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  • ‘Rogue One’ Trailer Gets the ‘Sabotage’ Treatment in Beastie Boys Remix

    rogue one, a star wars story, jyn erso, felicity jones“Star Trek” fans were a bit confused last fall when the first trailer for “Star Trek Beyond” dropped, and the clip presented a mishmash of comedic scenes soundtracked by the Beastie Boys tune “Sabotage.” It’s a great song, sure, but it didn’t really seem to fit the tone of the flick (nor did all the comedy), and fans were a bit annoyed. But a new mashup trailer for a different sci-fi franchise featuring the track proves that there’s a time and a place for “Sabotage,” and if deployed correctly, the results can be pretty fantastic.

    That was no doubt the intent of YouTuber Matthew Longua, who posted his own version of the “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” trailer (which cuts together scenes from both the first teaser and the most recent, full-length trailer) with the Beastie Boys tune subbed in for the classic “Star Wars” score. And it turns out that watching Felicity Jones’s Jyn Erso run, fight, and fire weapons to the strains of the Beasties is indeed awesome.

    What makes the song choice especially fitting is that the essence of “Sabotage” lines up so perfectly with the main plot of “Rogue One”: The flick centers around a team of Rebels (led by Jyn) tasked with infiltrating Imperial forces in order to steal plans to the nascent Death Star. (Those plans are then later used successfully by Luke Skywalker and co. in “Episode IV: A New Hope.”)

    Well-played, internet. Our fingers are crossed that the tune somehow finds its way into the real “Rogue One.” Perhaps over the end credits?

    Photo credit: Disney

  • 7 Burning Questions We Have After Watching the New ‘Rogue One’ Trailer

    7 Burning Questions We Have After Watching the New ‘Rogue One’ Trailer

  • ‘Rogue One’ Director Gareth Edwards Not Supervising Edit: Report

    Star Wars Celebration 2016More drama is plaguing “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” according to the Hollywood Reporter.

    A couple of months ago, there was a bit of a kerfuffle after reports that “Rogue One” needed reshoots because the movie felt “tonally off.” Disney and Lucasfilm tried to calm the waters by insisting that reshoots on a big movie like this are totally normal (which they are).

    But now comes word that writer Tony Gilroy has been “empowered to take the lead on postproduction” and is “supervising” the edit with input from director Gareth Edwards.

    Gilroy is an uncredited writer on “Rogue One” and was reportedly the “driving force” behind the reshoots. He is an accomplished director (“Bourne Legacy”) who also worked with Edwards on the edit for “Godzilla.”

    “There are not two separate editing rooms; they are all in there with their ideas,” a source told THR. “Tony’s a strong force, but they’re all working together.”

    Edwards remains the face of the project, giving interviews and appearing at the recent Star Wars Celebration Europe.

    Likely, none of this will ultimately matter to fans, who are highly anticipated the first “Star Wars” standalone movie. It polled as 2016’s most anticipated movie, over “Finding Dory.”

    “Rogue One” opens in theaters December 16.

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  • Hope Begins With Rebellion in First ‘Rogue One’ TV Spot

    Rogue OneThis is a rebellion, and so Jyn Erso rebels.

    The first TV spot for “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” is out, and it’s heavy on that rebel action. Unfortunately, there isn’t any new footage — it’s all recycled from the first teaser — but the promo does unveil the tagline “Hope begins with a rebellion.”
    Much like the first teaser and the behind-the-scenes clip, the TV spot features a lot of action and focuses on Felicity Jones’ thief Jyn Erso. She heads the motley crew of rebels tasked with stealing the plans for the Death Star.

    It’s a bit disappointing not to see any of the new footage from the second trailer reportedly shown at “Star Wars” Celebration Europe. But we’ll just have to be patient and wait for Disney and Lucasfilm to release it on their own time.

    “Rogue One” opens in theaters December 16.

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  • James Earl Jones Returning to Voice Darth Vader in ‘Rogue One’

    "The Gin Game" Broadway Opening Night - After PartyA bunch of intel about “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” has been revealed this week, and the details just keep on coming: Entertainment Weekly reports that the original voice of Darth Vader, James Earl Jones, will reprise his role for the spinoff flick.

    EW spoke with director Gareth Edwards and producer and Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy about the character’s reappearance on the big screen, and they teased that the character is just as imposing as ever, if a bit more of an enigma at this point in the “Star Wars” chronology (about 19 years after the events of “Episode III: Revenge of the Sith,” to be exact).

    “He will be in the movie sparingly,” Kennedy told the magazine. “But at a key, strategic moment, he’s going to loom large.”

    Much of Vader’s presence in the flick will be peripheral, according to filmmakers, who tell EW that Vader is more of a whispered-about legend than a known entity at this point. (And that’s just the Empire — members of the Rebellion “are barely familiar with” him, according to the magazine.)

    “Within the Empire, there is the culture of knowing of the existence of Darth Vader,” Edwards explained to EW. “There’s definitely an underlying feeling that there is a power – a dark power – available to the Empire and that if you overstep your mark, you will suffer the consequences.”

    Vader is set to butt heads in a major way with “Rogue One”‘s main antagonist, Director Orson Krennic (Ben Mendelsohn), especially since Vader has proven he’s beholden to no one’s authority, outside of the Emperor himself. We can’t wait to see the notorious villain (and hear Jones’s performance) back in action.

    “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” is due in theaters on December 16.

    [via: Entertainment Weekly]

    Photo credit: Getty Images

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  • New ‘Rogue One’ Details: Darth Vader Confirmed, More on Jyn’s Father

    He’s baaaaack! “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” covers the new issue of Entertainment Weekly, and one of the new details about the standalone movie is confirmation that Darth Vader will indeed be featured. That was hoped/expected, since “Rogue One” is set just before the events of the first movie released in the franchise, “Episode IV: A New Hope,” and tells of how the Rebels stole the plans for the Death Star.

    The new issue is out this Friday, and it will include details on Darth Vader’s return, including, as EW teased, “a run-down of the Sith lord’s first day on set, and what his return means for the larger Star Wars storytelling universe.”

    EW also shared details on ‘s character, and his relation to ‘s lead character, Jyn Erso, “the outlaw who has clashed with both the Rebellion and the Empire, and now has a chance to clear her ledger of past wrongs by leading a mission for the good guys. It’s also personal – her father, played by Mads Mikkelsen, is a scientist whose knowledge is sought by both sides.”

    They also teased details on “the squad of characters uniting to take on the Empire, played by the most multicultural cast to appear in a Star Wars film yet: Diego Luna, Jiang Wen, Donnie Yen, Riz Ahmed, Forest Whitaker, and Alan Tudyk – as a performance-capture droid. (One of these has been seen before by Star Wars fans.)” (On a different note, no one seems to care much about these things, for some reason, but if they’re going to promote the addition of “multicultural” cast members, it should be noted that they’re all male. One white British actress in the lead, flanked by a bunch of diverse dudes.)

    Expect a ton of new details to come out this week, even before the magazine drops, including character breakdowns and possibly more information on the reshoots. And you have to imagine this means the next “Rogue One” trailer will feature Darth Vader, right? Just a little tease? And who will play him this time?

    “Rogue One” will be released in theaters December 16, 2016.

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