It's funny how this movie recontextualizes the beginning of A New Hope. It explains how exasperated Vader is when he boards Leia's ship. "A diplomatic mission? Your men were shooting at me above Scarif five minutes ago!"
Fun fact: director Gareth Edwards came up with the name for Scarif after going to a Starbucks during pre-production. When the Barista asked what his name was, he lazily answered "S'Gareth". The barista misheard him however, and wrote "Scarif" on his cup instead.
@@ggCA07 [Edited for grammar and clarity] I see where you both are coming from. On the one hand, the story of the Jedi and Sith, and the Skywalkers, and the Rebellion Is the heart of why we love Star Wars. In a way, it Is Star Wars. But... On the other hand, we've only had hints of The War aspect of Star Wars; the leaders of The Rebellion speaking in past tense about those who died to help free the galaxy and gave everything to stop The Empire and restore freedom to the worlds and beings suffering under Vader and the Emperor's rule. Through Rogue One, we can see a small part of the great cost The Rebels always talk about, making it real instead of a distant occurrence we have no connection to. We connect to it now. Best of all, there's no reason to argue about it because one gives us the connection and the other gives us the context. We're well covered and it all serves/supports The Story. And there is So much more to explore and experience. That's the best part
The thing I most love about this movie is that, too often when talking history, we always hear about the Luke Skywalkers, Princess Leia's, Darth Vaders, Emperor's, etc. But their storied actions in Star Wars, and in reality are made possible by the sacrifice of the "little people". Rogue One sacrificed everything so Leia and Luke even had a chance. Star Wars too often overlooks or brushes over the real sacrifice of the people history forgets. Virtues don't belong exclusively to the epic hero.
In episode 4, the rebel leaders mentioned how many died trying to obtain those plans. But until this film, that line never really meant that much in the overall plot. This brought the desperate struggle of the rebel alliance into focus.
Why do people keep making the mistake of using line from Return of the Jedi? All that is mentioned in A new Hope. "Several transmissions were beamed to this ship by rebel spies. I want to know what happened to the plans they sent you?"-Vader
I've seen every Star Wars movie in the theater since the first one, and Rogue One is my favorite. And to think, they cut and re-shot a lot of this because the studio felt it was "too dark." The visuals, the storytelling...it's just a fantastic film.
It was an amazing movie, glad I gave it a chance and went IMAX 3D with it because it paid off especially during the space battle scene which had a lot of depth.
Yes, Red and Gold Leader were in A New Hope. They used some unused takes from that film to insert them into this film. The actor who played Red Leader died before this movie was made, but the actor who played Gold Leader did record some new lines of dialogue for the film. Basically, any time you hear Gold Leader speak off-screen ("Hit that opening!") it's new dialogue.
The coolest part about this is just how real all the acting in the battle scenes. All of the actors went through a sort of boot camp, and extreme attention to detail was paid to tactics and the like as well. It's such a beatiful film in so many ways, wish the rest of the disney era could be this good
Whenever I finish watching this, I always have to watch the first few minutes of 'Star Wars' with the Tantive trying to outrun the Destroyer, just for closure, lol. That was a fun watch with the two of you. Stay healthy!
I remember when I saw this in cinema and Carrie Fisher had just passed away and seeing Leia on screen in CGI just broke me I wept for a good while. Such a good movie one of my absolute favourites from the whole franchise.
Supposedly "Andor" is going to have two seasons but K2S0 will appear in the second one. The first season is about how Cassian joins the Rebellion as the Rebel Alliance stops being a bunch of independent cells and they start becoming a single organization, and the second season will be about his life as a Rebel operative leading to the events of "Rogue One," which would include how he captured and reprogrammed K2S0.
@@andymiller6661 You seem to have a real issue with Vader, who was in this film for 5 minutes. Let me ask you, when was Vader ever competent? His entire history on the screen is one of failure. He will continuously screw up and allow the rebels to narrowly outwit him and escape for several more years until his eventual death. His unsuitability for the job leads to the very downfall of the Empire.
@@andymiller6661 He’s a great villain. He’s a murderous black suited boogeyman. The more we learn about him over the years, however, the worse he gets. You said he was incompetent here. He only arrived on the scene as the rebels were leaving and he does catch Leia shortly after this and delivers her to Tarkin. At this stage, he was explicitly following the orders of Tarkin. Even the Millennium Falcon escaping was Tarkin’s idea. Vader’s first real failure was his piss poor shooting at Red 5, which resulted in the destruction of the Death Star and, for some reason, a massive promotion for Vader. After being given his own fleet, all mistakes were on him regardless of how many officers he choked to death. The basic point I am making here is that he is more competent here than he is in The Empire Strikes Back, where he kicks a lot of ass but walks away empty-handed.
@@sdfried4877 Haven't seen him do anything to make him a great villain. When in Rogue One did Tarkin give him orders to let them escape? Wasn't the falcon escaping Vader's idea?
@@andymiller6661 because in original trilogy they hinted how scary he is but never really showed it, even on episode 3 and even when butchering the children apprentices it was iff screen but here they showed us how lethal Vader was in his prime (and i do mean as Vader, not as Anakin) and why people feared him.
So many of the main characters died in R1 was because they weren’t mentioned in A New Hope. Or else they would have to make additions to it … again. But the other thing was each main character had a job to do and didn’t die until they completed their job. Even the crew of the Hammerhead pushed the Destroyer thru the shield before they were destroyed.
@@andymiller6661 actually quite competent. The only one who keeps repeating everywhere "incompetent" is you. And compared to ANY other imperial (except maybe the emperor)he was the most competent at his time. Do you think anyone else (except Palpatine) could have done better in that hallway? Give us a name otherwise...
@@galadballcrusher8182 Just because I'm the only one saying it in itself doesn't mean that I'm wrong. If Vader is some super badass, all powerful, will bring balance to the Force Sith Lord, then it would have been nothing for him to use the Force to knock everyone in the hall to the wall or floor, then get the plans and leave. But alas, he did an elaborate entrance and took his sweet ole time. So if the Empire's most competent person is that, then it's no wonder they lost.
