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Forest Whitaker is playing former Onderon Rebel Terrorist Saw Gerrara from The Clone Wars in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.
Shared Media Universe is real.
http://www.ew.com/article/2016/06/22/star-wars-rogue-one-forest-whitaker-character
So is /tv/ on suicide watch?
>>84004520
I must have missed that episode
Why is she so smug?
Thread theme https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBeliSzcXqY
>watch first ep of freemakers
Well this is pretty tolerable, but I don't think it'll have the appeal to-
>that ending
what the fuccck that surprised me!
Guys, help.
I am not a Star Wars fiend by any measure, but I watched all of Clone Wars (stopped at the end of Season 5, because of obvious reasons) and now I feel this emptiness inside. Rebels helped this, but when Ahsoka died I cried so bad. I have really bad withdrawals. help...
Recorded for generations to come.
>>84004599
>but when Ahsoka died
She didn't...
>>84004621
How do we KNOW?!
>>84004599
Watch the leftover episodes from Season 6 and Ahsoka didn't die. If all else fails, rewatch both shows from the beginning and repeat.
>>84004631
uhmmm... uhhh... we saw her walking at the end of rebels s2.
>>84004639
Apparently S6 is dogshit tier.
>>84004641
Yeah but that coulda been some like force ghost sp00ky shit.
>>84004526
why would they be?
>>84004665
>ONLY MUH MOVIES COUNT CARTOONS DON'T REAL
>>84004663
>Apparently S6 is dogshit tier.
Whoever told you that fucking egregious lie needs to be Order 66. Go watch Season 6, and the unfinished story reels.
>>84004684
No Ahsoka m8
>>84004560
There are even better smugfus out there
>>84004663
>>84004694
>Apparently S6 is dogshit tier.
Really? I thought Season 6 was the best and probably would've been the best season out of the entire show had the Maul and Bounty Hunter arcs got finished.
>>84004591
It gets even better Anon. Naare'sdark sidemoments are hilarious
>>84004694
I'm a huge ahsokafag, but are you telling me that S6 is shit because Ahsoka is not on the show? Nigga, kill yourself.
I'm finally about to read Bloodline. I know it's not a sequel to Lost Stars, but I've heard there's some references. Is there anything in particular I need to remember from Lost Stars?
Also general opinions on Bloodline? Is it as good?
>>84004520
Awesome.
>>84004694
You can cry about your lost orange popsicle as much as you like, but don't say S6 was shit.
Best Togruta
>>84004520
Welp, guess it's time to rewatch TCW!
>>84004806
those lekku... HNNNNGGG
>>84004490
Bullshit, he's way way too old. It's only been 20 years.
>>84004837
He was like 30 in TCW.
30+20(war)= old man
What the fuck did I wrote?
>>84004806
My nigga
>>84004827
>ywn suck those lekku
>>84004837
>>84004857
Forrest Whittaker is 54. Seems pretty spot on to me.
>>84004857
I'd say 24 at most. But 20 years + living a hard as fuck life and constant stress have probably aged him prematurely. I think it works.
>>84004921
>Forrest Whittaker is 54
Wow
I always thought he was older for some raisin
FYI that article also says it's been well over two decades aince Revenge of the Sith. Timeline getting rejiggered?
>>84005157
>EW also learned a little about Vader’s reputation in the galaxy at this point in the chronology, roughly 19 years after the events of Revenge of the Sith, when Anakin Skywalker lost most of his limbs and was horrifically burned in a battle with Obi-Wan, necessitating the life-sustaining armor he wears forever after. As Rogue One unfolds, Vader is still a background player in galactic politics.
http://www.ew.com/article/2016/06/23/darth-vader-rogue-one-star-wars
>>84005059
>>84004921
>>84004956
Whitaker is like SLJ where they've both looked vaguely middle-aged for the past twenty years, except for maybe some grays we never see because they tend to be bald.
>>84005170
Nice JEJ finally confirmed.
wew lad
Why don't they just color correct his eyes?
>>84005323
more
>>84005356
I think this is the only pic they showed.
>>84005170
>That’s what Krennic is trying to figure out, too: How can he acquire that most-favored status? What is it between the Emperor and Vader that binds them?
Who will win the Sheevbowl?
>>84005450
well
>Vader and Krennic were responsible for protecting the Death Star plans
>Death Star plans were stolen by the rebels
>Sheev was known for executing people for their failures
>Vader is still alive after the events of Rogue One
take a guess
>watching Freemakers ep 3
>YIPEE!
kek
>>84005323
>we finally get Empire soldiers again
Thank god. The First Order's alright, but nothing beats classic Empire. My dick got hard listening to the siren, seeing the Stormtroopers, and seeing the Star Destroyers again during the trailer.
