Star Wars Anthology shit talk (Rogue One, Young Solo, TBD)

lol at Alan Tudyk's DGAF droid

https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--L-0cVeYf--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/ft5jmvrvoewrk7meefoy.gif

he looks like the iron giant
http://www.sideshowtoy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/902331-product-silo.png

star wars: the guns of tattooine

http://www.avclub.com/article/meet-rogue-ones-edrio-two-tubes-guy-two-tubes-239898

Meet Rogue One’s Edrio Two Tubes, the guy with two tubes

Still tippin' on two tubes, wrapped in two tubes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfW-MPUjC_0

They call him Two-Tecs, he tote two tecs

New trailer and it's pretty sharp:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wji-BZ0oCwg

Really want some dark Battle of Algiers-style Star Wars on the screen

Well that looks sick.

What's with the black monoliths?

still not over the palm trees. goosebumps.

DOPE :D

Looks good.

this looks GREAT

Er, that's not the new one?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frdj1zb9sMY

(Seriously, why are embedded videos and images suddenly showing up in my browser as big black vertical rectangles?)

(I'm blaming Obama tbh)

There's a Moderator Request Forum thread about the embeds and I've emailed stet about it.

mendelsohn + "Rogue One" + tropical setting makes me wonder if plot will be mendelsohn's dad dies, leaves family death star to all children but mendelsohn, etc.

I had to switch to Firefox to check - Chrome's buggered for ILX Youtube embeds.

Chrome has started blocking Flash on all sites. The embeds should be fixed to show HTML5 ones.

Love the shot of the Death Star from below. Not enough space movies take all dimensions into account.

Yeah - the star destroyer coming out of the darkness of space at the beginning was a nice touch, gave it a sense of physicality.

this actually looks pretty interesting. a unique spin on SW cinematography at the very least.

xpost I'm using Safari, and it's still messed up for me.

I like that Death Star eclipse shot. I hope this Death Star gets blown up and the Empire had to rush out another one for Ep. IV.

xp one of the things Gareth Edwards discussed in that showreel from last month is that one of the more important sets was built as a 360-degree set, with crew members put in costume so they could shoot in any direction without having to reset. That's a pretty new approach for these movies!

I guess Vader won't really dominate proceedings in this but would love to see at least one demonstration of his power far beyond anything he did in previous films. Or at least just Force-lift an AT-AT and hurl it at some Rebels.

We've never seen Vader actually fight anyone but other Jedi/Jedi trainees in the OG films, just yellow-eyed Hayden Christiansen chop up a bunch of Seperatist goofballs in "Revenge of the Sith." Definitely would be interesting to see him go ham on a bunch of Rebels. (The "Darth Vader" comic has been great for that stuff.)

nothing i can think of less interesting than the idea of turning yet another classic SW character into a leaping CGI lightsaber acrobat.

Vader straight up calls up & murders a guy over his television in ESB and they've never topped it

otm

I think there should be a scene where he takes his cloak off. Wouldn't he look weird without the cloak!

there's all kinds of new stuff. i heard about rockets in an umbrella -- they're tested at fort detrick? i can show you a dozen poisons! stick it in his food, he'll die in three days! no trace! put something on his cloak, make it fall out -- he'd look fuckin ridiculous without his cloak!

Vader's never a leaping acrobat. More of a heavy presence, batting away or choking minions with a gesture. The ROTJ fight is far from overchoreographed when it comes to swordplay but every strike seems ready to overwhelm any defense.

The Rebels cartoon has done pretty well with that, and the recent Marvel comics as well.

vader: no cloak but: with ~spats~

think about it, let me know

wth this trailer looks like trash idgi

vader vs Luke is ESB is the scariest vader, like he's this huge monstrous dude stalking and striking, it's the closest he comes to a horror movie character in the whole series.

also vader is introduced while choking a bitch to death as he holds them up in the air like a child

i liked vader's hint of a british accent in ep IV

It would appear that Gareth Edwards and his team have been drawing heavily from the Clone Wars + Rebels cartoons for their notes on setting and tone which means this is probably going to be AWESOME and also most of the characters are doomed

Giant gun backpack dude = toast
Yip Man = toast
Felicity Jones = redemption martyr toast
Forest Whitaker = "Nah, I'll sit right here while they blow up my house with me in it" toast
Droid = the droid always survives
Diego Luna = witness

NO SPOILERS TOMBOT

Rosebud was his lightsaber.

Anyway, international trailer, couple of new bits.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48XWkN0jBQY

all the rebels look really dirty and haggard, so you know they got that right

maybe not in the command center. Mon Mothma still looking senate-ready

Many Bothans died getting her dry cleaning

v good

Ok, this is cute. I dig the klaxon mixing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMmiNeVrbDk