UPDATE 2! Two Star Wars: Rogue One/2016 Olympics TV Spots Released; New Shot With Saw Gerrera.

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The new Rogue One: A Star Wars Story TV spot that has been released to promote both the ongoing 2016 Rio Olympic Games and the forthcoming movie, teasing the forthcoming preview that will be shown sometime Thursday night, has been released in better quality. While there’s only a little bit of new footage included in the portion directly tied to Rogue One, it does give off the impression that we’ll be seeing a longer version of the teaser that was shown to Celebration Europe attendees.

 

 

 

(Thanks to fromfor pointing the better-quality version of the trailer.)

 

If you caught whiff of the leaked teaser, you might be familiar with the “This is our chance to make a real difference.” line, which was part of the only dialogue shown in that minute-long video. But the “Are you with me?” scene is completely new, suggesting that we’ll be getting a good amount of new footage instead of a complete repeat of the leaked teaser, which had a lot of content from the first teaser integrated into the mix. (The above TV spot also has a bit of footage showing the Death Troopers firing and a Rebel Alliance soldier cover-shooting, although I’m not quite sure if that scene was present in the Celebration teaser or not.)

 

Want to catch the new trailer on the big screen? There’s not official confirmation from Disney, but word on the street is that it’ll hit with the remake of Pete’s Dragon, which has its Thursday night previews around the same time the ad will hit television airwaves. (And with the way the Disney marketing beast goes, it’s likely that the full trailer will arrive in time to be attached to Marvel’s Doctor Strange in November.)

 

 

UPDATE 1!

 

The official Star Wars Twitter account in the UK just tweeted this:

 

 

 

A fan asked why Friday and not Thursday:

 

 

 

So this means that the trailer will debut after midnight UK time. We know that UK is 5 hours ahead of the EST time zone. From this we can conclude that the trailer will hit later than 7 pm EST. So don’t bother checking the internet before that. My personal guess is that it will hit around 9-10 pm EST. That’s when TFA trailer was released during Monday Night Football in 2015.

 

 

UPDATE 2!

 

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During the Olympics on NBC on Monday we got a new TV spot. There is also a a good look at Forest Whitaker’s character, Saw Gerrera, now sporting a full head of hair (noteworthy, considering that the character was bald in the original teaser). Whether this change was conducted during the reshoots is unclear. The fact that the official site continues to use images of Saw with bald head, suggests that we will probably see the two looks in the movie. A few screenshots of the TV spot can be seen here:

 

 

 

Here’s the new TV spot, again thanks to :

 

 

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Grant has been a fan of Star Wars for as long as he can remember, having seen every movie on the big screen. When he’s not hard at work with his college studies, he keeps himself busy by reporting on all kinds of Star Wars news for SWNN and general movie news on the sister site, Movie News Net. He served as a frequent commentator on SWNN’s The Resistance Broadcast.

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Grant has been a fan of Star Wars for as long as he can remember, having seen every movie on the big screen. When he’s not hard at work with his college studies, he keeps himself busy by reporting on all kinds of Star Wars news for SWNN and general movie news on the sister site, Movie News Net. He served as a frequent commentator on SWNN’s The Resistance Broadcast.

55 thoughts on “UPDATE 2! Two Star Wars: Rogue One/2016 Olympics TV Spots Released; New Shot With Saw Gerrera.

  • August 8, 2016 at 12:38 pm
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    Niceu niceu!

  • August 8, 2016 at 2:13 pm
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    I hope the Olympians are not in the movie.

    • August 8, 2016 at 2:47 pm
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      Well played Bantha.

    • August 8, 2016 at 3:09 pm
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      I think that’s why they did the reshoots – to add some Olympians in the movie. 😀

      • August 8, 2016 at 3:24 pm
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        HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

      • August 8, 2016 at 8:53 pm
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        (Han Solo sarcastic tone) Well of COURSE that’s why they did the reshoots!