>>84005514
heh
Vader is Sheev's lapdog
>>84005714
The First Order is a Chinese knockoff.
>>84005714
I'm a huge rebelfag but seeing the Empire on its glory days makes you feel good.
can someone post the Freemakers episode 3 link? Please.
>>84005960
From the previous thread
https://mega.nz/#!Oxxz0CQR!-myJM589sZXHrqvULiuWDZ39EPwQ1nSWXeL4PQDnvCI
>>84006056
Thanks.
>>84006443
Do you think well get more stuff on the upcoming games? Their E3 presentation was abysmal
Headed on vacation to San Francisco for a few days, gonna head up to Rancho Obi-Wan and then take a hike in the redwoods. If I find any Ewoks, I'll share the leftovers with you guys.
Tripfag out.
>>84006561
They already confirmed they are talking about at least one of the games
>>84006583
>Tripfag out.
About time
Also, nice blogpost. Its almost like you are trying to turn the thread into a circlejerk just like countless anons said you were going to
Hey, I dont know if there are any serious drawfags here, but take a look at this from our sister thread on /tg/
>>47925194
>>84006443
>no Saw
He dies in the first 20 minutes.
>>84006560
>>>/tg/47925168
>>84006602
Fuck it, I apparently forgot how to cross board. Go look if you are interested, its the most recent post over there.
>>84006596
Well gosh. I just thought those were both Star Wars related destinations and felt like sharing it with the group.
>>84006614
>>84006618
Thanks mates. Its been a while since ive had to do it.
>>84006610
no u
>>84006620
Ignore that faggot, anon. I'm interested.
Krennic is going to get Vader'd, right?
Anyone got that Tarkin did not rise to the bait image?
>>84004857
>30
Wasn't his twin sister crushing on a 15 year old boy?
I thought he was about 18
>>84007134
>>84004520
>>84004526
EVERYTHING COUNTS NOW, NIGGAS
In the finished movie, is Saw going to have a shaved head like in the trailer or the bushy hair like in the promo shots?
>>84007089
I am looking forward to seeing Vader choke a bitch again.You guys don't think they got Hayden Christensen back, do you?
So was Forest always going to play Saw or was it a last minute tweak?
Reshooting for the Afro makes little sense. To me, it's more likely that the Afro is for another movie/project that Whitaker's involved with and the reshoots are so the cast call him "Saw" rather than the character's original name.
>>84007244
Nah, EW said that it's going to be a couple of different bulky stunt doubles in the suit and James Earl Jones doing the voice.
>>84007201
Ah thank you.
>>84006787
Thank you, Anon, I'm glad. If there's anything you guys want me to be on the look out for, just let me know.
>>84007264
According to Pablo and Gary Whitta (the original screenwriter), he was always going to be Saw.
>>84007226
Promo shots are more current, so probably hair.
>>84004520
Some consider him a terrorist, he considers himself a teacher.
Daily reminder that Jedi only died because they were vegans.
>>84007305
Are Jedi vegans?
>>84007305
daily reminder that___________what?__
>>84007267
Man, it's gonna be so weird to see him in live-action again.
I mean I know he was at the end of RoTS 11 years ago, but I mean, as more than a cameo.
Is Peter Cushing's reanimated corpse confirmed?
>>84007337
it's gonna be fucking awesome!
>>84007215
I was in my senior year back in 2014 when they announced the new canon.
My autist Lit. teacher went on a rant about how much he hates the Clone Wars, how he'll only see the movies now, etc.
I wish I could show him this shit. BTFO'D.
>>84004857
there is no way in hell Saw Gerrera was 30 in TCW.
>>84007264
There were two leaks about Whitaker's character in Rogue One several months ago. That he was a Clone Wars veteran and his codename/name was Castro.
Castro = Cuba
Cuba = Che Guavara
Che Guevara = Saw Gerrera
And there's pic related from the first trailer and Pablo's own words on the subject.
It seems he was always Saw but I'm guessing they are reshooting a major scene involving him but Whitaker grew an afro between shoots so now they need to reshoot all of the scenes for consistency.
>yfw Star Wars has better connectivity than the MCU
>>84007367
FUCK YEAH
>>84007366
Yes.
He shall return for one last fight against his arch-nemesis, Count Dookula
>>84007410
>Dookula and Van Tarkin/Grand Moff Helsing never got to meet in live action
Bummer.
