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Following the foundation of the [[Galactic Empire]], a wayward band of [[Rebel Alliance|Rebel]] fighters comes together to carry out a desperate mission: to steal the plans for the [[Death Star]] before it can be used to enforce the [[Palpatine|Emperor's]] rule. |
Following the foundation of the [[Galactic Empire]], a wayward band of [[Rebel Alliance|Rebel]] fighters comes together to carry out a desperate mission: to steal the plans for the [[Death Star]] before it can be used to enforce the [[Palpatine|Emperor's]] rule. |
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+ | [[Galen Erso]], a former Imperial Research Scientist, and his family are in hiding on the planet Lah'mu, until they are found by [[Orson Krennic]], Director of Advanced Weapons Research for the Imperial Military. He has come to forcibly re recruit Galen to continue work on the unfinished [[Death Star]], a space station capable of destroying an entire planet. His wife is killed when she tries to shoot Director Krennic but his daughter, [[Jyn Erso|Jyn]], escapes and is taken into safety by [[Saw Gerrera]]. Thirteen years later, an defecting Imperial pilot known as [[Bodhi Rook]] smuggles a holographic message from Galen for the [[Rebel Alliance]] to Gerrera on the planet Jedha. Jyn, now an adult, is freed from Imperial captivity by the Rebellion, who plan to use her to track down her father and kill him to prevent the weapon being built. |
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− | Following the foundation of the [[Galactic Empire]], a wayward band of [[Rebel Alliance|Rebel]] fighters comes together to carry out a desperate mission: to steal the plans for the [[Death Star]] before it can be used to enforce the [[Palpatine|Emperor's]] rule. While all the major characters die, their work allows the Rebels to successfully hand in the plans to Princess Leia, setting the stones for ''A New Hope.'' |
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+ | Jyn, along with Rebel officer [[Cassian Andor]] and his reprogrammed Imperial droid, [[K-2SO]], arrive on the moon [[Jedha]] where there is an armed uprising against the Empire. With the aid of blind warrior [[Chirrut Îmwe]] and mercenary [[Baze Malbus]], Jyn reunites with her old revolutionary mentor Saw Gerrera, who has captured Rook. He shows her the hologram, in which her father expresses his love for her and discloses his coerced help on the project. The hologram also reveals that her father covertly compromised the Death Star's design by including a subtle vulnerability in its reactor that can be used to destroy it. He tells her that the structural plans are at an Imperial high-security data bank on the planet [[Scarif]]. Meanwhile, Imperial Governor Grand Moff Tarkin meets with Krennic on the Death Star and expresses skepticism about the project and its management. As a demonstration, Krennic uses the weapon to destroy Jedha's capital and crush the insurgency led by Gerrera, forcing Jyn and her group to flee with Rook, while Gerrera elects to remain and die with the city. Tarkin congratulates Krennic, then uses security breaches under Krennic's command as a pretext to take over control of the project. |
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+ | Jyn tracks her father to an Imperial research facility, but he is fatally injured in a simultaneous Rebel bombing raid and dies in her arms. Just before the attack, he admits to Krennic that he was responsible for the leak of information but does not state the nature of the leaked message. |
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+ | Jyn proposes a plan to steal the Death Star schematics from Scarif, but with her father and Gerrera dead and the hologram destroyed, the Rebel leadership have no way of verifying her story and cannot agree on a plan. Frustrated at their inaction, Jyn, Cassian, K-2SO, and a number of rebels take a ship to raid the data bank themselves. As the three search the data bank for the design plans, the rest of their team set off explosives and commence firing in the nearby landing area in order to distract the resident stormtroopers. They are joined off-planet by the Rebel fleet which has belatedly decided to help by attacking the space station that controls access to the planet, and also by Krennic who aims to review all of Galen's communications to discover what information he had been sending out. Jyn obtains the schematics from the data vaults while K-2SO is destroyed fending off stormtroopers. Rook, Îmwe, Malbus and several Rebels are killed, and Jyn is confronted by Krennic who declares the Empire's inevitable victory, only to be shot by Andor. |
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+ | Tarkin decides to use the Death Star to destroy the compromised base, while Jyn uses the base communication system to send the Death Star schematics to the Rebel command ship; Jyn and Andor die as the base is annihilated. An Imperial force led by Darth Vader intercepts and boards the command ship, but as they fight for control, a blockade runner escapes with the schematic plans in the possession of Princess Leia, who acknowledges the stolen plans will provide the Rebellion a much needed hope for its future. |
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*[[Felicity Jones]] as [[Jyn Erso]] |
*[[Felicity Jones]] as [[Jyn Erso]] |
Revision as of 18:17, 10 January 2017
- “A rebellion built on hope.”
