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Star Wars Rogue One: 3 questions raised by the saga solved in the film

sivertime — Sun, 05 Feb 2017 18:30:52 +0000

Star Wars: Rogue One tells the stolen plans of the Black Star, but it’s not just that! It also fills some scenario holes of the saga remained without explanation.
We love Star Wars , of course, but it must be admitted that the saga is characterized by some ” plot holes ” sometimes a little too convenient and have never been substantiated. Fortunately, spin-offs, in addition to exploring the past of certain characters or revisiting events, can also fill all those little scenic holes that left us perplexed until then. And at that level, Star Wars: Rogue One, which will soon have its own comprehensive guide , is rather good job! The film, whose starting point, remember, is still a small line in the scrolling text of Star Wars: A New Hope , tells us the heroic flight plans of the Star of Black … and also benefits To answer some questions that were asked about the weapon of the Empire. Like, for example, how he has been careless enough Empire as to leave this huge weakness in the heart of the Death Star , the risk just to see it explode? But it is not only this problem that he addresses! The editorial ‘of melty looks back on three elements of the saga that finally found an explanation or justification in Star Wars: Rogue One .
And so it starts obviously by this famous cooling system in which Luke manages to fire torpedoes, causing the complete collapse of the station. Fans of Star Wars are always a little fun of this element of the scenario a bit easier which is mainly there to allow the Rebel Alliance to win the battle. A sort of McGuffin a bit wobbly, in short. Moreover, at the time, George Lucas tended to justify his choice by declaring that the Empire was so sure of its power that it could not envisage that a single small vessel managed to destroy its combat station. But it must be believed that Gareth Edwards was part of these fans half convinced by this explanation. Result, it has solved the problem with the character of Galen .
In the book Catalyst , which represents a sort of prequel to Star Wars: Rogue One , one particular learns that the father of Jyn is actually a good and humble man, a scientist who specialized in the study of crystals kyber. And if he works first for Orson Krennic, it’s because he’s thinking of developing a renewable energy source for the entire galaxy. While at the same time, Krennic uses his research to create weapons. And it is when he realizes the intentions of the Empire that Galen decides to flee with his wife and daughter. Which leads us of course to this opening scene on Lah’mu, in which Lyra is assassinated and Galen is embarked by the Empire. As he says himself in Star Wars: Rogue One , Galen knows that the Empire would be quite able to complete the Death Star without him. He chose to obey orders and to continue its work on the arming station system … and take this opportunity to introduce this small almost indistinguishable flaw in its cooling system , so minimal that the Empire’s engineers spend beside. But enough to allow the Alliance to detonate the Black Star. And that’s how this massive ” plot hole ” is a more than satisfactory resolution Rogue One !
The other problem that the spin-off responds also has a link with the Black Star. Or rather with the second Death Star . And all is a matter here of time and delay. Because remember, the construction of the first Empire station begins when Palpatine takes power, well twenty years before Star Wars: A New Hope. But in Return of the Jedi , one sees one second Death Star whose construction is already well advanced. But how did the Empire manage to build it so quickly – it is estimated that four years elapsed between the Battle of Yavin and that of Endor – when it took more than twenty years for the first ?
In fact, it may be that, if the Empire has taken so long to finish the first Death Star, it’s simply because … could not find a sufficiently powerful energy source to power its laser beam . Now this energy, as we know now, is produced by the kyber crystals. And as Cassian suggests when he evokes the plundering of the Temple of Jedha in a conversation with Jyn, it is not so long since the Empire is so interested in crystals. So if the second Death Star is already almost complete in Return of the Jedi , it’s because deep down, realize its structure does not take so much time. And that four years are enough to finally build a good part of its bone! Unless of course the Empire began the making of this second Star even before the battle of Yavin. But one doubts, simply because keeping the secret about the presence of these two stations would have been a little mission impossible …
The third element that Star Wars: Rogue One is not really a problem. This is a huge nod fact fans, which however has the merit to justify a code name that one hears in Star Wars: A New Hope . Did you wonder why we were so interested in the Red 5 pilot, whose ship explodes under the fire of the TIE Hunters during the Battle of Scarif? Well, it’s simply because “Red 5″ reality becomes … the code name Luke in Episode IV when he joined the fleet of the Rebel Alliance . If he can take command of an X-Wing and integrate with the Red Squadron, it is also visibly because it has lost one of its pilots and the place is therefore free. In the same vein, we also know now why Luke squadron is called ” Rogue ” in The Empire against attack . This is probably a tribute to the team Jyn, who sacrificed to send the plans to the Death Star to the Rebel Alliance … And we must certainly thank Leia, whose presence on Scarif in Star Wars Rogue one has finally found an explanation for this!

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Star Wars Rogue One: 4 Things You Did not Know About Chirrut (Donnie Yen)