@@andymiller6661 still way more competent than the ones he was facing, he went solo through circa 20 people as if they were nothing, is just by time he done with that, the Corellian corvette had gotten away. So you may want to call it incompetence (feel free, not my problem i can not fix ur problem, time may manage it as you mature, no idea but to me you sound like an instant gratification gen z kiddy who thinks if you make best effort and show competence then results should reflect it, but there are a lot if factors beyond your performance out there and the older one gets the more one realises it), still everyone else understands that sometimes life and circumstances aren't in your favour (the force works in mysterious ways).
@@galadballcrusher8182 What was his objective: killing rebels or getting the plans? What was their objective? I'm not gen Z, but my generation has nothing to do with his incompetence.
the black sands and such, also heavily used for Death Stranding, is Iceland. This scene specifically the southern black sands (volcanic and glacial-runoff/rivers territory). I think the mountain they use (background of the homestead and the hideout mini-bunker (cool concept) location) is Hjörleifshöfði (said to be haunted, it's the only mountain in a relatively wide flat sandy (green and black) area on the southern coast).
there was a team here filming and such for death stranding to use it to generate not-Iceland but a sorta "young-ish earth" looking wilderness terrain. So there's no IRL location IN that game, per se (afaik) but it was used to generate this sort of terrain (volcanic "still growing" sorta theme).
Forest Whitaker is so good at being this bedraggled old cyborg that I have to watch "Arrival" again after this movie to remind myself that he wasn't at death's door in 2016.
13:39 About your kid, there are socks that can monitor a baby's vitals with real-time data you can see and hear on your phone. Hope that helps and best to your family. Also thanks for the reaction to R1! My favorite SW movie of the Disney era
One of the things Disney has actually done right since purchasing Lucasfilm. This movie makes reading the opening scroll in Episode 4 have much more feeling. Mon-Mothra was a Republic/Imperial Senator, that was a leader in the Rebellion.
Loved your reactions, and appreciate the realism of you having to be parents while still doing this production. I have always thought that the scene were Director Kredic is looking up from the floor seeing the death star in orbit as a scene taking from Star Trek ll when Khan set s the genesis device to self destruct
The tank is actually a very real (and very thinly disguised) vehicle. It's an ex-British army Alvis Stormer armoured fighting vehicle flat bed variant, normally used for carrying the 'Shielder' minefield laying system.
@@SuperStreetWarrior not really, the droid army had tracked units. NR-N99 Persuader tank droids were seen a lot at the Battle of Kashyyyk in Revenge of the Sith, they were certainly tracked too.
Carrie Fisher passed away shortly after this film opened in theaters. I saw it in theater two weeks after she passed away. I had a crush on her from the age of 4 1/2 when I saw the original Star Wars in theater in 1977. When Leia turned around and said, "hope", I wept.
@@Theomite I held it til I saw her face. I knew it was a different actress, but seeing HER face on this young actress tore me up. I have seen the behind-the-scenes for this, and they picked a great actress for the stand-in. She had similar enough facial bone structure that the computerized face fit like a glove. People who complained about her CGI are just too critical. Just celebrate the fact they brought her in, tying the beginning of Episode IV nicely too the end of Rogue One.
I'm so glad you guys are watching Andor afterward. Rogue One is the last movie I saw with my mother, when she was still alive. She loved it. Hold a special place in my heart for this reason.
I wouldn’t be surprised the opening scene was filmed around Vik in South East Iceland. It’s know for the black volcanic sandy beaches and I will say miserable rainy weather. It’s beautiful, but really wet.
Gold Leader and Red Leader were taken from the original Star Wars film. It was an homage to them. But then there was... that one Red Five... and now you know why "Red Five" was available for Luke when he joined Rogue Squadron.
this is by far the grittiest star wars movie but also one of the best. multiple scenes made me cry in this film, even including the last scene with vader in the hallway, as darth vader is my favourite cinema character of all time and finally seeing him look absolutely terrifying and menacing sent me into an emotional rollercoaster. this movie might be one of if not the best theatre experience i ever had.
This was a good movie. Loved how they tied it into the original trilogy. They had originally had everyone survive at the end cause they thought Disney wouldn’t like them killing so many of the main characters at the end. They were told they needed to have a different ending to tie into the original trilogy like they made it clear that the pilot Red Five died leaving the spot open for Luke to take. Also sending all of Blue Squadron down to Scarif and not make it out to explain why there wasn’t a Blue Squadron in the Original Trilogy (they couldn’t use the color blue a lot back then due to the use of blue screen technology. Check out R2 when he’s in the X-Wing and his blue parts look black so to not interfere with the blue screen special effects). A funny part to watch is when K2 slaps Cassian on Jedha. If you watch Cassian closely he’s trying not to laugh cause that part was improvised.
@@bidwell13 It's fact. Oh snap. You challenged me to make a better movie! Whatever will I do? That bold challenge erases any right I have to say that a movie is bad, no matter how true it is.
Armchair quarterbacks are always so entertaining. They believe their opinions are always the truth and aren’t happy unless their version is the only version around.
Blows my mind anytime people try to claim Tarkin looks bad. It's absolutely perfect. And it's not 100% CGI. It was a dude named Guy Henry and then CGI'ed his face.
Alan Tudyk, who played Hogan Washburn, aka Wash, in Firefly/Serenity, was K-2SO. Fun trivia, when K2 smacked Andor in front of the stormtroopers, Alan accidentally struck the guy really hard. His apology was real, and Diego (Andor) was holding his hand in front of his face because he was laughing and trying to hide it. Rewatch that moment and you'll see his grin behind his hand. 😁😂
Of course it looks like the Original Trilogy, it ends literally a couple of hours before the beginning of A New Hope. They worked hard to add in bits from Red and Gold Squadron's attack on the Death Star in Ep. 4 to this to make it REALLY authentic. Sadly, all of Blue Squadron was shot down on Scarif, hence why they're not in Ep. 4 :( The red haired lady on Yavin is Mon Mothma, a Senator and the civilian leader of the Rebel Alliance. She wasn't in Ep. 4, but she was in Return of the Jedi. Chirrut Imwe is played by Donnie Yen, a martial arts master in a lot of wuxia films
Great reactions to Rogue One, Canadian Kids!!!🎬👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽Chicken soup broth is very good for a cold. There are at least 2 seasons of Andor, so they could bring back characters that were in this film. 91 year old james Earl Jones has signed over his voice rights to Disney so that Darth Vader will live on.
