[movie] Star Wars Rogue One

$iljanus · Post by **$iljanus** » Fri Jun 03, 2016 3:21 pm

Daehawk wrote:
According to well-regarded 'Star Wars' rumour blog 'Making Star Wars', as much as 40% of the film is expected to be re-filmed, with 32 sets to be recreated and crew working 6 days a week for 6 weeks.
.

"The CEO of Disney is coming here?!? We shall redouble our efforts! "

McNutt · Post by **McNutt** » Fri Jun 03, 2016 3:24 pm

Well done.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Fri Jun 03, 2016 3:47 pm

McNutt wrote:

Mortoned.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Wed Jun 22, 2016 2:54 pm

Forest Whitaker is:

Spoiler:

El Guapo · Post by **El Guapo** » Wed Jun 22, 2016 2:58 pm

You figure that they'll release the Director's Cut on Blu Ray eventually, right? Unless the Disney execs worry that everyone would think it was better.

msteelers · Post by **msteelers** » Wed Jun 22, 2016 3:40 pm

I'm still waiting on The Avengers: Age of Ultron director's cut.

McNutt · Post by **McNutt** » Wed Jun 22, 2016 3:42 pm

This time with even more robots.

morlac · Post by **morlac** » Thu Jun 23, 2016 10:26 am

Vader is Star Wars. He is the ultimate movie villain and iconic to the brand. I read an article recently that I'll try and find to link. Basically the premise was that Vader is the biggest cash cow for SW. He is the only character to appear in every movie in some form(albeit just his helmet In the last one which still made it into the marketing). Other characters come and go and the actors age. Vader is eternal. They mentioned Bubba Fett to. He was a side character of little meaning but they released his action figure prior to the movie and everyone went bananas over him. They have been building him up ever since (he is an awesome bit of character design). Vader being in this movie means a truck load of extra merchandising, even if it is only a cameo.

El Guapo · Post by **El Guapo** » Thu Jun 23, 2016 10:31 am

Vader has certainly captivated my daughter (just shy of 7). We've been watching Star Wars: Rebels together, and she keeps insisting on watching the episode with Vader in it.

$iljanus · Post by **$iljanus** » Thu Jun 23, 2016 11:02 am

El Guapo wrote:Vader has certainly captivated my daughter (just shy of 7). We've been watching Star Wars: Rebels together, and she keeps insisting on watching the episode with Vader in it.

"Ahh yes, my young apprentice..."

Unagi · Post by **Unagi** » Thu Jun 23, 2016 12:33 pm

morlac wrote:He is the only character to appear in every movie in some form(albeit just his helmet In the last one which still made it into the marketing).

Odd.
I seem to recall C3PO and R2D2 in all 7 movies.

R2D2 is Star Wars.

Rumpy · Post by **Rumpy** » Thu Jun 23, 2016 1:34 pm

morlac wrote: Vader being in this movie means a truck load of extra merchandising, even if it is only a cameo.

Latest news I heard was that Vader was going to be in it more than a cameo, that he'd have a bigger role. Makes me wonder if that's what the reshooting was all about. Maybe Disney weren't happy with the small cameo.

El Guapo · Post by **El Guapo** » Thu Jun 23, 2016 1:48 pm

Rumpy wrote:
morlac wrote: Vader being in this movie means a truck load of extra merchandising, even if it is only a cameo.

Latest news I heard was that Vader was going to be in it more than a cameo, that he'd have a bigger role. Makes me wonder if that's what the reshooting was all about. Maybe Disney weren't happy with the small cameo.

My understanding of the buzz is that the director (Gareth Edwards) basically made a war movie set in the Star Wars universe. Which sounds awesome to me, but that the studio viewed it as "too dark" for a Star Wars movie (where most of the battle scenes are people firing blasters and missing and whatnot).

morlac · Post by **morlac** » Thu Jun 23, 2016 1:49 pm

Unagi wrote:
morlac wrote:He is the only character to appear in every movie in some form(albeit just his helmet In the last one which still made it into the marketing).
Odd.
I seem to recall C3PO and R2D2 in all 7 movies.

R2D2 is Star Wars.

Damn you are right! Though C3PO was only parts in the first one.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Thu Jun 23, 2016 3:04 pm

Darth Vader is in

Yesterday, we found out for sure that Darth Vader is coming back for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Now we know he has his voice back.

Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy confirmed that 85 year-old James Earl Jones will be reprising his role as the most ominous voice in the galaxy.

Meanwhile, the now 80 year-old David Prowse will not be returning as the man inside the suit - instead he's replaced, to use EW's words, by "a variety of large-framed performers".

