Star Wars Rogue One Spoiler Thread
 

There's quite a bit of info trickling out so its probably time to start a spoiler thread. I'll update with a trailer when it's available.

Trailer #1. This looks amazing!!! Darth Vader, The Emperor, Jyn (Rey's mother?), Forrest Whitaker, Donnie Yen and Alan Tudyk.

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Take it for what it's worth but I heard today from a very reliable source that the leading actor for Han Solo isn't even on the "List" and he will make an appearance in Rogue One.

They like Scott Eastwood quite a bit but they think he may be too "stiff" and unable to hit the comedic beats.

So the front runner and guy they targeting is Liam Hemsworth. He's an Aussie and apparently, very, very funny.

The Hunger Games guy? Really? I don't see how he fits the role at all.

Liam Hemsworth, huh? Well, a young Han Solo will be all about the cockiness and swagger to go along with the dry wit. If he can pull it off, then have at it.

I've never seen him in any movie so I can't comment.

But from what I was told, he and his brothers are real cut-ups in real life, always teasing and pulling pranks.

Chris has been showing that side with roles in Vacation and Ghostbusters and from what I'm told, Liam has the same sense and timing.

Again, just sharing, not judging.

So this is between 3 and 4 right?

It's set just before A New Hope. A team is assembled to steal the plans to the Death Star.

Felicity Jones, Mads Mikkelsen, Forest Whitaker, Donnie Yen and Alan Tudyk star.

From what I've heard, Darth Vader not only makes an appearance, he's also seen fighting on the battlefield, displaying massive Force powers.

This gon b gud

Mikkelsen's role is supposed akin to Oppenheimer.

He helps the Empire solve problems with the Death Star, not realizing what kind of power he's unleashed.

After he realizes this fatal error, he and his daughter (Felicity Jones) join the rebellion.

Mads Mikkelsen would make an excellent Grand Moff. He has the weight about him on screen to pull a character that demands respect.

Somehow, this film has kind of sank under the radar a bit for me. I know literally nothing more than the story of the early Rebels that had the balls to go after the plans for the Death Star. I look forward to learning more about it in the coming months in here.

I'm sure these are all fan made, but what the hey....

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Hopefully this film address the thousands of innocent contractors that the Rebels killed when they blew up Death Stars.

the hell with them. What about those poor bothans?

Interesting tidbits from a recent Disney screening for shareholders:

"Most of it was very quick. A shot of the black stormtrooper, possibly called Death Troopers as previously reported, another pic of that same style of helmet and armor but all chrome, reminiscent of Captain Phasma from The Force Awakens, an image showed two AT-ATs that had a slightly different look with the door panel on the side of the body painted a lighter beige color. And a couple cast photos were shown, one of Felicity & Diego Luna and another of Donnie Yen. The clip featured Felicity’s character on what looked like the inside of a ship or shuttle with her arm up holding on and the hatch/ramp open behind her. I wish I could remember what she said as part of the sizzle but it went by too fast. The new stormtroopers looked great. …

It all looked great, had a classic Star Wars/A New Hope look & feel. Bob Iger said that they didn’t have footage but that it & Episode VIII had been filming as previously stated. I’m definitely more excited for the film since it will be set close to the classic trilogy time & like I said it definitely had a similar look/feel".

In the past we heard about a piece of concept art that had AT-ATs dropped into the ocean and the walkers walked underwater to the shore after being submerged and you saw them rise out of the water and hit the coast. It sounded really cool. I have no idea if that will be in the film or was just a concept though.

Speaking of AT-AT walkers, there has been a lot of contradictory details on the packages of the products for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story from friends and other sites that we trust. We had heard the package had the new black stormtrooper with AT-ATs on both sides of him. When the product is small, the AT-ATs won’t be used; instead we’ll see just the black stormtrooper.

Alan Tudyk is doing Motion Capture (Mo-Cap) for his character, like Andy Serkis (Snoke) and Lupito Nyong'o (Maz Kanata). A brief description of his character:

He’s a light-colored battle droid-type character. His face is reminiscent of 8D8 (the white droid that tortures the power droid in Jabba’s palace) and the body is somewhat like that of a battle droid.

Take if from someone forced to watch all the dailies on "The Longest Ride" that guy can't act for shit.

That bad, eh? I've never seen him in anything.

