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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Apr 7, 2016 9:12:04 GMT -5
  Whoever picked out the locations for that, that looks awesome. They've completely nailed the aesthetic and I'm kind of curious where the subway platform-looking thing is going to come in. Also, just stuff like the superlaser dish being placed onto the Death Star makes things all come together so pleasingly. The laser dish was my jaw drop moment. Everything else looked wonderful. As for that "subway," I'd wager to say that's *in* the Death Star. - It has a darker, grittier feel than any other movie in the "Star Wars" franchise in the sense that it appears to be relying upon practical effects rather than CGI, which will be a nice way of solving why the people on screen in the prequels seemed to have better technology at their disposal than those in the original trilogy. Well, even back when he was making them, Lucas always said that the Empire's galaxy was run down, compared to how it was during the Republic. The Republic era was an age of progess. So I never really had a problem with the prequels looking so bright and shiny - that's just how everything was. In an Imperial galaxy, they were building everything for themselves and probably even stifling progress so that only they benefited, reducing people to scavenging and scrounging for parts - and of course in both situations, there were always outer rim peoples doing that the whole time (Tatooine in both trilogies, and Jakku in Episode 7 even). Some of the tech was a bit out there, but again I used my own head canon to explain that away (like Kamino - no one knew it was there, technically, so the Emperor just kept them cut off......or worse.  ) Yeah everything in the Empire was built to be utilitarian, and everyone else pretty much had to scrounge for what they could. |
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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on Apr 7, 2016 9:21:06 GMT -5
What I Dislike: - "Directed by Gareth Edwards". I don't think that's a bad thing. The last loved franchise he got was Godzilla, and his directing in it was fantastic. He did a fantastic job building the tension, had some excellent camera work, and the action sequences more than lived up to the name of Godzilla. The human characters outside of Cranston's and Watanabe's weren't great, but with this being Disney, they're going to make sure the human characters work, they spent $4 billion on the franchise, and they want that money back 10 times over. |
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Apr 7, 2016 9:45:57 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2016 11:05:02 GMT -5
Yeah, you know - normally I'm pretty blah about SW stuff in general. Even the original films I don't really get into that much. This trailer looked pretty cool though.
I don't HATE SW stuff or anything - its just that whole world just isn't my cuppa. But yeah - I liked this trailer the most of any SW film to date. Something about it just seemed more....accessible? maybe. I dunno. Or it feels more like an espionage film and less like a space opera.
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Post by Milkman Norm on Apr 7, 2016 11:07:54 GMT -5
I would liked to engage in a fiscal transaction with the makers of this film wherein I would transfers funds to them as soon as possible in order to see the film immediately
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2016 11:07:55 GMT -5
Or it feels more like an espionage film and less like a space opera. Exactly. It's not an official Episode - it's (literally) "a Star Wars story." So more room to darken (a bit - nothing here is BvS levels) and focus on completely different people and story threads. The main story is a big space opera about 1 family that's managed to muck up the galaxy quite a bit, for better and worse..........basically Kardashians in Space, only with smaller asses, not as annoying and contributors to society. |
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Apr 7, 2016 11:09:49 GMT -5
still seem to have a severe lack of trade negotiations...
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Post by Milkman Norm on Apr 7, 2016 11:12:29 GMT -5
Trade negotiations will figure heavily into the next free standing Star Wars film, Star Wars: Point of Order.
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Apr 7, 2016 11:18:57 GMT -5
That looks good.
I love the idea of doing slightly different genres of films in the Star Wars universe, just like they have with Marvel.
