Rogue One (2016) [SW Anthology Series)
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Unless Vader sees a need to keep someone alive. Maybe Tarkin wants them alive for some reason. In ANH Vader did follow Tarkin's wishes.
I'm looking forward to seeing Whooping Willy.
I'm not saying it's impossible but it wouldn't jibe very well with what we saw in ANH.
For starters Vader clearly says Leia is his "only link for finding their secret base". If one of the 'Rogue One' cast were in custody, that wouldn't be the case. He'd have *two* links. Also, if such a person were being detained by Tarkin, then they'd be on the Death Star just like Leia, except that nobody showed up to rescue them and they probably died when the station was destroyed. That would render the whole plot point rather pointless IMO.
I found that rather irritating.
Too bad about the re-shoots. As for everyone dying at the end, that's the angle I was hoping they'd go for. Personally I 'd like Erso to turn out to be an imperial plant who Vader kills for knowing too much. It probably won't happen but would be interesting.
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I wonder if they picked out a couple of favorites, and decided they should love for future sequels..Just find excuse how they escaped
http://www.ew.com/article/2016/06/22/star-wars-rogue-one-forest-whitaker-character
Holy crap, that was unexpected!
Holy crap, that was unexpected!
^Yeah, I didn't see that coming. Appropriate though, given that between he and Cham, they were supposed to show what the very early seed of the rebellion looked like.
For a second I wondered if Whitaker was a little too old to play Saw in this period, but I did the math and, while we don't know hold old Saw was in TCW (but early 20's seems about right) add another 19 years to that and he's still a decade and a half shy of Forest, however I think the difference can easily be made up by the kind of life he's led. I mean look at him! Clearly this is not a man who has enjoyed decades of stress free activities, a balanced diet and not being chased all over the damn jungle every day for twenty years!
For a second I wondered if Whitaker was a little too old to play Saw in this period, but I did the math and, while we don't know hold old Saw was in TCW (but early 20's seems about right) add another 19 years to that and he's still a decade and a half shy of Forest, however I think the difference can easily be made up by the kind of life he's led. I mean look at him! Clearly this is not a man who has enjoyed decades of stress free activities, a balanced diet and not being chased all over the damn jungle every day for twenty years!
Very cool. And gives hope to the notion that we might one day (obviously not this movie) see live-action versions of other animation characters like Ezra, Kanan or even Ahsoka.
If Freddie Prinze Jr is correct, it's only a matter of time before Filloni gets to make his own Star Wars movie, whether it be animated or live action. If it's live action, then I think there's a pretty good chance it'll be an Ahsoka movie. I mean what character means more to him and who else but him could do it?
So what is this now, the third live action Star Wars character to debut in animation? Boba Fett, Grevious and now Saw. Or am I forgetting one? Aayla Secura was a comic book character first, so I guess that counts too.
Interesting that it turns out Saw was originally intended for that live action TV series that never materialised. Solid information on what happened with that seems very hard to come by. One assumes Lucasfilm are keeping that whole thing on the shelf if they ever want to re-purpose elements somewhere down the road.
So what is this now, the third live action Star Wars character to debut in animation? Boba Fett, Grevious and now Saw. Or am I forgetting one? Aayla Secura was a comic book character first, so I guess that counts too.
Interesting that it turns out Saw was originally intended for that live action TV series that never materialised. Solid information on what happened with that seems very hard to come by. One assumes Lucasfilm are keeping that whole thing on the shelf if they ever want to re-purpose elements somewhere down the road.
Ooh cool, I've heard of this person! That's fun news.
According to Pablo, quite a few elements from the live action TV series were planted in the Clone Wars, starting back in Season 2. He didn't say what they were though.
The Live Action series was still going ahead while Clone Wars was on, George was still intending on making it, so it wasn't that they were re-purposed, they were intended as 'seeds'.
Something just now occurred to me while thinking Saw's lines from the trailer:-
"What will you if they catch you? What will you do if they break you? If you continue to fight...what will *you* become?"
Like a lot of people, I initially I just presumed that this was merely directed at Jyn and her maverick ways but now that we know who this guy is, they take on a whole new meaning.
From the few mentions of Saw in Rebels, Bloodline and I think the Tarkin novel (or was it Lost Stars?) we get the impression that like Cham Syndulla, the war never ended for Saw. When the liberating Republic turned into an occupying Empire overnight, he went right back to being an insurgent in his own home. Possibly at some point forced to flee Onderon and continue his war against the Empire on other worlds. His tactics getting more extreme and terrible as the odds and forces arrayed against him get greater and greater.
From that line we can infer that he's a man looking back at his life and seeing the monster the constant fighting has transformed him into. No longer a dashing and inspiring figure of heroic resistance but a feared and hatred terrorist. If Cham is Che Guevara, then is Saw Osama Bin Laden?
Seems to be a very apt parallel given that he was armed and trained by the top agents of the Palpatine's government (the Jedi) in guerrilla warfare and trade-craft only for him to later turn those skill against that very same regime and become one of their worst nightmares.
From whats being said, it seems that at some point he has crossed a very serious line that makes Organa and Mothma reticent to even deal with him.
Was he captured? Was he broken? When he continued to fight, what did he become?
"What will you if they catch you? What will you do if they break you? If you continue to fight...what will *you* become?"
Like a lot of people, I initially I just presumed that this was merely directed at Jyn and her maverick ways but now that we know who this guy is, they take on a whole new meaning.
From the few mentions of Saw in Rebels, Bloodline and I think the Tarkin novel (or was it Lost Stars?) we get the impression that like Cham Syndulla, the war never ended for Saw. When the liberating Republic turned into an occupying Empire overnight, he went right back to being an insurgent in his own home. Possibly at some point forced to flee Onderon and continue his war against the Empire on other worlds. His tactics getting more extreme and terrible as the odds and forces arrayed against him get greater and greater.
From that line we can infer that he's a man looking back at his life and seeing the monster the constant fighting has transformed him into. No longer a dashing and inspiring figure of heroic resistance but a feared and hatred terrorist. If Cham is Che Guevara, then is Saw Osama Bin Laden?
Seems to be a very apt parallel given that he was armed and trained by the top agents of the Palpatine's government (the Jedi) in guerrilla warfare and trade-craft only for him to later turn those skill against that very same regime and become one of their worst nightmares.
From whats being said, it seems that at some point he has crossed a very serious line that makes Organa and Mothma reticent to even deal with him.
Was he captured? Was he broken? When he continued to fight, what did he become?
EW has a character guide covering all of the main characters.
A few things I found interesting:
I like the idea of there being people out there who follow the beliefs of the Jedi, but aren't actually Jedi themselves.
Sounds to me like Galen might be involved in the building of the Death Star.
A few things I found interesting:
I like the idea of there being people out there who follow the beliefs of the Jedi, but aren't actually Jedi themselves.
Sounds to me like Galen might be involved in the building of the Death Star.
Sounds like the "Church of the Force" thing.
It's Grievous.
The whole thing felt like a certain episode of "The Office".