Grand Moff Tarkin is Peter Cushing. Fun fact. In the original movie, A New Hope, he requested in his contract to wear his slippers. He is never shown from the ankles down.
I just don't understand how a lot of people don't understand why a lot don't like the sequels. When you watch Rogue One. This, THIS is exactly what a lot of people mean, when you make a Star Wars movie, you compliment the original trilogy by making it looking even better by adding a story like this. Their sacrifice and their story that leads to that trilogy. Not a sequel that throws around a lightsaber, saying "use the force" just like that (I know it was a joke and I honestly giggled but still) and even having someone master the lightsaber and the force for a very short time. I've lost count at how many times I've seen this movie and I always enjoy it. everytime.
The opening scene on the black beach was filmed somewhere in Iceland. Remember Yavin? We were taken there way back in the first movie. It was the location of the rebel base in that jungle setting. Rather than Jin's father, he (Saw Guerrera) was the one who rescued her from the hiding pit, and subsequently raised her. Did you notice at around 10:45 that the commander of the original Death Star is the same guy as in 1977, and hasn't aged a day, made possible by the recent technology where a young face can be "pasted" over another's face. They did the same thing at the end with Leia's/Carrie Fisher's older face. At 16:55, not bad fighting for a blind guy, huh? He doesn't know Leia, so he's speaking of Jinn. Scarif was filmed in the Indian Ocean country of Seychelles (SAY-shells). Yes, both Red and Gold leaders were in Chapter 4.
Did you guys ever react to ANDOR? I loved it, and after this I was so excited to see your reactions, but I don't see them anywhere on your channel. I hope you'll share them if you did react to the show, since it was just fantastic. Thanks for another great reaction, meanwhile!
I saw A New Hope the first weekend it was released in 1977, and I feel exactly the same way. This was the first Star Wars movie since then that gave me the same feeling of elation as I left the theater.
Add me to this. I saw "Star Wars" - long before it was Episode IV - on opening day in Houston. I was 10, and it was the most amazing thing I had ever seen. Thirty-nine years later I saw this with my sons and grandson on opening day in Orlando. And I felt like I was 10 again. During the climactic battle, I distinctly remember my grandson turning to me and asking "Are you okay grampa? You're giggling..."
@@GrumpyOldGuyPlaysGames a man next to me, who didn't speak a word of English, kept pointing and going nuts with me during scenes. Fandom is it's own language When Vader showed up at the end we kept looking at each other with wild faces of joy and terror
This was such a different Star Wars movie and the best live action example of how the franchise could expand at that time. It paved the way for series like Mandalorian.
Lot of people criticized the CGI of Peter Cushing (Tarkin) and Carrie Fisher (young Leia), but I think creators wanted that way similar to original: New Hope in which was made in 1977. Then software gotten improved since 2016.
The vast power disparity between any Force user, be they Jedi or Sith, and normal sapient beings, is never more apparent than in Rogue One. To a man, all the Rebel troopers in the corridor know they're going to die, but in delaying Vader just that little bit, distracting him in his rage, the troopers prevail.
Tarkin was CGI however Leia was only partly CGI. Carrie Fisher played the character in Rogue One but they used CGI to make her younger… she passed away the same year 🥲
Reaction to Rogue One and a shout-out to The Expanse, yes, I am happy! One of the best live action Star Wars in Rogue One and one of the best shows ever made in The Expanse.
I doubt if the statue was of any Jedi we'd recognize. The Jedi order had been around for literally THOUSANDS of years. So they give you the idea that some ancient Jedi (or simply the order itself) was memorialized with a giant statue which has long since crumbled.
Mon Mothma mentioned “many Bothans died to get this information” but she was referring to the second Death Star. The only reference to Rogue One was in the crawl of Episode 4
45:36 _"Grab K-2SO's head and you can __-put him in a new body-__ have it with you on the beach when you all die."_ 😏😁 *Edit:* Oh, and having the main characters die used to happen more often in older movies. But ever since studios have become _sequel-happy,_ it doesn't happen as much anymore.
I'm 57 and had seen all Star Wars films in their original viewing. This movie I put up there with the original 3 I had seen as a child. It was so well directed and was stand alone original where there were different themes in it, yet convinced me just like the original did, as it tied in perfectly with New Hope. They didn't kill it with Jedi's or original cast member where you get 'the gang's all back' which would kill it. Instead they brought in a slew of knew characters that fit perfectly. They even threw in some original stuff that tied in perfectly for the story leading up to the next movie. The only thing was maybe the CGI on Leia looked like it needed some work, but great nonetheless. They didn't try to kill it either with over zealous special effects. This was 4 stars in my book! Many Star Wars fans from my time said this was the most refreshing Star Wars coming out of Hollywood since the originals ep 4, 5, 6....
Visualize the size of the big Star Destroyer. Then do the same with the gigantic Death Star that dwarfs it (just like you said) and then imagine the data it would take to have a detailed plan of that thing. That’s why the file is that size.
The best way to watch the Star Wars movies is the order in which they were released. The writing (whether it was good or not) relied on what the audience already knew or didn't know as part of the story. Watching them in chronological order would destroy the story beats, the most obvious being the truth of Luke's father.