>>84007399
>Che Guevara = Saw Gerrera
Oh God, you're right
>>84007399
With all the hints there were, I'm surprised nobody guessed he was Saw months ago.
>>84007546
There were theories, but no one took them seriously cause hurr durr cartoon in muh movies.
>>84007521
Well now I feel stupid.
>>84007401
>we all predicted the new canon would be a huge clusterfuck by the time TFA came out
>it actually became more unified than we could've reasonably asked for
>>84007585
We felt stupid together about Nik Sant as well.
Perhaps, we're just stupid.
>>84007521
>>84007546
The Castro leak was actually from earlier month, I though it was from April for some reason
http://makingstarwars.net/2016/06/mads-mikkelsen-forest-whitakers-rogue-one-a-star-wars-story-names/
Still we had enough information to guess Saw, at least before we started guessing Windu, heh.
>>84007244
>You guys don't think they got Hayden Christensen back, do you?
No. As much as I had zero problem with his work on the PT (unlike most people), he wouldn't be needed for this. At the end of RoTS, he was fresh in the suit. So it'd make sense to use Christensen (even though he kinda begged to do it) to be in it then because Vader would still have roughly had the same proportions as he did before he went in. RO is 19/20 years later. Vader's got more muscle mass now. He's grown into the suit.
Somebody post that gif from the cartoon of the Stormtrooper defending against an army of droids by himself.
>>84007778
>at least before we started guessing Windu, heh.
Yeah, nope. One of yesterday's threads was everyone going on about 'Witaker's character = Windu or Panaka!'
Only one anon guessed it was Gerrera like 20 minutes before the reveal.
I know some people didn't like the resistance using x-wings, but I kinda like it.
It's the ship that killed the death star, would you want to give up the sheer propaganda value those fighters have?
>>84005157
ANH was always 19 years after Ep3. R1 is set 10 minutes before ANH.
>Saw figures out who Vader is just before getting saber'd
Oh Christ, it's gonna happen to him and Rex.
>>84007921
>Rex
Stop.
MORE PICS
>>84007921
I don't think Saw will die in Rogue One because he was mentioned in Bloodline.
And Rex was most likely on Endor.
>>84005323
Those helmets... clash pretty badly against the rest of the armor
>>84007948
Was he mentioned present tense in Bloodline?
I'm pretty sure he can be mentioned and still be dead, context is important.
>>84006561
Nah. And i don't care really. Star Wars games are always mostly bad, kind of like games based on movies
>>84007948
Just because he was mentioned doesn't mean he is still alive. Vader, Paplatine, Bail and Padme are mentioned in Bloodline, too, and they are dead. The context of where Gerrera gets mentioned has to do with looking back on the Rebellion as a whole, and how he was basically just a terrorist-to-be-all-terrorists in his time.
>>84008106
>>84007921
>>Saw figures out who Vader is just before getting saber'd
Doubtful. It's not like he knew Skywalker particularly well. They only knew eachother for a few days at best. To him, anyone who wields a lightsaber probably fights the same.
>>84008144
Its true tho
>>84007765
...perhaps.
>>84006443
Will we get the official Episode VIII title?
>>84007948
>And Rex was most likely on Endor.
No, Rex should die a hero or be recognised as a hero. He doesn't deserve to be forgotten about and be kept as a background character.
>>84008231
Being in the OT at all is the highest honor any SW character can get.
>>84008231
You'd think if Rex was in the Rebellion until RotJ, he'd probably tell Luke all the shit he knew about his Dad or whatever.
Unless he just thought it was a coincidence that two guys called Skywalker were running around with Lightsabres.
>Billy Dee in Freemaker Ep.4
Hard to recognize him for some reason.
>>84008276
Well, R2 knew everything and that bastard never said anything.
>>84008256
Horseshit.
>>84008281
Link?
