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Galvatron wrote:The Tarkin novel mentioned an unidentified Director of the ISB. That's who this guy should be based on his uniform.

Elheru Aran wrote:Regarding the T-70s: IIRC we see a T-65 in the trailer, so perhaps that's just concept art.

RogueIce wrote:The U-wing looks stupid. They took a Y-wing cockpit, bolted on what look like the X-wing engines, and gave it two giant forward fins for no discernible reason?

Seriously what was even the point of making this thing?

eMeM wrote:

RogueIce wrote:The U-wing looks stupid. They took a Y-wing cockpit, bolted on what look like the X-wing engines, and gave it two giant forward fins for no discernible reason?

Seriously what was even the point of making this thing?

It's a small troop transport, not a fighter.

MAY 31, 2016 4:47pm PT by Borys Kit
Disney Orders Reshoots for 'Star Wars' Stand-Alone 'Rogue One' This Summer

Executives felt it was tonally off with what a “classic” 'Star Wars' movie should feel like.

Star Wars stand-alone movie Rogue One: A Star Wars Story will undergo several weeks’ worth of additional shooting, sources have confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter.

Much of the cast and director Gareth Edwards will regroup in mid-June for another round of shooting. The move is happening after execs screened the film and felt it was tonally off with what a “classic” Star Wars movie should feel like. The pic has not yet been tested before audiences, but one source describes the cut as having the feel of a war movie.

The goal of the reshoots will be to lighten the mood, bring some levity into the story and restore a sense of fun to the adventure.

Rogue One focuses on the fabled mission hinted at in Star Wars: Episode IV — A New Hope, that of a group of rebels stealing the plans to the Death Star. The plans later end up in the hands of Princess Leia, who transfers them to R2-D2.

“This is the closest thing to a prequel ever,” a source tells THR. “This takes place just before A New Hope and leads up to the 10 minutes before that classic film begins. You have to match the tone!”

And while it’s not confirmed, some suggest that the new shooting could pave the way for an appearance of Han Solo as played by Alden Ehrenreich. The actor only recently nabbed the role of the spice smuggler and was not involved in Rogue One’s principal photography, which ran from last August to February.

Disney re-introduced audiences to Star Wars with Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which garnered excellent reviews and grossed over $2 billion worldwide, becoming the third-highest-grossing movie of all time. Sources say that while Edwards’ first cut was a solid showing, it didn’t measure up to the bar set in terms of four-quadrant appeal.

“Anything less than extraordinary won’t do,” says a studio insider.

Reshoots or additional shooting are practically a given in this decade of tentpole comic book, fantasy and sci-fi moviemaking. The films are massive productions, filled with so much green-screen and fit together in a way that, more often than not, demands for shooting to fill in holes or clarify plots. Even acting deals have the shoots in mind when contracts call for “run of show” appearances, which include not just shooting anytime during production but even during postproduction, say several agency sources.

The New York Post first reported about the Star Wars reshoots.

The pic has not yet been tested before audiences, but one source describes the cut as having the feel of a war movie.

Rogue 9 wrote:The article I saw first speculated that it may be to tone down Vader's scenes since they were previously described as very dark.

The action sequences filmed are unknown, but there was work pitching the different ways Darth Vader could kill rebels on a battlefield with the Force and his lightsaber. The storyboard “pitches” showed decapitated rebels, people being dismembered by Vader throwing his sword, levitating bodies to make human shields, and so on. The art was more violent than what we’ve seen Darth Vader do on screen before.

U.P. Cinnabar wrote:"...it has the feel of a war movie."

About a movie that's set during...a..fucking...WAR!

I know Disney's had its moments of dumb since Walt died, but goddamn, people!

Borgholio wrote: I think they meant "War Movie" as in something like Saving Private Ryan...where it's bloody, painful, gritty, and has a totally different feel than the battles of Geonosis or Hoth had. There IS such a thing as being too dark.

Khaat wrote:Sounds as though "war" was captured pretty well, but Disney wants to deliver the lighter "comic-book war" feel. I can't say I blame them: the property has massive kid (and toy) appeal, so they can't make it PG13 (or even NC17) and keep that market.

Though I do want a more mature Star Wars than ewoks, gungans, and BB8 "for cuteness' sake."

U.P. Cinnabar wrote:As opposed to the battle of Hue from FMJ. Because that doesn't have a totally different feel at all:

U.P. Cinnabar wrote:The Marvel comics "comic-book war" feel or the Dark Horse comics "comic-book war" feel?

Khaat wrote: Anakin on Mustafar was pretty graphic, though.

Khaat wrote:Comic book violence never meant it didn't happen, but the Comics Code kept the graphic display down: "cover it with action lines!" "throw it into silhouette!" "more onomatopoeia!" We don't get Leprechaun-style aftermath/gore in comic-book violence (routinely.)

I'm certainly willing to concede there are comic book titles that defy the stereotype.

applejack wrote:

Rogue 9 wrote:The article I saw first speculated that it may be to tone down Vader's scenes since they were previously described as very dark.

Do you happen to have a link to that article? I can't seem to find anything offhand about Vader's scenes being edited or re-shot. The only thing I came across is speculation from Makingstarwars.com four months ago that apparently a ridiculously brutal battle involving Vader was proposed via storyboards:

The action sequences filmed are unknown, but there was work pitching the different ways Darth Vader could kill rebels on a battlefield with the Force and his lightsaber. The storyboard “pitches” showed decapitated rebels, people being dismembered by Vader throwing his sword, levitating bodies to make human shields, and so on. The art was more violent than what we’ve seen Darth Vader do on screen before.

But I haven't seen anything as to whether those scenes were actually shot or are being redone if they were.