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Rogue One Is Rogue One a Prequel?

Discussion in 'Anthology' started by MotivateR5D4, Apr 12, 2016.

  1. vncredleader

    vncredleader Force Ghost star 5

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    I get that sentiment though I see SW as such a massive franchise that you can have something for everything. We can have a comic, books, movies, games, and whatnot for each era. You can get half of all the stuff for the ST and OT and still be overwhelmed while some of us can get just the stuff involving characters who's last name starts with the letter Q. I have been disappointed with the new canon thus far cause while I read the OT and ST stuff I like range in the eras I consume media from so I want an equal or at least solid representation for each era. You dont have to cut down the amount of OT stories just add more stuff for PT fans. maybe and ongoing and a few books per year and possibly a spin off film every other anthology film. Until we start of the St anthologies that is.
     
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  2. Jedirush2112

    Jedirush2112 Jedi Master star 4

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    Rogue one is more of a Sneak-quel than a prequel! LOL
     
  3. Silent Android

    Silent Android Jedi Master star 1

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    Is Rogue One a prequel? Yes.
    Is it part of the Prequel Trilogy? No.
     
  4. Silent Android

    Silent Android Jedi Master star 1

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    An inevitable challenge of making any prequel film (Star Wars franchise or other) is that the ultimate outcome is already known, and there is little room for major plot twists.
    Even if the PT were done with Oscar-level acting and directing, everyone already knew even before the first scene of TPM that little Ani becomes Darth Vader. So everything is just backstory.
    Now at the beginning of the ST, plot twists and cliffhangers are abundant because the ultimate outcome is not yet known.
     
  5. JabbatheHumanBeing

    JabbatheHumanBeing Jedi Grand Master star 6

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    I've never thought of this as a problem at all. There are plenty of historical dramas, and biopics, where we know what ultimately happens at the end. How the story is told, and what happens to the characters in between the beginning and end, is what matters most. And in that space, there's plenty of room for surprises.

    For example, will they all die in the process of stealing the DS plans? We don't know.
     
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  6. Rodie

    Rodie Jedi Grand Master star 4

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    Imagine if Episode I took place in the middle of the Clone Wars, Episode II was the end of the Clone Wars, Anakin's Fall and the Birth of Vader at the very end, and Episode III was essentially a version of Rogue One...showing Vader and the Empire at their absolute peak, but the Rebels get their first victory by stealing the DS plans.
     
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  7. JabbatheHumanBeing

    JabbatheHumanBeing Jedi Grand Master star 6

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    I'm glad that didn't happen, as I imagine Edwards is going to tell a better story in Rogue One than Lucas would have.
     
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  8. DaddlerTheDalek

    DaddlerTheDalek Jedi Master star 4

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    RO is a direkt prequel to ANH, but not part of the PT trilogy.
     
  9. Oissan

    Oissan Chosen One star 7

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    What would be interesting about that?

    Such a scenario would miss out on the development of the clone wars, cut short character development in a significant way, miss out on Palpatine's whole plot to take over and have a whole movie with very little content or drive. It's one thing to have a spin off that tells a very specific part of the story in a bigger way, but that wouldn't work as one of the numerical episodes. There would be little connection to parts II or IV, and the story-telling would have to be altered significantly to make it at least a somewhat decent fit. Rogue One couldn't be anything like what we are currently getting.

    The whole point of a prequel trilogy was to see Anakin turn to the darkside and have the Republic turn from peace into chaos and towards a dictatorship. If you start in the middle of the clone wars, you have none of that.
     
  10. weezer

    weezer Jedi Grand Master star 6

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    If M. Knight taught us anything, it's that twists do not a movie make.
    Seemed to work our pretty well for Titanic.
     
  11. Leoluca Randisi

    Leoluca Randisi Jedi Grand Master star 6

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    I believe it is a prequel to A New Hope and a Sequel to Rebels!
     
  12. Krueger

    Krueger Chosen One star 5

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    I’m looking at Rogue One as a prequel to ANH. So, yes.
     
  13. Jedirush2112

    Jedirush2112 Jedi Master star 4

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    Its a Sequel to the Prequels!
     
  14. ladygrey45

    ladygrey45 Jedi Master star 4

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    I have a theory maybe that Jyn is Rey's mom and she turns bad due to all the stuff that happens to her in Rouge One and in part thats how Rey gets abandoned because even the teaser they teased her as who will you become? that makes me think that she could turn bad.
     
  15. luketheforeigner

    luketheforeigner Jedi Youngling star 1

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    Half-Half it is between Ep3 Ep 4 so i guess its on the middle ground between the prequels and the original trilogy
     
  16. JawaDog

    JawaDog Jedi Padawan star 1

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    It is everything the Prequels should have been.
     
  17. Oissan

    Oissan Chosen One star 7

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    No, it most certainly isn't. It's one tiny glimbse at a side-story. You might as well say that the entire sequel trilogy should be about how the Bothans dealt with all the losses they had to take while stealing the plans for the second death star.
     
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  18. Silent Android

    Silent Android Jedi Master star 1

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    It's a prequel (lower-case "p").
    But it's not a Prequel (upper-case "P").
     
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  19. Silent Android

    Silent Android Jedi Master star 1

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    Felicity Jones is 32 and assuming her character is about the same age, that would put her in her late 40s when Rey is born. So, doesn't seem likely.
     
  20. Nipuhanipera

    Nipuhanipera Force Ghost star 5

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    Since it takes place before ANH, it`s technically a prequel. [face_dunno]
     
  21. The Legions of Lettow

    The Legions of Lettow Jedi Master star 5

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  22. D-Ludicrous

    D-Ludicrous Jedi Master star 2

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    My thought is could Rogue One be considered as "A New Hope Part 1" and and ANH as "A New Hope Part 2" ?
     
  23. WookieeRage

    WookieeRage Force Ghost star 5

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    Who cares if it's a prequel, give me more Star Wars movies regardless, keep pumping them out Disney!
     
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  24. MotivateR5D4

    MotivateR5D4 Force Ghost star 5

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    This is exactly the kind of sentiment that I am fearing will dominate the conversations, hype, and reviews surrounding Rogue One.

    And there are still plenty of PT haters/deniers/ignorers who would champion the idea that these pre-ANH anthology movies should and will take the place of the PT.

    For one thing, the PT happened, it's not going anywhere, people need to get over themselves and just enjoy it for what it is.

    Secondly, I think it would it take away from enjoying the anthology movies on their own merits if a growing number of people are determined to see them and have others see them as replacements for the PT.
     
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  25. GregMcP

    GregMcP Force Ghost star 5

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    Add some Space-Chipmunks, and call it a Squeakquel.