Was not completely useless it acted in the same way a bullet proof vest works. Trust me when I say even small arms will put you down for a while even wearing the vest. A vest worn is generally made toward the sidearm worn by the person. The vest I was given in the military was designed to protect from 9mm - .40 rounds but I bought a newer one that was capable of stopping all small arms fire as well as many rifles. The armor worn by a stormtrooper was most likely built to protect from fire from weapons equal to or just slightly stronger than the E-11. The fact that a stormtrooper goes down did not always mean they were dead.
i know im late here but ive always wondered how they can have giant space travelling ships and technology out of this world... but as soon as a character looks through a set of binoculars the screen is blurry/ old
There is a short story in the novel, From a Certain Point of View, that actually picks up right after Rogue One on the Corvette ship that mentions the attempted travel to Tatooine. If you have not done so yet, you may enjoy reading the novel (or listening to the audiobook) Catalyst. That is a great read and leads up to Rogue One. Also, the novel Rebel Rising is 1 of my favorite new canon Star Wars novels that also adds a whole lot to the backstory of Jynn Erso and Saw Gerrera that makes this movie even more fun and iconic. Put Catalyst, Rebel Rising and Rogue One together and it paints an even more complete, beautiful trilogy. Personally, 1 thing I would've changed is to still have a crawl at the start of the movie and put in a short summary of the novel Catalyst to catch viewers up on, but I can also understand why they may not have wanted to ruin the novel at all. But, I do think the start of this movie is a bit of a jolt. All the new canon novels mention different planets. In fact, some of the coffee table books (e.g. the Ultimate Visual Guide of Rogue One) has a map of the galaxy and all the various planets like Jakuu and Jedha. I cannot remember if JV ever saw Star Wars Rebels, but did he catch that on the Rebel base, you see Chopper and on the loudspeaker they call for Captain Hera? Also, the list of other Empire projects Jynn flips through while looking for StarDust was cool, including lightspeed tracking, which was done in The Last Jedi.
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It's funny how this movie recontextualizes the beginning of A New Hope. It explains how exasperated Vader is when he boards Leia's ship. "A diplomatic mission? Your men were shooting at me above Scarif five minutes ago!"
Awesome retcon of the first scroll anyone ever saw. Even George hadn’t fully conceptualized this part of the story.
@@Suddenly-Eggs it doesn’t retcon the scroll though. The opening of A New Hope describes basically exactly what happens.
@@Jabberwocky415 maybe I used the wrong term. But you get what I’m saying right?
@@Suddenly-Eggs I think I understand what you mean yes. And I agree it’s a brilliant way to lead into a decades old movie.
@@Suddenly-Eggs recontextualizes is what you're lookin for, friend :) im glad the non-saga-film media does this, obviously a big one being Clone Wars
Fun fact: director Gareth Edwards came up with the name for Scarif after going to a Starbucks during pre-production. When the Barista asked what his name was, he lazily answered "S'Gareth". The barista misheard him however, and wrote "Scarif" on his cup instead.
This sounds made up, but I don’t know enough about Starbucks baristas to dispute it.
@@Jabberwocky415 starbucks baristas are well known for mishearing names and writing the wrong thing though lol
@@Jabberwocky415 It isn't made up dude.
@@J_C_CH Sorry I was trying to be funny. It’s a meme of a quote from Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
Scariff is an Island 13 miles ESE of Skellig Michel (the Island where the Jedi Temple in the Sequel Trilogy was filmed)
"Vader is scary as heck!"
Rogue One was the beginning of his image rehabilitation.
Yet incompetent.
This is definitely my favorite Star Wars movie. I love how it’s so different and doesn’t follow the lives of space wizards😂
This I agree with 100%. Story of the hard struggle for freedom and the sacrifices made as the rebellion raged on. also great Mads Mikkelsen acting!
If that's how you feel. To me, those "space wizards" have ALWAYS been central to the story.
@@blackeychan1970 ik but it’s nice to get a break from them
@@ggCA07 - That's certainly your prerogative. Me, I can't get enough of them.
@@ggCA07 [Edited for grammar and clarity] I see where you both are coming from. On the one hand, the story of the Jedi and Sith, and the Skywalkers, and the Rebellion Is the heart of why we love Star Wars. In a way, it Is Star Wars.
But... On the other hand, we've only had hints of The War aspect of Star Wars; the leaders of The Rebellion speaking in past tense about those who died to help free the galaxy and gave everything to stop The Empire and restore freedom to the worlds and beings suffering under Vader and the Emperor's rule.
Through Rogue One, we can see a small part of the great cost The Rebels always talk about, making it real instead of a distant occurrence we have no connection to.
We connect to it now.
Best of all, there's no reason to argue about it because one gives us the connection and the other gives us the context. We're well covered and it all serves/supports The Story. And there is So much more to explore and experience. That's the best part
The thing I most love about this movie is that, too often when talking history, we always hear about the Luke Skywalkers, Princess Leia's, Darth Vaders, Emperor's, etc. But their storied actions in Star Wars, and in reality are made possible by the sacrifice of the "little people". Rogue One sacrificed everything so Leia and Luke even had a chance. Star Wars too often overlooks or brushes over the real sacrifice of the people history forgets. Virtues don't belong exclusively to the epic hero.
Rogue One A Masterpiece under the radar
In episode 4, the rebel leaders mentioned how many died trying to obtain those plans. But until this film, that line never really meant that much in the overall plot. This brought the desperate struggle of the rebel alliance into focus.
Why do people keep making the mistake of using line from Return of the Jedi? All that is mentioned in A new Hope. "Several transmissions were beamed to this ship by rebel spies. I want to know what happened to the plans they sent you?"-Vader
@@brucechmiel7964 It's confusing on how people keep messing that up.
@@brucechmiel7964 Though it would be cool to get another one about all those Bothans who did die.
@@cinemagoose Yeah. But I’ll just stick to the Shadows of The Empire novel.
I've seen every Star Wars movie in the theater since the first one, and Rogue One is my favorite. And to think, they cut and re-shot a lot of this because the studio felt it was "too dark." The visuals, the storytelling...it's just a fantastic film.
Yet still bad.
It was an amazing movie, glad I gave it a chance and went IMAX 3D with it because it paid off especially during the space battle scene which had a lot of depth.
@@andymiller6661 only for you but I can respect your opinion
@@thegiftedfire3470 Only legitimately.
