oojason

^ from https://www.reddit.com/r/StarWars/comments/60y7xq/sith_just_got_real/

Star Wars | The Return of the Jedi FanArt:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sWLs89onCY

^ a short, but pretty cool art video 😃

and one for K2SO too:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddGs_ryOgqs

Bingowings said:

The Jedi Must Die
The story is, in essence, a conflation of Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None (aka, Ten Little Indians) and Richard Connell’s The Most Dangerous Game, with elements of the Star Wars mythos stirred in for good measure.

It revolves around the search for a Jedi on a far off planet by a group of serious minded people out to find it. The viewer is invited to unfold the mystery along with the characters. Near the ending, there an inserted 30-second break called “The Jedi Break”, where the audience is asked to guess the Jedi’s identity, based on clues from the movie.

A slight tweak here and there and we could have ‘Cabot Cove - a Jedi Mystery’ with serial killer Jessica Fletcher, her typewriter, and set in a place that is strong with the Dark Side of The Force… 😃

LexX said:

oojason said:

(hopefully it may be of use, interest or inspiration for anyone out there 😃)

Not really since this thread was about collecting international logos.

You missed a bit…

"Just a few links to some articles / videos / pictures for information and history on the Star Wars logo, titles, and fonts down the years…

(hopefully it may be of use, interest or inspiration for anyone out there 😃)"

Ewan McGregor once again expresses interest in Star Wars return as Obi-Wan Kenobi:-

https://www.flickeringmyth.com/2017/03/ewan-mcgregor-once-again-expresses-interest-in-star-wars-return-as-obi-wan-kenobi/

edit - forgot to say I don’t think some of the possible ‘bigger’ Star Wars Stories will happen until after Episode IX has wrapped - just a feeling that Disney will keep them back until after the Sequel Trilogy has finished. Ideas like a Jedi Purge movie, or an Obi Wan film, or Dexter Jettster - The Kitchen Years, to keep them back for a few $$$s more and use the ‘smaller’ ideas until then… it’s just a feeling - and will be very happy if stuff like this is announced before then 😃

K-2SO’s Original ‘Rogue One’ Ending Revealed By Alan Tudyk:-

http://www.slashfilm.com/k-2sos-original-rogue-one-ending/

Watch: ‘Rogue One’ Ending Meets the Beginning of ‘Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope’:-

http://collider.com/rogue-one-ending-star-wars-beginning-scene-video/#bluray

Lord Haseo said:

I wonder how people would see these characters had they not died. For a character like Bohdi all he had was a good death scene so without that there’s nothing to really get emotionally invested in. The only exception is for “blank slate characters” like Eleven and none of the characters in Rogue One come close to being one.

I thought he had a good story (for one of the non-lead characters in the film) - an everyday average Joe has had his eye opened and wants to make amends for what he had done - and when he does the ‘right thing’ and defects he is overawed in something he doesn’t fully understand.

Yet he, the little guy, can still make a difference even when surrounded by more experienced or ‘talented’ people or ‘heroes’ - that he can step up and be just as brave, and important or effective, as them.

I hope we get more characters like this in the coming Star Wars films - yes, there’s always ‘the chosen one’ and larger than life characters - but it’s important to have that grounding - that realism of what it’s like for the everyday Joe in this vast galaxy…

I thought they nailed it with Bhodi.

Fair play to Riz Ahmed for his performance too and the director/editor for keeping that balance between the ensemble Rogue One team. Sure, maybe we’d like to have seen a bit more from each (maybe we would have in pre-reshoots?) but overall each character comes through without weighing or slowing the flow of the film down.

Each to their own though mate.

(I’d have been okay with Bodhi living and escaping the planet - afterall if everyone else was dead on Scarif and he got on another Imperial ship and sneaked off back to Yavin to rejoin the Alliance. Though, probably right he shared the same fate as his fellow Rogue One crew. Poor lad.)

ray_afraid said:

I like Electronic, but my enjoyment is always subdued by thinking “Johnny left the Smiths for this?”
(Ok, so Johnny didn’t leave the almighty Smiths to join Electronic, but it was the next musical thing he did.)

He also joined The The around the same time ('88?) mate - not counting his very brief time with The Pretenders just before that.

'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story “Darth Vader” Featurette [HD]*:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7ZHjiyUoWY - an 80 second video at the We Got This Covered youtube channel
 

(no, he didn’t)

TV’s Frink said:

I mean…is there any part of that which is not photoshopped?

Hey! That is of sufficient quality picture it could be the official Rogue One dvd front cover… oh… now I see. Doh!

TV’s Frink said:

How does it compare to their other two? I loved their debut but Raise the Pressure was a mixed bag for me and I never even gave this a listen.

For me I liked the 1st half of Raise The Pressure (and Out Of My League as a tune), though the rest was pretty forgettable unfortunately.

This one has a lot more influence from Johnny Marr I think - a fair bit more of his guitar and some bass than the previous 2 albums - to the point where it comes across as more of pop-rock/dance inspired album. Sumner is still great and there are those familiar rhythms still there, just not quite so pronounced.

This is definitely an album where you can it has evolved on what they did before - I enjoy it 😃

(a shame they didn’t do another after this - it would have been interesting to see where they went with it)

MalàStrana said:

Yet again a personal attack. This forum will never change…

No, read it again, and read then read back your post, and then have a think about posting and criticising something you obviously knew nothing about - but chose to deride in a narrow and ignorant manner anyway.

And when you got called on it - using similar language and content of your own post - you then post ‘Yet again a personal attack’.