>>84008182
then you have never played a star wars game
>>84006443
>Not a single ayylmao on the entire poster for STAR wars
I laugh every time
>>84008389
>wanting aliens in Star Wars
Fucking racist
>>84007296
lesson
number one
heroes
there is no such thing
>>84008256
I just feel betrayed for some reason. Ever since the TCW movie came out everyone was wondering when Rex would die since he wasn't mentioned in any of the films. There were plenty of moments when we thought he was going to die or become a deserter. For them to say "Oh hey, did you know Rex was alive all the way through ROTJ?" would just feel cheap and unsatisfying. It just feels like I wasted my time trying to care and get worried about a character for nothing.
http://www.ew.com/gallery/rogue-one-first-look-photos
NOW PHOTOS
>>84008429
POST EM
>>84008399
>Not wanting aliens in Star Wars
>when the third biggest project on hand has two as main leads
that's what miffs me even more, could have had SOMETHING rebels related on that fucking poster
![78465131111188500[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/7RVsfq1.jpg "78465131111188500[1].jpg")
>>84008466
FINE
>Deathtroopers Turn the Tide
>A new, deadlier breed of commando Stormtrooper is storming the beach. As part of EW’s exclusive preview of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, we bring you this gallery of new images from the Dec. 16 film. Leading things off: This shot of a squad of Deathtroopers, who are tasked with hunting down and destroying the fragmented Rebel uprising.
Does anyone know if there's a way of getting the images bigger? These are tiny.
>>84008429
>"Don't talk to me or my wife's fetus ever again"
![000065264942477[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/hsDC9IU.jpg "000065264942477[1].jpg")
>>84008500
>Jyn Undercover...
>Rogue One is an ensemble story, but its central figure is Jyn Erso (Felicity Jones), a young woman recruited by the Rebellion to infiltrate the Empire and secure details of its latest weapon – a moon-sized battle station we know as the Death Star. Here we see her in disguise, armed for conflict inside an Imperial corridor. Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy says Jyn starts as an outlaw and “becomes a kind of Joan of Arc in the story.”
>>84008429
>Cover image for "Stormtroopers of the Mid-Rim Calendar - 1BBY"
I'll take Mr. September, thank you very much.
>>84008517
Looks like an album cover.
![6413521110000[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/qE8nAcX.jpg "6413521110000[1].jpg")
>>84008516
>Krennic Schemes for Dominance
>Ben Mendelsohn's Director Orson Krennic is responsible for protecting the security of the Death Star project, but he's also a manipulator within the Empire. "He understands the system and he knows how things work, but he also is not above trying to bend it to get what he needs or what he thinks he wants," says Kiri Hart, Lucasfilm's head of story development. Krennic is intended to be a contrast to Imperial officers we’ve seen before, like Peter Cushing’s Grand Moff Tarkin. “Tarkin is the model for these really cool, icy types, you know?” Hart says. “Krennic runs a little hotter than that, so that’s kind of fun and it’s a little bit different. … He is unpredictable and volatile.”
![46853686351268400000[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/zPlEd0E.jpg "46853686351268400000[1].jpg")
>>84008547
>Rest for Baze and Chirrut
>Hong Kong action star Donnie Yen (Ip Man) plays Chirrut Imwe, a blind warrior monk who is not a Jedi but follows the path of the Force, and Chinese martial-arts actor and director Jiang Wen (Devils on the Door Step) co-stars as Baze Malbus, Chirrut’s Force-doubting rough-and-tumble protector. Like the original Star Wars, these characters owe a debt to the two peasants from a 1958 Akira Kurosawa adventure saga. “They’re inspired, again, by what inspired George in The Hidden Fortress, “ Kennedy says. “You could even say to some extent it’s, you know, R2 and C-3PO, a little bit of that.”
I'm really liking the description for these guys.
![46853684651777000[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/jHjBXhX.jpg "46853684651777000[1].jpg")
>>84008565
>aradise Lost
>Keeping with the Star Wars tradition of planets with a single ecosystem, one key battleground in Rogue One is on a world that might resemble a relaxing seaside holiday destination if not for its proximity to the Death Star. That leads to a key battle in the film taking place on its balmy shoreline — blue waters and an eerie gray sky.
![014415447788006523[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/xSVbhWJ.jpg "014415447788006523[1].jpg")
>>84008576
>A Galactic South Pacific
>We don’t yet know the name of this world, but it’s meant to evoke both heaven and hell — tranquility and war. “There’s this sort of South Pacific, tropical paradise planet that subconsciously leads into some of the imagery associated with World War II,” director Gareth Edwards says. “We went to lots of different places around the world, and one of them was the Maldives. When you're shooting Stormtroopers in paradise, you have the best job in the world, you know? You can't really deny it at that point.”
>>84008547
>“Krennic runs a little hotter than that, so that’s kind of fun and it’s a little bit different. … He is unpredictable and volatile.”
So you could say he's a bit of a hothead?