I heard the guy on Age of Adaline that looks exactly like Harrison Ford can't act either. He would be my choice if he could.

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Yeah, he's not even on the "list".

lol and apparently I'm not alone.


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Tagging to follow. Good info Dane....thanks!!

Ditto. Thanks Dane!

Shadow Trooper, which will be seen in Rogue One

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Appreciate all the info on this and Episode 8 Dane!

Looks like this movie's been made already:
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Rogue One trailer due tomorrow

Here is your requisite teaser teaser...

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I still believe it would be awesome if they fail, which would lead to more Star Wars Rebels and another film.

I'm expecting a bad ass film with a great score from Desplat (unlike Epi 7).

FWIW, there's rampant speculation that Felicity Jones character is Rey's mother but IMO, it would be just as cool if she's Shara Bey, Poe Dameron's mother.

The full teaser is online this morning.
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Looks badass! is this our first Star Wars film that does not feature a 'Skywalker' as a main part of the story??

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Also, holy shit that looks awesome.

So we get more of Mon Monthma and Grand Moff Tarkin?

ROFLROFLROFLROFL

Yeah, this is gonna be fun. I have extremely high hopes for this one. Hope it lives up.

Why do I get weepy every single time something new shows up about one of these movies? I hate you Dane.

Her name is Jyn Erso. And she’s not just the main character in Rogue One, she’s also basically the title character. Until now, many assumed the name of the Dec. 16 film referred to the Rebellion’s most famous X-Wing squadron, and there may still be a tangential connection. But the revelation in Thursday’s teaser that Felicity Jones’ character is a criminal, a rabble-rouser, and someone they need – although not someone the Rebels necessarily trust – gives the title a new dimension.



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Fans have wasted no time speculating that Jyn Erso could be Rey's long-lost mother from The Force Awakens. To be fair, pretty much every female who is cast in a Star Wars film ends up being tagged with the "Rey's Mom?" label -- ask Laura Dern, who's playing an unspecified part in next year's Episode VIII. But a similar physical appearance between Jones and Daisy Ridley, a shared independent streak, and scenes like this beat-down of old-school stormtroopers, which mirror's Rey's self-defense moves against Unkar Plutt's thugs, only add more circumstantial evidence to that theory.



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We know her. This is Mon Mothma, former senator and leader of the Rebel Alliance. She was the one who delivers the Rebel briefing about the second Death Star in 1983's Return of the Jedi, and she was portrayed then by Caroline Blakiston. (That's the one where "many Bothan spies died" to bring the Rebels information about the second Death Star.) Mothma was supposed to turn up briefly in 2005's Revenge of the Sith, played by Genevieve O’Reilly, but the scene was cut and she appeared only in a deleted scene on the DVD. But ... O'Reilly is back! A Lucasfilm source confirms that's her playing the character again in Rogue One -- and this time there's no chance of ending up on the cutting room floor.



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The trailer didn't reveal a character name for Diego Luna's character, who is seen listening to Jyn's scolding/recruitment by Mon Mothma. But whoever he is, he appears to be the grounding force the Rebellion thinks this loose cannon needs. He's her new partner, and they're going to be running (literally, it seems) this effort to steal the Death Star plans together.

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Ben Mendelsohn turns up in this ominous shot as what appears to be a Grand Admiral in the Imperial Navy, the Empire's version of the lobster-like Admiral Ackbar on the Rebellion side. The rank insignia on his chest identifies him as an admiral, and the crisp white uniform tells you he's actually a step above. We've seen Grand Admirals in some of the Star Wars extended universe storytelling, most notable Grand Admiral Thrawn from the Timothy Zahn trilogy of books in the early 1990s, but one has never turned up onscreen before.



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Here we see Luna and Jones running through some type of Imperial facility. (A garrison of stormtroopers is running the other direction on the opposite side of what appears to be some kind of rail station.) Note the tall, bony droid running behind them. We glimpse this character in the background of another scene, when Jyn ends up cornered in an alley by stormtroopers, and we know Alan Tudyk (Firefly) plays a motion-capture character in the film. It's a good bet he's going to be this metallic sidekick.



