TV Discussion The Official LACWAC Star Wars General Discussion Thread

Filoni at the premier with his signatory hat.

 

I'm just going to link reviews for this because the embargo ended today at 1200hrs EST, and if I embed the videos this is going to be a really long post. The reviewers say that these are non-spoiler reviews, but beware that I think Collider walks the line very carefully between spoiler and non-spoiler several times. Also Stuckman's makes a couple of allusions that could give away a couple of things IMO, and Jahns almost trips as well but stops himself. You've been warned.

Collider's almost 30 minute review.

Chris Stuckman's review, around 15 minutes.

Jeremy Jahn's review, under 6 minutes.

 

So I was checking out the Rogue One Thread they had for spoilers on Reddit (mainly because I wanted to spoil myself otherwise I'd probably be a crying mess at the movie when I do see it) and there is a pretty big spoiler that was revealed from someone who saw it early.

Spoiler: Major Rebels Spoiler Ahead.

Hera Syndulla gets called over an intercom on base as General Syndulla.

 

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Hmm, "General Syndulla" could very well be Cham, unless Hera's full name is used. Captain to General is a very big leap, and Cham is more likely to be a General for the Alliance with his experience. There's also the scenario of cell leaders being generals, in which case Sato would be the General unless something happened to him. But if something did, Hera seems to be next in charge of Phoenix Squadron.

 

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Yeah, I don't think it would be her Dad. He's pretty focused on Ryloth right? Sato getting killed off and Hera getting promoted seems the more likely scenario to me.

Plus didn't Pablo say that there were Rogue One things they couldn't reveal in Rebels until after it aired right?

 

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But there wasn't anything about Hera actually appearing?

 

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Nothing that I've heard yet. Spoilers will come out more and more after it in theaters for the rest of us.

 

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I don't think that it would necessarily be strange for her to be promoted, and as we've seen rank in Star Wars is some what.... Flexible. I mean, you don't have to look much further than Lando to see that you can make rank very quickly since he's gone from smuggler to businessman to Rebel General by ROTJ.

 

oh and it seems Empire now has

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darksaber.. or at least they keep data about it according to files Jyn was searching through

 

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Apparently Chopper is in the movie.

 

that would be cool.. gonna pay more attention to the background on my 2nd screening on Saturday

 

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Well at least we now have confirmation that at least chopper and a Syndulla makes it through Rebels unscathed.

 

Tag your spoilers please.

 

Fantastic film. First time in awhile that we got a great Star Wars story. Not the ANH RIP-Off that was TFA or the sanitised drabness of Rebels but a genuine good story that flows perfectly into ANH

 

Rogue one review!

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So the beginning of the film is set 3 or 4 years after the clone wars and has Jin's mother being killed and Gallen being captured. She is saved by the rebellion who want to find Gallen and kill him. On Jedha Saw interrogates Bodie the defecting imperial pilot who knows about the Death star. Also of note Saw is not a good person. like he does some really messed up **** that I am glad they showed because it shows not everything is happy dandy. Tarkin demands that the station be tested and so it is tested on the capital of Jedha which is when our crew of Baze, Cherit, Jin and Andor escape the planet just in time while saw dies ( I actually chocked up on that. Things begin to progress and they finally get to the Scarif base. Stuff starts to get out of hand really fast and slowly the crew starts to die first the droid then Cherit, then Bodie then Baze and finally when train arrives in the death star he destroys both Jin and Andor in a fiery explosion. Vader arrives as the plans to the station are given to Leia and Vader also kicked some serious ass! Overall, I loved it except for the forced Cameo of Artoo and 3PO CGI carry fisher needed some work though.
10/10

 

Some quick thoughts after having just seen Rogue One-

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I can't believe that Lucasfilm/Disney were bold enough to kill off all of the characters. Title screen was pretty crappy, like really? Vader's line about not choking on your aspirations was extremely cheesy. Vader was never really a pun character, and that struck me as really out of place. We all knew that Ben Mendelsohn was going to be great, but other standouts were Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, and Alan Tudyk. Who would have known that a droid would turn out to be a fantastic character. Donnie Yen had his moments, but it felt like it went between being great and being meh. Wen was pretty meh.

CGI Tarkin was possibly the best done I've seen. Better than young Anthony Hopkins in Westworld, better than young Jeff Bridges in Tron Legacy, and felt like it was on the same level as touched up Michael Douglas in Ant-Man.

The third act... Sweet Jesus, that third act delivered in ways that I wasn't sure it could. Everything about the battle sequences on the ground and in space has been something I think we all have been waiting for.

Graphically speaking, the plants and scale between objects is unparalleled. The planets and vistas were stunning.

Minor gripes: the score didn't seem to always fit but had glimpses of greatness that felt like they were Giacchino's take on Williams' score
from the OT, and Forest Whitaker's Saw. Oh boy, Saw felt like he had become so paranoid that he had gone nuts.

I'm still hesitant about the Han Solo anthology, but this really gives me hope that Lucasfilm can deliver different flavors of the Star Wars galaxy and tell some good stories.

 

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That line in Rogue One and my mind instantly went to

Mod EDIT: Even alluding to details from RO requires tags

 

oh and I noticed watching R1 for the second time

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VM voice saying sth like we follow you Gold Leader, during the battle of Scarif. That's why I think that must have been Hera over the comm. Oh and Chopper on Yavin grumbling and waving his "hands"

 

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Chopper in the movie