Poll Star Wars: Rogue One Teaser Trailer!
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I've always seen the AT-ATs as the main battle tank for the Empire, in that capacity they would be a very valuable propaganda tool.
That was a brilliant teaser. I got goosebumps when Mon Mothma showed up, the Star Destroyer was covered in shadow as the firing aperture descended into place on the Death Star, and when the Moff in the white uniform appeared. This is hitting all my nostalgia buttons even more than TFA did.
I thought Jones' delivery of the "I rebel" line was great, and that it makes a great catch phrase. I loved Mon Mothma's little smirk of admiration as Jyn Erso gave the smartass response, knowing that they found the right person to lead the mission. I can't wait to see more of Forrest Whitaker's mentor character and Donnie Yen's badass bo-staff fighter.
The music was fantastic, with the combination of the horns and piano version of Luke's theme and the Imperial March. I hope that was Vader kneeling in the black cloak. The action scenes look amazing.
I thought Jones' delivery of the "I rebel" line was great, and that it makes a great catch phrase. I loved Mon Mothma's little smirk of admiration as Jyn Erso gave the smartass response, knowing that they found the right person to lead the mission. I can't wait to see more of Forrest Whitaker's mentor character and Donnie Yen's badass bo-staff fighter.
The music was fantastic, with the combination of the horns and piano version of Luke's theme and the Imperial March. I hope that was Vader kneeling in the black cloak. The action scenes look amazing.
Well yeah I know when the movie takes place, but I was wondering where they stole the plans from. And the title crawl doesn't actually say.
Ahh, my bad... mixing my movies up with whom sacrificed when.
Admittedly that crawl can be interpreted many ways, but the text you have put up does not state the plans were stolen from the Death Star itself, rather a first victory was won against the Empire to steal its plans. Could be the Death Star, an Empire base, somewhere on Coruscant...
After seeing the internet descend upon this the one thing, frankly almost the only thing I want is for this universe to get bigger. The connectivity of I-VI obviously leans heavily on the Skywalker family, but endless people popping up and being name dropped (Boba Fett, Chewie etc) made the whole saga feel smaller than it needed to be.
This was compounded in TFA with Kylo's relationships and the endless thoughtwheels of "Rey is such and suches daughter". Now, Lucas has said that if had produced VII-IX it would still have focussed on the Skywalker lineage, so TFA can't be held to complete account for the interwebs theorizing about Rey.
However, the "Stories" the "Anthology" films they are creating gift them the option of opening up and truly exploring this galaxy far, far away. Why continue to make it smaller by wanting Jyn to be Reys mother, or a paramore of Luke, or frankly any relation to the main cast of any of the films. They are running on slightly safe ground by playing with this story anyway as it offers yet another connection to the old guard. It can be played out in almost any way, and having been rightly corrected, those characters can be and go onto be anyone. Why be Biggs? Similarly, the Han Solo film, the rumours running out of Ewan McGregors own mouth about possible or wanted Kenobi films... Disney is still playing safe with its ideas.
Still, the look of this film and Edwards' notes that he wants it to be a grounded war film give me hope that even if the central ideas make the universe small, perhaps they will take risks with the styles of film they will make - a la Marvel and their oeuvre.
Hugo - Not a great Jedi Mind here...
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That was the impression that I got too, that she was forcing herself to say yes sir.I think it's the context. "Forcing across a 'hard line' to the management" is exactly the impression I got. It sounded forced because it was. Making yourself to say "Yes sir" when you aint used to saying it to nobody, can sound a little contrived. This was seconds (in the trailer) after Mon Mothma characterized her as, "On your own from the age of fifteen. Reckless, agressive, and undisciplined." And immediately after that fellow says "Is that clear?" in an unambiguously patronizing manner... Yeah, it sounded forced: probably because she'd rather have spit in his eye than say it out loud, for anyone (including her own ears and personal pride) to hear. My take. Sold me.
As for the previous lines about "rebellion", I couldn't see her face for any of the delivery other than the summation, "I rebel." Sounded a little smart ass, but then Mon Mothma's reaction summed that up instantly. It was. Maybe that's why they like her for this mission.
After seeing your post, double checked the footage and it is a hooded cloak, not a helmet and cape, so I'm pretty sure it's not Vader.
Loved the trailer, it's got a perfect combination of the new and old IMO. I did not know about Mon Mothma, so seeing her was a big shock for me. I can't help but wonder if we'll be getting more preexisting characters.
I loved seeing the AT-ATs on the beach, I still associate them with Hoth so seeing them in a such a different environment was cool. I think might have been some on Endor, but my first thought when I see them is still that first shot of them coming through the snow on Endor.
Seeing the Star Destroyer and Death Star was a cool moment.
Somebody mentioned the siren sounding like Jar-Jar, but I'm pretty sure that was actually used in one of the OT movies
After they get their new ball rolling they can setup for new things. But right now, they need to get the audience hooked into the idea of a Star Wars movie that has very little to do with the Skywalkers and is outside the Episodes pattern. If they can manage to make these films work, than post-Episode IX Disney can produce interesting Star Wars stories that do not need to be based on nostalgia and mentioned events. They can go forwards or backwards within the universe and tell interesting tales using the framing devices of the Star Wars Universe.
The question is, where will they go with their third Anthology film? That one will come out after Episode IX.
Obi-Wan on Tatooine.
Nostalgia is the foundation of what sells ALL modern-day remakes/reboots/sequels/prequels.
That being said, the nostalgia here is due to the fact that this is a "period piece", set only a few years before ANH. So, of course it's going to look the same. If it DIDN'T, that would be a bit worrisome.
And actually, we're not seeing the same-old, same-old: aside from the technology/ships, we get to see a tropical planet, a city (the scene at 1:11takes place in what appears to be a "subway" station), etc....
Perhaps, but at least this movie has a justifiable reason for leaning heavily on it, given that it actually takes place in that time period. And it also seems to be using nostalgia more as a jumping off point for a darker and edgier kind of story, instead of just being about giving you the "warm fuzzies" all movie long.
This trailer looks very good. I now feel some excitement to see the movie, whereas before, I felt kind of "meh" and would rather have gotten Episode VIII sooner.
I believe that's Jakku.
Kor
I believe that's Jakku.
Kor
Star Wars is entirely based on referencing itself, it's like Arrested Development without the jokes. It's why we have that meme of George Lucas saying "It's like poetry, it rhymes" as he went into detail about ripping off his own material.
If they do it like a western with Obi-Wan as a reluctant hero forced into action by his own morals it could be really great.
The trailer looks amazing, can't wait to see it. Disney buying the franchise is the best thing to even happen to Star Wars.
The internet continues to be the internet filled with people complaining about us apparently having, "yet another" female central protagonist. It's just too much, I mean it's not like we had 6 full movies filled with male protagonists so having two in a row is just too much!
