Rogue One - Entertainment Weekly

TCF-1138 : Thanks for posting this, and for making it safe for the No Spoilers folks in here.

 

It is indeed a great time. And to think a couple weeks ago people were going ballistic about reshoots that were planned well before the movie started shooting!

There is a HUGE spoiler on the cover, no doubt about it. It was also mentioned on "The Star Wars Show" on the Star Wars YouTube channel.

Where are the regular posters around here? C'mon, let's drum up some enthusiasm!

 

A lot of people are active in the Anthology SA forum, discussing RO stuff. Maybe more of them will migrate over here closer to the release.

 

It's like they went back in time and took Stormtroopers right off the set of ANH.

 

I have to say, I'm much more excited for RO after what little information I gleaned from the EW spread (don't want to read it after finding out a certain character's name.) Not to say I wasn't excited before, but this is starting to feel like a Star Wars event instead of a theatrical gimmick like, say TCW.

 

Don't get me wrong, I did too, it just wasn't nearly as exciting.

 

... any chance for non-spoiler summary ? It sounds like the article had an overall positive take on the film ?

 

... well, guess I'll have to wait until the reviews come in around December; thankfully, i haven't spoiled myself yet by stumbling across the cover ! Anyway, a new trailer for the film is supposed to pop up next week so there might be more activity in this forum as anticipation ramps up.

 

... not sure where else to put in, but the new footage in the celebration reel on the official Star Wars site looks very promising. I think I may have heard some bits of a new soundtrack as well. One thing that I have found to be an improvement is that the troops now aim the blaster at eye-level; as a kid, I didn't notice it, but the "shooting from the hip" in the original trilogy ( and in some of the prequels ) never made that much sense as I grew older. I also liked the comment in the video about trying something new.

 

I hate the argument that there can't be new Imperial units introduced before the OT, but

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I don't really want to see new TIE fighters introduced. The TIE Interceptor was the next step in TIE technology as of ROTJ, and making new Fighter models prior to ROTJ kind of contradicts it.

 

Not really. The OT shows a narrow view of the galaxy. Plenty of room for new ships in a Galactic Empire.

 

I guess i'm okay with a few new designs. I just want to avoid this: https://i.imgur.com/qG4lpz3.jpg

 

True this.

That said, if the Striker is an atmospheric craft, it would be cool if the wings moved/pivoted (ideally, independent of one another), for aerodynamic purposes. Being that there was never really a need for such a craft in the OT, I can get behind it; and it makes one wonder that if the First Order had some of those at Takodana, if they could have been difference makers in such a low-altitude battle. Damn budget constraints.

 

Some of them were stupid, some came before the movies, some came after, the Chiss Clawcraft for example. Other's were one shots. Not that big of a deal imo.

 

I agree. There are also probably many other ship designs which are used by local planetary police/security forces that would fall under the Empire's purview in this era.

Heck, doesn't the existence of X-wings and Y-wings in the OT prove that many diverse ship designs had been commissioned by the Empire (or its local systems)?

 

If there is a new ship design in Rogue One, I personally have no concerns as long as it is a somewhat sexy design. The Mon Calamari cruiser, for example, is not very impressive aesthetically and would be an "unsexy" design for me.

There are a variety of bombers and fighter jets across the globe, so a variety of fighter craft in star wars would be fine from my perspective.

 

My guess is that the new TIE is one specialized for atmospheric flight. Maybe even a local system or invasion specific fighter - one which is used to pacify a planet.