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During the data breach scene there were several code names in the Imperial archive.
Four of them were different aspects of the Death Star, all from Catalyst.
They were named Stellar Sphere, Pax Aurora, Mark Omega, and Celestial Power.
The four aspects that they relate to are an advanced turbolaser project, advanced shields (Stellar Sphere), the hyperdrive/power for the station, and Galen's crystal research (Celestial Power). In the movie there was also Dark Saber and of course Stardust.
I'm just sad they never referred to it as the Murderball from Campaign.
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I also saw the ghost on the background at least once.
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The action sequence toward the end involving the boarded ship made all my SW dreams come true.
Also, yeah I needed to hear the Imperial March and all I got was some sideways version of it...
That scene makes me want to see a movie about jedi's trying to flee and hide across the galaxy, only to be cut down in vulgar ways by Vader that show how powerful and scary he is.
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** spoiler omitted **The action sequence toward the end involving the boarded ship made all my SW dreams come true.
Also, yeah I needed to hear the Imperial March and all I got was some sideways version of it...
Yeah
Also, did anyone catch Bodi's fear when Saw breathes in and it *almost* sounds like a certain someone.
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** spoiler omitted **The action sequence toward the end involving the boarded ship made all my SW dreams come true.
Also, yeah I needed to hear the Imperial March and all I got was some sideways version of it...
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There are actually over 20 posts with the final Darth Vader combat scene all over the internet, each have been respectively taken down, and I for one am thankful for that.
Because of my contact from the movie, and the fact that it may very well be the last time we see Darth Vader in a live action movie, there was almost a certainty they would have to let the Dark Lord 'cut lose.'
On Monday, elsewhere on the internet, the week of the premier some prick posted the whole fight scene WITHOUT telling readers what the linked scene was! I thought it would be authorized footage. I was pissed to see it two days before seeing it on the big screen, urgh!!
Post that 2 to 3 months from now, not before the middle of opening weekend.
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Supplemental Data: Grand Moff Tarkin's Communique Directive to Director Krennic
Notice the Battle Station's designation as 'DS 1.'
I think the first published material that indicates that Grand Moff Tarkin had a second Death Star's construction underway was from 1989.
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there was one completely unstar wars like element in the movie
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There are many key differences between Grand Moff Tarkin and Director Krennic.
Spoilers!
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Before the Death Star fires on Jedha, Director Krennic has the Imperial garrison and Imperial support and auxiliary personnel evacuate the surface and atmosphere of the moon.
That move would have tipped of any Rebels, their sympathizes, and informants. Clearly this a flawed decision.
Conversely, when Grand Moff Tarkin orders the destruction of Scarif's Imperial Military Instalation he has made the very difficult but necessary resolve to fire upon his own ranks.
The data breach has to contained. No matter the cost. If a major Imperial facility (and personnel) have to be sacrificed for the safety and Order of The Empire, so be it.
Grand Moff Tarkin is a True Patriot.
Notice as well that the Death Star's Super Laser takes out Director Krennic before it strikes the planet's surface.
Grand Moff Tarkin took skill ranks in poetic justice.
Yeah, this is one thread where I would post in spoilers, since we were all in here talking well before R1 was released. However, Archmagi...go see it! Seriously stop reading the spoilers.
@Baron If the reaction on the internet is any indication I think there is definitely a desire for a movie ...
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A deep cut fanboy moment that possibly only very few got.
One of the Imperial Officers seated in the conference room scene in A New Hope is General Romodi. In the novel he actually delivers this key line that is given to Commodore Admiral
Motti in the movie.
"Dangerous to your starfleet, General Tagge, but not to this Battle Station. I happen to think Lord Vader knows what he's doing. The rebellion will continue only as long as those cowards have a sanctuary, a place where their pilots can relax and their machines can be repaired."
- General Romodi's line in the Star Wars Episode IV novelization
There is a scene in Rogue One where an Imperial Command Officer confers with Grand Moff Tarkin, the officer shares the same rank insignia and looks enough to be like the original Romodi that I was fairly certain it was him, I even said 'Romodi!' while I was watching the film.
I have searched the internet and there was no confirmation of this.
Today I got the the Rogue One The Ultimate Visual Guide in the mail.
I was right on the Imperial standard credit, it is Romodi we see in the film.
Going tonight at 10 PM CST. Must... resist...urge...to...read...spoilers...
This must be what its like to have the Dark Side constantly lurking at the edges of your soul...
Eh, I've always found myself more of a Grey Jedi anyway... I mean, who doesn't want Force Lightning!!!
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@GM Niles
That may be a hard idea to sell to Disney. A movie centered on Darth Vader could prove to be too Dark, too violent.
