Star Wars Anthology: Rogue One

[Fader209]

Dude, it's set before the original trilogy so Vader is alive and well.
I gather this film goes on to tell how the rebels got the plans of the Death Star that R2 is given at the start of ANH.

[Kit]

I'm in the wrong thread then. Too many star wars films coming out. Utter piss take. I'm not a hardcore fan I just like the first 3 so I'm getting confused.

Which is the one that'll have old luke skywalker and harrison ford in it, and will darth vader be alive in that one?

[Dogg Thang]

That's Tales Of The Golden Monkey and, yes, Vader is alive in it but only his head and it is kept alive only via Pot Noodle.

[bash]

There will be no Anakin/Hayden Christian in Episode VII as far as Im aware.

I thought Rogue One was set inbetween Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi essentially making this episode 5.5 albeit without the main cast except for some classic villans?

*edit*

Whoops I'm wrong!

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Rogue_One

And I quote:

. . . is set between the films Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith and Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope. The plot revolves around a band of resistance fighters uniting to steal the plans to the Death Star, the Galactic Empire's planet-destroying battle station. The theft of the Death Star plans was first referenced in the opening crawl in A New Hope.

Dont get confused with the "Many Bothans died . . . . " line from episode 6, that was in reference to the Death Star 2!

[Neon Ignition]

http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/38530/moff-tarkin-returns-for-rogue-one

The filmmakers are said to be digitally recreating Peter Cushing for the film. Presumably he has a more prominent role hence not doing what the end of Episode 3 did and using prosthetics on the guy who played Scorpius in Farscape.

[Dogg Thang]

They should get young Jeff Bridges to play him. He hasn't been in anything since Tron Legacy and it doesn't look like they'll be making another.

[kryss]

I think he's already stored next to the original Millennium Falcon in that shed near Newport, along with the holy grail, the arc of the covenant, and any acting ability Shia LaBoeuf had before Michael Bay touched him.

[QualityChimp]

I like the idea of a Star Wars heist movie.
I like that Gareth "Godzilla" Edwards is directing (although Gareth "The Raid" Evans would've been amazing).
I love that Donnie Yen is on the cast. He got in trouble for Tweeting the new Stormtrooper helmet:
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Here's the demo reel that won Yen the role in the film:
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[Neon Ignition]

http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/38615/-rogue-one-to-use-panavision-70-lenses

Rogue One is being filmed using Panavision 70 anamorphic lenses to give it a super old school look with the exception of some parts which will be filmed in 6K

[Neon Ignition]

http://makingstarwars.net/2016/01/25215/

A rumour emerges that

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Darth Vader will be in the film

[Dogg Thang]

If it's a cameo or small appearance, I don't mind. But like the young Han Solo film, I don't think much good will come from revisiting characters who have had complete stories already.

The thing that I like about the Rogue One concept is that it gives us characters who don't yet have a story or known outcome.

[Neon Ignition]

Well we know one thing about how the plot pans out, that...

[Neon Ignition]

Reference fail!
The Bothan thing was for Death Star II

Aah, the original Death Star plans were probably easy to nab then