Rogue One [Official Info] Vader in Rogue One

This.

Vader should get some action but he shouldn't repeat the awful Yoda twirling, frog on a hot plate ridiculousness.

Show him toss aside a few rebels with the force, run through someone with the sabre, parry a few laser bolts...that's about it.

 

Yoda twirling for Vader? I don't think Lucasfilm is full of idiots.

 

Or the ridiculous Dooku flips either. Vader's a battle tank, he demolishes/destroys everything in his path, he doesn't NEED to move super-fast. It makes him all the scarier actually.

 

Vader is Disney's number one cash cow in Star Wars; won't be surprised if he is mega OP in Rogue One

 

Did you see him on Rebels. He's a mega-scary dude (but still not too oop), and very cunning as well.

 

Hope so. I'm certainly not worried about pinball Vader, or anything like that. The era of that kind of silliness is over. But I could see Edwards falling in love with something Force Unleashed-esque, or something akin to Sauron at the Last Alliance (see below), especially if he portrays Vader as the "monster" of his story. In a vacuum, I think that could be great. But in the context of the saga, it could be quite incongruous with Vader's more subdued role in the OT.

 

What I want from Vader in Rogue One:

• He shouldn't be the main villain, that's Ben Mendelsohn's role (presumably). Have his presence loom over the film but only have him be called in during the third act as a last resort when the primary villain(s) fail(s).
• Make him a force-of-nature type character where he's the most powerful guy on the battlefield, but don't go too over the top with it.
• He should be cold and ruthless without any hint of humanity at this point.

 

I lost faith in them with the Yoda / Sidious fight.

 

Those kinds of scenes were worse than Jar Jar for me. Also one of the reasons I rate ROTS at the bottom.

That said, this is a different Lucasfilm, with different leadership. I don't think we'll be returning to that kind of cartoonish nonsense.

 

Exactly.

You think Disney will do "subdued"? Fat chance, haha.

 

I thought TFA showed some very admirable restraint in this regard, so yeah, I can see it.

 

Hm, I don't really agree. Anyway, time will tell.

 

TFA had a duel that was quite impressive in it's raw grittiness, and how clumsy, awkward, and sloppy the characters were (which fit their characters at that point quite well). And we got very few of them, and they were short.

So yeah, I'm not worried about Vader's portrayal here at all right now. Disney seems to have the appropriate level of reverence for him.

 

Kylo surpassed OT Vader in abilities, Rey is TESB Luke level at the end of the film despite having no training whatsoever. Both play the role of inexperienced youngsters in the story.

That's why I don't think LFL or Disney showed "restraint" in TFA. If inexperienced youngsters are capable of such feats, just wait what they will do in the next films.

 

No, Kylo doesn't "surpass" Vader in any way right now. But we're getting off-topic.

 

I thought I was the only one that had this film last... I actually rate the duel in it as the worst also! Should have been full of emotion - but instead we got a cgi mess that I didn't care about after 10 seconds.

Vader should be used sparingly and with brutal efficiency. But nothing over the top

 

Over the years, I've found a lot of Star Wars fans that rate ROTS at the very bottom. Despite TPM's and AOTC's flaws, I enjoy them (especially TPM) far more than the season ender, which is a mess on nearly every level, IMO.

 

http://screenrant.com/star-wars-rogue-one-character-plot-rumors-darth-vader/

 

Quite right.
Vader is already doing crazy stuff in comics and books. It's getting to the point of making you question events in the OT, which isn't very good. But, alas, Darth Vader is a huge cash cow and I have no doubt we'll see some insane OP scene.

 

ROTS would be stone-cold-motherless last if it not were for the love scenes in AOTC which still grind my gears to this day.

TPM has always been my favourite prequel film.

 

This. I think Dooku using lightning in AOTC is one of the worst aspects of the entire saga. Part of what made lightning cool was that only Palpatine was capable of it and Vader's choke was "forgiving" in comparison.

 

We get it. Y'all hate the prequels. Why can't this thread stay on topic?

 

I'm guessing Vader will be unecessary cgi instead of an actor in costume.

 

Not a chance. The new regime is obsessed with going old school.