Movies: Star Wars: Rogue One Part II Release date Dec 14th

[Randy Butternubs]

I thought it was 19 years.

 

[Scandale du Jour]

I thought it was 19 years.

It is 19 years.

 

[silverfish]

So we're missing 19 years of Vader takin' names, kickin' ass, and soaking in the tub?

I want that movie. I want the movie where Vader tries to take Leia back but is foiled by Senator Organa and his Motorcycle Club friends

 

[Hivemind]

So we're missing 19 years of Vader takin' names, kickin' ass, and soaking in the tub?

I want that movie. I want the movie where Vader tries to take Leia back but is foiled by Senator Organa and his Motorcycle Club friends

Vader doesn't know Leia is his daughter until ROTJ

 

[silverfish]

Vader doesn't know Leia is his daughter until ROTJ

Well, **** 2x

 

[Nemesis Prime]

Everyone Dies: A Star Wars Story

 

[x Tame Impala]

I'd love to see a movie about him hunting down and brutally slaying the **** out of Jedi

 

[Hivemind]

I'd love to see a movie about him hunting down and brutally slaying the **** out of Jedi

He rarely did that personally. Inquisitors handled most of the Jedi survivors.

 

[Surrounded By Ahos]

I'd love to see a movie about him hunting down and brutally slaying the **** out of Jedi

I'd watch a John Wick/Taken style movie for sure. 15 minutes of plot and an 90 minutes of ass kicking.

 

[MadDevil]

He rarely did that personally. Inquisitors handled most of the Jedi survivors.

Although there was that line from Kanan in Rebels about Mustafar being the place Jedi go to die and now we know Vader has a castle there.

 

[Pirate King Luffy]

So what happened to the Bothans?

I thought the reason they got the Death Star plans was because of the Bothans. There were no Bothans in Rogue One. Did they just forget about them?

Edit: nvm. Mom Mothma said that in ROTJ. Whoops.

 

[serge2k]

WTF was up with the music? It's beyond brutal. Really disappointed by that.

Otherwise I enjoyed it a lot.

Yeah, really jarring.

 

[MadDevil]

So what happened to the Bothans?

I thought the reason they got the Death Star plans was because of the Bothans. There were no Bothans in Rogue One. Did they just forget about them?

Edit: nvm. Mom Mothma said that in ROTJ. Whoops.

The Bothans got duped anyway. Palpatine wanted them to find the plans to draw them into his trap.

As for the music, I didn't really notice it either in a good or bad way. It didn't have any standout tracks like previous Star Wars movies, but it never felt jarring to me. But I have only seen the movie once, so maybe it's something that will stick out more on further viewings.

 

[The Moose]

Just saw it. Really good! Better than any of the "new" Star Wars imo. Hopefully Episode VIII will be at least as good, as for me VII was pretty disappointing.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Grossed 17.595M on Monday , 17.582M on Tues

5 day gross in NA now stands at 190M

 

[Bures Elbow]

I agree that the first third was choppy and the character setup was choppy, I thought that aspect of the movie was poorly executed.

Of course the second half more than makes up for it, and that ending with Vader...my sweet mother of God that glorious ending.

Chirrut was a very interesting character, in that he was slightly force sensitive enough to be a fanatic of the Force/Jedi but not strong enough to be one.

I honestly thought his staff had a lightsaber and that he would duel Vader for a few seconds to buy them time to get the plans away, maybe using the crystal shard Jyn had

 

[Jeffrey]

I've watched all the star wars movies several time and I cannot believe how many people hate the prequel that much. Yes PM is horrible and AotC is also not good but AotS is by far my favourite star wars. It's a very underrated movie (other than the awful CGI).

 

[Jussi]

 

[RandV]

I'd like a little more detail here, as there was a lot in the trailers that didn't end up in the movie. One example would be Jyn running on the beach with the hard drive.

It's one thing if they just thought about doing these things, but did they actually film it?

 

[Tawnos]

The Bothans got duped anyway. Palpatine wanted them to find the plans to draw them into his trap.

As for the music, I didn't really notice it either in a good or bad way. It didn't have any standout tracks like previous Star Wars movies, but it never felt jarring to me. But I have only seen the movie once, so maybe it's something that will stick out more on further viewings.

The music all struck me as sound-alike. First line of the Wikipedia article: "A sound-alike is a recording intended to imitate the sound of a popular record, the style of a popular recording artist, or a current musical trend." Later, "Sound-alikes are usually made as budget copies or "knockoffs" of popular recordings."

In other words, the music was written to sound like John Williams writing for Star Wars, but it wasn't.

It took me a couple of watchings to get on board with the score for TFA. I'll reserve judgment on this for now.

 

[Tawnos]

I'd like a little more detail here, as there was a lot in the trailers that didn't end up in the movie. One example would be Jyn running on the beach with the hard drive.

It's one thing if they just thought about doing these things, but did they actually film it?

It does not sound like they ever made a movie where any of them survived. This all sounds like it happened pretty early on in the development.

I agree with the other guy. That kind of thing developing around Rogue One should give more creative license to do different things with future Star Wars movies. That was a lot of the hope for many of us surrounding the admission of TFA's faults in having so much in common with other Star Wars movies. For me, TFA was almost entirely intended to be a palette cleanser, freeing up future movies from the weight of the prequels. If this story about Rogue One is accurate as portrayed, that's basically what's happened.

 

[MadDevil]

I think Giacchino only had like a month to score the soundtrack.

 

[Tawnos]

I think Giacchino only had like a month to score the soundtrack.

He may have only had a month to work out scoring the movie, but there's no way his themes weren't in place well before that.

 

[MadDevil]

Speaking of soundtracks, I would suggest the Star Wars Oxygen podcast for anybody who likes going deep into the soundtracks of the films.

 

[Nizdizzle]

Saw the movie last night, and honestly I think it was incredible. I think it slot into the top-3 star wars movies for me (V, VI, R1, VI, VII, III, I, II). A lot of people complaining about Disney mass-producing these movies, but if they are all on level with Rogue One and VII then I hope they do as many as they can.