Also, while Anakin Skywalker gets a lot of screen time, the filmmakers probably want to use the Lord of the Sith more sparingly, to keep his aura of awe and mystique. To maintain this, he should not be overused.
When you see Darth Vader in a scene, you know things are about to get serious.
Vader is a unique snowflake. A Dark snowflake that could Force choke and
eviscerate you but a snowflake nonetheless.
Lastly, I don't know how many movies they can make showing the truth of The Empire triumphant.
Personally though, like Sriracha hot sauce, I can never have enough of The Empire.
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100% loved this movie.
The CGI wasn't anywhere near as bad as described up thread.
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Donnie Yen as a guardian of the Wills was like a HK action cinema fans wet dream.
I'm an unabashed geek so what could I say, but I would have been happy with about 30 minutes more screen time for those characters.
I saw R1 last night and thought it was awesome. Of course it wasn't perfect, but all the problems I had were minor. They did a great job of showing both the Empire and the Rebellion are not simple organizations that get along well internally all time. The way they handled Darth Vader was awesome.
** spoiler omitted **The action sequence toward the end involving the boarded ship made all my SW dreams come true.
Also, yeah I needed to hear the Imperial March and all I got was some sideways version of it...
Yeah ** spoiler omitted **
Also, did anyone catch Bodi's fear when Saw breathes in and it *almost* sounds like a certain someone.
With two great jedi masters fighting, I'd imagine a small bubble of inertia where they are both fighting mentally for control of every object around them and each other's bodies/weapons.
Of course during that fight Obi-wan and Vader could have used the force to speed up their movements beyond their frail bodies capabilities, but at the same time they could have also been slowing each other down as well.
I'm hoping that Rey and Kylo Ren have a showdown that includes a contest of wills instead of just physical prowess. Having them locking each other down and moving extremely slowly could have lots of tension and show off how similar and yet different they are.
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** spoiler omitted **** spoiler omitted **The action sequence toward the end involving the boarded ship made all my SW dreams come true.
Also, yeah I needed to hear the Imperial March and all I got was some sideways version of it...
I love kung-fu movies, even ones with wires, but those are displays of human physical prowess. The prequels were just animated spinning tops with lightsabers and I found those 'exhibitions' boring. They also completely ignored these capabilities and skills in scenes where they weren't convenient, and ignored capabilities shown in others scenes, because they weren't convenient in those fights. By convenient, I mean to the writers, because they would have easily solved the character's problems.
EP 1, 2 and 3 fights were displays of colors and CGI. They had no soul, no depth, and completely lacked emotion. Many of them dragged on for far too long.
a much needed restoration of badassery.
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I saw it yesterday morning (10:00am) for the first time.
I just came from seeing it a second time with my family.
For me this movie is my 3rd favorite STAR WARS film behind EMPIRE and STAR WARS.
I pretty much love that it was a straight up man/woman on a mission / War movie.
Now THIS is how you do a SUICIDE SQUAD type film.
I loved the the team got to see first hand and UPCLOSE how high the stakes were.
I loved the little easter eggs. I loved how they handled Vader in the two scenes that he's in. I LOVED finally seeing his home on what I can only assume on Mustafar (sp?).
Basically I loved this movie. I liked THE FORCE AWAKENS but I LOVE this movie.
I had my concerns about Lucasfilm/Disney saying that they were going to turn out a STAR WARS movie every year with these Gaiden films alternating with the new main story. If THIS is the level of quality that they're going to be doing? I'm absolutley FINE with a yearly STAR WARS schedule.
If Marvel can do superhero films with different genres? Then ROGUE ONE has just shown us that Lucasfilm can do the same.
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There is just so much existing material to mine and incorporate into the new Canon or just draw inspiration. In the main saga we have the better part of a century of time. Plenty of space to make new stories in an existing world. I mean paizo is over like 20 aps in golarion, star wars has decades of inspirational content to draw from. Surely they can be as productive with quality stories for the foreseeable future.
Well, I saw it a second time. I think there was some editing (always is) that went on and left a few things hanging.
For example
On the communications platform, Initially when she first gets there Jen is definitely walking with a limp...but when did that happen. She wasn't shot, it's before the control panel is blown up and she's tossed around, and she wasn't caught up by the open and shutting door thingy. I think something happened, but we don't know what
There are several other sections like that as well. I hope we get to see that type of stuff resolved with deleted scenes on the DVD/Blu-Ray release.
PS: For those of us who are not massive Star Wars fans and watch every cartoon or show and read every book, can someone explain who Saw is?
I know who he is in the movie, but multiple people have referred to him as something in the current EU. What did he appear in and what did he do?
He was an extremist fighting against the Separatists during the Clone Wars.
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Saw it tonight, loved it.
