Rogue One‘s coming back to IMAX, along with an early look at Andor
One of the highlights of Disney's run of Star Wars movies is coming back to IMAX theaters later this month
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Six years after its release, Rogue One remains a highlight of the Disney era of Star Wars films: A dark, sober glimpse at what war looks like to the common soldiers of that galaxy oh so long ago and far away, and a film in which the only “Skywalker” who appears on screen is there to slaughter a few last remnants of our heroes in a brutal display of power.
Gareth Edwards’ gritty space-war film is now gearing up to get a prequel, of course, with the Diego Luna-starring Andor TV series set to premiere on Disney+ on September 21. To promote the release—and maybe to underscore that we won’t be getting any flash-forwards to what Rebel spy Cassian Andor is up to after Rogue One finishes up—Disney is bringing its “Star Wars Story” back to IMAX theaters on August 26, along with an advance look at the new show. (We’re guessing that means “exclusive trailer,” not, like, “Hey, here’s the whole first episode,” to be clear.)
It’s not entirely obvious yet how wide the release will be; Fandango, which is promoting the re-release, hasn’t put out a list of theaters yet. It did get a new poster for the film, though, showing silhouettes of the cast (Luna, plus Felicity Jones, Alan Tudyk, Donnie Yen, and more) in the shadow of the Death Star whose plans they’re trying to steal.
Meanwhile, Andor is promising its own darker look at the nascent Rebellion; series showrunner Troy Gilroy has said the show will track Cassian Andor’s development from being “revolution-averse and cynical, and lost, and kind of a mess,” to the moment when he’s willing to give his life for the Rebellion’s last desperate gasp for hope.
[via CBR]
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Rogue One is the only good Disney Star Wars film.
It’s somewhat depressing that the biggest movie franchise of all-time has a very low batting average.
What are you talking about? Fast and Furious is X for X.
I have to disagree, the last seven movies left me cold. I didn’t like it when they started focusing on stupid stuff like “cars” and “street racing” instead of the family.
I think Star Wars fans are, sooner or later, just gonna have to come to grips with the fact that the first three were lightning in a bottle, and just because something is legally part of the same IP doesn’t mean it can’t be shit.
Came here to silently shout this from the greys, and to add it’s also vastly superior to the ‘prequels’ (imo, of course)
I didn’t like it.
Solo was solid.
My expectations were so rock bottom that after missing it in the theaters I was pleasantly surprised by how enjoyable it was. I rank it pretty highly out of the overall catalogue just for how satisfying that variance was.
It’s the only one that felt like it actually was happening in the same universe as the classic trilogy. The Rey films felt like a “reboot” and Solo just didn’t have the right feeling either.
Agree. It’s Star Wars for grown ups.
Rogue One had its problems. Wasted and weird use of Sal Guerra, not enough development for some of its leads, Vader Dad jokes. But it at least had a clear defined story, a wonderfully more grounded atmosphere and characters we could better relate with. It could have been a great new trilogy with their deaths a lot more impactful. Andor may give us that and I would be stoked to see the first three episodes on the big screen. If they could give is that sloppily edited clone wars animated film, why not this?
Given that Vader means father in German, dad jokes are fitting.More seriously, though, he’s relaxing at his pad. It’s a different context then we’ve ever seen him in (as Vader, anyway), so it makes sense we would see a different side of his personality.I agree about the characters, which people tend to dismiss as being underdeveloped. They’re characterized efficiently and subtly.
Leia is briefly in it too. So two Skywalkers.