Star Wars Daily Buzz: New Force for Change Video; Rogue One Gets China Release; Interactive Site is Up and More
Another day with numerous news about Rogue One. The promo campaign for the movie is indeed in full swing now. Today we have more interviews with Felicity Jones, Rogue One was approved for a release in China (very important for the box office results), the Rogue One interactive site is up, more news on tickets and more. We also have a new Rebels clip and a Force for Change video.
First we start with a new promo clip from the upcoming episode of Star Wars: Rebels:
In this clip from the Star Wars Rebels episode “An Inside Man,” Grand Admiral Thrawn tests the work of a farmer forced to work for the Empire, while Ezra and Kanan cannot intervene…
Let us all unite and be one massive Force for Change with the new initiative:
Disney, Target and Star Wars: Force for Change are launching a new fashion-meets-fundraising initiative inspired by the themes of rebellion from the new movie, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Ten influential names across film, music, fashion and sports have come together to support UNICEF Kid Power by creating a line of “Force 4 Fashion” T-shirts available exclusively in the U.S. at Target beginning November 27. $5 from the sale of each shirt will be donated to the U.S. Fund for UNICEF in support of UNICEF Kid Power.
You can learn more about the initiative here.
Diego Luna doing his part for the Force for Change initiative.
I designed this t-shirt as a #ForceForChange to benefit @UNICEF Sold at Target until December 31st visit https://t.co/vCDvh2kPxm#RogueOne pic.twitter.com/K2zARNIByC
— diego luna (@diegoluna_) November 28, 2016
Lots of cool photos with Felicity Jones in this Daily Mail article:
Felicity Jones scores another style hit in semi-sheer cream mini-dress https://t.co/Fh4zADtYpj pic.twitter.com/PGZwaCDmFt
— Daily Mail Celebrity (@DailyMailCeleb) November 28, 2016
Felicity on Glamour
Meet our January cover star, Felicity Jones of “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.” pic.twitter.com/OuA342UM4V
— Glamour (@glamourmag) November 29, 2016
Excerpts from the interview (full story here):
GLAMOUR: Did you watch the Star Wars films as a kid? Who introduced you to them?
FJ: My boy cousins used to sit my older brother and me down and take us through a film-studies course. It included Tremors, The Goonies, and, of course, Star Wars. That was when it began: sitting cross-legged watching as the opening crawl goes up the screen.
GLAMOUR: What was your audition process like for Jyn?
FJ: My agent called me up and said, “There is a tremendous female lead in the new Star Wars film, and I think you’re really going to like it.” The opportunity to play someone determined, who’s trying to find her skills as a leader; to be in a fantasy movie; to be able to do a leading female role in a film of that scale—that’s very, very rare.
GLAMOUR: In a Rogue One trailer, Jyn is described as reckless, aggressive, and undisciplined. Those are traits we’ve grown accustomed to seeing in male heroes, but they aren’t traits we usually get to see in our female heroes.
FJ: She’s a bit of a wounded animal when you meet her. There were moments when she’s been blown over, she’s scrambling to get up, and she falls. It’s important that she’s not perfect. [The director] Gareth [Edwards] and I, we want to see her being a human being.
And yet another interview with Felicity Jones, this time for the New York Times:
Felicity Jones: a rising star in a galaxy far, far away https://t.co/RffE2I04AL pic.twitter.com/oUekbtlUJm
— New York Times Arts (@nytimesarts) November 29, 2016
The Rogue One interactive site is live.
#RogueOne #deathstar interactive site is live, there are different designs depending on which format you choose https://t.co/wmDzvJwUcJ pic.twitter.com/raIOaDJyfN
— SW Rogue One (SWNN) (@SW_ROGUE_ONE) November 29, 2016
Rogue One has sold hundreds of thousands of tickets within minutes!