>>84008592
>Toy Soldier
>In one of the more intriguing photos from Rogue One, we have this image of Deathtroopers prowling on a tundra. One of them is holding what appears to be ... an action figure of sorts. The filmmakers didn't want to explain exactly what's happening here, but they confirm: yes, that's a Stormtrooper doll, a galactic version of a toy soldier. And it will have special significance in the story. (Decades later, an abandoned girl name Rey will also fashion a doll for herself — this one an X-wing pilot.)
>>84008615
Sorry, I used the pic to make a shit meme.
>>84008429
I love how Star Wars has quotation marks like they don't expect us to have heard of it before.
I NEED A VADER IMAGE OR CLIP NOW
![135310015154441000[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/wR7O5NH.jpg "135310015154441000[1].jpg")
>>84008615
>K-2SO in Detail
>Here's a full-body shot of the newest Star Wars droid — a security robot known as K-2SO (Kaytoo Esso), who is voiced and performed via motion-capture by Alan Tudyk (Firefly.) Compare his gunmetal gray surface to the shimmering plating of "Goldenrod" C-3PO, and you'll see the difference between a utilitarian droid like Kaytoo and a protocol droid like Threepio. Kaytoo wasn't built to socialize. He's as brusque and blunt as he is strong. "He has a very dry delivery," Edwards says. "He doesn’t realize what he's saying is very funny."
Best droid incoming
>>84008711
They won't reveal until Celebration.
Probably in the trailer.
>Donnie Yen’s blind warrior believes in the Force, even if he isn’t necessarily sensitive to it. One goal of Rogue One is to step away from the Jedi and Sith to explore the heroism of ordinary people. “The Jedi are pretty much extinct,” says Edwards. “It’s up to normal, everyday people to take a stand to stop evil from dominating the world.”
Good, he won't be a secret Jedi like some people wanted
![6413456311110000[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/uCVnKbN.jpg "6413456311110000[1].jpg")
>>84008764
>Multicultural Cast
>In this behind the scenes shot from the Yavin-4 base, Edwards consults with some of his lead actors: Jones, Diego Luna, Yen, and Jiang and Tudyk (in his performance capture suit). The movie's Rebel team is a deliberately diverse mix from our own planet, meant to reflect a galaxy filled with a wide variety of humans from many different worlds (not to mention a healthy mix of creatures and aliens). “People are coming to the Rebellion because something has happened that has galvanized or politicized them,” says Hart. “The question just becomes: What are those triggers for different people in different places?"
Here comes the patting on their backs parts.
SUCH DIVERSE HUMANS
but no aliens
>>84008809
This makes me really hype. It also sounds far, FAR better "non force-user knows about force and inspires people" than Kaz was in TFA.
>>84008829
>but no aliens
Who really gives a fuck about the aliens
![46884561311400000[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/APaE0M9.jpg "46884561311400000[1].jpg")
>>84008829
>The Surly Pilot
>We don't yet know what kind of craft he'll be maneuvering, but Riz Ahmed (Nightcrawler) will costar as the Rebel squad's lead pilot, Bodhi Rook. "He’s a very experienced pilot. Flies a lot of cargo, one of his key jobs," Kennedy says. "And he tends to be a little tense, a little volatile, but everybody in the group really relies on his technical skills."
>>84008829
>>84008576
>ne key battleground in Rogue One is on a world that might resemble a relaxing seaside holiday destination
Isn't one of Ciena Ree's friends in the Academy from one of these worlds?
>>84008878
He's got big eyes.
>>84007089
I hope not. Nothing would be more predictable and I think a character like that deserves a better death.
>>84008879
>no Saw in group shot
>even aliens that haven't been introduced yet are in the databook shot
He is going to die in the first 20 minutes, this is Lors San Tekka all over again.
>>84008106
Star Wars games are the only movie games that are consistently good. Have you seriously never played TIE-Fighter, KOTOR 1 & 2, Battlefront 2, Lego Star Wars, Pod Racer, Dark Forces, The Force Unleashed, Galaxies, or Bounty Hunter?
>>84009002
>Galaxies
why you gotta make me sad anon?
>>84008933
I read a theory somewhere where he's supposed to be more a radical counterpart to Mon Mothma than really a part of the team. So maybe he won't be part of the mission proper.
>>84009002
Only like, 2 of those you listed are good Anon
>>84009106
>only 2 of those
Wow what shit taste. All of those are legit great games for their genres, regardless of being Star Wars.
>>84008516
DILDO STICKS
>>84009106
end yourself, nigga
>>84009002
>That sad moment when I've never played TIE Fighter, Galaxies, TFU, or Dark Forces
I need to get on that backlog
>>84009148
photoshop when?
