third3ye
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Way too early for Rogue One mainstream marketing to begin, and Disney doesn't want to direct eyeballs away from Civil War.
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (Pre-release)
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Way too early for Rogue One mainstream marketing to begin, and Disney doesn't want to direct eyeballs away from Civil War.
cboath
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There was no trailer for 7 at last years super bowl either - so no shock there wasn't one for Rogue 1. More to the point, they don't want you forgetting about 7 yet. They want people to keep it going and keep that active in their heads as long as possible. There might be a preview on the the 7 BR, and maybe not. Odds are it goes with Civil War and hits the internet a few days prior to that.
Here is some more potential info and a mock up of one of the films new trooper styles.
http://makingstarwars.net/2016/02/rogue-one-a-star-wars-story-meet-the-beetles-more-trooper-stuff/
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Yeah and Ep. VII is still in theaters, they likely want to allow this film to effectively differentiate from the Saga films and will wait to begin marketing this spring.
http://makingstarwars.net/2016/02/rogue-one-a-star-wars-story-meet-the-beetles-more-trooper-stuff/
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Yeah and Ep. VII is still in theaters, they likely want to allow this film to effectively differentiate from the Saga films and will wait to begin marketing this spring.
That's pretty cool!
As for the battle, my guess was somewhat what the old EU (and Radio Drama) said that there was a battle of some kind and then Leia's ship flew by and received the transmission from the Rebels on the ground. That's why Vader was chasing the Tantive IV at the beginning of ANH.
As for the battle, my guess was somewhat what the old EU (and Radio Drama) said that there was a battle of some kind and then Leia's ship flew by and received the transmission from the Rebels on the ground. That's why Vader was chasing the Tantive IV at the beginning of ANH.
Wolfsburg
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Looks cool but I really hope they aren't actually called Scarab Troopers. Seems a little out of character for the Empire to name troopers after animals. I guess that would make scarabs, falcons and ducks the known earth animals that are also native to the GFFA? Lol! Anyway, if any of this is true, it does beg the question of why they didn't deploy any of these specialized desert troops to Tatooine rather than the ones we currently know as "sandtroopers" (which I think were originally just intended to be elite troops, not the specialized desert troops the supplementary canon made them). Maybe the Devastator didn't have a complement of them? Although did the Empire have a presence on Tatooine before the Devastator arrived? I assumed it did.
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JLeezy23
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I like the designs, new yet still very SW to them. After seeing varying models of troops in VII, maybe there were more models during the OT but we haven't seen them. Say the Death Star troopers were all in "casual/training" armor, then would later be appointed their ranks and positions, and found their armors needed for each. And the most common armors *we see* are appointed to go after the Rebels, and also accompany Vader and Palpatine. There may be other armors used for patrolling on certain planets or specific models for specific tasks, making the usual TK a regular basic model. BUUT it probably won't be explained, like at all during the film. Casual fans (once they discover this movie is releasing) won't know or care about the armor designs. Let's hope for a Rogue One visual guide book for the details!
harrisonp
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I feel like they can get away with a name like that if it's the actual name/nickname of the company itself. That way you avoid the mental image of stuffy Imperials sitting around a boardroom thinking of wicked awesome names for their trooper designs. If Rogue One is truly going to be as much of a war film as they say, then a group of troopers earning the "Scarab" moniker due to their resilience and high functionality in a desert environment is something I can accept.
cboath
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You're reading too much into it
For all we know they were an uber elite squad sent to tattooine. I don't think they were ever called anything but stormtroopers. As for why they didn't send these new things down in ANH? quite simply - they didn't exist, and they didn't have the budget to design a new armor style for tattooine.
Wolfsburg
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Canonical or not, there's all sorts of merchandise, games, books and other material referring to the ANH Tatooine troopers as sandtroopers, stormtroopers outfitted for desert combat. Like I said, I think the original intent was for them to simply be elite stormtroopers (as evidenced by the pauldrons and heavier gear) but a lot of subsequent material informally calls them sandtroopers, stormtroopers specially outfitted for desert combat.