Unagi · Post by **Unagi** » Thu Jun 23, 2016 3:08 pm

morlac wrote:
Unagi wrote:
morlac wrote:He is the only character to appear in every movie in some form(albeit just his helmet In the last one which still made it into the marketing).
Odd.
I seem to recall C3PO and R2D2 in all 7 movies.

R2D2 is Star Wars.

Damn you are right! Though C3PO was only parts in the first one.

Now that's a superficial comment.

Of course... Vader was only in Episode 7 superficially, so ...

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Thu Jun 23, 2016 3:24 pm

morlac wrote:
Unagi wrote:
morlac wrote:He is the only character to appear in every movie in some form(albeit just his helmet In the last one which still made it into the marketing).
Odd.
I seem to recall C3PO and R2D2 in all 7 movies.

R2D2 is Star Wars.

Damn you are right! Though C3PO was only parts in the first one.

My memory is that Chewbacca was in all of the movies but my memory of 1,2, and 3 is fuzzy at best.

Also way back when before Jedi came out and the rumors were of nine movies, Lucas had said Star Wars was the tale of the droids. But he has also been a pathological changer of all things Star Wars.

Unagi · Post by **Unagi** » Thu Jun 23, 2016 3:38 pm

LordMortis wrote:My memory is that Chewbacca was in all of the movies but my memory of 1,2, and 3 is fuzzy at best.

Laugh it up, fuzzball.

Nah, he wasn't in the first, that's for sure - but I think you are right about maybe 2 and 3? Certainly one of em...

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Thu Jun 23, 2016 3:41 pm

Unagi wrote:
LordMortis wrote:My memory is that Chewbacca was in all of the movies but my memory of 1,2, and 3 is fuzzy at best.
Laugh it up, fuzzball.

Nah, he wasn't in the first, that's for sure - but I think you are right about maybe 2 and 3? Certainly one of em...

I'll have to trust you. Was Vader in the Christmas special? I'm pretty certain he never made it to the Muppets.

El Guapo · Post by **El Guapo** » Thu Jun 23, 2016 3:43 pm

Unagi wrote:
LordMortis wrote:My memory is that Chewbacca was in all of the movies but my memory of 1,2, and 3 is fuzzy at best.
Laugh it up, fuzzball.

Nah, he wasn't in the first, that's for sure - but I think you are right about maybe 2 and 3? Certainly one of em...

Chewie was in episode 3 (briefly), but not 1 or 2.

Rumpy · Post by **Rumpy** » Thu Jun 23, 2016 4:04 pm

El Guapo wrote:
Unagi wrote:
LordMortis wrote:My memory is that Chewbacca was in all of the movies but my memory of 1,2, and 3 is fuzzy at best.
Laugh it up, fuzzball.

Nah, he wasn't in the first, that's for sure - but I think you are right about maybe 2 and 3? Certainly one of em...
Chewie was in episode 3 (briefly), but not 1 or 2.

Yeah, from what I remember, a small cameo during the scenes on Kaskyyyk.

McNutt · Post by **McNutt** » Thu Jun 23, 2016 8:18 pm

For no reason at all too.

Punisher · Post by **Punisher** » Fri Jun 24, 2016 9:34 am

Unagi wrote:
morlac wrote:
Unagi wrote:
morlac wrote:He is the only character to appear in every movie in some form(albeit just his helmet In the last one which still made it into the marketing).
Odd.
I seem to recall C3PO and R2D2 in all 7 movies.

R2D2 is Star Wars.

Damn you are right! Though C3PO was only parts in the first one.
Now that's a superficial comment.
Of course... Vader was only in Episode 7 superficially, so ...

Technically, Vader was not in E1 or E2..

A nonny mouse · Post by **A nonny mouse** » Fri Jun 24, 2016 9:48 am

morlac wrote: They mentioned Bubba Fett to.

Is Bubba Fett the West Virginia/hillbilly version of Boba Fett? Kind of like 'Mater accented and all?

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Sun Jul 17, 2016 9:09 pm

No John Williams on the spin-offs:

When the first spinoff movie drops on December 16, 2016, however, you may be in for a shock, as John Williams will not score Star Wars: Rogue One.
...
But as revealed on an episode of French radio program, Radio Classique’s Culture Club, Alexandre Desplat will handle the score for director Gareth Edwards’ (Godzilla) upcoming turn around that far, far away galaxy.
...
There has been talk for a while that the 83-year-old composer will continue to score the Episode movies, like The Force Awakens, but leave the standalone movies to franchise newcomers. If nothing else, this will be one way to truly establish these films as their own unique entity, as something different within the larger Star Wars framework.
...
[Alexandre Desplat is] very, very talented in his own right, and has worked on tons of high profile films, including both parts of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Zero Dark Thirty, and Unbroken, among many others. Just recently, he won an Academy Award for his work on Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel, in a category where he actually competed against himself. His score for the Benedict Cumberbatch-starring The Imitation Game was also nominated. The guy had a solid year.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Sun Jul 17, 2016 9:15 pm

