Rogue One

[Dish]

This thread will probably include spoilers at some point, so be warned...

Fantastic movie, best of all the Star Wars movies in my opinion, and significantly better than Force Awakens.

I've read of people complaining about the two CGI characters, but I thought they were well done and played important roles, especially the final scene.

I loved it, and the last 5 minutes is so well done.

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

Good to hear.  The family will
see sometime before Dec. 31.

[Chili]

really dark ending but shows the gravity of  the mission. badass vader was so close to stopping everyone.

[wadesworld]

Do you need to have seen all the previous Star Wars to see this one?  Heard you didn't but that it'd help.

[Chili]

Do you need to have seen all the previous Star Wars to see this one?  Heard you didn't but that it'd help.

Seeing A New Hope would help a lot.

[🏀]

Saw it this afternoon.

Few criticisms.
Tarkin's face almost ruined it for me, Leia looked okay.
Picture quality didn't seem as robust as TFA, maybe I was having a bad eyesight day.
Vader's voice was rough.
Felicity Jones teeth were killing me.

Pros. It was good, but in a different way than TFA.

R1 is its own thing, it's not what SW is mostly which is great. You have to crack some eggs to have a rebellion, but the SW has never done that on the big screen.

I cringed when Whitaker was cast, but he was good. Steve the Pirate as K2 was enjoyable, carried the movie early on. Chirrut was a great one time character.

The ending, Vader so close, had me nervous.

Enjoyed the Star Wars Rebels Easter eggs as well as some friends from the Cantina.


Finally a SW that didn't have the same arch, this makes me so much more excited for the Han movie. Don Glover as Lando, game over.

[🏀]

Watched ANH last night as a follow up and thought of another con.

While there was a fat xwing pilot shot down, I could've used a Porkins cameo.

[chapman]

Enjoyed it.  They took some risks, which was necessary to make it different than the main series and when you're limited in shock value by what has to happen leading up to hours before A New Hope.  Thought the CGI was mostly well done.  Scarif battle sequence was one of the best in any of the films, certainly better than anything done after the original trilogy.  Characters were somewhat unique.  Jyn and Cassian were great leads, K2 was fun, mostly didn't care for the Hundred Eyes from Marco Polo ripoff or his mercenary friend.  They integrated a decent amount of fan service well - actually would have liked to see Wedge and even more so Biggs make it in more than I didn't like the over the top bits with the Cantina dudes or corny Vader choking line.

[Benny B]

I'm severely disappointed that no Bothans died.

[SqueallyDRyan]

The Bothans died getting information about the fact that the Emperor was on the Death Star in Return of the Jedi.

[mu03eng]

I'm severely disappointed that no Bothans died.

Well then you'll just have to wait for the stand alone movie about stealing the DSII plans...Oops We Did It Again: A Star Wars Story

[mu03eng]

Loved the movie thought it was very well done. Loved the Red and Gold leaders cameos.

I was perfectly fine with the CGI, it had to happen for the story. I thought the look and feel of the movie was amazing overall.

Only quibble is that at 85, JEJ has lost his fastball, but I don't know how you could possibly recast Vaders voice with JEJ still kicking.


Loved how grey they made the moral consequences and I think this movie did a great job of setting up the desperation of ANH and subtly tied the loose ends of the Tantive IV having the plans AND hanging out near Tantoonie.

Gonna have to watch again cause I missed the Wedge and BIGGS cameos

[mu03eng]

One other question....have many people in the audience do we think actually recognized that Vaders Netflix and chill spot was on Mustafaar where he got BBQ'd

Pretty f'd up to hang out there

[Benny B]

Loved the movie thought it was very well done. Loved the Red and Gold leaders cameos.

I was perfectly fine with the CGI, it had to happen for the story. I thought the look and feel of the movie was amazing overall.

Only quibble is that at 85, JEJ has lost his fastball, but I don't know how you could possibly recast Vaders voice with JEJ still kicking.