>>84007244
he's not actually tall enough
they had to add lifts and he was looking out through the mouth of the suit
>>84008429
>a charming seaside holiday destination
heh, i live on the death star planet
Who is Vader to you guys?
Hayden? JEJ? Prowse? Shaw?
So how long til we see the helicopter sabers?
>>84008516
>Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy says Jyn starts as an outlaw and “becomes a kind of Joan of Arc in the story.”
So she's probably going to die.
>>84009321
It's always going to be JEJ, though Prowse deserves credit for standing like a thug ass nigga
>>84009321
All four, in their own ways.
Maybe not so much Shaw though desu
>>84008829
you complain about this every damn thread
aliens aren't real, dumbass
>>84009353
>Maybe not so much Shaw though
TRAITOR!
>>84009338
>watching Rogue One in the theater
>it ain't sheev plays
Krennic looks a lot younger than I thought. That makes sense, his actor is only 47, but that sinister shot in the RO trailer added like 15 years.
>>84009367
Shaw isn't Vader. He's old Anakin.
>>84009321Lanter
>>84008904
The better to seduce you with, my dear.
>>84009367
Shaw is literally the only one of the bunch who ever portrayed "Anakin" and ONLY Anakin. By the time the mask comes off the man called Vader has been destroyed.
That was the implication, not that I didn't think he was good or anything.
>>84009382
Not with that weak I HATE YOU from him
>>84009382
My nigga.
>>84008615
propaganda toys?
>>84009477
And suddenly, I'm imagining a Stormtrooper equivalent to G.I. Joe
>>84009505
An imperial version of 2003 Clone Wars series? That'd be great.
>>84008871
>>84009360
I care about the aliens. It's a big galaxy, it's not like they're rare, they are everywhere. A Star Wars movie with only human protagonists is limiting.
>>84009157
Go play TIE Fighter. It's great.Good work, Alpha 1! Secret Mission Objectives Complete, The Emperor will be pleased!
>>84009583
>I care about the aliens. It's a big galaxy, it's not like they're rare, they are everywhere. A Star Wars movie with only human protagonists is limiting.
Dunno, to me it would be weirder to see tons of Aliens poping out of nowhere on Yavin IV, on the contrary.
Odds on a minor Sheev cameo?
>>84009376
I wonder how many people here are going to Husbando him and how futile it's going to be?
>>84009626
I'm husbando'ing him already, mostly because of how sexy that outfit is.
>>84009528
>>84009477
>>84009505
He needs a snappy serial number like ZZ-100 or something cheesy.
He fights for justice and unity across the Galaxy, in the name of the Emperor.
>>84008516
>“becomes a kind of Joan of Arc in the story.”
I like her chances
>>84009618
Actually if they'd had the budget and effects prepared they would have. Now seeing the equivalent of their rather slapdash cantina aliens in that scene would have been odd.
Of course the thing is it will always cost more to create an alien costume or even CGI than it is just tailoring a costume for a standard old boring human extra. Lucas, by the time of the Prequels when he had more cash than god, was more than happy to have all those Senate hover pods filled with aliens.
Of course it could be argued, and rightly so, that the galactic senate would have a diverse alien makeup (in more ways than one) than a ragtag rebel base, so there IS in-universe logic to it. At any rate Mark Hamill's story for those brit extras as the Rebellion whispering, "Wanker!" and "Git!" he and Harrison Ford walked by was pretty funny. Then when he told them they'd just saved the galaxy they were pretty cool about it.
Thoughts on the new SWTOR event? The rewards seem cool but fuck doing the 8 class stories again, I'm already drowning in alts
Guess i'm shooting for eternal rank
>>84009804
Of passing herself off as a man or being put to the torch?
>>84009376
I wonder how cruel he is going to be. RO is supposedly darker and more realistic than the main saga, so the Empire should be much more terrifying than the fairytale-like villains we've seen in the OT and in Rebels.
I expect more blood, more torture and the death of all of our protagonists.
>>84009913
Joan never passed herself as a man. That's Mulan.
>>84009015
We can still play it in our dreams..... I miss my friends
>>84009321
Vader? James Earl Jones
Strongarm Vader? David Prowse
Duelist Vader? Bob Anderson
Unmasked Vader? Sebastian Shaw
Anakin? Hayden Christensen and/or Matt Lanter
>>84009106
you're the reason god doesn't talk to us anymore.
>>84008516
Th-those eyes, that hair
>>84010024
>Joan never passed herself as a man.
Yes she did.
>>84010214
My new waifu
>>84010242
She dressed as a man, that's all. Everyone knew she was a girl.
