like the point of the crawl was "Hey look, it's like Flash Gordon!" not "This is canonical tales from the uber important Skywalker mythology"
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 25 November 2016 14:42 (seven years ago) link
I would be amazed if there was more than 5 minutes of Vader in this, just because it's not a movie about him and he obviously takes up all the air.
― Andrew Farrell, Friday, 25 November 2016 14:46 (seven years ago) link
would be more than in Attack of the Clones and he was plastered all over coke cans for that one
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 25 November 2016 14:47 (seven years ago) link
er, Revenge of the Sith
hopefully his cameo is someone asks a question and he walks in and says "Noooo!"
"Do you like sand?"
― jmm, Friday, 25 November 2016 14:52 (seven years ago) link
Actually the lack of crawl is because this is an in-universe film, made about 10 or 12 ABY in the New Republic, based on the true story of the brave men and woman of Rogue One.
― El Tomboto, Friday, 25 November 2016 15:08 (seven years ago) link
Executive producer has ties to the Solos and all that
― El Tomboto, Friday, 25 November 2016 15:09 (seven years ago) link
imo the question is whether there is any Tarkin content or if Vader has been put in this film as a stand-in
― mh 😏, Friday, 25 November 2016 15:37 (seven years ago) link
For some reason I'm very excited for Mon Mothma in this
― slathered in cream and covered with stickers (silby), Friday, 25 November 2016 15:49 (seven years ago) link
tmi
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Friday, 25 November 2016 15:51 (seven years ago) link
As it seems unlikely Vader gets to do anything exciting in this they could've just gone with only showing him via hologram - paralleling the first glimpses of the Emperor in the later films.
― nashwan, Friday, 25 November 2016 15:54 (seven years ago) link
Vader strictly uses hologram to speak to his superior, all other transactions are done as in-person threats
Guessing that following an early terrorist action in the film, Vader is called in to make sure everyone is in line
― mh 😏, Friday, 25 November 2016 16:06 (seven years ago) link
seriously when do the damn tickets go on sale
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 26 November 2016 04:05 (seven years ago) link
better line up now or they might run out
― qualx, Saturday, 26 November 2016 04:28 (seven years ago) link
On sale Sunday night/early Monday morning.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 26 November 2016 04:39 (seven years ago) link
we'll see if the robots at fandango agree with you Ned
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 26 November 2016 04:42 (seven years ago) link
xxxxxp mh how quickly we forget the tiny Vader sitting on the walker's dashboard as they approached the Hoth base.
― attention vampire (MatthewK), Saturday, 26 November 2016 06:24 (seven years ago) link
they're leaving the crawl out of rogue one so that they can perfect the technology to somehow make the crawl go even slower on the next one
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 26 November 2016 17:23 (seven years ago) link
I have never acknowledged tiny Vader and will not be starting at this point
― mh 😏, Saturday, 26 November 2016 17:35 (seven years ago) link
I'd like to take this opportunity to say how great marvel's current darth vader comic book is
kthxbye
― trump le monde (bizarro gazzara), Saturday, 26 November 2016 18:32 (seven years ago) link
Was.
― Andrew Farrell, Saturday, 26 November 2016 18:57 (seven years ago) link
― attention vampire (MatthewK), Saturday, 26 November 2016 20:42 (seven years ago) link
love darth vader comic, want more comics with the original characters introduced in it
― mh 😏, Saturday, 26 November 2016 21:45 (seven years ago) link
Good news for you then - Gillen-penned Doctor Aphra is coming next month.
― Andrew Farrell, Saturday, 26 November 2016 21:50 (seven years ago) link
I think I knew that but keep forcing myself to forget as to recreate the joy of learning it anew
― mh 😏, Saturday, 26 November 2016 22:55 (seven years ago) link
There's also Vader consulting with his three Star Destroyer commanders by hologram in Empire, during which one of them is destroyed by an asteroid, implying necessarily that he's appearing as a hologram at the other end.
― and this section is called boner (Phil D.), Saturday, 26 November 2016 23:59 (seven years ago) link
inserted for movie continuity, totally not canon
― mh 😏, Sunday, 27 November 2016 00:25 (seven years ago) link
fight me
― and this section is called boner (Phil D.), Sunday, 27 November 2016 01:53 (seven years ago) link
I just rewatched that, lols @ dead guy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nZx5BFwPCI
― El Tomboto, Sunday, 27 November 2016 02:06 (seven years ago) link
For real though I think Vader is only in this to make it clear that Mendelsohn's guy is a genuinely scary MF. You can't really have a villain between ROTS and ANH without calibrating them against Vader one way or another.
