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Top 10 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Facts


let the rebellion begin this is a
rebellion isn’t it
IRA Belle welcome to watchmojo.com and
still be counting down our picks for the
top ten Row one a Star Wars story facts
for this list we’ll be looking at
interesting trivia surrounding the
upcoming Star Wars movie take hold of
this moment the force is strong make 10
men feel like a hundred number 10 time
line the next our plans are not in the
main computer where are those
translations descendant what have you
done with those plans rogue one depicts
a crucial chapter in the Star Wars saga
following a ragtag group of rebels on a
mission to steal the plans for a
little-known weapon called the Death
Star
the first stand-alone entry in the Star
Wars anthology series rogue one takes
place right before the first film in the
original trilogy a new hope where you
want to start correct what’s this on the
timeline of galactic history the film
takes place five years after the Star
Wars rebel television series and sets
the stage for Luke Skywalker’s iconic
journey
number nine no opening crawl
ever since the 1977 classic hit theaters
star wars movies have always opened with
a classic wall of text we begin with a
blue line that reads a long time ago in
a galaxy far far away and then food did
if it did the Star Wars logo appears
followed by an opening crawl that gets
the exposition right out of the way
since Row 1 isn’t a traditional Star
Wars Episode though it will likely shake
things up there have been some debate on
whether an opening crawl should
accompany the anthology series actually
in July 2016
Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy
stated I don’t think these standalone
films will have an opening crawl if this
is the case how will wrote one open we
can’t wait to find out the world is
coming undone Imperial flags rain across
the galaxy number eight
Alan Tariq as a droid the captain says
you are a friend I will not kill you
Thanks droids are an important part of
every Star Wars film and Row 1 will
introduce a new droid named k2so4 the
Galactic Empire this enforcer droid is
reprogrammed by the rebels to help steal
the Death Star plans brought to life
through motion capture technology k2s o
is portrayed by the always entertaining
alan tudyk of firefly fame is evil
laughs not bad oh no God Wow oh dear God
in heaven this character actor is no
stranger to motion capture having played
sunny in AI robot I did not murder him
well I don’t want my toaster I’m a
vacuum cleaner appearing emotional I did
not murder him
even when there’s a 97.6 chance of
failure you can always count on Tariq to
deliver there was a ninety seven point
six percent chance of failure it means
well number seven new technology weapons
and ships I fear nothing
all is as the Force Wilson if you’re a
collector of Star Wars merchandise
you’ll be happy to know that rogue one
features a slew of shiny new toys
despite taking place around the same
time as existing movies rogue one is
full of all kinds of new technology we
see some redesigns of a couple of
classic Imperial vehicles including new
walkers and Tie Fighters meanwhile the
rebels will get plenty of new toys as
well which they’ll definitely need to
take on the new type of stormtrooper the
death troopers
number six Gareth Edwards third
theatrical film fresh is so high we’re
making a film that’s right touching my
favorite movie of all time but then if
you’re too respectful of it that you
didn’t do anything new or different take
a risk then what are you bringing to the
table director Gareth Edwards has put
together an impressive resume over the
years after working as a visual effects
artist for some time he won the 2008
sci-fi London 48 hour film challenge
with his short factory-farmed
this paved the way for Edwards to write
and direct his first feature monsters
which he also did the special effects
for following that indie success Edwards
directed another monster movie on a much
larger scale Godzilla was an enormous
box-office hit proving that Edwards
could tackle a Hollywood blockbuster I
guess when monster hunt is now shortly
after it was announced that his third
film would be rogue one it’s no surprise
that Edwards is a longtime Star Wars fan
citing George Lucas as one of his
greatest influences about kids when you
were four years old grew up with Star
Wars figures it’s a bit like just being
that kid again so go layer number five
shortlist for the leading role can you
be trusted without your shackles let’s
just get this over with shall we
we’ve a mission for you road 1 centers
around jyn erso a young one who looks
about ready to take on the whole empire
herself in order to cast the movie’s
leading lady the filmmakers turned to
some of our most promising actresses
initially Emmy winner Tatiana maslany of
orphan black was thought to be the
front-runner the studio also
screen-tested two-time Oscar nominee
Rooney Mara and her sister kate mara who
is best known for Emmy nominated
performance in house of cards and that
little red dot goes on tell me what you
hear
hey many ways and those millions of
people what are they hear my voice while
we’re sure that the force would have
been strong with any of these actresses
the role ultimately went to Felicity
Jones who received an Academy Award
nomination for her mesmerizing work in
the theory of everything in the
beginning was the heaven
in the earth and the earth was without
form number four costumes from the
original trilogy it’s like the fantasy
you always have the kids everywhere is
an amazing show an amazing character
although rogue one will have its fair
share of new costumes keep your eyes
open for a few blasts from the past
according to costume designer David
Crossman some of the original costumes
from a new hope The Empire Strikes Back
and Return of the Jedi were used in the
latest Star Wars picture as if that’s
not nostalgic enough rogue one was also
filmed at Elstree Studios the same place
where the original Star Wars trilogy was
shot it’s clear that road 1 is aiming
for a retro vibe which seems appropriate
for the time period
number three James Earl Jones returns as
Darth Vader
this is good news everyone a certain
actor is returning as our favorite Sith
Lord and it’s not Hayden Christensen
sorry Hayden in 2016 it was confirmed
that James Earl Jones would reprise the
voice of Darth Vader don’t be too proud
of this technological terror you’ve
constructed the ability to destroy a
planet is insignificant next to the
power of the force meanwhile several
larger-than-life performers will dawn
the iconic Darth Vader costume even
before this announcement was made many
fans speculated that Luke’s estranged
father would be back as a villain while
the previews have only offered glimpses
evader the back of his helmet is more
than enough to give anyone goosebumps
number two no John Williams
John Williams composed all seven of the
previous live-action Star Wars films but
he’ll be missing in action for this
adventure the great Alexandre Desplat
was originally set to compose the music
for rogue what
after the film’s post-production
schedule got shuffled around though the
plan had to drop out with just three
months until the film’s release the
studio hired Michael chiquinho as dis
plant’s replacement chiquinho previously
worked on the music for JJ Abrams Star
Trek reboot
and won an Oscar for composing the
original score in up
before we get to our topic here a few
wonderful mentions on your own from the
age of 15 reckless aggressive and
undisciplined
this is a rebellion isn’t it IRA Bell so
tell us it you pitched the idea for
rogue one initially what made you come
up with that idea well it comes from the
opening two paragraphs of the crawl in
Episode four my wife and I will take the
girl we’ve always talked of adopting a
baby girl she will be loved with us
number one controversial reshoots this
is really where a film crew like this
really comes into their and rumors have
been muttered that Disney wasn’t exactly
blown away after seeing Gareth Edwards
original version of rogue one this past
summer
thus the film was sent back for a few
weeks of expensive reshoots to helm
these lengthy reshoots the studio
enlisted writer director Tony Gilroy who
previously worked on the Jason Bourne
franchise and did rewrites for Edwards
Godzilla reboot another friend we need
your help this has sparked some concern
among Star Wars fans as reshoots have
been known to backfire in the past just
look at what happened with 2016 Suicide
Squad huh then again a lot of
multi-million dollar blockbusters have
gone through revisions and sometimes
it’s for the best
will this be the case with rogue one
we’ll have to wait and see on December
16th we have hope rebellions are built
on hope
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