sivertime — Sun, 22 Jan 2017 18:18:29 +0000

Chirrut Imwe (Donnie Yen) is one of the most fascinating characters in Star Wars: Rogue One. Here are 4 details about the character you may not know!
Star Wars: Rogue One, which perhaps puts certainly not all his heroines in value , still has many strengths, its characters are not insignificant. Whether Jyn Erso, our badass and determined heroine, Captain Cassian Andor and the somewhat cloudy moral zone in which he evolves or K-2SO and his tendency to swing everything that passes through his head, can not fail To attach themselves to them! Yet in the group, there is one in particular that fascinates us more than others, especially because of the mystery that surrounds it. The editorial ‘of melty obviously wants to talk Chirrut Îmwe, the warrior monk played by Donnie Yen which is also able to face Stormtroopers using a stick as a TIE fighter explode crossbow ( wtf ?). We do not know much about this character, except that he is not a Jedi but that he has an acute awareness of the Force and its movements and that his faith in it is Unshakeable. Fortunately, we can count on the art book ” Rogue One: The Ultimate Visual Guide ” for us to learn a little more about the history of Chirrut but also its very creation . So here are 4 details that you certainly did not know about the character!
He is a Guardian of the Whills
It is Cassian who reveals this little piece of information when Jyn crosses for the first time Chirrut in the streets of the city of Jedha. But it does not help us much. Because a Guardian of Whills, kesako? To find out, we have to go back a long way, at a time when George Lucas was still looking for the right angle to tell his intergalactic story. Originally, the Whills were designed by the director to be equivalent to the Force , immortal beings responsible for recording the history of the galaxy. They almost reappeared in Star Wars: The Attack of the Clones, where they should have been mentioned as having taught Qui-Gon Jin to become one with the Force after his death. But in Star Wars: Rogue One , the Guardians of Whills an ancient order of warriors inextricably linked to the Jedi and responsible for protecting the Temple of Whills the city of Jedha kyber and crystals present inside. Until the day when the Jedi having disappeared and the Empire having spread its dominion everywhere, the Guardians of the Whills are expelled from the temple. And that’s how Chirrut and his companion Baze find themselves in the street, forced to play the soothsayer to earn enough to survive.
He mastered a very precise martial art
It must be admitted, Chirrut is an exceptional warrior, even Donnie Yen wanted to make a blind character in Star Wars: Rogue One ! He spent his life training both physically and mentally, which makes him extremely formidable. But what we know is that he practices a martial art called … zama-Shiwo . ” Rogue One: The Ultimate Visual Guide ” teaches us that the zama-Shiwo involves being fully aware of his body – the muscles that move the heart and breathing rates and all internal functions. A master of the zama-shiwo would then be able to slow down the beating of his heart at will and to realize almost supernatural movements. But above all, a Zama-shiwo disciple also has an acute awareness of the environment and other creatures around him. Which explains why Chirrut has such an elaborate hearing and why he seems to possess a sixth unerring sense!
Baze and he have a complicated long relationship
If Chirrut and Baze sometimes make us think of an old couple, it is because they know each other very, very long! They worked together as Guardians of the Whills – Baze had even been according to Chirrut one of the most devoted Guardians, before something made him change. But what we did not know is that the two men, who consider themselves brothers had a dispute years ago and parted on bad terms . Before of course to rabibocher, in spite of their different approach of the Force. Originally, Chirrut was to represent an almost paternal figure for Baze, especially in his way of perceiving the Force. There is however a bit of this characteristic in the film, especially in the final scene of Baze when it resumes the mantra of Chirrut to face the Troopers of elite that fall on to him.
He has a connection with the Rebel Alliance
We know thanks to a recent information that Chirrut door crystal kyber his stick in Star Wars: Rogue One and is using it to locate the tip of his weapon. But what we did not know was that he has another symbolic object: a pendant of Jedha . But beware, this one is very special! Because as we reveal ” Rogue One: The Ultimate Visual Guide “, it is shaped like a mythical bird … which was taken as a symbol by the Rebel Alliance ! You know, this little three-pointed logo seen everywhere, on the helmets of the pilots and on the uniforms of the officers? For Chirrut, this pendant is supposed to represent his devotion to the Order of the Whill Guardians. Like what the Force, the Alliance, the Whills … everything is bound and Chirrut was destined to join the ranks of the rebels! What is your favorite character in Star Wars: Rogue One?

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Star Wars Rogue One: The scene with Dark Vader who almost did not be in the movie

sivertime — Sun, 15 Jan 2017 17:31:23 +0000

One of the two scenes of Dark Vader was almost not in the final version of Star Wars: Rogue One. And considering its impact, it would have been a shame!
Ah, this story of reshoots , it has spilled, ink! Who has not felt a little uneasy on hearing that Star Wars: Rogue One had need additional filming sessions, suggesting that the film was not good enough. In the end, it turned out that these new scenes simply had to make it possible to modify the end and … to sacrifice all the characters of the group of Jyn Erso. Which in itself, even if it’s quite tragic, something quite logical considering the situation and what happens next in Star Wars: A New Hope . What we thus proving that Star Wars: Rogue One could have been a film quite different . But did you know that our heroes are not the only ones involved in these reshoots? Because there is another character, less important in the plot of the film but who is an emblematic figure of the saga, who had the chance to shoot another scene that was not originally planned at all. And it’s obviously Dark Vador whose melty editorial wants to talk! Imagine indeed the final sequence of the character, one in which he massacres the rebels addressing the flagship and that left us glued to our seat , speechless and terrified, almost did not in the movie!
She actually added when the team returned to turn these famous new scenes, as revealed John Gilroy, editor of Star Wars: Rogue One . He told the site Yahoo! Movies: ” What we’ve added – and this is an absolutely fantastic addition – this is the action scene with Vader, when he embarked on the ship and he destroy all the rebels We created a scene. later . “. ” Absolutely fantastic” , so to say! The final sequence of the character is a terrible brutality and shows Vader in all its most violent and terrifying . For it is revealed here in its true light, namely a machine of war implacable, capable of splitting men in two while maintaining an icy calm. This is one aspect of the character that was suspected without ever having actually seen it expressed in the first trilogy.
The moment when it illuminates the dark corridor of the ship by activating his lightsaber has necessarily spun to all the shivers! Besides this scene allows for the direct link to the first scene of Star Wars: A New Hope . We do not hide from you that we are surprised to learn that this notable moment of the film was not planned from the start, so it is incredible. Much as the other key scene from Star Wars: Rogue One who shows us yet Darth Vader in a completely new situation. Finally, the team of the film has done more than well to turn new sequences. For it would still have been a pity to deprive yourself of this final moment as cool as it is chilling! What did you think of this scene?

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