I REALLY hope we get to see some more of Alderaan. It really should have been a central location in the prequel trilogy.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2016 11:27:06 GMT -5
Or it feels more like an espionage film and less like a space opera. Exactly. It's not an official Episode - it's (literally) "a Star Wars story." So more room to darken (a bit - nothing here is BvS levels) and focus on completely different people and story threads. The main story is a big space opera about 1 family that's managed to muck up the galaxy quite a bit, for better and worse..........basically Kardashians in Space, only with smaller asses, not as annoying and contributors to society. Haha, yeah - I think that was my biggest hang up with most of the SW films in general. I totally see the general appeal and what not, but the main cast of characters just do nothing for me. The family drama & interconnectedness of their stories just didn't interest me. |
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Post by The Captain on Apr 7, 2016 11:36:44 GMT -5
Whoever picked out the locations for that, that looks awesome. They've completely nailed the aesthetic and I'm kind of curious where the subway platform-looking thing is going to come in. Also, just stuff like the superlaser dish being placed onto the Death Star makes things all come together so pleasingly. The laser dish was my jaw drop moment. Everything else looked wonderful. As for that "subway," I'd wager to say that's *in* the Death Star. - It has a darker, grittier feel than any other movie in the "Star Wars" franchise in the sense that it appears to be relying upon practical effects rather than CGI, which will be a nice way of solving why the people on screen in the prequels seemed to have better technology at their disposal than those in the original trilogy. Well, even back when he was making them, Lucas always said that the Empire's galaxy was run down, compared to how it was during the Republic. The Republic era was an age of progess. So I never really had a problem with the prequels looking so bright and shiny - that's just how everything was. In an Imperial galaxy, they were building everything for themselves and probably even stifling progress so that only they benefited, reducing people to scavenging and scrounging for parts - and of course in both situations, there were always outer rim peoples doing that the whole time (Tatooine in both trilogies, and Jakku in Episode 7 even). Some of the tech was a bit out there, but again I used my own head canon to explain that away (like Kamino - no one knew it was there, technically, so the Emperor just kept them cut off......or worse. ) To be fair, we've never really seen what the Core Worlds are like in the original trilogy's timeframe, at least not in the canon. The only glimpse we had was of Coruscant at the very end of Return of the Jedi during the celebration scenes they added in... one of the special editions. But yeah, military technology in the Imperial era was much more utilitarian. The Imperial Navy was built to be a war machine meant to inspire fear and enforce the Emperor's will, and the designs of the ships, starfighters, computer panels, and everything else reflected that. Also, I hope white uniform + cape dude is a Grand Admiral. He has the Imperial insignia of an admiral on his chest and white uniforms were reserved only for the grand admirals in the old EU. It'd be a really nice nod to that. |
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Post by Display Name on Apr 7, 2016 12:16:34 GMT -5
Love how they got the look of that time period down.Plus, Felicity <3
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Post by BayleyTiffyCodyCenaJudyHopps on Apr 7, 2016 12:22:09 GMT -5
Going back to what BRV said about the movie's look, I think it's a great aesthetic direction and it stays consistent with the balance between CGI and old fashioned sets Force Awakens used, but I wouldn't call the look "dark and gritty". The recent Fantastic Four and Dawn of Justice were dark and gritty, this thankfully looks like a straightforward Star Wars adventure to me. Either way GIMME GIMME. |
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Post by Stu on Apr 7, 2016 13:32:30 GMT -5
My only gripe is that we're getting another "female protagonist who comes from the bottom of society but turns into the savior in the war against an evil regime" plot. Otherwise, this movie looks great and, as others have mentioned, isn't supposed to be overly similar to existing Star Wars films. I'll be shocked if there are many references to the Force, Jedi and Sith.
And it looks like Grand Moff Tarkin is the main antagonist. That's great, as I always felt he was an undeveloped character with a lot of potential.
