rules and factors? Thanks!”
Felicity Jones Character and Luke Skywalker are Rey’s parents :O
If this is basically a heist movie, it should be like oceans 11 with lots of misdirection and cleverness. Hopefully there is some humor too.
Anyone else notice a slight inconsistency with the end of Episode 3? When the Emperor, Vader and young Tarkin are watching construction of the Death Star in one of the last sequences of ROTS, you can see the dish portion of the Death Star as partially complete.
In this trailer, it looks they are are depositing a completely new completed dish into the Death Star.
Did they need more than one dish? Did they mess up the first attempt?
In fairness its more the superstructure for the dish to go upon IMO.
Pablo Hidalgo adressed it on Twitter. The construction seen at the end of RotS is not final thus they needed to improve and reconstruct the Death Star more than once.
I thought of it too, actually, despite the shot looking sick as hell. But yeah, it took them 18 years to perfect and complete it, I imagine they had to rebuild segments or the whole think more than once to have it work appropriately.
Those damn blueprints were originally written in Geonosian. It’s worse than assembling Ikea furniture, I guess… 😉
Disney is messing up with Star Wars way more then the “terrible” former Expanded Universe…
People like it. I am kind of shocked given the aversion for the social media crowd. As always you guys do a good job here reporting on these things. I’m very appreciative of all the work. Keep it up.
Even though she becomes part of the rebellion, my feeling is that Felicity Jones might not be all that positive character….
I APPROVE OF THIS TRAILER.
~AI
New shot of the movie in this video:
https://www.facebook.com/StarWars/videos/vb.169299103121699/1144857348899198/?type=2&theater
New shot of the film in this video:
https://www.facebook.com/StarWars/videos/vb.169299103121699/1144857348899198/?type=2&theater
New shot of the movie in a video posted by the Star Wars Facebook:
I’m getting serious Private Ryan vibes.
I like it.
Don’t know if this is already mentioned and I’m not reading through a thousand comments, but does anyone else got a big Dark Forces flashback after seeing the trailer ??
Check out this link for some similarities (not written by me):
http://moviepilot.com/posts/3859966
Jan ors/ Jyn Erso anyone ?
Seems a bit too obvious, but it could definitely be possible.
https://youtu.be/eeWUwXqAMFQ
Who cares about the reaction that some noob had!
I agree with you here. The trailer was good, but I also didnt get the emotion-bomb which were the TFA trailers (especially teaser 2).
I for one love the trailer and I don’t mind another female protagonist. That being said.
–>Disney is recruiting the young female demographic plain in simple. They already have us males from ages 4 to 50. They know we are going to
watch all the films anyway.
Just download the movie soundtrack and it’ll be there somewhere.
ITS NOT THERE TUD!! ITS NOT THERE AND ITS KILLING ME!! Lmao
Lol, I’m so sorry.
This is it. At 0:45 is where Kylo enters the hall. https://youtu.be/9LXKzapRXic?t=45s
Thank you!!!!!
Cool, but how does this timeline fit in to Spock’s time travel? Is he young or old?
Cool, but where’s Spock??
OMG, that musical notes at the end (1:30) are actually a mix between The Force theme and The Imperial March theme! That’s something really interesting bout the main character.. Good… Gooood..
The Force tells me the film will end with Jyn Erso and Co. unable to get the Death Star specs to Mon Mothma as planned so they hand off to a digitally de-aged Carrie Fisher playing ANH-era Princess Leia instead. Ya heard it here first, Younglings!
Oh god this looks bad