# "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" trailer **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 7, 2016, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rogue-one-a-star-wars-story-trailer/751432 "2016-04-07T13:05:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rogue-one-a-star-wars-story-trailer/751432/21 "2016-04-07T15:03:16Z")
That looks _fucking_ amazing. I think I might be more stoked by that trailer than by any of the ones for _TFA_. Even that annoying whoo-whoo siren/Wookie with his dick stuck in the hangar door noise didn’t turn me off 🙂 Things I _especially_ liked: not a single lightsaber in evidence the scene of the superlaser dish being moved into place, with the shadow on the Death Star behind the Star Destroyer AT-ATs on the beach! The piano version of the theme at the beginning ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rogue-one-a-star-wars-story-trailer/751432/22 "2016-04-07T15:06:16Z")
FTR, IMDB does not list Mon Mothma / Genevieve O’Reilly in the credits. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rogue-one-a-star-wars-story-trailer/751432/23 "2016-04-07T15:22:16Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > FTR, IMDB does not list Mon Mothma / Genevieve O’Reilly in the credits. It does now - [Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3748528/?ref_=nv_sr_1). I wonder if it got updated because of the trailer? ---
**Author:** ![Cell\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@Cell\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cell_Guy)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rogue-one-a-star-wars-story-trailer/751432/24 "2016-04-07T15:30:51Z")
> [@Hypno-Toad](#): > > Will we finally see just how many Bothans die for this information? There was only one–Manny Bothans. He was a good man. The Rebellion took care of his family after the fall of the Empire. Oh, the trailer looks good. ---
**Author:** ![Gordon\_Urquhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/db5fbb/32.png) [@Gordon\_Urquhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gordon_Urquhart)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rogue-one-a-star-wars-story-trailer/751432/25 "2016-04-07T15:38:26Z")
> [@ISiddiqui](#): > > I’m excited about the premise of this one. The rebels trying to capture the plans for the Death Star is very unlike any of the other movies, which I was hoping these “non series” movies would attempt. Also will be interesting to see a SW movie without the Force playing a part. Yep – count me in for a smaller heist film set in the _Star Wars_ universe. I mean, a smaller heist film that includes a moon-sized weapon and gigantic AT-ATs on the beach using the resources available only to a behemoth like Disney, but still … I think there a lot of good stories to come out of skilled storytellers using characters and situations with which we are familiar while introducing new characters and situations. It’s much like _Ant-Man_ from Marvel (downstream from Disney, too) – no, the entire planet wasn’t in peril in that movie, but the smaller stakes didn’t make it any less fun. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rogue-one-a-star-wars-story-trailer/751432/26 "2016-04-07T15:48:11Z")
Really fun – looking forward to finding out who Forrest Whitaker and the sword-guy are. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rogue-one-a-star-wars-story-trailer/751432/27 "2016-04-07T15:49:20Z")
> [@Cell\_Guy](#): > > There was only one–Manny Bothans. He was a good man. The Rebellion took care of his family after the fall of the Empire. > > Oh, the trailer looks good. Manny Bothans is the second cousin of Ser Twenty Goodmen, the brave knight who helped Ramsay Bolton defeat Stannis Baratheon in Game of Thrones. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rogue-one-a-star-wars-story-trailer/751432/28 "2016-04-07T16:54:09Z")
> [@Cell\_Guy](#): > > There was only one–Manny Bothans. He was a good man. The Rebellion took care of his family after the fall of the Empire. I will never hear that line any other way from now on. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rogue-one-a-star-wars-story-trailer/751432/29 "2016-04-07T16:56:21Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > That was for the second Death Star. Bothans were not involved in the first. [Well, just start killing Bothans, then.](https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/08/25) ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rogue-one-a-star-wars-story-trailer/751432/30 "2016-04-07T17:08:13Z")
After watching the video I watched the “Force for Change” 2016 launch video [QUOTE=MH] Oh I’m sorry – I have dialog? I’m used to just staring intensely [/QUOTE] 😃 Brian ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rogue-one-a-star-wars-story-trailer/751432/31 "2016-04-07T17:13:59Z")