Buzz is that Disney insiders are giddy about the results, with a number of folks in exhibition surprised at the high sales
‘Rogue One’ Presales Update: “Hundreds Of Thousands Of Tickets” Sold Within Minutes https://t.co/vnJc8VJKBc pic.twitter.com/8XbjHua0Jp
— Deadline Hollywood (@Deadline) November 29, 2016
Regal Cinemas still have the Ultimate Rogue One ticket available. With this ticket (costs $100) you can watch Rogue One once every day until the movie ends its run in Regal theaters.
The #RogueOne #UltimateTicket is still available! Production is limited to only 1,000 cards! https://t.co/HrHNrVrRub pic.twitter.com/nEQG6b2And
— Regal Cinemas (@RegalMovies) November 29, 2016
China is the second biggest movie market in the world. There are only a limited number of international movies that are allowed to be screened in China every year. Scoring a China premiere is very important in terms of box office and Rogue One has just secured it’s place there:
#StarWars ironic #RogueOne has been granted for viewing in China but no date has been set https://t.co/gXqWSp2Ke7 pic.twitter.com/QaFaK3Bqi4
— SW Rogue One (SWNN) (@SW_ROGUE_ONE) November 29, 2016
Rebels composer Kevin Kiner and voice actor Lars Mikkelsen (Thrawn) have been nominated for an Annie award.
A big congrats to Kevin Kiner & Lars Mikkelsen for their @AnnieAwards nominations! #StarWarsRebels pic.twitter.com/nKer5B6dK7
— Rebel Transmission (@Rebels_TK421) November 28, 2016
New cool Star Wars branded smartphones from Japan!
Softbank unveils Light and Dark Side Star Wars #RogueOne phones https://t.co/wg7satEDLV
— Kew Electrical (@kewelectrical) November 28, 2016
Singapore has its own AT-ACT.
#GoRogueSG at Vivo City from now to 18 Dec and get your best shot of the 8m AT-ACT Walker. pic.twitter.com/TGklvHnnz4
— Star Wars Singapore (@StarWarsSG) November 29, 2016
Riz Ahmed is on the cover of the latest issue of Gentelman’s Journal.
Thank you to Gentlemans Journal for the support and for putting me on their cover. On new stands now. https://t.co/zq7oe5T8hn
— Riz Ahmed (@rizmc) November 29, 2016
Introducing our new issue with cover star @rizmc. Find on newsstands from 12th November or subscribe here: https://t.co/wn41Fxddjq pic.twitter.com/aMYOzwejJK
— Gentleman’s Journal (@thegentsjournal) November 11, 2016
Carrie Fisher was at The Ellen Show giving some advice.
Carrie Fisher dishes out advice to @TheEllenShow audience: https://t.co/zvDXiQygoc #TheEllenShow 👌 pic.twitter.com/PpU2Dk6vvm
— Entertainment Weekly (@EW) November 29, 2016
“People” on the recently announced Rogue One live stream event:
All your #RogueOne questions answered! PEOPLE and Twitter are hosting a Q&A with the cast—get all the details https://t.co/GyEai2xaPj pic.twitter.com/IY2lVnDIZQ
— People Magazine (@people) November 29, 2016
The new Rogue One 3D glasses are here:
Go Rogue. The new Ltd. Ed. RealD #RogueOne: A @StarWars Story 3D glasses are in! pic.twitter.com/vwRqmzhZqP
— RealD (@RealD3D) November 25, 2016
That’s all for now, but keep in mind that this article might be updated if a new story appears during the day. The title will be updated as well so that you would know.
Again thanks to our contributor @SW_ROGUE_ONE. Make sure to follow him on Twitter.
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I read a pretty good story about John Knoll over at Wired. It’s lengthy, but gives a little insight into Rogue One. The space battle sounds like it’s gonna be epic.
https://www.wired.com/2016/11/john-knoll-rogue-one-star-wars/
Lol @Wen Jiang’s closed eyes in that People photo. Payback for spilling the beans at Celebration?
I wonder if Wen Jiang will get sued or what repercussions took place?
Glad to see Rogue One got its China release. It seems pretty much a given at this point, since it’s such a big movie – but it’s still never a guaranteed thing.