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Star Wars: Rogue One

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Tova:
I watched it and enjoyed the heck out of it. It had more or less everything I want from a Star Wars flick*.

Especially the last third, where I basically regressed to childhood and bounced up and down in my seat a lot.

I was impressed how it managed to stay tense and extract an emotional response from me in spite of my knowing how it had to turn out to connect with A New Hope (which it succeeded in doing quite well).

(click to show/hide)* Including that line. You know the one.

Case:
Haven't seen it yet - but:

(click to show/hide)Is the squadron named "Rogue One" in the movie? Wouldn't that be non-canon (IIRC, Luke formed & named Rogue-Squadron post-ANH? And wouldn't that make Luke the proverbial "Rogue One"?)


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Uhmmmmh - Jeremy Jahns, born May 12, 1980 about "The Empire Strikes Back", US release May 21st, 1980:

"When Empire Strikes Back first came out, I was like ..."

... like nine days old, Jeremy?

 :roll:

Pilchard123:

--- Quote from: Tova on 17 Dec 2016, 19:29 --- (click to show/hide)* Including that line. You know the one.

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(click to show/hide)I've got a bad feeling... // Quiet!

Neko_Ali:
Just came back from it... Very awesome, if you are at all a Star Wars fan, it is a must see. If you don't know Star Wars... it's a good movie, but you won't get why all your Star Wars friends are going nuts over it. Which is to say a lot of what happens is built on the back of the lore and mythos of Star Wars, especially A New Hope. Which is no surprise as Rogue One is literally the Prequel to A New Hope.

The inclusion of a lot of characters from A New Hope, looking the way they did decades ago was nothing short of amazing. It was really a feeling of being going back and living those days of the original movies again. The new characters ranged from Awesome, great additions to the lore to 'Wait, who was that supposed to be again?'. They did well with it all, thought he beginning when they were trying to introduce the key characters and motivations did drag on a bit. As everyone will say, the last half more than makes up for pacing issues at the beginning.

I very much like that they showed a different side to the galaxy and the Rebellion. They are fighting a civil war after all. They are terrorists trying to overthrow the elected and appointed government. It stands to reason they aren't as squeaky clean as Luke saw them in the first three movies. It was also nice to see a movie that didn't revolve around the Skywalker family for a change.

As a personal thing... I loved the references I found to the cartoon Star Wars Rebels in the movie. They were small, but awesome.

TheEvilDog:
@Case, and be warned this is somewhat of a spoiler
(click to show/hide)The majority of Rogue One takes place in the days and weeks right up to the beginning of A New Hope, with the film literally ending as Leia's ship comes under fire. The thing is, Rogue Squadron is a flight team, while Rogue One is more an informal codename/callsign for the team that steals the plans for the rebellion, making it more akin to the Dirty Dozen or the Expendables.

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