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Here are the troopers sprinting on the other side of the platform. In addition to the retro white stormtroopers, we also see a new class of Imperial soldier -- the sand-colored scout troopers mingled among their bleached brethren. Exactly why they're different looking and what role they play in the Empire's navy is unclear, but we first caught sight of these uniforms in August, when Donnie Yen published a photo of some of Rogue One's new trooper helmet designs.



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Coming soon to a Christmas tree or birthday party near you: the Star Wars hover tank! The commander of that vehicle, which is escorting some captives, seems to have a similar helmet to those sand-colored stormtroopers from the earlier image. These appear to be white, but there's a lot of smoke and dust -- so maybe that's a blue/gold dress effect playing tricks on the eye..


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Also on the helmet shelf that Yen released was this iron-gray Imperial soldier, seen here on alert while the vaporator from a moisture farm burns in the background. This looks to be the aftermath of the beachside battle we see in the trailer. This design is by far the most sinister of any stormtrooper we've seen so far, almost echoing the look of Darth Vader himself. Whoever these guys are, they have to be some elite force the Empire breaks out only for special occasions.



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AT-ATs coming at-at you. These designs seem to have different coloring, and appear slightly slimmer and more agile than the bulkier four-legged walkers we saw stomping toward the Rebel base on Hoth in The Empire Strikes Back. That may be an optical illusion due to the yellow plates on the sides, which make the arch of the vehicle's back seem a little taller than those earlier (or, in the narrative chronology, later) designs. Still, what works on snow appears to work just as well on sand as they attempt to crush the Rebel forces.



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This ship calls to mind the batwing shuttle flown by Kylo Ren in The Force Awakens, although it has four upright wings instead of two. We don't know where the Imperials are, or what the context may be for this battle, but it looks to be an ambush of some sort. The palm trees and shoreline make it almost seem like the Star Wars version of Pearl Harbor. That would make this the destruction of an important battleship.



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Here we see Mendelsohn's Imperial admiral wading through the tide after the beach battle is complete. There are bodies in the surf and smoldering wreckage on the shore. His regal cape drags in the water. We can't tell his state of mind, but this could result in a powerful Patton-like scene of an aggressive military leader surveying the sacrifice of his rank-and-file soldiers. God help him, maybe he loves it so.



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Another caped character seen only from behind. The timeline of this story, just prior to the original Star Wars, means Darth Vader is alive and at his peak during the events of Rogue One. Is this him, approaching a glowing, cylindrical tank? This shadowy figure doesn't really move like Vader, though. That tube is flanked by the crimson colored Royal Guard, who are like the secret service, protecting Emperor Palpatine -- who also could appear in this film. In fact, maybe this is him...

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While we may not see the Death Star destroyed in Rogue One (remember, that has already happened in another movie), we apparently will see it being built. Here, we're shown that iconic concave dish being moved into place. This is the device that combines all the battle station's tributary beams into one super laser, capable of pulverizing whole planets into asteroid fields. Watch your six, Alderaan...



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As a terrifying alarm sounds, we see Jones and Luna racing into action alongside a squad of X-Wing pilots, with a few of those starships arrayed in the background. Although it's hard to know for sure, the walls of this hangar look a lot like stone, and it calls to mind the Yavin 4 temple the Rebellion uses as a secret stronghold in the original Star Wars. That was the place Vader and Grand Moff Tarkin were hoping to find when they were torturing Princess Leia, and showing it again would be a fascinating callback.



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Jiang Wen is barreling toward the Empire like a runaway truck, a screaming commando ready to die or kill -- whichever comes first. Since we aren't given any context for his character, the best we can do is speculate about what it is he's carrying in that tank on his back. Flamethrower? Some other kind of demolition gear? In any case, it's his expression of total fearlessness that makes him so imposing.



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A staff? That's no match for a good blaster at your side, Donnie Yen. But in his hands, this doesn't seem to be a problem. One thing that's missing from the Rogue One trailer that we've seen in every other Star Wars movie is the presence of a lightsaber. Yen's character gives us a taste of that familiar hand-to-hand combat, but without the glowing blade of a laser sword. Not to mention, it calls to mind Rey's staff-wielding in The Force Awakens. (Cue theory: IS THIS REY'S DAD???) In the background, there's a crashed X-Wing, and beyond that, a cityscape that resembles the type of architecture seen at the Hagia Sophia. This is a place of sophistication, of wealth, and Yen's character projects the same.



