Rogue One * Spoilers * Thread — Page 7

Lord Haseo said:

Seems like we won’t be getting a lot of Vader in Rogue One. It might be for the best (to make sure the other villain is fully realized) but I can’t say I’m not disappointed. I hope we at least get one scene of Vader wrecking some Rebels.

“He will be used sparingly in the movie. But at a key strategic moment, he’s going to loom large”.
At least well be getting a scary Vader, that’s something to look forward to at least. Ans it’s not impossible tat we’ll see him in action.

I did however find this both interesting and somewhat odd;

The other interesting point raised in the article was the fact that Vader is unfamiliar to both the Rebels and Empire alike. Film Director, Gareth Edwards described Vader as “more legend than presence” in the Empire and will be portrayed as such in the movie.

Gareth Edwards: Within the Rebellion, it’s not commonly spoken about. Within the Empire, there is a culture of knowing of the existence of Darth Vader.

Doesn’t this kind of contradict Leia reaction to meeting Vader at the start of ANH? I guess you could just interpret her as being very brave, but she kind of acts as if she’s met him before, or at the very least as if he’s very well known. If he was more of a “legendary” character then her reaction is oddly casual. Or maybe I’m just reading far too much into their wording.

It is however interesting to see how their interpretation of Vader’s role in the Empire pre-ESB is very much the same as have been speculated and discussed previously here on the forum;
Vader doesn’t really play by the rules. He’s present in the military structure, but he’s not beholden to it. He’s not accountable to anybody really, except Palpatine.

More pretty pretty pictures

I just wanna pop in to make the prediction that the last scene of the movie is just a shot of the back of Vader standing on the bridge of his Star Destroyer as it chases the Tantive IV over Tatooine and then smash to black.

Tyrphanax said:

I just wanna pop in to make the prediction that the last scene of the movie is just a shot of the back of Vader standing on the bridge of his Star Destroyer as it chases the Tantive IV over Tatooine and then smash to black.

I can get behind this.

This is an odd picture to release to the public;
it’s a Deathrooper holding a Stormtrooper toy. And according to EW it’s not a bts photo.

dahmage said:

ZkinandBonez said:

This is an odd picture to release to the public;
it’s a Deathrooper holding a Stormtrooper toy. And according to EW it’s not a bts photo.

i don’t understand what you mean. Why do you think it is odd to release to the public?

Right, it’s an in-universe Stormtrooper figure. Just like having a GI Joe.

dahmage said:

ZkinandBonez said:

This is an odd picture to release to the public;
it’s a Deathrooper holding a Stormtrooper toy. And according to EW it’s not a bts photo.

i don’t understand what you mean. Why do you think it is odd to release to the public?

It just seems kind of random to me. It seems like the kind of thing that, when taken out of context, would cause some confusion and debate.
I dunno, I just wasn’t expecting a photo of a death trooper holding a toy in a set of photos meant to hype us about an upcoming SW movie.

TV’s Frink said:

doubleofive said:

dahmage said:

ZkinandBonez said:

This is an odd picture to release to the public;
it’s a Deathrooper holding a Stormtrooper toy. And according to EW it’s not a bts photo.

i don’t understand what you mean. Why do you think it is odd to release to the public?

Right, it’s an in-universe Stormtrooper figure. Just like having a GI Joe.

Or like Rey having the X-Wing pilot doll.

Fair enough. It just struck me as weird and random when I first saw it, but it makes sense now that I think about it.

However, changing the topic from one “why” to another. No I’m curious as to why an imperial trooper is holding it in the first place? I assume there’s been some kind of massacre (There’s some clear destruction seen in the trailer). But why did the Death trooper pick it up? Why would he care? Did they kill whoever owned it? Then why pick it up? This is the kind of image I’d expect from one of the good guys when witnessing the results of a massacre in order for us to sympathize with them. Did the Rebels kills these people? Seems unlikely, but RO is supposed to have a much darker tone than other SW movies, and Saw Gerrera is already being played up as being somewhat of an terrorist. Didn’t the Bloodlines novel have Leia being accused for some of his war crimes? Maybe this is one of them?

Even more RO photos;
http://www.ew.com/gallery/star-wars-rogue-one-more-photos/2645748_rogue-one-burning-questions

I’d say yes, but I’d heard somewhere that Rogue One ends like ten or fifteen minutes before ANH begins.

This makes me wonder: What time length does A New Hope play over? A day? A week? A month?