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Post by Dr. T is an alien on Apr 7, 2016 13:42:34 GMT -5
That looks good. I love the idea of doing slightly different genres of films in the Star Wars universe, just like they have with Marvel. I REALLY hope we get to see some more of Alderaan. It really should have been a central location in the prequel trilogy. You probably will not get much of Alderaan in any of these Anthology films. Much of the concept work for them were used to shape Lothal for Star Wars: Rebels, so they would have to start from scratch. Besides, it would be better to simply have people wax poetic about its beauty, let the audience imagine their own idealistic version of such a world, and let the destruction of their own idealized beautiful planet hit home on a more personal level. As far as the trailer goes, I like it. You can tell that they do spend some time coordinating with the staff behind Rebels in order to share a common tone. I was hoping for a little overlap with the series and this movie (specifically, I was hoping that season 3 continues to show Agent Kallus losing more and more faith in the Empire to the point that he is an important figure helping the rebels in Rogue One. Does this confirm that Ahsoka, Kanan, and Ezra all bite the dust? Well, just because they are not in the film does not mean that they aren't around anymore. I suspect that Ahsoka is going to stay in hiding after her duel with Vader (though hanging out in a Sith temple probably is not for the best), Kannan could possibly ultimately become a recluse now that Maul blinded him, and Ezra is showing serious signs of playing fast and loose with the Dark Side, so he might go into hiding himself to keep himself away from further temptation. If the three of them are no longer pursuing the path of the Jedi, Yoda can ignore them as Jedi hopes and allow his statement to Luke that he is the last of the Jedi to be the truth (not that Yoda seems to have a problem with lying in order to motivate people, mind you). 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? I really, really hope that after Rebels is over the next series they do is an X-Wing series. I would absolutely watch the hell out of a series that at first features Wedge, Biggs, Porkins, and Jansen and then later mixes in Luke, Hobbie, and Tycho. |
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Apr 7, 2016 13:47:30 GMT -5
That looks good. I love the idea of doing slightly different genres of films in the Star Wars universe, just like they have with Marvel. I REALLY hope we get to see some more of Alderaan. It really should have been a central location in the prequel trilogy. You probably will not get much of Alderaan in any of these Anthology films. Much of the concept work for them were used to shape Lothal for Star Wars: Rebels, so they would have to start from scratch. Besides, it would be better to simply have people wax poetic about its beauty, let the audience imagine their own idealistic version of such a world, and let the destruction of their own idealized beautiful planet hit home on a more personal level. They've shown Alderaan in other materials before. Granted that stuff is now in the Legends line but it's not like they haven't before. |
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Post by Hassan bin Sober on Apr 7, 2016 13:52:02 GMT -5
Diego Luna..........could maybe be playing someone we've seen before. I hope so. |
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Post by tigermaskxxxvii on Apr 7, 2016 14:13:17 GMT -5
What I Like: - It has a darker, grittier feel than any other movie in the "Star Wars" franchise in the sense that it appears to be relying upon practical effects rather than CGI, which will be a nice way of solving why the people on screen in the prequels seemed to have better technology at their disposal than those in the original trilogy. - Maybe it's just me, but that waling siren noise and what I was seeing on screen sort of reminded me of the "Alien" teaser from the 1970s. It looks like they are truly emphasizing the "wars" part of the "Star Wars" title. What I Dislike: - "Directed by Gareth Edwards". - The main plot of "the rebels need to eliminate this giant planet-destroying space orb!" is kind of the same as Episodes IV, VI, and VII. Also, considering their main goal is to destroy the Death Star before it's operational, and we know how Episode IV starts, uh, spoiler alert about how this movie ends. "Well, pretty much everyone on the mission died and we didn't blow up the Death Star. But we did expose one of its exhaust ports. So that's something, right?" |
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Apr 7, 2016 14:16:49 GMT -5
Well the trailer says the mission is "Find out what it is and how to destroy it"
Not destroy it.
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Post by Dr. T is an alien on Apr 7, 2016 14:19:46 GMT -5
You probably will not get much of Alderaan in any of these Anthology films. Much of the concept work for them were used to shape Lothal for Star Wars: Rebels, so they would have to start from scratch. Besides, it would be better to simply have people wax poetic about its beauty, let the audience imagine their own idealistic version of such a world, and let the destruction of their own idealized beautiful planet hit home on a more personal level. They've shown Alderaan in other materials before. Granted that stuff is now in the Legends line but it's not like they haven't before. Yeah, but I still like the idea of letting the audience envision their own perfect planet to lose to the Empire. I mean, we have seen multiple canon examples of Geonosis where despite the large population present seemed half dead. How many people felt much of anything over the revelation that it was sterilized by the Empire? |
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