I wasn’t a fan of the most recent movie, but this one looks to have more promise (in my minority opinion) because it doesn’t seem to rely on dredging up characters from the original movies. I would have much preferred something that occurred within that universe, but was more insulated in terms of characters etc. Yeah, I could buy into this type of franchise in a way I haven’t been able to do with Marvel. Star Wars was just too big of a deal to me growing up and having kids than comics ever were. This also looks as those it could appeal to me as a “pretty interested, but not obsessive” fan. I’ve seen all the movies - enjoyed some of them greatly, but have not read any books or delved into history and lineages. Hope they make movies that appeal to both my type of fan and the wankers. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rogue-one-a-star-wars-story-trailer/751432/32 "2016-04-07T17:14:32Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > Manny Bothans is the second cousin of Ser Twenty Goodmen, the brave knight who helped Ramsay Bolton defeat Stannis Baratheon in Game of Thrones. And his Latino cousin, Manny Peeples… ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rogue-one-a-star-wars-story-trailer/751432/33 "2016-04-07T17:28:41Z")
> [@Gordon\_Urquhart](#): > > Yep – count me in for a smaller heist film set in the _Star Wars_ universe. > > I mean, a smaller heist film that includes a moon-sized weapon and gigantic AT-ATs on the beach using the resources available only to a behemoth like Disney, but still … I think there a lot of good stories to come out of skilled storytellers using characters and situations with which we are familiar while introducing new characters and situations. > > It’s much like _Ant-Man_ from Marvel (downstream from Disney, too) – no, the entire planet wasn’t in peril in that movie, but the smaller stakes didn’t make it any less fun. Exactly. It’s one of the worst trends in (especially fantasy/sci-fi/action) movies to believe that in order to create tension, each new threat has to eclipse the one before—which, especially in the case of some series, our heroes already barely overcame against impossible odds to save the planet, yadda yadda. But small (well, small-ish in this case) stakes can be dramatic, too—sometimes more so, since they are more relatable; few of us have experienced the whole galaxy in peril, after all. Thus, rather than throwing the whole universe into the balance, just make us care about what’s at stake; and if this movie achieves this, then I’m hopeful. In fact, one of my gripes with _The Force Awakens_ (which I liked, on the whole) was that the starkiller base destroying the—what? Eight or so?—New Republic planets carried precisely zero emotional impact because they were essentially completely anonymous and not relevant to the plot at all. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rogue-one-a-star-wars-story-trailer/751432/34 "2016-04-07T17:35:58Z")
“What are you rebelling against?” “Whadda you got?” ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rogue-one-a-star-wars-story-trailer/751432/35 "2016-04-07T20:28:23Z")
Totally looking forward to this. I wonder if this spin off line will continue with events that took place away from the main events happening in episodes 4-6? ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rogue-one-a-star-wars-story-trailer/751432/36 "2016-04-07T21:33:39Z")
I was happy to see some AT-AT walkers again! ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rogue-one-a-star-wars-story-trailer/751432/37 "2016-04-07T21:35:06Z")
Looks like the main character/hero is female? Good on Disney for having the guts to not only have a female main hero in their first new Star Wars film, but to have one in their first TWO Star Wars films. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rogue-one-a-star-wars-story-trailer/751432/38 "2016-04-07T21:40:43Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > Things I _especially_ liked: > not a single lightsaber in evidence When they teased a bit about the movie at last year’s SW convention, the Lucasfilm folks noted that this would be the first SW production (counting both the movies, and the TV cartoons) which would not feature the Jedi at all. I loved the trainer, and how much was done to make it look and feel like it’s contemporary with the original movie. Trying to keep from getting _too_ excited. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rogue-one-a-star-wars-story-trailer/751432/39 "2016-04-07T21:49:58Z")
> [@Hampshire](#): > > Looks like the main character/hero is female? Good on Disney for having the guts to not only have a female main hero in their first new Star Wars film, but to have one in their first TWO Star Wars films. But BAD BAD BAD because you still can’t find an action figure (other than the really tiny ones) of ANY of their female characters. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rogue-one-a-star-wars-story-trailer/751432/40 "2016-04-07T22:21:42Z")
Perhaps no Jedi in this film, but I would love to catch a glimpse of Vader and a bit of dialog when the Rebels are on the Death Star. Looks better than I thought it might. I think I got a tingle, even. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rogue-one-a-star-wars-story-trailer/751432.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rogue-one-a-star-wars-story-trailer/751432.md?page=3)