# What is everything said in other Star Wars movies about events now depicted in Rogue One? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 19, 2016, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-everything-said-in-other-star-wars-movies-about-events-now-depicted-in-rogue-one/775149 "2016-12-19T17:10:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2016, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-everything-said-in-other-star-wars-movies-about-events-now-depicted-in-rogue-one/775149/1 "2016-12-19T17:10:31Z")
What are all the references made in other Star Wars movies that one would want to check to be sure Rogue One is fully consistent with those other movies? ---
**Author:** ![Yodalicious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yodalicious/32/8195_2.png) [@Yodalicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yodalicious)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2016, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-everything-said-in-other-star-wars-movies-about-events-now-depicted-in-rogue-one/775149/2 "2016-12-19T20:26:40Z")
Pretty much just the opening crawl of Episode IV. “It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from a hidden base, have won their first victory against the evil Galactic Empire. During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans to the Empire’s ultimate weapon, the DEATH STAR, an armored space station with enough power to destroy an entire planet. Pursued by the Empire’s sinister agents, Princess Leia races home aboard her starship, custodian of the stolen plans that can save her people and restore freedom to the galaxy…” ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2016, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-everything-said-in-other-star-wars-movies-about-events-now-depicted-in-rogue-one/775149/3 "2016-12-19T21:27:31Z")
“What have you done with those plans!?” "An analysis of the plans provided by Princess Leia has demonstrated a weakness in the battle station…A precise hit will start a chain reaction which should destroy the station. " ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2016, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-everything-said-in-other-star-wars-movies-about-events-now-depicted-in-rogue-one/775149/4 "2016-12-19T21:52:36Z")
“You are part of the Rebel Alliance and a traitor!” ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2016, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-everything-said-in-other-star-wars-movies-about-events-now-depicted-in-rogue-one/775149/5 "2016-12-19T22:50:38Z")
> [@Frylock](#): > > What are all the references made in other Star Wars movies that one would want to check to be sure Rogue One is fully consistent with those other movies? I find your lack of faith disturbing. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2016, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-everything-said-in-other-star-wars-movies-about-events-now-depicted-in-rogue-one/775149/6 "2016-12-20T02:00:10Z")
They worked very hard to fit it into continuity. Including making sure no one would wonder why the characters didn’t show up again ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2016, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-everything-said-in-other-star-wars-movies-about-events-now-depicted-in-rogue-one/775149/7 "2016-12-20T08:53:10Z")
That’s no moon… it’s a space station.