Whether they are or aren't is besides the point though.
Obviously the new guys didn't exist in the real world in 1976 but now that they've (allegedly) been introduced into the canon as specialized desert troops (true canonical "sandtroopers"), I wonder what the explanation will be, if any, as to why they weren't deployed to Tatooine.
Whether they are or aren't is besides the point though.
Obviously the new guys didn't exist in the real world in 1976 but now that they've (allegedly) been introduced into the canon as specialized desert troops (true canonical "sandtroopers"), I wonder what the explanation will be, if any, as to why they weren't deployed to Tatooine.
:lol "We're sticking with Bad*ss Trooper and that's final! I don't care what Lord Vader says."
Wolfsburg
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Lol! I don't really see the Empire naming their trooper types in that sense. They're all stormtroopers, with various sub-types for a variety of roles. If snowtroopers, sandtroopers, scouttroopers, etc. nomenclatures are even canon at all, they do describe their mission type at least. I would have no idea what a Scarab trooper would even be if I hadn't read about it. I'm still hoping they don't go with that.
And vice versa. As I recall, The SW Costumes book I think it was, said George just wanted a way to distinguish the elite troopers from the standard troopers, so they added motorcycle pauldrons and such. That this became interpreted as "sandtrooper" standard gear presumably came later and I'm not sure it's actually canon.
And vice versa. As I recall, The SW Costumes book I think it was, said George just wanted a way to distinguish the elite troopers from the standard troopers, so they added motorcycle pauldrons and such. That this became interpreted as "sandtrooper" standard gear presumably came later and I'm not sure it's actually canon.
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My version of a handbook to the Imperial Forces, using only what can be deduced from the films as the backbone, and adding only the EU stuff that doesn't get that source material wrong, has things like:
(in the "Phase 3" section -- i.e., the OT troopers)
*ahem*
"Stormtrooper armor, extreme environment, hot" for the stuff specially outfitted for extended deployment in a hot desert -- fewer gaps for sand or dust to get into the armor's workings, augmented climate-control systems, with an emphasis on cooling, etc. It's not just the pauldrons. The ab plate is different, the left knee plate is different, the shoulder straps are the same canvas as the underbelt and not plastic, the "tears" on the helmet don't have the lines... My listing notes that Stormtroopers and the Imperial Starfleet officers over them tend to refer to it as "desert gear", and civilians, fringers, and Rebels have coined the term "Sandtrooper".
I went through a bit with that and the Snowtrooper gear, because so many terms we use are vague (deserts can be both hot and cold, so that alone isn't an indicator) or Earth-centric ("arctic" refers not to temperature, but to the Greek word for "bear", "arktos", being the constellations associated with the far North). So I had to come up with something specific, sterile, and non-slangy.
That said...
They collect dung and roll it into large balls...? I'm hoping it ends up either being a production nickname or a specific name for that unit. I actually hope the armor itself is commando armor, anintermediate stage between the Imperial Commandos we have right after Episode III and the Storm Commando developed after the Battle of Yavin.
Which reminds me. I still have no idea what that black helmet/armor is, but I don't like it. I hope it's for a specific character, and not new commando gear.
--Jonah
Rogue One to get a Force Friday toy release in Sept.!
http://makingstarwars.net/2016/02/r...-is-getting-a-force-friday-in-september-2016/
http://makingstarwars.net/2016/02/r...-is-getting-a-force-friday-in-september-2016/
Description of the Rogue One merchandise packaging continues to hint Vader.
http://makingstarwars.net/2016/02/a-description-of-rogue-one-a-star-wars-story-product-packaging/
http://makingstarwars.net/2016/02/a-description-of-rogue-one-a-star-wars-story-product-packaging/
Wolfsburg
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I'm actually more intrigued by the caped, man in white. He has been rumored several times (and thought to be played by Mendelsohn). I imagine he might be some sort of high Imperial official and perhaps they've even decided to make Grand Admirals officially canon. Perhaps he'll be a Tarkin surrogate and "holding Vader's leash", with (CGI?) Tarkin himself relegated to a more limited role.
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