Rogue One [Official Info] Rogue One: A Star Wars Story - December 16, 2016

IMHO, official theatrical posters these days are focus-grouped to death. The really great, memorable posters of the past captured the essence of a film or character with a single image.

Some of my favourites:

Back to the Future
Temple of Doom teaser
ROTJ style A
E.T.
Alien

This sort of style is something you rarely see now, except in teasers or alternate formats (like the Rogue One helmet poster).

 

I'd love to step on the bridge of a Star Destroyer!!

 

Is there any Rogue One poster featuring Galen Erso?

IMHO he somewhat constitutes an "unsung" hero of Rogue One who deserves acknowledgement.

 

Thanks thejeditraitor, I should have been more specific, i.e. do we have some character collage artwork featuring him along with the others?

 

not sure.

 

http://comicbook.com/2017/02/05/rogue-one-star-wars-story-concept-artists-reveal-new-details/

 

That poster from that article is ridiculously good. Too good. I need it!

 

http://www.theasc.com/site/blog/web-exclusives/john-knoll-on-rogue-ones-visual-effects-part-1/

 

STAR WARS Rogue One Making of Pics! Part 7



Behind the scenes pics of all the screens, displays and control panels built for SW Rogue One!

 

we almost saw Dantooine!!!
http://www.starwarsnewsnet.com/2017...own-for-a-qa-with-the-hollywood-reporter.html

makes me think it'll show up in Rebels instead.

 

I always thought that it was prime opportunity for it to be shown in Rebels.. A base that has been deserted for some time..

 

What! No! How can there be budget casualties in a movie financed by freakin' Disney? That would've been so cool to see!

Also, we almost got Dantooine in TFA, where it would be re-purposed as Starkiller Base.

 

Damn, that would have been great!!

 

Agreed. Though Knoll doesn't say they had to evacuate because of the Empire. Could have been something else. That said, it would either contradict the Imperial report on Dantooine for ANH, or just prove that the Imperials who checked the planet out were incompetent idiots who couldn't tell the difference between a place that was just abandoned, and one that was abandoned years ago.

Not to mention that in ANH, it looks as if the Rebels have been on Yavin IV for quite some time.

ETA: That said, an earlier version of the story may have begun much earlier in the Rebel timeline (e.g. a few years before ANH), which could have justified a base on Dantooine.

 

Not to sidetrack here - But why did the rebels abandon Dantooine? Has that ever been explained?

 

probably because they go from system to system regularly to avoid detection.

 

STAR WARS Rogue One Making of Pics! Part 8

 

For those who dabbled in the tabletop roleplaying game in the 1980's:

https://www.erictrautmann.us/2017/02/08/i-am-one-with-the-force-the-force-is-with-me/

 

Wow, that's really cool.

 

Avnar wrote

But why did the rebels abandon Dantooine? Has that ever been explained?

Not that I know of, here's my theory why they abandoned Dantooine, the effects of the Rebel pilot standard issue "amnesia pill" would have worn off and captured pilots under interrogation would have remembered Dantooine: http://boards.theforce.net/threads/...ing-their-secret-base.50043903/#post-54111516

 

http://www.theasc.com/site/blog/web-exclusives/doug-chiang-on-rogue-ones-production-design-part-2/