Thats fine by me. I love Williams and for the normal Star Wars movies he is perfect. But hearing his stuff to me its Star Wars...the Luke Leia Han Star Wars. I think a fresh sound for the stand alones is the right way to go.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Thu Aug 11, 2016 10:56 pm

Rogue One story trailer just out

TheMix · Post by **TheMix** » Fri Aug 12, 2016 12:55 am

Heh, that droid had me thinking about HK. If he calls someone a "meatbag", I'm gonna lose it.

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Fri Aug 12, 2016 8:04 am

Daehawk wrote:Rogue One story trailer just out

That looks about 110% awesome.

If the trailer reflects the movie, it could be the kind of fill-in-the-rebellion story I've been waiting for since about 1978.

JCC · Post by **JCC** » Fri Aug 12, 2016 8:04 pm

My reaction:

Can Disney please buy the rights to Star Trek too?

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Sat Aug 13, 2016 12:40 am

Lol.

Ill spoiler this for those trying to avoid this stuff......why are you in this thread?

Spoiler:

El Guapo · Post by **El Guapo** » Sat Aug 13, 2016 1:55 am

Man, I hope this movie is great. It certainly looks like it could be great. The shots in this are incredible - I love the shots of the AT-ATs and the Star Destroyer - they just make the universe feel so real somehow.

I mainly worry that the studio is going to tinker with this too much to try to shoehorn in some levity.

Also, Forrest Whittaker is the goddamn man.

Biyobi · Post by **Biyobi** » Sat Aug 13, 2016 2:19 pm

Daehawk wrote:Lol.

Ill spoiler this for those trying to avoid this stuff......why are you in this thread?

Spoiler:
I was just thinking....James Earl Jones is still Vader right? I mean as long as he's alive he has some life time contract ? ....I love him .Was just wondering though. David Prowse is no longer Vader in stuff but what happens when the day comes where Jones is gone and a new Star Wars needs made?

Spoiler:

Zarathud · Post by **Zarathud** » Mon Aug 15, 2016 7:21 pm

Many Bothans die in this movie.

rshetts2 · Post by **rshetts2** » Mon Aug 15, 2016 7:28 pm

Zarathud wrote:Many Bothans die in this movie.

Uh no, they dont.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Mon Aug 15, 2016 8:00 pm

Biyobi wrote:
Daehawk wrote:Lol.

Ill spoiler this for those trying to avoid this stuff......why are you in this thread?

Spoiler:
I was just thinking....James Earl Jones is still Vader right? I mean as long as he's alive he has some life time contract ? ....I love him .Was just wondering though. David Prowse is no longer Vader in stuff but what happens when the day comes where Jones is gone and a new Star Wars needs made?

Spoiler:
Lucasfilm should have him read the dictionary (plus some extra Star Wars-y sounding words) so they can remix him forever.

Thats actually a great idea.

McNutt · Post by **McNutt** » Mon Aug 15, 2016 8:41 pm

Zarathud wrote:Many Bothans die in this movie.

Learn your canon!

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Mon Aug 15, 2016 8:56 pm

Han killed all the Bothans in Star Wars 2

naednek · Post by **naednek** » Mon Aug 15, 2016 11:19 pm

Daehawk wrote:Han killed all the Bothans in Star Wars 2

<sigh>

hentzau · Post by **hentzau** » Tue Aug 16, 2016 12:57 am

Isgrimnur wrote:No John Williams on the spin-offs:

When the first spinoff movie drops on December 16, 2016, however, you may be in for a shock, as John Williams will not score Star Wars: Rogue One.
...
But as revealed on an episode of French radio program, Radio Classique’s Culture Club, Alexandre Desplat will handle the score for director Gareth Edwards’ (Godzilla) upcoming turn around that far, far away galaxy.
...
There has been talk for a while that the 83-year-old composer will continue to score the Episode movies, like The Force Awakens, but leave the standalone movies to franchise newcomers. If nothing else, this will be one way to truly establish these films as their own unique entity, as something different within the larger Star Wars framework.
...
[Alexandre Desplat is] very, very talented in his own right, and has worked on tons of high profile films, including both parts of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Zero Dark Thirty, and Unbroken, among many others. Just recently, he won an Academy Award for his work on Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel, in a category where he actually competed against himself. His score for the Benedict Cumberbatch-starring The Imitation Game was also nominated. The guy had a solid year.

I'd love to hear Michael Giacchino score a Star Wars film. He's pretty much my favorite film composer right now.