@@andymiller6661 No, that's still just your opinion. Just yours.
"This is gonna be a fun watch"
Ah, fun. Yeah. Rogue One. Such fun.
Andor is incredible so far, not just a great Star Wars show but a great show in general!
Loved Rogue One! The best of the new Star Wars movies by far. The Andor series is really really good so far too 👏🏻
I agree. Its the best star wars movie since ROTS and i think this movie is actually better than that. Its fanbase is the reason Andor even exist.
Yes, Red and Gold Leader were in A New Hope. They used some unused takes from that film to insert them into this film.
The actor who played Red Leader died before this movie was made, but the actor who played Gold Leader did record some new lines of dialogue for the film. Basically, any time you hear Gold Leader speak off-screen ("Hit that opening!") it's new dialogue.
I believe they filmed the farm scene at the beginning in Iceland, which explains the black sand and how beautiful and green it is.
Anytime you need a beautiful and otherworldly set piece, film in Iceland.
The coolest part about this is just how real all the acting in the battle scenes. All of the actors went through a sort of boot camp, and extreme attention to detail was paid to tactics and the like as well. It's such a beatiful film in so many ways, wish the rest of the disney era could be this good
Saw was a complex and storied character. He appears in Clone Wars, Rebels, Fallen Order, Andor and his end here.
Whenever I finish watching this, I always have to watch the first few minutes of 'Star Wars' with the Tantive trying to outrun the Destroyer, just for closure, lol.
That was a fun watch with the two of you. Stay healthy!
I remember when I saw this in cinema and Carrie Fisher had just passed away and seeing Leia on screen in CGI just broke me I wept for a good while. Such a good movie one of my absolute favourites from the whole franchise.
RIP To Carrie Fisher
Supposedly "Andor" is going to have two seasons but K2S0 will appear in the second one. The first season is about how Cassian joins the Rebellion as the Rebel Alliance stops being a bunch of independent cells and they start becoming a single organization, and the second season will be about his life as a Rebel operative leading to the events of "Rogue One," which would include how he captured and reprogrammed K2S0.
This star wars movie is a pearl ..... love it. I can watch the final Darth Vader scene 1000 times and still get goosebumps.
Yet still bad.
Why watch Vader being incompetent?
@@andymiller6661 You seem to have a real issue with Vader, who was in this film for 5 minutes. Let me ask you, when was Vader ever competent? His entire history on the screen is one of failure. He will continuously screw up and allow the rebels to narrowly outwit him and escape for several more years until his eventual death. His unsuitability for the job leads to the very downfall of the Empire.
@@sdfried4877 The time on screen is irrelevant. People seem to love him for some reason, even though he's not a good villain.
@@andymiller6661 He’s a great villain. He’s a murderous black suited boogeyman. The more we learn about him over the years, however, the worse he gets. You said he was incompetent here. He only arrived on the scene as the rebels were leaving and he does catch Leia shortly after this and delivers her to Tarkin. At this stage, he was explicitly following the orders of Tarkin. Even the Millennium Falcon escaping was Tarkin’s idea. Vader’s first real failure was his piss poor shooting at Red 5, which resulted in the destruction of the Death Star and, for some reason, a massive promotion for Vader. After being given his own fleet, all mistakes were on him regardless of how many officers he choked to death. The basic point I am making here is that he is more competent here than he is in The Empire Strikes Back, where he kicks a lot of ass but walks away empty-handed.
@@sdfried4877 Haven't seen him do anything to make him a great villain. When in Rogue One did Tarkin give him orders to let them escape?
Wasn't the falcon escaping Vader's idea?
Vader’s hallway is the best scene in Rogue One!!
How is him being incompetent the best?
@@andymiller6661 because in original trilogy they hinted how scary he is but never really showed it, even on episode 3 and even when butchering the children apprentices it was iff screen but here they showed us how lethal Vader was in his prime (and i do mean as Vader, not as Anakin) and why people feared him.
@@galadballcrusher8182 Cool story. He's still very clearly an incompetent person who's also a mass murderer.
not just the best scene in Rogue One, but possibly the best scene in all of Disney-era Star Wars
It's not a stature of Luke or Obi-Wan. It's just a statue of a Jedi Knight on the planet Jedah.
Yaven was the rebel base in A New Hope
So many of the main characters died in R1 was because they weren’t mentioned in A New Hope. Or else they would have to make additions to it … again.
But the other thing was each main character had a job to do and didn’t die until they completed their job. Even the crew of the Hammerhead pushed the Destroyer thru the shield before they were destroyed.
The whole suicide mission plot is certainly no stranger to cinema. Rogue One is kinda like Star Wars meets The Dirty Dozen.
As I left the theater, I was calling it "The Dirty Dozen saves Private Ryan from the Guns of Navarone."
This one was so cool. Seeing that hallway scene in the theatre was friggin amazing. Every single person in the theatre was terrified.
Yet still bad.
Seeing Vader being incompetent was amazing?
@@andymiller6661 actually quite competent. The only one who keeps repeating everywhere "incompetent" is you. And compared to ANY other imperial (except maybe the emperor)he was the most competent at his time. Do you think anyone else (except Palpatine) could have done better in that hallway? Give us a name otherwise...
@@galadballcrusher8182 Just because I'm the only one saying it in itself doesn't mean that I'm wrong. If Vader is some super badass, all powerful, will bring balance to the Force Sith Lord, then it would have been nothing for him to use the Force to knock everyone in the hall to the wall or floor, then get the plans and leave. But alas, he did an elaborate entrance and took his sweet ole time.
So if the Empire's most competent person is that, then it's no wonder they lost.
@@andymiller6661 still way more competent than the ones he was facing, he went solo through circa 20 people as if they were nothing, is just by time he done with that, the Corellian corvette had gotten away. So you may want to call it incompetence (feel free, not my problem i can not fix ur problem, time may manage it as you mature, no idea but to me you sound like an instant gratification gen z kiddy who thinks if you make best effort and show competence then results should reflect it, but there are a lot if factors beyond your performance out there and the older one gets the more one realises it), still everyone else understands that sometimes life and circumstances aren't in your favour (the force works in mysterious ways).
