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Ever since I was a kid watching the original trilogy, I had a suspicion there were different sizes of star destroyers. Sometimes it seemed like they were huge, other times like when the millenium falcon is hiding on the back of one, thry dont seem quite as big.
 
Triumph said:
Ever since I was a kid watching the original trilogy, I had a suspicion there were different sizes of star destroyers. Sometimes it seemed like they were huge, other times like when the millenium falcon is hiding on the back of one, thry dont seem quite as big.
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Perspective, bro. Giotto gave us that shit in...the 14th century.

what the hell has taken you so long?
 
Yes there are different classes of star destroyers.

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oh here's the spoiler thread. nice.

as mentioned there were some questionable moments in the movie from little things like the stupid placement of the dish alignment control, to a random master switch, to Leia being near the battle in the first place, etc... But overall this was one of the better star wars movies and definitely better than TFA by far.

I still can't believe how they actually killed off every fargin character that we may have started to connect to which we met in this movie. That took balls. It was sad but realistic. Gotta give them props for that. And the battle scenes. Nice.

Looking forward to the next.
 
Saw it again last night. Still loved it. Leia being in the battle...why not? She's never been one to shy away from duty. Look at her leading the evacuation of Hoth in Empire, she's practically the last person out of the base, making sure all the transports were out of there before she saved herself. Totally in character for her to be in the thick of the battle.

One thing I still don't get. What was the point of Tarkin blowing up Scarif? And why did he fire at a point miles away from the data center?
 
PixelSquish said:
oh here's the spoiler thread. nice.

as mentioned there were some questionable moments in the movie from little things like the stupid placement of the dish alignment control, to a random master switch, to Leia being near the battle in the first place, etc... But overall this was one of the better star wars movies and definitely better than TFA by far.

I still can't believe how they actually killed off every fargin character that we may have started to connect to which we met in this movie. That took balls. It was sad but realistic. Gotta give them props for that. And the battle scenes. Nice.

Looking forward to the next.
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I liked the concept but disliked the execution. D2's death was done well and felt natural but the other ones felt forced.
 
PixelSquish said:
oh here's the spoiler thread. nice.

as mentioned there were some questionable moments in the movie from little things like the stupid placement of the dish alignment control, to a random master switch, to Leia being near the battle in the first place, etc... But overall this was one of the better star wars movies and definitely better than TFA by far.
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I think someone else mentioned Leia may have been in battle because she was on a ship that was called into battle on a whim. The rebels found out that the other rebels were fighting on the ground and had to go and support them right away, no time to make preparations.

PixelSquish said:
I still can't believe how they actually killed off every fargin character that we may have started to connect to which we met in this movie. That took balls. It was sad but realistic.
Looking forward to the next.
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I think they did that because it would not make sense for any of those characters to play a critical role in getting the death star plans but then to be totally absent in episodes 4-6.
 
Sonikku said:
But no transmissions were "beamed" to her blockade runner ship! They were physically handed to her. Technically, she ain't lying. Just saying...
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Starbuck1975 said:
Considering they based the entire plot of Rogue One around that little detail, you would think it was the one detail they could get right
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The explanation was that the file was so large it could not be beamed. Vader could have just assumed that whatever data he was looking for was beamed. Considering that the Empire had the technology to beam the data I would guess that Vader just assumed the data was beamed between rebel ships. Or Vader did not know what he was looking for.

What's interesting is that Vader could have easily killed Joe Schmo rebel who was carrying the death star plan data when trying to squeeze through the door, but Vader didn't try and stop him. To me that suggests that Vader didn't know that Joe Schmo rebel was carrying the death star plans, otherwise he would have stopped him.
 
pete6032 said:
The explanation was that the file was so large it could not be beamed. Vader could have just assumed that whatever data he was looking for was beamed. Considering that the Empire had the technology to beam the data I would guess that Vader just assumed the data was beamed between rebel ships. Or Vader did not know what he was looking for.

What's interesting is that Vader could have easily killed Joe Schmo rebel who was carrying the death star plan data when trying to squeeze through the door, but Vader didn't try and stop him. To me that suggests that Vader didn't know that Joe Schmo rebel was carrying the death star plans, otherwise he would have stopped him.
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He probably would have just force yanked him into a choke if he knew that he had the plans. From Vader's perspective it was just as likely he was reaching through to someone calling for help (as folks are want to do when Vader's saber comes out). It would make sense that upon capturing Leia, he wouldn't know exactly what he was looking for, but he'd know that she had it.
 
[DHT]Osiris said:
He probably would have just force yanked him into a choke if he knew that he had the plans. From Vader's perspective it was just as likely he was reaching through to someone calling for help (as folks are want to do when Vader's saber comes out). It would make sense that upon capturing Leia, he wouldn't know exactly what he was looking for, but he'd know that she had it.
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Or its a plot hole due to mouse demanding that the movie needs more Vader. I've read that the Vader boarding party scene was an add on in the reshoots
 
Something thats been in my head as a missed opportunity with Chirrut and Baze.

Chirrut obviously believes in the Force but never received Jedi training. Baze is more of a skeptic in the Han Solo mold.

Would have been cool if Chirrut attempts to use or channel the Force throughout the movie yet fails, with Baze constantly mocking him.

Then in the climatic sequence where they need to flip the switch, and the Rebels who attempt to physically reach it are gunned down.

Why have Chirrut magically walk across the battlefield as if the Force is protecting him. Dumb.

Instead, the moment is tense and critical to the Rebellion. Everything depends on this moment. Cue up the Luke Skywalker theme like when Rey first taps into the Force, and have Chirrut flip the switch using the Force.

You could still have Chirrut bite it after this scene.

I felt it would have been a validating, awesome and non Skywalker related use of the Force.
 
Sonikku said:
Opens in China today, but sales could be hurt because the breathing air is so hazardous.

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/air-pollution-in-china-could-hurt-star-wars-rogue-/1100-6446689/
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Didn't movie theatres used to draw in summer crowds by advertising that they had air conditioning back in the days when few people did?

Maybe they should do something similar in China, only advertise air filtration: Come inside! LOWEST PM2.5 in the city!

The fact people may have to walk through a cloud of death to actually get there is a bit of a downside, though.

 
Balt said:
Didn't movie theatres used to draw in summer crowds by advertising that they had air conditioning back in the days when few people did?

Maybe they should do something similar in China, only advertise air filtration: Come inside! LOWEST PM2.5 in the city!

The fact people may have to walk through a cloud of death to actually get there is a bit of a downside, though.
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Beijing is brutal, was there around 2007. Couldn't see more than a few blocks at most before it was totally clouded out. Didn't see the sun for four days there, just a slightly glowing blob somewhere up through the smog. It was terrible. Went to four cities in China, and as a novice photographer then, I didn't really edit much of Beijing's shots when I got home, cause everything just turned into a foggy mess, though it did add effect to a few shots that was cool. But panoramic vistas that were there, somewhere beyond the smog, were simply uncapturable.
 
Balt said:
Didn't movie theatres used to draw in summer crowds by advertising that they had air conditioning back in the days when few people did?

Maybe they should do something similar in China, only advertise air filtration: Come inside! LOWEST PM2.5 in the city!

The fact people may have to walk through a cloud of death to actually get there is a bit of a downside, though.
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I've read that IKEA is the most popular date/hang-out/time-killer spot in Beijing b/c of AC, clean air, and of course airport-sized diaorama-like fantasy lifestyle factory.
 
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GIFS with sound takes gifs and mixes them with funny music. The beginning of this one has the first 20 seconds from Rogue One - Vaders fight scene.

 
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