If my post offends, I apologise - to all the 12 year olds I demeaned. They deserve better than to be used in an example of your ignorance, no?

MalàStrana said:

Lord Haseo said:

The fact Rogue One is even being considered for awards is a testament to Disney’s ability to put Star Wars back on course. Almost any love Rogue One gets is cool in my book.

(best actress, seriously… best film, come on…, best director… well, that I can understand)

(and WTF are Empire awards anyway, it’s an online video game magazine ?!? It’s 12 yo kids giving awards to movies ? Dude…)

Don’t worry, soon you’ll be 12 years old, and you too will be able to vote along with all the other 12 year year olds who buy monthly film magazines and give out awards to movies - stay patient, dude…

darthrush said:

oojason said:

darthrush said:

oojason said:

Rogue One Wins Three Empire Awards… (Best Film, Best Actress and Best Director)

https://www.starwarsnewsnet.com/2017/03/rogue-one-wins-three-empire-awards-gareth-edwards-talks-han-solo.html

Best Film? And Actress? Jesus Christ, I liked Rogue One but I think that is a little much.

Aye, I thought Ken Loach would get the Best Director for ‘I, Daniel Blake’.

For Best Film it was against Hunt For The Wilderpeople,

Heard wonderful things about this. Dying to see it.

Arrival, La La Land,

Being my two personal favorite films of the year, this is nice.

& Deadpool

Ugh

Just disgraceful that Felicity won. Her character was one of the worst aspects of Rogue One for me.

I thought she was fine - though likely the re-shoots may well have eaten into various character development. A bit surprised she won though that may be down to the amount of people who watched Rogue One over some of the other films…

…in that the Empire Awards are picked by the viewership, and whilst it’s great to have the viewers pick the winners, it’s likely not all will have seen every film nominated - and due to timing of releases, it was tough for say La La Land to get many votes in quite a narrow timeframe as to a film which had been released earlier in the year?

and also, Star Wars does have a considerable media campaign and presence to it in the build up to its releases - which seems a little unfair on for eg, independent or small budget films. Such is life…

(and yet on the flip side I’d still prefer the public to vote for winners over a panel of anonymous judges - who we know little about other they work in and around the film industry. Overall I don’t think these award shows are not too be taken too seriously. Glad that Rogue One got some love - and from the Empire Awards themselves - I’ve come across a few films and features I’d like to see that I haven’t otherwise heard about - or forgotten about - or lacked a PR/advertising budget etc).

Electronic with their Twisted Tenderness album

SilverWook said:

IIRC, that shot is one of the blooper reels and it’s seen being shot in the original making of documentary.

Nice one, wasn’t sure if I’d seen it before - felt familiar but the old memory often plays tricks 😉

Seems a decent twitter page Dave Prowse has - seems to be posting up a fair few behind the scenes pics of late too 😃

posted by David Prowse at https://twitter.com/isDARTHVADER

from https://www.reddit.com/r/StarWars/comments/60k1yg/moviesthe_force_is_strong_with_this_picture/

clearing the tracks is an idea which may catch on… 😉

to be fair he’d have done very well not to look or get distracted…

Perhaps putting twitter icon link in the top bar of the site may help generate some more followers on there? - and be easier for us non-twitterers to have a look at occasionally?

(and maybe one for the facebook page too?)

a decent article (in amongst many recent clickbait/lazily done articles) on the Rogue One endings…
 

‘Three Different ‘Rogue One’ Endings: Everything We Know About Each Version of the Final Battle’:-

www.slashfilm.com/rogue-one-endings

darthrush said:

oojason said:

Rogue One Wins Three Empire Awards… (Best Film, Best Actress and Best Director)

https://www.starwarsnewsnet.com/2017/03/rogue-one-wins-three-empire-awards-gareth-edwards-talks-han-solo.html

Best Film? And Actress? Jesus Christ, I liked Rogue One but I think that is a little much.

Aye, I thought Ken Loach would get the Best Director for ‘I, Daniel Blake’.

For Best Film it was against Hunt For The Wilderpeople, Arrival, La La Land, & Deadpool

For Best Actress, Felicity Jones was up against Natalie Portman (Jackie), Amy Adams (Arrival), Ruth Negga (Loving), Emma Stone (La La Land).

Good to see Rogue One pick up some awards and get some love - though I don’t really take these awards too seriously - often it’s one country favouring its own film industry over another country.

Although for the Empire Awards it is it’s own readers who vote for the winners.

for a list of the films, categories and winners etc - http://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/three-empire-awards-2017-rogue-one-tom-hiddleston-patrick-stewart-win-big/

Rogue One Wins Three Empire Awards… (Best Film, Best Actress and Best Director)

https://www.starwarsnewsnet.com/2017/03/rogue-one-wins-three-empire-awards-gareth-edwards-talks-han-solo.html

darthrush said:

I’m going to be making a crawl for Rogue One and I’m very curious if I should have the title text above the main body read just “ROGUE ONE” , or if I should have “A STAR WARS STORY” beneath it. I think I’m leaning towards it just reading “ROGUE ONE”.

I’d opt for having just ‘Rogue One’ on it - more in keeping with the original Star Wars film back in the day 😉

and good luck with it mate

edit - something which may be of interest to you - Gary Whitta with a few details on the crawl he wrote…

http://www.slashfilm.com/rogue-one-opening-crawl/

not normally a fan of slowed down acoustic/piano versions of old hits, but this wasn’t too bad, not bad at all…

The Editors with a cover of Dancing In The Dark:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pd0LiFIlyO0