@@galadballcrusher8182 What was his objective: killing rebels or getting the plans?
What was their objective?
I'm not gen Z, but my generation has nothing to do with his incompetence.
the black sands and such, also heavily used for Death Stranding, is Iceland. This scene specifically the southern black sands (volcanic and glacial-runoff/rivers territory). I think the mountain they use (background of the homestead and the hideout mini-bunker (cool concept) location) is Hjörleifshöfði (said to be haunted, it's the only mountain in a relatively wide flat sandy (green and black) area on the southern coast).
there was a team here filming and such for death stranding to use it to generate not-Iceland but a sorta "young-ish earth" looking wilderness terrain. So there's no IRL location IN that game, per se (afaik) but it was used to generate this sort of terrain (volcanic "still growing" sorta theme).
Forest Whitaker is so good at being this bedraggled old cyborg that I have to watch "Arrival" again after this movie to remind myself that he wasn't at death's door in 2016.
13:39 About your kid, there are socks that can monitor a baby's vitals with real-time data you can see and hear on your phone. Hope that helps and best to your family.
Also thanks for the reaction to R1! My favorite SW movie of the Disney era
The death star plans would be huge, the base itself its the size of a moon
yeah but they used RAR
@@germanher7528 lmao
One of the things Disney has actually done right since purchasing Lucasfilm. This movie makes reading the opening scroll in Episode 4 have much more feeling. Mon-Mothra was a Republic/Imperial Senator, that was a leader in the Rebellion.
Loved your reactions, and appreciate the realism of you having to be parents while still doing this production.
I have always thought that the scene were Director Kredic is looking up from the floor seeing the death star in orbit as a scene taking from Star Trek ll when Khan set s the genesis device to self destruct
The tank is actually a very real (and very thinly disguised) vehicle. It's an ex-British army Alvis Stormer armoured fighting vehicle flat bed variant, normally used for carrying the 'Shielder' minefield laying system.
That tank was only one in Star Wars so far that had tracks/treads.
@@SuperStreetWarrior not really, the droid army had tracked units. NR-N99 Persuader tank droids were seen a lot at the Battle of Kashyyyk in Revenge of the Sith, they were certainly tracked too.
Carrie Fisher passed away shortly after this film opened in theaters. I saw it in theater two weeks after she passed away. I had a crush on her from the age of 4 1/2 when I saw the original Star Wars in theater in 1977. When Leia turned around and said, "hope", I wept.
I lost it when the door opened and I saw her shroud and I realized that they were going there.
@@Theomite I held it til I saw her face. I knew it was a different actress, but seeing HER face on this young actress tore me up. I have seen the behind-the-scenes for this, and they picked a great actress for the stand-in. She had similar enough facial bone structure that the computerized face fit like a glove. People who complained about her CGI are just too critical. Just celebrate the fact they brought her in, tying the beginning of Episode IV nicely too the end of Rogue One.
K2-S0, the droid, is the character with the most personality in the entire movie. 😂
I'm so glad you guys are watching Andor afterward.
Rogue One is the last movie I saw with my mother, when she was still alive. She loved it. Hold a special place in my heart for this reason.
I wouldn’t be surprised the opening scene was filmed around Vik in South East Iceland. It’s know for the black volcanic sandy beaches and I will say miserable rainy weather. It’s beautiful, but really wet.
Gold Leader and Red Leader were taken from the original Star Wars film. It was an homage to them. But then there was... that one Red Five... and now you know why "Red Five" was available for Luke when he joined Rogue Squadron.
And yes, Rogue Squadron was renamed, from just Red Squadron, because of Rogue One.
30:23
Who lives in a castle on Mustafar?
Sith Lord Vader!
Waving his hand, chokes you from afar?
Sith Lord Vader!
I actually didn’t notice the CG tarkin until my brother pointed it out.
One of my favorites I can watch this over n over
Pretty sure it was shot in Iceland in parts of this movie.
this is by far the grittiest star wars movie but also one of the best. multiple scenes made me cry in this film, even including the last scene with vader in the hallway, as darth vader is my favourite cinema character of all time and finally seeing him look absolutely terrifying and menacing sent me into an emotional rollercoaster. this movie might be one of if not the best theatre experience i ever had.
This was a good movie. Loved how they tied it into the original trilogy. They had originally had everyone survive at the end cause they thought Disney wouldn’t like them killing so many of the main characters at the end. They were told they needed to have a different ending to tie into the original trilogy like they made it clear that the pilot Red Five died leaving the spot open for Luke to take. Also sending all of Blue Squadron down to Scarif and not make it out to explain why there wasn’t a Blue Squadron in the Original Trilogy (they couldn’t use the color blue a lot back then due to the use of blue screen technology. Check out R2 when he’s in the X-Wing and his blue parts look black so to not interfere with the blue screen special effects). A funny part to watch is when K2 slaps Cassian on Jedha. If you watch Cassian closely he’s trying not to laugh cause that part was improvised.
Yet still bad.
@@andymiller6661 that’s your opinion that your allowed to have. I’d like to see you make a better movie.
@@bidwell13 It's fact.
Oh snap. You challenged me to make a better movie! Whatever will I do? That bold challenge erases any right I have to say that a movie is bad, no matter how true it is.
Armchair quarterbacks are always so entertaining. They believe their opinions are always the truth and aren’t happy unless their version is the only version around.
@@bidwell13 Great. Doesn't mean that I'm wrong, though.
Blows my mind anytime people try to claim Tarkin looks bad. It's absolutely perfect. And it's not 100% CGI. It was a dude named Guy Henry and then CGI'ed his face.
The cgi on Leia looks way worse
If you put lipstick on a pig, it's still a pig.
No, it’s not. It looks extremely distracting
I think it only appears distracting because Peter Cushing is dead and then they go and recreate him, which can be disturbing
I wouldn't say he looks bad, but his face is very obviously CGI.
