Star Wars Anthology: Rogue One (2016)

[Push R Truth]

Sounds totally easier than recasting the part.

Although maybe it's just for a small scene like the end of Ep 3?

[andrew8798]

So reports at the moment is don't expect sequels to spin-offs. Of course that could change depending on how much each one makes.

Are talks of a new Star Wars movie every year

[xCompackx]

Dec 12, 2015 22:01:59 GMT -5 andrew8798 said:

So reports at the moment is don't expect sequels to spin-offs. Of course that could change depending on how much each one makes.

Are talks of a new Star Wars movie every year

If these Anthology films are side stories to the main plot, I can't imagine how they'd get sequels from them. Based on the plot synopsis for Rogue One, its sequel is pretty much A New Hope.

[andrew8798]

Disney would find a way

[Mighty Attack Tribble]

Dec 12, 2015 23:28:00 GMT -5 xCompackx said:

If these Anthology films are side stories to the main plot, I can't imagine how they'd get sequels from them. Based on the plot synopsis for Rogue One, its sequel is pretty much A New Hope.

All they need is a character to catch on with the audience and they can spin them off into their own side-story that runs concurrent with A New Hope. Wedge Antilles in the Underworld, anybody? How about Porkins and the Blaster Runners? Nien Nunb and the A-Wing That Disappeared?

[G✇JI☈A]

This is about stealing the Death Star 1 plans.. Sorry if this is a spoiler I don't know. But the fact that these characters are not mentioned in the OT and the Empire are aware that the Leia has the plans.. I get the feeling that the crew are not getting a happy ending.

[andrew8798]

Some Early Plot Details

From MSW

"Mads Mikkelsen (Galen appears to be his name in the film) is kind of the key to the film in a way. He is a scientist that took over the Geonosian Death Star project. He solved several of the flaws the Empire could not and is sort of a revered person in the Empire for his contributions. However, Mikkelsen’s character is a Robert Oppenheimer-type character. Oppenheimer helped design the atomic bomb only to say, “Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.” The guilt “Galen” feels for his contributions to the Empire become too much and he defects, attempting to make things right. In order to do this, he enlists the help of his only daughter…."

[moondoggie]

Come on and bring Kyle Katarn into this one

[Brickstone Kid]

Jan 6, 2016 22:43:03 GMT -5 andrew8798 said:

Some Early Plot Details

From MSW

"Mads Mikkelsen (Galen appears to be his name in the film) is kind of the key to the film in a way. He is a scientist that took over the Geonosian Death Star project. He solved several of the flaws the Empire could not and is sort of a revered person in the Empire for his contributions. However, Mikkelsen’s character is a Robert Oppenheimer-type character. Oppenheimer helped design the atomic bomb only to say, “Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.” The guilt “Galen” feels for his contributions to the Empire become too much and he defects, attempting to make things right. In order to do this, he enlists the help of his only daughter…."

That actually sounds pretty cool to me. I'm actually quite excited for this movie, I think it has a lot of potential.

[Deleted]

Quite enjoyed Force Awakens, really no interest in seeing this. Largely because I don't see how it could be anything but two or three hours worth of inconsequential fluff you don't need to know about. Movie'll probably be a decent popcorn flick, but doesn't really seem like going out of the way to watch.

[andrew8798]

Looks like Vader is in the movie

We have it on good authority that the Darth Vader costume as seen in Star Wars: A New Hope has been meticulously recreated to match A New Hope perfectly. By all accounts the costume is so close to the original everyone is very happy and very impressed with the work done by Brian Muir and his team.

The coolest part is we’ve learned that James Earl Jones, the voice, the heart and soul of Darth Vader will return to speak Darth Vader’s lines in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. The Darth Vader we all know from the original Star Wars film is effectively back in look, voice, and spirit. There is still no word on if he has already recorded his lines or will in the post-production phase.

At this time we believe Darth Vader is being played by a new person that has never played him before (more on that in the future). We still don’t know the precise parameters of the role Darth Vader will play in Rogue One. Most of the rumors have him as a prominent player in a few scenes and something to fear for the heroes.

-MSW

[Mochi Lone Wolf]

I figure it will be like his role in Rebels. Someone will be chasing them, but he'll be the one that kills them after getting impatient with his officers. They'll get the plans to Leia obviously but, they're not going to make it with them.

Good to see James Earl Jones will be doing the voice. He just had an episode of Rebels with Vader and It's been all but confirmed he'll be back later this season as well.

I'm more interested in the rumor that one of the rebels is the official Death Star scientist who has an Oppenheimer-like guilty conscience and defects.

It's also interesting that it was built on Genosis as well. We know from the comics that the empire sterilized Genosians. I wonder if they had them do hard labor on the Death Star as well.

[Burst]

I'm going to completely mutilate the spelling of the name as I'm too lazy to jet over to Wookiepedia, but it sounds like Mads' character is fairly close to being Bevel Lemensk from the old EU. At least in terms of role. Call it a hunch, but I get the sense that the Emperor repeatedly killing and resurrecting the Death Star architect isn't something that's going to be carried over.

[Jeff Mangum PI]

Gareth Edwards is directing this, right? So i'm expecting Vader to be plastered all over every single trailer, commercial, & poster for this flick and actually be in the movie for like 15 minutes.

[andrew8798]

Yep

[Juice]

I was hoping this was going to be about Poe

[Mochi Lone Wolf]

Jan 14, 2016 20:03:07 GMT -5 Burst said:

I'm going to completely mutilate the spelling of the name as I'm too lazy to jet over to Wookiepedia, but it sounds like Mads' character is fairly close to being Bevel Lemensk from the old EU. At least in terms of role. Call it a hunch, but I get the sense that the Emperor repeatedly killing and resurrecting the Death Star architect isn't something that's going to be carried over.

Interesting that his name is Galen as well. The name of another famous defector from the EU.

[Professor Chaos]

I'll watch this but it seems strange to me to release this a few months before Episode VIII comes out. I feel like a lot of casual fans will get lost in the timeline wondering where Rey, Kylo, Finn, and Poe are.

[G✇JI☈A]

I imagine towards the end of the movie we will see a scene play out like this:

Imperial Officer (over hologram com): Lord Vader, a group of rebels broken into a Empire facility and have stolen data of the super weapon. We chasing down the group but our coms say they have transmitted to a diplomatic transport.
Darth Vader: this is most displeasing, you capture all rebels dead or alive, I'll deal with diplomat ship... Where is it?
IO: it was last seen heading toward the Tatoonie System.
Darth Vader: (long silence) Tatioonie?
IO: Yes sir, is there something wrong sir?
Vader: Not of your concern Commander just get those rebels and make sure any data captured is destroyed.
IO: YES SIR (fades out)
Vader: (over com to to Star Destroyer commander) Commander set a cause for the Tatioonie System!

[Jedi-El of Tomorrow]

Jan 15, 2016 6:05:23 GMT -5 Professor Chaos said:

I'll watch this but it seems strange to me to release this a few months before Episode VIII comes out. I feel like a lot of casual fans will get lost in the timeline wondering where Rey, Kylo, Finn, and Poe are.

Well there's a theory out there that Felicity Jones is going to wind up being Rey's mother. It would make sense to let us meet Rey's mother, before it's revealed she's Rey's mother. There's also the chance we'll see Shara, who was Poe's mother.

So they can bring it all full circle to the new characters.