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Forest Whitaker, on the other hand, looks like a madman. Armored and weary, he staggers through this tunnel (sewer?) like a street rat who has some pieces missing after many years of hard-won survival. We don't know his name, don't know his role in the story, but he has some Yoda-esque wisdom for Jyn: Whatever it is you fight to save, inevitably you lose something, too.



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As Whitaker's character doles out his guidance, we see this image of Jyn appear over his words: “If you continue to fight, what will you become?” The minute-and-a-half teaser trailer goes to great effort to make it clear that her character is an unstable element. There's no talk of the Force, or any of that familiar Jedi/Sith mysticism, but she is obviously someone who straddles both the light and dark. Is her appearance in the uniform of a Death Star gunner or TIE Fighter pilot a sign that she could be a traitor? Doubtful. Most likely a disguise. But the fact that she passes so well says something, too.



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Really hope they don't kill off Mendelsohn in this.

This movie is going to kick the shit out of TFA.

It's going to be ****ing AWESOME to see an Imperial Grand Admiral, finally! And that view of him from the Death Star is awesome.

This movie looks to be everything I wanted from TFA but didn't get.

I sure hope so. I just can't express how much I dislike TFA and it's not because of the cast or the look or the direction, it's the shitty story.

Very disjointed, and the bad guys truly suck.

Have you seen any of his other stuff (Animal Kingdom, Bloodline, etc)?

They could have a fantastic villain for R1 and more if they do this shit right.

I've seen him in several movies over the years and he's always fantastic. I'll have to check out Bloodline at some point (along with about a dozen other series out there that I've yet to see!).


Agreed. He could be part of the Obi Wan trilogy, Boba Fett and maybe even the Han Solo stand alone.

The thing that I got from this trailer is that not only does the film look to be awesome, there's so much to explore thematically that doesn't involve Luke or Han or Leia, although Vader and The Emperor should definitely have a presence.

One more thing: Holy crap, has motion capture taken a huge leap in the last decade!

Alan Tudyk's character looks as real as it gets. VFX these days are just stunning.

Could be Admiral Yularen. Though the canon states he's one of the silent Imperial leaders in the meeting on the Death Star when Vader force chokes a bitch and is only a part of the Imperial Security Bureau, it'd be nice to see the loyal officer character from TCW be a Star Wars version of Rommel.

This. I'm super excited for this one.

I think you'll enjoy Bloodline. If you haven't seen Animal Kingdom, go rent that shit asap. Mendelsohn, Edgerton, and Guy Pearce in an Aussie crime film.


Same. Much more excited for this than TFA.

I'm hearing rumors that Alexandre Desplait might not be scoring Rogue One and that LucasFilm has met with two other composers about the gig.

FWIW, Brian Tyler would be my first choice.

John Williams not doing anymore Star Wars? Or hes only doing the Main saga stuff?

From my understanding, Williams was only signed to do Episode VII.

It was announced early on that Desplait would be the composer for Rogue One but I've been hearing rumors that he's out and two other composers are in the running for the film.

Personally, I thought that Williams score was just awful for VII. I've watched it an additional five times since receiving the Blu Ray last week and for me, the score is completely forgettable.

It's time to pass the baton.

Your probably right. I remember it being fairly invisible outside of the main title theme.

Who and who? Call Stewart Copeland and get back to me.

It will most likely be Brian Tyler, Thomas Newman, maybe John Ottman, who did a great job transitioning the original John Williams Superman score into Superman Returns or someone equally epic.

It might be time for something new if Williams is mailing it in. Yeah, the score TFA was pretty weak.

He's barely even writing anymore.

It's almost all Ghostwriters.

But hey, he's the most iconic film composer of the last 100 years and he's 83 to boot.

He had a great run.

Don't know if this is the spot to put it, but oh well.


So, we know Snoke saw the rise and fall of the Empire, but is never seen in the original trilogy. . .

He's also been severely injured at some point.

Could it be that he's in a Bacta tank healing from what would otherwise be fatal wounds?

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Am I the only one who see his armor - especially by his neck and thinks it looks a lot like Vader's when the helmet is removed?

He looks dope- especially wading through the water approaching the battle field.

Bloodline is fantastic, and the 2nd season drops in about a month.

There have been rumors that he's a Clone Wars veteran with a prosthetic leg so your observation may be on the money