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TV’s Frink said:

ZkinandBonez said:

I’m also getting a Guardians of the Galaxy vibe from this picture

WYSHS

Never saw Guardians of the Galaxy, but I’m assuming that you’re implying that they’ve ripped off the raccoon guy?

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ZkinandBonez said:

I was amazed to see just how many practical effects that was in it. I’m also glad to see that they borrowed the method used by Nolan in Interstellar to project images outside the spaceship windows rather than to just film everything with a green-screen background.

Yep, this makes me SO excited for the film. JJ Abrams bragged about his use of practical effects in episode 7 but he didn’t nearly go this far! I’m hoping to see some models an practical ships rather than CGI ones now.

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Smithers said:

ZkinandBonez said:

I was amazed to see just how many practical effects that was in it. I’m also glad to see that they borrowed the method used by Nolan in Interstellar to project images outside the spaceship windows rather than to just film everything with a green-screen background.

Yep, this makes me SO excited for the film. JJ Abrams bragged about his use of practical effects in episode 7 but he didn’t nearly go this far! I’m hoping to see some models an practical ships rather than CGI ones now.

Agreed, but let’s not forget that TFA did have plenty of practical stuff in it, but a lot of it got overshadowed by all the CGI. This could happen to RO as well.
But just doing something as simple as projected backdrops instead of green-screen does at least show that Gareth Edwards might be willing to put the practical stuff more center-frame than Abrams did.
I think these two new furry creatures might help the film a fair bit in achieving an over-all feeling of realism. Although Maz was an impressive CG character, she did seem oddly out of place in the very practical effects filled cantina/castle set to me. Luckily TFA had Chewie.
I’m not too sure about miniatures though, but if Edwards borrowed the projected background idea from Interstellar, then maybe he borrowed the use of miniatures as well? I’m kinda skeptical towards this, but it could help explain that amazing-looking Star Destroyer from the trailer.

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RO?

Yeah, I guess that makes sense, but I can’t help but see that as Reverse Osmosis.

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A few interesting bits from http://www.starwarsnewsnet.com/2016/07/rogue-one-a-star-wars-story-costumes-panel.html ;

“Jones says that Jyn knows who she is and where she comes from, which sets her apart from previous Star Wars protagonists, and she is more seasoned as a character.”

“Luna’s character, Cassian Andor, is the second member of the “Rogue” team and the de facto leader. His only friend, K2-SO, is a reprogrammed Imperial Battle Droid.”

“Tudyk shows K2-SO as the comic relief of the film, and notes that the motion-capture process was important to bring his character to life. He’s described as being “not all there” and brutally honest due to his imperfect reprogramming.”

“Edwards explains that he wanted to film a scene in a subway station due to its futuristic look. The sequence was filmed in its entirety in the four hours that the station was closed.”

“Whitaker’s Saw Gerrera is an extremist guerilla fighter. Whitaker notes that he has seen the episodes of The Clone Wars that feature his character.”
(I previously assumed that the RO connection to the Clone Wars series was kind of tacked on, but I guess they might have put some effort into it?)

“George Lucas visited the set of Rogue One, to the surprise of Edwards.”

“Mads Mikkelsen’s Galen Erso is Jyn’s father and “a person of interest”. He was a scientist that invented something so beautiful that would change the world.”

“Mendelsohn explains that Krennic is a different kind of villain in the sense that he’s smarter than many of his predecessors and more inventive.”

“Darth Vader is confirmed to be in Rogue One yet again. James Earl Jones is reprising his role.”

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Oof, watching the panel. There’s a point where Jiang Wen accidentally drops a huge spoiler and everyone on the panel sinks into their chairs. Kathleen and Gareth were visibly upset afterward.

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Tobar said:

Oof, watching the panel. There’s a point where Jiang Wen accidentally drops a huge spoiler and everyone on the panel sinks into their chairs. Kathleen and Gareth were visibly upset afterward.

What exactly does “huge spoiler” mean in this case?
Now I’m curious, but I don’t want something really important spoiled.

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Huge spoiler for a character that could have a big impact on the course of the film potentially.

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The footage we’ve seen looks fantastic but I’m not feeling the poster at all. There are posters that are much better that were made by fans.

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So as for people speculating whether Jyn Erso “goes bad” at the end of the film because of her Imperial outfit, it seems like she and Diego Luna’s character goes on some kind of undercover mission based on these two shots from the BTS reel;

I also found this kind of interesting, not really sure why, but I have too much time on my hands.
Tudyk in mo-cap suit running around on the beach location. He even has the droid head on a stick for proper eye-contact and as a reference point for the CG artists.

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ZkinandBonez said:

Tudyk in mo-cap suit running around on the beach location. He even has the droid head on a stick for proper eye-contact and as a reference point for the CG artists.

Wow you’ve got a good eye! Seems like the movie is being done right! The CGI is so minimal but when it is there it seems to be done the best way possible. If the story/script sucks, at least we’ll have some great scenery to look at for two hours!

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If the script is bad I hope we at least get a couple of memorable characters. Good characters and witty banter are probably the most enjoyable things about Star Wars films to me.

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Jimmy Smits?

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Where were you in '77?

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SilverWook said:

Jimmy Smits?

That would make sense, especially since they got Genevieve O’Reilly to play Mon Mothma. Since Leia’s message to Ben in ANH was on behalf of Bail it makes sense that he’d be involved with the events of RO.

It’d also would be quite neat to finally get to see an OT-era Bail Organa.
(Although for some reason I always imagined OT Bail as looking more like the guy with the white beard.)

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Lord Haseo said:

If the script is bad I hope we at least get a couple of memorable characters. Good characters and witty banter are probably the most enjoyable things about Star Wars films to me.

“I rebel.”

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Not exactly sure what the message you’re trying to convey is.

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Me neither.
Are you saying it’s a bad line?
I’ve hear a lot f people complaining about that line and I don’t get it. It makes perfect sense in the context/conversation. The trailer just emphasizes it in a somewhat over-dramatic way.

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Jeebus said:

Jeebus said:

Lord Haseo said:

If the script is bad

“I rebel.”

Does that help?

But why is that a bad line?

“This is a rebellion, isn’t it?”
“I rebel.”

Rebel definition;
verb (used without object), rebel, rebelled, rebelling.
to reject, resist, or rise in arms against one’s government or ruler.
e.g. “to rebel”

This is not meant to be some sort of “I, robot” kind of line, she’s simply stating that she rebels and that she should have the approval of a rebellion, which according to the trailer has more or less “arrested” her for violent acts against the Imperial authority.
Also the trailer has clearly chopped up the dialogue to make it sound much more melodramatic and awkward than it’s likely to be in the film.

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ZkinandBonez said:

Me neither.
Are you saying it’s a bad line?
I’ve hear a lot f people complaining about that line and I don’t get it. It makes perfect sense in the context/conversation. The trailer just emphasizes it in a somewhat over-dramatic way.

This. The initial bad taste some had when they heard that line will be washed away when we actually see the scene in it’s entirety.

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It’s just a little to on-the-nose for me. I would prefer if it went something like

“This is a rebellion, isn’t it? That’s what I’m doing.”

or something, anything else. I don’t think the delivery of the line is done very well, either.

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This. The initial bad taste some had when they heard that line will be washed away when we actually see the scene in it’s entirety.

Hopefully.

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Jeebus said:

It’s just a little to on-the-nose for me. I would prefer if it went something like

“This is a rebellion, isn’t it? That’s what I’m doing.”

I think “This is a rebellion, isn’t it? That’s exactly what I’m doing.” would have been better