Loved how grey they made the moral consequences and I think this movie did a great job of setting up the desperation of ANH and subtly tied the loose ends of the Tantive IV having the plans AND hanging out near Tantoonie.

Gonna have to watch again cause I missed the Wedge and BIGGS cameos

Doesn't surprise me... SAG is pushing the whole 'one-actor-one-voice' thing these days.  That's why Colossus had to be CGI in Deadpool; they couldn't get around having the voice-actor they wanted paired with another actor on-screen.

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

Finally saw yesterday.  It was excellent.  K-2SO droid one liners were fabulous.  Cameos were fun and I agree with the necessary CGI to tie things in.  It also filled in some good details (ex. Kyber Crystals) on the Star Wars Universe.

[jsglow]

Saw it Christmas evening and enjoyed it.  Not a Star Wars guy like many of you although I have seen all the films at least once.  Here's the question.  How many of you saw what was later retitled New Hope in the theater during its original release?  Maybe better question.  How many of you weren't even born yet! 

I certainly did.  Southgate theater. For some strange reason, I still remember looking at the cardboard cutout in the lobby thinking that Darth Vader dude looked like a serious badass. Long time ago and far, far away.

[GGGG]

Saw it Christmas evening and enjoyed it.  Not a Star Wars guy like many of you although I have seen all the films at least once.  Here's the question.  How many of you saw what was later retitled New Hope in the theater during its original release?  Maybe better question.  How many of you weren't even born yet! 

I certainly did.  Southgate theater. For some strange reason, I still remember looking at the cardboard cutout in the lobby thinking that Darth Vader dude looked like a serious badass. Long time ago and far, far away.

My dad took me.  I was 10.  I thought back then that it was the single greatest movie ever made.

[jsglow]

My dad took me.  I was 10.  I thought back then that it was the single greatest movie ever made.

My first year with a driver's license.  Drove my dad's 1975 Cutlass Supreme Coupe.  Date night. Skywalker had nothing on me!

[GGGG]

Empire Strikes Back was a family outing.  (Hanging out with my parents for an evening was a small price to pay as a 13 year old for McDonalds and Star Wars.)

Return of the Jedi was a group high school outing. 

[reinko]

Loved it overall,  but you could tell that major parts were rewritten/reshot.  The first half just seemed really disjointed IMHO.   In the early trailers they showed Ren running on the beach for safety (never happened)  in the final cut.   Forrest Whitaker was said to be a much larger/father like character to Ren, with an earlier cut showing her training and actually developing that relationship.

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

Saw it Christmas evening and enjoyed it.  Not a Star Wars guy like many of you although I have seen all the films at least once.  Here's the question.  How many of you saw what was later retitled New Hope in the theater during its original release?  Maybe better question.  How many of you weren't even born yet! 

I certainly did.  Southgate theater. For some strange reason, I still remember looking at the cardboard cutout in the lobby thinking that Darth Vader dude looked like a serious badass. Long time ago and far, far away.

I saw at the movie theater at the Ansonia Mall. 

RIP Carrie Fisher

[tower912]

IIRC, at least where I lived, ANH had a second run several months after the original release.   I think I went then.    I saw ESB during it's first weekend and saw RoTJ on opening night. 

[brewcity77]

Heartbroken to see Carrie Fisher died. Maybe my first ever crush as a kid. And she looked so young and vibrant in Rogue One...

[tower912]

Just another in an amazing year for celebrity deaths.  How will the filmmakers handle her absence?

[brewcity77]

Just another in an amazing year for celebrity deaths.  How will the filmmakers handle her absence?

Been wondering the same. They already wrapped her scenes for Episode VIII. Perhaps find a way to write her death into the ending of that one, or have her die in the interim (maybe include it in the opening crawl for Episode IX?). Considering they already got Han out of there, maybe she wasn't going to survive the next movie anyway.