― El Tomboto, Sunday, 27 November 2016 02:18 (seven years ago) link
I mentioned that I read the pre-Rogue One book, right? It's by the author who wrote the Tarkin novel in the new continuity so Tarkin plays a part, but it's part of a triangulation with Mendelsohn's character and the emperor's new order. I'd be mildly surprised if Tarkin isn't at least mentioned, but I could understand him being absent due to a need to avoid weird casting problems.
But yes, he is a ruthless social climber who sees the Imperial cause as his path to glory and doesn't give a shit about people, even the energy specialist he knew in his youth.
― mh 😏, Sunday, 27 November 2016 03:34 (seven years ago) link
If the new in-canon extended universe has given us anything, it is that the Emperor is a total motherfucker who encouraged his underlings in their constant fraternal conflicts in the sith tradition to both harden their abilities and winnow out the weaker ones. Krennic (Mendelsohn's character) did not come up with the huge space weapon design but by the time this film rolls around he's forgotten that, and it's his project despite others wanting to co-opt it. Obviously it's not his after this movie!
― mh 😏, Sunday, 27 November 2016 03:39 (seven years ago) link
Netflix heads-up: they're still streaming at least the first two "Ip Man" films, starring Donnie Yen
― (rocketcat) (kingfish), Sunday, 27 November 2016 04:04 (seven years ago) link
On sale, and all.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 28 November 2016 05:14 (seven years ago) link
lol fandango's email service is useless
― El Tomboto, Monday, 28 November 2016 05:25 (seven years ago) link
Waiting in Alamo's virtual line. We'll see.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 28 November 2016 05:49 (seven years ago) link
Got mine. I don't think even Douglas Adams would have imagined a virtual queue being such an effective Turing test.
― El Tomboto, Monday, 28 November 2016 05:57 (seven years ago) link
Hahah a fine comparison. Got mine as well -- was hoping for opening weekend but my preferred times weren't open for purchase so afternoon of the 22nd will have to do. (Already have the day off work to start my Christmas break so hey.)
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 28 November 2016 06:03 (seven years ago) link
Donnie Yen is my number one reason for wanting to see this. saying that, they totally wasted the guys from The Raid in force awakens
― jamiesummerz, Monday, 28 November 2016 12:39 (seven years ago) link
Also,
http://www.avclub.com/article/rogue-one-presales-nearly-take-down-fandango-246517
― (rocketcat) (kingfish), Monday, 28 November 2016 22:23 (seven years ago) link
I got Friday night at 7:30pm at one of the better theaters nearby (a Cinemark). I tried to get Thursday night but it was sold out within about 3 minutes.
― and this section is called boner (Phil D.), Monday, 28 November 2016 22:52 (seven years ago) link
People can't wait for twenty minutes in their climate-controlled homes for the Internet to sell them a ticket, but they'll stand outside in December for an hour to get a seat.
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 29 November 2016 02:44 (seven years ago) link
This is why we aren't doing anything substantial about climate change, isn't it.
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 29 November 2016 02:45 (seven years ago) link
Sorta
― (rocketcat) (kingfish), Tuesday, 29 November 2016 02:54 (seven years ago) link
When I was in high school, the Return of the Jedi rerelease was opening and some people I knew were standing in line all day at the city's largest theater. The thing is, until I got there about an hour before showtime, there were only about 20 people in line and it was a 700 seat theater. I think we rolled by and yelled "neeeerds" at the dudes in Jedi robes
― mh 😏, Tuesday, 29 November 2016 03:02 (seven years ago) link
Tom are you seeing it at Air & Space?
― los blue jeans, Tuesday, 29 November 2016 05:40 (seven years ago) link
is any of the film in imax?
i would roll my eyes but lol my downtown silver spring theater is nearly as expensive as air and space
― qualx, Tuesday, 29 November 2016 05:49 (seven years ago) link
i feel like my 5-y-o might not QUITE be up for this? on the other hand he watched han solo get knifed by his own son a year ago
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 29 November 2016 07:42 (seven years ago) link
Even though director Gareth Edwards didn’t shoot Rogue One on IMAX cameras, and he didn’t shoot the movie on 70mm or 65 mm film like Christopher Nolan might have, he did shoot the movie on the Arri Alexa 65 camera, which is essentially a digital version of a 65mm camera. That means we’ll be getting quite the widescreen spectacle on IMAX screens, one that has a larger surface area of imagery that was captured by the camera and will be projected onto a massive screen for maximum visual potential.
― Number None, Tuesday, 29 November 2016 08:10 (seven years ago) link