>>84010307
No, anon. She dressed as a male soldier specifically to get to Orleans through enemy territory. It was a disguise to avoid being captured. Thus the charge of cross-dressing against her actually was true, but it could be viewed (and was by her escort) as a prudent cautionary maneuver to avoid discovery. She was heading into a siege, after all.
>>84004490
>>84010455
I wonder how they'll use him. We've already seen Rebel leadership involved. Mon Mothma and some dude who was chewing out Jyn in the trailer. I suspect, I wonder... is he performing service as a drill sergeant? Wiping Rogue One into shape and making them work together as a cohesive team while reminding them what rebelling will cost them via his own injuries?
Basically I'm wondering if he'll have a command role or a training one. I can see him with either. He certainly lead the Onderon Partisans since the Clone Wars, but it would be fitting given he was once trained by Rex, Ahsoka, and Anakin Skywalker himself. He'd be passing on some of that to the people who will be stealing the plans and ultimately kickstarting the beginning of Vader and the Empire's end, so there's some nice thematic ties to that kind of role.
>>84011115
maybe he's like Garm Bel Iblis, broke with Alliance leadership/Mothma to wage his own war
>>84011115
I think they made it pretty clear as to what he is. He's a rebel extremist. He's the guy who has been leading some of the rebellion's more bloody campaigns. A contrast to Organa.
As to how he effects the group, I suspect it's going to be a sort of rock and hard place. He'll be doing his thing, Krennic will be doing his, and the main cast will be caught in the middle trying to do their thing.
>>84011115
He'll get his friends killed by shooting down a TIE fighter on top of them.
>>84011115
Imagine the rebels setting camp after a fight, one of them asking something like "Saw where did you learn those skills" or "you fought with the Jedi didnt you" And him responding yeah a jedi named Ahsoka trained me or something
>>84011115
He's probably the Rebels equivalent to Speirs. Freaking hardcore mother fucker who scares the crap out of everyone but has no fear and does what needs to be done.
>>84011323
The question wasn't what he's done but the role he'll play in the film. Him having waged aggressive campaigns with no mercy against the Empire, using everything he can and willing to sacrifice everything to the extent that his own body is extremely fucked up would certainly sound like the kind of guy you'd call on to give a crash course to a ragtag group of neer-do-wells and scruffy nerfherders as Rogue One.
>>84011471
DELETE THIS
>>84009376
>but that sinister shot in the RO trailer added like 15 years.
seriously
I just thought of something. What if the reason the Rule of Two had to be enacted was partly because of Sith greed, but also because the Sith ended up extremely weak. Think of it like this, to be an effective Sith you can't just be angry or brash, but you have to be smart too. That's why Anakin fucked up all the time as a Jedi because he would be too pissed off but he would be sloppy instead of focused on his anger and power. What if there ended up being so many Sith that quality control went out the window and you had thousands of Anakins going around fucking up battles and conquests because they didn't know how to properly use their anger. So then Bane enacted the Rule of Two so 1: Sith don't destroy themselves and 2: so the Sith are forced to have a system of quality control or else they'll go full retard and attack the Jedi too early and die out.
>>84007296
>>84008414
You'llllllllll neverrrrrrrrrr see meeeeeeee coming.
>>84012103
I saw it coming.
>>84012070
Adding further to this maybe this could partly be why Vader is ashamed of his past as Anakin. Because Sheev taught him about how some Sith were retards who couldn't properly use their anger and Vader was once one of them.
>>84011669
>importance of toy soldier is he caused/causes the death of some empire kids.
>>84009622
doubtful
the emperor was this big reveal in the OT
while he was a primary player in the PT it would be odd to use him in an OT-throwback flick
>>84012387
But the fact that we didnt see him until V dosent mean he didnt exist. Makes sense for him to appear someway since this is propably the empires biggest project
>>84009622
He will for the same reason Vader will be in. This is probably the last real chance to get appearances from JEJ's voice and McDiarmid before they get too old. Disney won't pass on this opportunity.
>>84012439
>doesn't mean he didn't exist
That's not what I said. I was saying that for a flick that transitions into ANH it'd be more structurally consistent to keep him in the background.
>>84012439
>>84012488
I think it makes a lot more sense for him to be a mysterious person in charge that we hear about but never see (effectively like he is during Ep IV).
We don't need to actually see Sheev for him to be looming over the movie.
>>84012290
So are you saying that it's an in-universe figure made of the coolest Stormtrooper who actually still missed shooting a rebel transport but did at least hit and explode a bus load of younglings?