- ―Tagline
Rogue One (known on all promotional material as Rogue One: A Star Wars Story) is a film in the Star Wars Stories Series directed by Gareth Edwards with a screenplay by Chris Weitz. The film, which was first announced on May 22, 2014, was released on December 16, 2016.
Synopsis
Following the foundation of the Galactic Empire, a wayward band of Rebel fighters comes together to carry out a desperate mission: to steal the plans for the Death Star before it can be used to enforce the Emperor's rule.
Plot
Galen Erso, a former Imperial Research Scientist, and his family are in hiding on the planet Lah'mu, until they are found by Orson Krennic, Director of Advanced Weapons Research for the Imperial Military. He has come to forcibly re recruit Galen to continue work on the unfinished Death Star, a space station capable of destroying an entire planet. His wife is killed when she tries to shoot Director Krennic but his daughter, Jyn, escapes and is taken into safety by Saw Gerrera. Thirteen years later, an defecting Imperial pilot known as Bodhi Rook smuggles a holographic message from Galen for the Rebel Alliance to Gerrera on the planet Jedha. Jyn, now an adult, is freed from Imperial captivity by the Rebellion, who plan to use her to track down her father and kill him to prevent the weapon being built.
Jyn, along with Rebel officer Cassian Andor and his reprogrammed Imperial droid, K-2SO, arrive on the moon Jedha where there is an armed uprising against the Empire. With the aid of blind warrior Chirrut Îmwe and mercenary Baze Malbus, Jyn reunites with her old revolutionary mentor Saw Gerrera, who has captured Rook. He shows her the hologram, in which her father expresses his love for her and discloses his coerced help on the project. The hologram also reveals that her father covertly compromised the Death Star's design by including a subtle vulnerability in its reactor that can be used to destroy it. He tells her that the structural plans are at an Imperial high-security data bank on the planet Scarif. Meanwhile, Imperial Governor Grand Moff Tarkin meets with Krennic on the Death Star and expresses skepticism about the project and its management. As a demonstration, Krennic uses the weapon to destroy Jedha's capital and crush the insurgency led by Gerrera, forcing Jyn and her group to flee with Rook, while Gerrera elects to remain and die with the city. Tarkin congratulates Krennic, then uses security breaches under Krennic's command as a pretext to take over control of the project.
Jyn tracks her father to an Imperial research facility, but he is fatally injured in a simultaneous Rebel bombing raid and dies in her arms. Just before the attack, he admits to Krennic that he was responsible for the leak of information but does not state the nature of the leaked message.
Jyn proposes a plan to steal the Death Star schematics from Scarif, but with her father and Gerrera dead and the hologram destroyed, the Rebel leadership have no way of verifying her story and cannot agree on a plan. Frustrated at their inaction, Jyn, Cassian, K-2SO, and a number of rebels take a ship to raid the data bank themselves. As the three search the data bank for the design plans, the rest of their team set off explosives and commence firing in the nearby landing area in order to distract the resident stormtroopers. They are joined off-planet by the Rebel fleet which has belatedly decided to help by attacking the space station that controls access to the planet, and also by Krennic who aims to review all of Galen's communications to discover what information he had been sending out. Jyn obtains the schematics from the data vaults while K-2SO is destroyed fending off stormtroopers. Rook, Îmwe, Malbus and several Rebels are killed, and Jyn is confronted by Krennic who declares the Empire's inevitable victory, only to be shot by Andor.
Tarkin decides to use the Death Star to destroy the compromised base, while Jyn uses the base communication system to send the Death Star schematics to the Rebel command ship; Jyn and Andor die as the base is annihilated. An Imperial force led by Darth Vader intercepts and boards the command ship, but as they fight for control, a blockade runner escapes with the schematic plans in the possession of Princess Leia, who acknowledges the stolen plans will provide the Rebellion a much needed hope for its future.
