Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (Pre-release)

[Inquisitor Peregrinus]

All Tatooine. While Kenobi isn't part of the new canon, it was written late enough that the Story Group treats it as such, and it's guided Marvel's writers, and they specifically say they're continuing Ben's story past what's shown in the novel in the two issues they've given us so far, exerpting from his journal while "in exile". The novel is set shortly after he arrives on Tatooine (19BBY), MSW #7 is when Luke is about seven (11BBY), and #15 is a bit later.

--Jonah

 

[Wolfsburg]

That's good. If they ever go this route for a movie, I hope they at least restrain themselves and keep it on Tatooine.

 

[Inquisitor Peregrinus]

Hell, if they can fill two hours plus of Yojimbo and roughly two hours each of Clint's "spaghetti westerns" in a small area of a single planet, and given how much of Tatooine we've never seen -- even the area around Anchorhead...

--Jonah

 

[Wolfsburg]

Yeah that'd be fine with me!

 

[CessnaDriver]

This statue really captured my imagination... Wish I had picked it up.


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And I think a movie will happen. It seemed like Pinewood Studios WAS trying to put together an all vintage parts Obi saber...

Yeah I effed up too and didn't order in time. My buddy has one though so I can look at it. LOL

 

[Bryancd]

Some more trooper info.

 

[robn1]

Some more trooper info.

I find your lack of a link disturbing.

 

[Bryancd]

I find your lack of a link disturbing.

I swear to God getting old sucks..


http://makingstarwars.net/2016/03/r...ory-and-death-squads-laser-light-spectacular/

 

[Bryancd]

All right, so Stephen Stanton was doing some V.O. work the other day, he voices Tarkin for CW and Rebels, and today I see this picture of him on Twitter. If the rumors of a CG Tarkin in Rogue One are correct, I bet he voiced it.

 

[Bryancd]

Some cool speculation!

http://makingstarwars.net/2016/03/c...-snowspeeders-in-rogue-one-a-star-wars-story/

 

[Wolfsburg]

My guess is she merely saw something similar to T-47 snowspeeders or somesuch. I think the speeders in TESB were technically "one off", "field modded" speeders because they had to be adapted at Echo Base for the cold.

Great speculation regarding Stanton. His Tarkin VO work is spot on. I just hope the CG Tarkin looks good!

 

[Halliwax]

My guess is she merely saw something similar to T-47 snowspeeders or somesuch. I think the speeders in TESB were technically "one off", "field modded" speeders because they had to be adapted at Echo Base for the cold.

Great speculation regarding Stanton. His Tarkin VO work is spot on. I just hope the CG Tarkin looks good!

You and me both.. I hope to god it's better then Paul walker in FF7. God rest his soul....

 

[Bryancd]

My guess is she merely saw something similar to T-47 snowspeeders or somesuch. I think the speeders in TESB were technically "one off", "field modded" speeders because they had to be adapted at Echo Base for the cold.

See I always took that line to mean T-47's were a common form of attack speeder that simply needed some modifications to function in the cold as opposed to a complete change or overhaul.

 

[Wolfsburg]

Well, I guess that's what I was trying to say. The Hoth speeders were field-modified T-47s and not likely identical to whatever it was she saw. Of course, I guess the modifications don't necessarily have to be visually obvious...

 

[Sluis Van Shipyards]

Yeah I think the Rebels used them before, but they just said they were having trouble adapting them to the cold. That implies they use them elsewhere.

 

[Wolfsburg]

Yeah, I don't think it necessarily implies they used them before but there's nothing that directly contradicts it either. Certainly open to interpretation.

On a tangent but since we know space fighters such as X-wings can fly quite capably in an atmosphere (TFA certainly emphasizes this) I do wonder what purpose combat airspeeders really serve. Of course the real answer is obviously "it's just a movie", but my head-canon had always assumed there was some technical reason (greatly reduced atmospheric performance, etc) they didn't use X-wings (or any Y-wings present but not seen) against the AT-ATs on Hoth but TFA kinda dispels that notion.

 

[Bryancd]

Yeah, I don't think it necessarily implies they used them before but there's nothing that directly contradicts it either. Certainly open to interpretation.

On a tangent but since we know space fighters such as X-wings can fly quite capably in an atmosphere (TFA certainly emphasizes this) I do wonder what purpose combat airspeeders really serve. Of course the real answer is obviously "it's just a movie", but my head-canon had always assumed there was some technical reason (greatly reduced atmospheric performance, etc) they didn't use X-wings (or any Y-wings present but not seen) against the AT-ATs on Hoth but TFA kinda dispels that notion.

They do use X-Wings and Y-Wings in the Hoth Battlefront map, so it would seem LF has sort of spun that a bit to suggest they could have been used.

 

[stevechewbacca]

And the X-wings in TFA are not the same as in the OT. They're improved ones, just like the TIE fighters.

 

[Wolfsburg]

They do use X-Wings and Y-Wings in the Hoth Battlefront map, so it would seem LF has sort of spun that a bit to suggest they could have been used.

That's just creative license for the sake of gameplay though, I'm pretty sure. I guess it is plausible enough that the X-wings being newer models in TFA could be a potential explanation though. We technically do see X-wings and TIE fighters flying in an atmosphere in TESB (over Bespin) but Luke was just in transit and the TIE fighters didn't do anything too crazy, just tailing the Falcon and taking pot shots.

 

[Riceball]

My guess is that the T-47s are optimized for low level atmospheric flight and are relatively slow in order to provide CAS for ground troops, basically the Star Wars version of an A-10.