      • August 8, 2016 at 9:02 pm
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        Michael Phelps will play a rebel soldier who must swim a section of that ocean with the death star plans. Its should make for an epic chase sequence.

      • August 8, 2016 at 9:42 pm
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        The Tonga flag-bearer had better play one of the Stormtroopers that we see wading through the waters of Scarif.

        – Pomojema

  • August 8, 2016 at 3:45 pm
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    A commercial for a commercial?

    • August 8, 2016 at 4:24 pm
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      yes, because many will watch and wait for the commercial, it’s us, not them

  • August 8, 2016 at 6:09 pm
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    Truly interesting remixed song. Full version probably doesn’t exist :/.

  • August 8, 2016 at 6:17 pm
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    Hope it ends with the Vader tease… I mean my imagination is awesome and I can totally picture what happened. Still not the same as actually seeing it!

    • August 9, 2016 at 1:48 pm
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      I hope it ends with Jyn Erso holding out the Death Star plans to Princess Leia on an island clifftop, and Leia turns, removes her hood then the credits roll just as she’s about to speak.

  • August 9, 2016 at 2:20 am
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    Will Chewy finally get a medal?

    • August 9, 2016 at 1:47 pm
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      Well, all R2-D2 got was a polish, so maybe Chewie had the tangles combed out of his coat for his reward. Curiously, Wedge and whoever the surviving Y-Wing Pilot was didn’t get medals either. I wonder if the Y-Wing pilot was named in the EU or something.

  • August 9, 2016 at 9:25 am
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    How do we know that reshoot footage is utilized? As the title of the article says

    • August 9, 2016 at 9:46 am
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      That’s the only logical explanation about the change of appearance of Saw Gerrera. His costume and the surrounding area is the same, but his hair style changed.

      • August 9, 2016 at 9:59 am
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        He was shown as both bald and with hair in promo photos months ago

        • August 9, 2016 at 10:08 am
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          I don’t remember seeing both looks in one promo. I remember that EW first revealed his new look and who he was when they were also discussing the reshoots.

      • August 9, 2016 at 10:27 am
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        It’s definitely not the only logical explanation. It’s not too hard to add some hair to a bald character in post. This is something that can be done very quickly, and more importantly cheaply. Much more cheap in fact that having an actor come in and put on a newly made wig and re-filming all of his scenes with a full crew.

        • August 9, 2016 at 10:32 am
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          I work in a VFX studio. Believe me, his hair is real.

          • August 9, 2016 at 8:48 pm
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            I tend not to believe anyone on the internet when they say what their occupation is. I could say that I drive in FIA Formula 3 and it would carry the same clout as you saying you work in a VFX studio. You could for all I know, but this is the internet and everything should be taken with a grain of salt. If you do, more power to you, but I think if you did then you’d know that there’s been CGI hair in moves since the 90’s and that it IS easy to do.

        • August 9, 2016 at 12:29 pm
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          It’s neither cheap nor easy to do. Realistic hair is among the more difficult CGI thingies.

          • August 9, 2016 at 6:06 pm
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            You’re kidding, right? Half the shots of Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Phantom Menace have his hair replaced with CGI due to his hair having been cut when he came back for re-shoots. If they’ve been doing it that successfully since 1999 they can surely do it in 2016 no problem.

          • August 10, 2016 at 7:23 pm
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            First of all they only do CGI shots in action scenes with lot’s of motion blur, movement and where the character isn’t seen in close up shots. You know that kind of scenes where you can use a stundouble and nobody notices that they guy is suddenla having a differet face. Secondly in closeup shots they often use hair extensions and fake beards which is exactly what they did with Obi Wan. Thirdly I am CG artist. I have spent countless hours grooming hair for charcters and I can tell you making hair look real is never easy! Moreover, using a full cgi double with CGI hair is one thing. Combining filmed 2d material with rendered 3D material is where it gets tricky, especially in closeup shots. Do you know how much work tracking that stuff in nuke would be if you have to make sure that every single 3D hair moves synchronised with the rest of the actors head/face? I strongly recomment you watch the making of video of fifty shades of grey and how they had to go for tremendous lenghts to add pubic hair to cover up the otherwise visible genetalia. It’s disgusting but very educating. You should watch the video on youtube, that might put that whole “doing hair is so easy” into perspective.