Or is this like the widdlest battledroid, part of the Tarkin Initiative that created BT and Triple Zero, and they chuck them like grenades at Rebel forces to let them devour the souls of their enemies.
>>84008809
>>84008565
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>>84008764
Post your face when this droid calls someone a meatbag.
>>84012894
mfw
>>84009376
Gosh what a qt
Has anyone in here read Bloodline yet? I've had it sitting around for a while and I think it might be my next read. Is it as good as Lost Stars?
>>84009626
>are going to Husbando him
Going to? I already made him my husbando since he first appeared mate.
>>84013129
I didn't even bother finishing Lost Stars but I did finish Bloodline. It wasn't bad. I can see why some people thought it was a bit boring, but it included some details on the makeup of the galaxy and the New Republic and other major powers that really would have been nice to know in TFA.
In all it's worth a try and seeing if you like it or not. It's hardly Aftermath tier.
>>84013129
It is different than Lost Stars, so it's hard to say if it's as good or not. It's more a political/spy drama than a love story, for one.
But it's really good, so go for it.
>>84004490
Onderon is like the world of perpetual butthurt. Ever since Freedon Nadd facefucked that place for a hundred years straight, and his nutstains on the sheets were permanently affixed, it's like all Onderon produces are insurgencies.
Really hoping Lux Bonteri bailed on that joint.
http://www.ew.com/article/2016/06/23/star-wars-rogue-one-reshoot-concerns
Did someone post this?
>>84013381
Also kek
>Not since Greedo vs. Han Solo have Star Wars fans been so obsessed over what was shot first and what was shot after.
>>84008809
>blind samurai who can melee fight soldiers with guns
>""ordinary people""
l-lol...
So I'm thinking of getting either Ultimate Star Wars or the Adventures in Wild Space books when I get home from vacation. Which should I get? I'm leaning towards the Wild Space books since USW is mostly on the Wook and it's been bugging me that we don't all have access to the Wild Space books so I would love to somehow upload the first 2 books at least and possibly get the other 2 at another date.
>>84013350
>Really hoping Lux Bonteri bailed on that joint.
Depends if he was tempted away by orange buttcheeks or not.
>>84009626
That big long cloak was grade-A husbando material from day one
>>84013381
>“One of the things we’re doing with these Star Wars stories is embracing the uniqueness of the different genres, and we’re very deliberately leaning into the various styles of directors that we’re approaching so that each of these movies will very intentionally have a very different tone and style from the saga films,” Kennedy says, referring to the trilogy movies. “Gareth has shown a stylistic preference that’s much more handheld, visceral, inside-the-action kind of feel.”
YESS
>>84013406
>Ultimate Star Wars
USW is full of errors. Wait a year or two for a properly set-up reference book.
>>84013381
>Another thing they’re grappling with, Kennedy says, (and it has nothing to do with the reshoots) is whether Rogue One should incorporate some of the standard tropes of a Star Wars film, like an opening crawl, or whether it should distance itself stylistically from the “saga” trilogy films.
>“We talk about that all the time. It’s something that we’re right in the midst of discussing even now, so I don’t want to say definitively what we’re doing,” she said. “The crawl and some of those elements live so specifically within the ‘saga’ films that we are having a lot of discussion about what will define the [stand-alone] Star Wars Stories separate and apart from the saga films. So we’re right in the middle of talking about that.”
>Whatever they decide will likely set a new template for future stand-alone films. The next one, based on the adventures of a young Han Solo, is coming in 2018.
So probably no opening crawl in Rogue One.
>>84013486
>>is whether Rogue One should incorporate some of the standard tropes of a Star Wars film
>Inb4 every time a Stormtrooper dies it does the Wilhelm Scream
>>84013521
> every stormtrooper misses
What was that one tabletop book that had new ambiguously canon stuff about Lothal and Mortis written by Pablo and Leland?
>>84013423
>choice 1: hang out in a jungle with 'freedom fighters' and dodge death constantly and use my free time scratching bug bites
>choice 2: plow the dogshit out a Togruta cutie with my penis whenever she wants it while living large as a Senator somewhere far away from Onderon
Jesus, what a struggle.
>>84013567
Please no...
>>84013567
I hate how a completely explained plot point in Ep4 made all Stormtroopers forever shit at aiming. It's one of those things like knowing which Death Star the bothans died for or knowing that the Empire phased out clones that signifies how big of a Star Wars fan you are.
>>84013181
Cool, I look forward to it. Is there anything that ties over from Lost Stars?