Cast
- Felicity Jones as Jyn Erso
- Diego Luna as Captain Cassian Andor
- Ben Mendelsohn as Director Orson Krennic
- Donnie Yen as Chirrut Îmwe
- Jiang Wen as Baze Malbus
- Mads Mikkelsen as Galen Erso
- Alan Tudyk as K-2SO
- Riz Ahmed as Bodhi Rook
- Forest Whitaker as Saw Gerrera
- Valene Kane as Lyra Erso[2]
- Jonathan Aris as Senator Jebel
- Genevieve O'Reilly as Mon Mothma
- Jimmy Smits as Bail Organa[3]
- Spencer Wilding[4] and Daniel Naprous as Darth Vader (voiced by James Earl Jones)
- Warwick Davis as Weeteef Cyubee
- Ian McElhinney as General Dodonna
- Guy Henry as Wilhuff Tarkin
- Rian Johnson as Death Star technician #1
- Ram Bergman as Death Star technician #2
- Ben Daniels as General Merrick
- Sharon Duncan-Brewster as Senator Pamlo
- Fares Fares as Senator Vaspar
- Daniel Mays as Tivik
- Nick Kellington as Bistan
- Ingvild Deila as Leia Organa (voice and archive footage by Carrie Fisher)
- Anthony Daniels as C-3PO
- Jimmy Vee as R2-D2
Development
In late 2013, John Knoll, a veteran of Lucasfilm's special effects division, Industrial Light & Magic pitched a rough outline of the story for the film to Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy. The outline was met with positive remarks and the project was greenlit, with Knoll attached to write a story treatment for the film as well as executive produce it. John Knoll wrote multiple story treatment drafts for the film as a search was conducted for a screenwriter as well as a director.
On May 22, 2014, Lucasfilm announced that Gareth Edwards had been hired to direct the film, with Gary Whitta attached to write a script off of Knoll's story treatment. At the end of 2014, Gary Whitta completed a full first draft of the script before handing final writing duties for the film over to Chris Weitz. In March 2015, the title of the film was officially announced as Rogue One, with Felicity Jones cast as the lead in the film. In April 2015, the series of stand-alone films accompanying Rogue One were dubbed "Anthology Films", with a teaser trailer for the film also being released. In August 2015, the film began principal photography, and the entire cast of the film was announced.
Gallery
Videos
Trailers and Clips
Behind the Scenes
Interviews
Trivia
- Genevieve O'Reilly reprises her role as Mon Mothma for this film, having played the role in Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith. (However, most of her scenes in the film were cut from the final film.)
- This is the first Star Wars film to not feature the opening crawl in the opening scene.[5]
- The Rebel ship known as the Ghost in Star Wars Rebels makes a cameo appearance in the film.[6]
- This is the first Star Wars film to not have a score composed by John Williams.[7][8]
- Guy Henry and Ingvild Deila portrayed Governor Tarkin and Princess Leia, while their faces were digitally reconstructed to look like Peter Cushing and Carrie Fisher in her youth.
International premieres
- December 15, 2016 (Brazil)
External links
- Rogue One on Wookieepedia
- Gareth Edwards and Gary Whitta Onboard for Star Wars Stand-Alone Film on StarWars.com (backup link on Archive.org)
Notes and references
- ↑ Gareth Edwards and Gary Whitta Onboard for Star Wars Stand-Alone Film on StarWars.com (backup link on Archive.org)
- ↑ "The Fall star Valene Kane admits she was stunned after landing Star Wars role". BellFastLive (November 23, 2016).
- ↑ "A beloved Star Wars actor will make a surprise cameo in Rogue One". businessinsider.com (August 12, 2016).
- ↑ "Darth Vader's back! And "he'll be played by 6ft 7in kickboxing champ from sleepy Welsh coastal town"". Mirror (October 18, 2016).
- ↑ "Star Wars: Gareth Edwards confirms Rogue One opening scenes". Yahoo (December 2, 2016).
- ↑ "Rogue One A Star Wars Story TV Spot #26 (2016) NEW FOOTAGE Hints of Princess Leia?". YouTube (December 6, 2016).
- ↑ {{http://www.ew.com/article/2015/03/16/alexandre-desplat-will-compose-score-rogue-one}}
- ↑ {{http://www.ew.com/article/2016/09/15/star-wars-rogue-one-michael-giacchino-new-composer}}