Did you know there’s another Star Wars movie coming out this year? If not, you do now. But if you’re getting excited to see Luke finish what he was about to say before J.J. Abrams’ end credit rudely cut him off, you still have to wait for that. This film has supposedly nothing to do with The Force Awakens.
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (the subtitle is really dorky but some would say that makes it ideal for a Star Wars movie) is what happens when you extract a premise from one line in the original film’s opening crawl. Namely the part about “Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans to the Empire’s ultimate weapon, the DEATH STAR”. This new movie is going to follow the exploits of the Star Wars universe’s equivalent of SEAL Team Six as they navigate war zones to find the plans for the Death Star which will subsequently lead to the destruction of the Imperial super-station in the 1977 film. The recently released trailer shows the recruitment of Felicity Jones into the Rebel Alliance, and her fighting the good fight with her team-mates to various other clips no doubt being dissected by nerds online, while a wise Forrest Whitaker narrates. The film is promising to tell the harrowing story of what took place before the original Star Wars.
Wait a minute... This is sounding an awful lot like a prequel.
Maybe we shouldn’t be so trusting of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story if it’s precedents are notorious for lousy CG, lousy acting, and exceptional racism. The trailer may look good but we’ve been fooled before. The Phantom Menace had a pretty good trailer after all. And it would explain that annoying alarm sound they played. Maybe it was a warning. There’s rumours the film could include Darth Vader in a minor appearance and while not every Star Wars movie with him in it is bad, all the ones that are bad have him in it. Think about it! There’s also Ben Mendelsohn wearing a white Imperial uniform in one shot, but apparently because his skin’s not blue it’s causing a furore among some fans. They’ve recast the only woman besides Princess Leia and Aunt Beru from the Original Trilogy as is typical for Hollywood. And the backlash on Felicity Jones committing the horrible crime of being another female lead in a Star Wars movie has already begun. We didn’t see a single lightsabre either, how do we even know this is a Star Wars movie??
All I’m saying is there’s reason for concern. The film is directed by Gareth Edwards, who most recently made 2014’s Godzilla; and when your last film is distinguished only by being better than a Roland Emmerich abomination, is it really safe to put our trust in you?
But I’ll be there. So will you most likely. Maybe it’s worth it if it turns out alright. I’m telling you this much though, most of Rogue One are probably going to die. None of them are mentioned in the other movies and this one’s set not long before the original film. The Rebels are also exceedingly good at dying in their missions. Especially if they’re Bothans. So don’t get attached to Jones, Diego Luna, or Whittaker (does anyone get attached to Forrest Whitaker anymore after Battlefield Earth?) And remember as good as The Force Awakens was and as on track as the Star Wars franchise seems to be, this is still a prequel. That beach they’re dodging AT-AT fire on in the trailer could be hiding Gungans.
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (the subtitle is really dorky but some would say that makes it ideal for a Star Wars movie) is what happens when you extract a premise from one line in the original film’s opening crawl. Namely the part about “Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans to the Empire’s ultimate weapon, the DEATH STAR”. This new movie is going to follow the exploits of the Star Wars universe’s equivalent of SEAL Team Six as they navigate war zones to find the plans for the Death Star which will subsequently lead to the destruction of the Imperial super-station in the 1977 film. The recently released trailer shows the recruitment of Felicity Jones into the Rebel Alliance, and her fighting the good fight with her team-mates to various other clips no doubt being dissected by nerds online, while a wise Forrest Whitaker narrates. The film is promising to tell the harrowing story of what took place before the original Star Wars.
Wait a minute... This is sounding an awful lot like a prequel.
Maybe we shouldn’t be so trusting of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story if it’s precedents are notorious for lousy CG, lousy acting, and exceptional racism. The trailer may look good but we’ve been fooled before. The Phantom Menace had a pretty good trailer after all. And it would explain that annoying alarm sound they played. Maybe it was a warning. There’s rumours the film could include Darth Vader in a minor appearance and while not every Star Wars movie with him in it is bad, all the ones that are bad have him in it. Think about it! There’s also Ben Mendelsohn wearing a white Imperial uniform in one shot, but apparently because his skin’s not blue it’s causing a furore among some fans. They’ve recast the only woman besides Princess Leia and Aunt Beru from the Original Trilogy as is typical for Hollywood. And the backlash on Felicity Jones committing the horrible crime of being another female lead in a Star Wars movie has already begun. We didn’t see a single lightsabre either, how do we even know this is a Star Wars movie??
All I’m saying is there’s reason for concern. The film is directed by Gareth Edwards, who most recently made 2014’s Godzilla; and when your last film is distinguished only by being better than a Roland Emmerich abomination, is it really safe to put our trust in you?
But I’ll be there. So will you most likely. Maybe it’s worth it if it turns out alright. I’m telling you this much though, most of Rogue One are probably going to die. None of them are mentioned in the other movies and this one’s set not long before the original film. The Rebels are also exceedingly good at dying in their missions. Especially if they’re Bothans. So don’t get attached to Jones, Diego Luna, or Whittaker (does anyone get attached to Forrest Whitaker anymore after Battlefield Earth?) And remember as good as The Force Awakens was and as on track as the Star Wars franchise seems to be, this is still a prequel. That beach they’re dodging AT-AT fire on in the trailer could be hiding Gungans.
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