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Well, I saw it a second time. I think there was some editing (always is) that went on and left a few things hanging.
For example
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There are several other sections like that as well. I hope we get to see that type of stuff resolved with deleted scenes on the DVD/Blu-Ray release.
There's a scene or two in the trailer that arent in the movie.
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There's a scene or two in the trailer that arent in the movie.
The scene I was looking for was where Darth Vader and Director Krennic were onboard the Death Star when Krennic is say 'The power of this Battle Station is immeasurable!'
I count over eight , some have said up to twelve 'missing scenes.' This is not unheard of, global marketing needs material long before the final cut of the film. Hopefully we see those shots on the DVD. (We still use dvds right?)
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A deep cut fanboy moment that possibly only very few got.
One of the Imperial Officers seated in the conference room scene in A New Hope is General Romodi. In the novel he actually delivers this key line that is given to Commodore Admiral
Motti in the movie."Dangerous to your starfleet, General Tagge, but not to this Battle Station. I happen to think Lord Vader knows what he's doing. The rebellion will continue only as long as those cowards have a sanctuary, a place where their pilots can relax and their machines can be repaired."
- General Romodi's line in the Star Wars Episode IV novelization
There is a scene in Rogue One where an Imperial Command Officer confers with Grand Moff Tarkin, the officer shares the same rank insignia and looks enough to be like the original Romodi that I was fairly certain it was him, I even said 'Romodi!' while I was watching the film.
I have searched the internet and there was no confirmation of this.
Today I got the the Rogue One The Ultimate Visual Guide in the mail.
I was right on the Imperial standard credit, it is Romodi we see in the film.
Selected excerpts from the The Rogue One Ultimate Visual Guide
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Well, I saw it a second time. I think there was some editing (always is) that went on and left a few things hanging.
For example
** spoiler omitted **
There are several other sections like that as well. I hope we get to see that type of stuff resolved with deleted scenes on the DVD/Blu-Ray release.
There's a scene or two in the trailer that arent in the movie.
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Yeah, I was looking out for that scene.
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To ensure complete and unwavering loyalty to The Emperor, our agents have listening devices everywhere, even in the Sith Lord's castle sanctum.
This is the full audio (only) of Darth Vader and Director Krennic scene.
Thoroughly enjoyed it.
100% loved this movie.
The CGI wasn't anywhere near as bad as described up thread.
I'm agreeing with Kryzbyn.
WITH KRYZBYN!
The CGI is quite good. If all the characters were rendered with it it would be hard to notice. Heck, the whole movie would look beautiful. That said though, the two obviously CGIed faces stand out next to real ones and dip into the uncanny valley.
I Gerrera'ed it a second time tonight.
So, Baze and Chirrut were totally low-key homosexual, right? I'm not the only one that thought that?
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So, Baze and Chirrut were totally low-key homosexual, right? I'm not the only one that thought that?
I think that does a disservice to the relationships and devotion that is involved in a romantic relationship (regardless of orientation or gender, so that would apply to heterosexual relationships as well) if one indicates that just because one is close to a man or a woman it is mandatory that they are a couple.
I'd say for a relationship, there should be more indications of that type of relationship and indications of it's effects. To me, it actually isn't low-key homosexual at all, but rather more like the film indicates.
More like brothers.
I'd say they take more from that Hollywood trope of devoted brothers in arms (or in this case, monks...aka...guardians of the whills...which seem to have a similar symbology to the jedi where connections are forbidden and such) or even, literal brothers, rather than lovers. This goes in line with the entire guarding the other's back and simply accepting that they are there to guard their back...something that's been a Hollywood trope for...well...a very long time.
In addition, as brother monks it actually has some representation towards Asians in that light, but if you make it a homosexual relationship you are going to offend that type of monk tradition for some Asians (and considering the growing Chinese market, and the actors they got in the movie, I HIGHLY doubt Disney would do something like that...but hey...I'm not Disney so can't speak for them). In fact, many would see such an act in regards to monks as racist and discriminatory...territory I'm pretty certain Disney probably wouldn't be treading on. The guardians of the whills seem not only to be built on the Hollywood trope and a foundation of the jedi like religion, but also on the Buddhist Monks in how they are dressed and act. Many Asians, would see it as a direct racist and discriminatory act to infer that those who follow Buddhist like traditions are homosexual (or actually in some cases...sexual in ANY way rather than taking what they consider or call the middle path) or even heterosexual.
My personal opinion is that they were referring to what in the West, the closest we could call would be Brothers in arms, or brothers of the same will or Karma (I don't think there are any actual Western terms for that type of closeness between Monks or those types of comradeship).
There were actually more indications of something going on between Galen Erso and Krennick than those two, in that light...but I'd still say there was no relationship of that sort between Galen and Krennick either.