Alan Tudyk, who played Hogan Washburn, aka Wash, in Firefly/Serenity, was K-2SO.
Fun trivia, when K2 smacked Andor in front of the stormtroopers, Alan accidentally struck the guy really hard. His apology was real, and Diego (Andor) was holding his hand in front of his face because he was laughing and trying to hide it. Rewatch that moment and you'll see his grin behind his hand. 😁😂
Location of the black beach is Iceland. Had to opportunity to be there… amazing
Of course it looks like the Original Trilogy, it ends literally a couple of hours before the beginning of A New Hope. They worked hard to add in bits from Red and Gold Squadron's attack on the Death Star in Ep. 4 to this to make it REALLY authentic. Sadly, all of Blue Squadron was shot down on Scarif, hence why they're not in Ep. 4 :(
The red haired lady on Yavin is Mon Mothma, a Senator and the civilian leader of the Rebel Alliance. She wasn't in Ep. 4, but she was in Return of the Jedi.
Chirrut Imwe is played by Donnie Yen, a martial arts master in a lot of wuxia films
Great reactions to Rogue One, Canadian Kids!!!🎬👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽Chicken soup broth is very good for a cold. There are at least 2 seasons of Andor, so they could bring back characters that were in this film. 91 year old james Earl Jones has signed over his voice rights to Disney so that Darth Vader will live on.
Grand Moff Tarkin is Peter Cushing. Fun fact. In the original movie, A New Hope, he requested in his contract to wear his slippers. He is never shown from the ankles down.
Pretty sure it wasn't in his contract. They made him boots that didn't fit.
I just don't understand how a lot of people don't understand why a lot don't like the sequels. When you watch Rogue One. This, THIS is exactly what a lot of people mean, when you make a Star Wars movie, you compliment the original trilogy by making it looking even better by adding a story like this. Their sacrifice and their story that leads to that trilogy. Not a sequel that throws around a lightsaber, saying "use the force" just like that (I know it was a joke and I honestly giggled but still) and even having someone master the lightsaber and the force for a very short time. I've lost count at how many times I've seen this movie and I always enjoy it. everytime.
The opening scene on the black beach was filmed somewhere in Iceland.
Remember Yavin? We were taken there way back in the first movie. It was the location of the rebel base in that jungle setting.
Rather than Jin's father, he (Saw Guerrera) was the one who rescued her from the hiding pit, and subsequently raised her.
Did you notice at around 10:45 that the commander of the original Death Star is the same guy as in 1977, and hasn't aged a day, made possible by the recent technology where a young face can be "pasted" over another's face. They did the same thing at the end with Leia's/Carrie Fisher's older face.
At 16:55, not bad fighting for a blind guy, huh?
He doesn't know Leia, so he's speaking of Jinn.
Scarif was filmed in the Indian Ocean country of Seychelles (SAY-shells).
Yes, both Red and Gold leaders were in Chapter 4.
Episode 4, not Chapter 4.
Did you guys ever react to ANDOR? I loved it, and after this I was so excited to see your reactions, but I don't see them anywhere on your channel. I hope you'll share them if you did react to the show, since it was just fantastic. Thanks for another great reaction, meanwhile!
Send for your friend (Obi Wan).... you'll need someone you can trust (to send for him).... I would trust her with my life (Leia).
My father put it best "this is the first time I felt this way since the first one came out on theaters"
I saw A New Hope the first weekend it was released in 1977, and I feel exactly the same way. This was the first Star Wars movie since then that gave me the same feeling of elation as I left the theater.
Add me to this. I saw "Star Wars" - long before it was Episode IV - on opening day in Houston. I was 10, and it was the most amazing thing I had ever seen.
Thirty-nine years later I saw this with my sons and grandson on opening day in Orlando. And I felt like I was 10 again. During the climactic battle, I distinctly remember my grandson turning to me and asking "Are you okay grampa? You're giggling..."
@@GrumpyOldGuyPlaysGames a man next to me, who didn't speak a word of English, kept pointing and going nuts with me during scenes. Fandom is it's own language
When Vader showed up at the end we kept looking at each other with wild faces of joy and terror
This was such a different Star Wars movie and the best live action example of how the franchise could expand at that time. It paved the way for series like Mandalorian.
"I am what you made me 53:19"
Lot of people criticized the CGI of Peter Cushing (Tarkin) and Carrie Fisher (young Leia), but I think creators wanted that way similar to original: New Hope in which was made in 1977. Then software gotten improved since 2016.
The vast power disparity between any Force user, be they Jedi or Sith, and normal sapient beings, is never more apparent than in Rogue One. To a man, all the Rebel troopers in the corridor know they're going to die, but in delaying Vader just that little bit, distracting him in his rage, the troopers prevail.
Tarkin was CGI however Leia was only partly CGI. Carrie Fisher played the character in Rogue One but they used CGI to make her younger… she passed away the same year 🥲
Nope. The body was an actress named Ingvild Delia and then Leia's face tacked onto it.
Leia looked way worse than Tarkin yet people praise her look
When Lord Vader aboard on ship:
COSMIC HORROR
Reaction to Rogue One and a shout-out to The Expanse, yes, I am happy! One of the best live action Star Wars in Rogue One and one of the best shows ever made in The Expanse.
Saw Gerrera was a young rebel fighter in The Clone Wars CG series. all those decades of battles took their toll on him.
Those opening landscapes were filmed in Reynisfjara, Iceland. And the spellchecker is really pissed at me. 😉
I doubt if the statue was of any Jedi we'd recognize. The Jedi order had been around for literally THOUSANDS of years. So they give you the idea that some ancient Jedi (or simply the order itself) was memorialized with a giant statue which has long since crumbled.
It was mentioned in one of the Star Wars films about the sacrifice made to get the plans to them ...... this was the story of that sacrifice.
Are you referring to this scene?
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Mon Mothma mentioned “many Bothans died to get this information” but she was referring to the second Death Star. The only reference to Rogue One was in the crawl of Episode 4
@@bryanfoster362 It always blows my mind that people somehow mess that up.
