Rogue Jyn Time Again

You know it’s the only thing.

Be warned. This page will be full of discussion and spoilers for “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.” Don’t read any further if you don’t want to know any details about the film.

Pointless question one: Is it a sequel or a prequel?

26 thoughts on “Rogue Jyn Time Again

  1. Now that I’ve seen it, I’m glad I resisted all but the first trailer.
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    In the direct afterglow of the theater, I’d rate Rogue One on par with the original trilogy.

    We did see it in IMAX 3D. Cool, but only worth it for the no-hassle, no-line reserved seating. Not necessary. I’d like to catch it again in a standard format theater.

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    The only thing that truly honestly bugged me was the evil-white-hair-guy’s meeting with Vader. In that scene, Vader was almost a caricature. He almost seemed to be in a good mood, like he was playfully toying with Imperial Bureaucrat Guy. Maybe that’s how Vader is played in Rebels (?), but to me, classic Vader is all about quiet power and intimidation. The only emotion he spared for his imperial underlings was intimidation.
    (Also, sure he’s the Emperor’s Sith apprentice, but he’s still subordinate to Tarkin. That’s certainly not how white-hair treated him.)

  3. Point of consideration: I’ve always felt that the entire series is best viewed in release order, but this movie might shake that up a bit.

    Some would say the proper place to view it would be right before Episode IV – – for obvious reasons – – but I dunno. The original is pretty slow-paced, by today’s standards. It might feel a little sluggish after the ADD-fest of Rogue One.

    I might recommend slotting this one in directly after Return of the Jedi, then going to Episode VII. Either way would work, I guess.

  4. Finally made it to see Rouge One today
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    Wow! I’ve been listening to the story on Audible and made it just to the point of the Rouge One shuttle getting through the planetary shield. The book adds greatly to the story on screen. Much more depth and thoughts of characters and other interstitial bits that don’t make it to the screen. The Prequel novel Catalyst also provides a lot of excellent backstory behind the relationship between Galen Erso and Orsin Kreneck and the efforts that went into developing the Death Star.

    So, as for the movie itself – what a ride. I really appreciated all the bits of callbacks to the original as well as the Easter eggs from Rebels.

    And, I’m going full on heretical here – after seeing this cast and the action of Rogue One, I think it’s time to give serious consideration to remaking the original trilogy. There, I’ve said it.

  5. Oh, and I must confess, I was disappointed with the music. I had tried listening to the score earlier this week and found it….utterly unthematic. While I could appreciate not wanting to just paste John Williams all over it and trying to give it its own musical language…there simply was no musical language to this movie.

    Michael Giacchino is capable of far better – his score for The Incredibles is a fantastic theme. This felt like random samples pulled from different things – like a temporary score that never got replaced with the real music.

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