        • August 9, 2016 at 3:35 pm
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          Not too hard? Lol…. funniest thing I’ll read today

  • August 9, 2016 at 9:38 am
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    but will the trailer be scored to a kanye song…? 😉

  • August 9, 2016 at 11:23 am
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    why is the hairstyle of Forest suddenly confirmation his scenes are reshot ? what if we get a scene where he shaves his head and getting back “in the game” It could be a character moment like taxi driver, v for vendetta, …. )

    • August 9, 2016 at 11:42 am
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      Yes. Actually I just realized that the official site has just used again the image without the hair so we’re probably indeed seeing his two looks in the movie. The main reason I thought these were reshoots was because I thought the BG behind Saw is the same in the two images, but it’s not very clear. I will update the article to avoid confusions.

    • August 9, 2016 at 3:20 pm
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      I like the look with hair. Way more interesting looking than a bald head. Makes him look more war-weary.

  • August 9, 2016 at 11:54 am
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    I liked Withaker’s character more when he was bald…

  • August 9, 2016 at 1:44 pm
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    Forrest Whittaker looks more badass bald. He was most badass in ‘the Shield’ and ‘Repo Men’. Awesome actor.

  • August 9, 2016 at 2:43 pm
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    Ghost Dog goes to space. Can’t wait!

    • August 9, 2016 at 10:17 pm
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      Space Dog: Way of the Jedi

  • August 9, 2016 at 3:06 pm
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    wheres the bothans?

    • August 9, 2016 at 3:17 pm
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      Bothans had nothing to do with stealing the plans to the first death star. Mon Mothma mentions the bothan effort in finding the plans for the second death star in Return of the Jedi.

      • August 9, 2016 at 3:20 pm
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        everyone needs bothans

        • August 10, 2016 at 1:34 am
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          Snoke is the last of the Bothans

      • August 9, 2016 at 5:16 pm
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        I think he’s trolling.

      • August 9, 2016 at 5:25 pm
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        Yeah, every thread on Rogue One, people like Steve are screaming about Bothans.

    • August 10, 2016 at 12:56 am
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      what the eff’s a bothan anyway?

  • August 9, 2016 at 8:46 pm
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    Wonder what the fate of these characters will be? Will this group be killed off getting the plans?

  • August 9, 2016 at 9:38 pm
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    Why did they make him look like a hobo? I know he’s in an underground rebel group, but that doesn’t prevent him from getting a clean shave and a hairdo.

    • August 10, 2016 at 12:54 am
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      Maybe you missed the part about him going bald in Rogue One? There’s your “hairdo”. Also a bit of an afro does not equate to “hobo”.

      • August 10, 2016 at 2:48 pm
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        No I didn’t and I don’t think he will appear bald in the movie, he has hair in the reshoots and made him look like a hobo

        • August 10, 2016 at 2:52 pm
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          How do you know he has hair added in the reshoots? Did your pal Gareth Edwards tell you?

          • August 10, 2016 at 2:53 pm
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            Doesn’t make sense that he would shave his head in the movie. Disney probably feared that fans would complain that the Saw Guerrera from the cartoons has hair. Forrest Whitaker probably wasn’t meant to be him until the reshoots.

  • August 10, 2016 at 1:12 am
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    He looks amazing,but in first teaser,he has no hair,that’s weird. Btw,also, we don’t get him in Rogue one LEGO sets :/

  • August 10, 2016 at 2:58 am
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    Is Jones speaking with an… English (Coruscanti) accent?

  • August 10, 2016 at 12:38 pm
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    He actually does look somewhat like TCW Saw Gerrera in this shot!..

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