The only worthy star wars movie from Disney ❤️
45:36 _"Grab K-2SO's head and you can __-put him in a new body-__ have it with you on the beach when you all die."_ 😏😁
*Edit:* Oh, and having the main characters die used to happen more often in older movies. But ever since studios have become _sequel-happy,_ it doesn't happen as much anymore.
I feel like UA-cam is my second family always feel so happy when I see my favorite creators 💌
I'm 57 and had seen all Star Wars films in their original viewing. This movie I put up there with the original 3 I had seen as a child. It was so well directed and was stand alone original where there were different themes in it, yet convinced me just like the original did, as it tied in perfectly with New Hope. They didn't kill it with Jedi's or original cast member where you get 'the gang's all back' which would kill it. Instead they brought in a slew of knew characters that fit perfectly. They even threw in some original stuff that tied in perfectly for the story leading up to the next movie. The only thing was maybe the CGI on Leia looked like it needed some work, but great nonetheless. They didn't try to kill it either with over zealous special effects. This was 4 stars in my book! Many Star Wars fans from my time said this was the most refreshing Star Wars coming out of Hollywood since the originals ep 4, 5, 6....
"Rogue One" is the best StarWars film made thus far.
It is a masterpiece!
Yet still bad.
@@andymiller6661 L take
@@dubsonly Good for you.
Visualize the size of the big Star Destroyer. Then do the same with the gigantic Death Star that dwarfs it (just like you said) and then imagine the data it would take to have a detailed plan of that thing.
That’s why the file is that size.
The actress that Played Mon Mothma here is the same one from deleted scenes from Episode 3.
So... you didn't react to the Andor episodes? Explored your channel but there's nothing there - That's a shame.
This is my favorite Star Wars movie. That's why I'm having a hard time watching Andor b/c I already saw his last stand.....
Alot of people never notice Tarkin Its a wonder if they have seen A New Hope
That Star destroyer jumped in right on top of them...ouch.
The robot is Wash from Firefly :.)
Watching in release order is ALWAYS better.
My opinion, outside of the original 6, this is the best Star Wars movie.
Yet still bad.
The statue wasn't anyone specific it was just of an ancient Jedi. Also the guy at 7:08 was Scottish not Irish.
Vader was like Jason Vorhees up in here. 😭😭😭
K2S0 is a Leaf on the Wind. Watch how he soar....arrrg
Every single character became a hero in this movie. To me. It goes. Revenge. Then rogue one for top two star wars films by far
Rogue One is my favorite star wars film and is the darkest Star Wars film and really gives off alot of War Vibes!
Obi Wan?
That's Leia's (step)dad, Senator Organa. 😂
The best way to watch the Star Wars movies is the order in which they were released. The writing (whether it was good or not) relied on what the audience already knew or didn't know as part of the story. Watching them in chronological order would destroy the story beats, the most obvious being the truth of Luke's father.
Was not completely useless it acted in the same way a bullet proof vest works. Trust me when I say even small arms will put you down for a while even wearing the vest. A vest worn is generally made toward the sidearm worn by the person. The vest I was given in the military was designed to protect from 9mm - .40 rounds but I bought a newer one that was capable of stopping all small arms fire as well as many rifles. The armor worn by a stormtrooper was most likely built to protect from fire from weapons equal to or just slightly stronger than the E-11. The fact that a stormtrooper goes down did not always mean they were dead.
Because 10 separate comments are totally necessary.
The polar bear comment is so true. Vader is like an asthmatic polar bear with a laser sword.
53:36
"Give it to him through the opening CrAcK!"
🤣🤣🤣
Not only this is by far the best Disney star wars movie ..and After empire strikes back second best is rogue one
If they had all hidden in the bunker, the troopers would have searched the planet until they find them, if they capture him they stop looking.
I really loved this video both of your reactions are so great Star Wars means so much to me ✌🏽💯
Tarkin isn't completely CG. There's an actor voicing him and is in the uniform on set. They based it all on his performance.
i know im late here but ive always wondered how they can have giant space travelling ships and technology out of this world... but as soon as a character looks through a set of binoculars the screen is blurry/ old
There is a short story in the novel, From a Certain Point of View, that actually picks up right after Rogue One on the Corvette ship that mentions the attempted travel to Tatooine. If you have not done so yet, you may enjoy reading the novel (or listening to the audiobook) Catalyst. That is a great read and leads up to Rogue One. Also, the novel Rebel Rising is 1 of my favorite new canon Star Wars novels that also adds a whole lot to the backstory of Jynn Erso and Saw Gerrera that makes this movie even more fun and iconic. Put Catalyst, Rebel Rising and Rogue One together and it paints an even more complete, beautiful trilogy. Personally, 1 thing I would've changed is to still have a crawl at the start of the movie and put in a short summary of the novel Catalyst to catch viewers up on, but I can also understand why they may not have wanted to ruin the novel at all. But, I do think the start of this movie is a bit of a jolt. All the new canon novels mention different planets. In fact, some of the coffee table books (e.g. the Ultimate Visual Guide of Rogue One) has a map of the galaxy and all the various planets like Jakuu and Jedha. I cannot remember if JV ever saw Star Wars Rebels, but did he catch that on the Rebel base, you see Chopper and on the loudspeaker they call for Captain Hera? Also, the list of other Empire projects Jynn flips through while looking for StarDust was cool, including lightspeed tracking, which was done in The Last Jedi.
I love Rogue One!
Props to crying like a baby like me bro !!! Hands down, the BEST new Star Wars film.
New Zealand has black sand beaches and very lush. Not sure that’s where that is. Iceland is also volcanic like that
Yep......opening scene was filmed in Iceland.
Jehda. It was a Jedi statue
Top 3 Best Star Wars movies:
The Empire Strikes Back
Revenge Of The Sith
Rogue One.
Revenge Of The Sith was garbage
Yet still bad.
@@firstname4337 na
Gareth Edward’s the director started his career for many many years as a visual effects artist. So that’s why it looks so good.