Emperor Sheev Palpatine
@RealPapaPalpatine
Tell the rebel scum we don't want the Death Star plans they stole back - they can keep it! #MTGGA
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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story |OT| They rebel - SPOILERS
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Emperor Sheev Palpatine
@RealPapaPalpatine
Tell the rebel scum we don't want the Death Star plans they stole back - they can keep it! #MTGGA
harriet the spy
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Also, purely in terms of acting (_not_ looks or actual lines - which I realize is hard to separate from acting), how do you rank Padme/Leia/Jyn/Rey?
I actually thought Felicity Jones did a fine job. Her character was not amazing, but I think she did ok with what she had. Rey is a more interesting character, but Daisy Ridley is actually pretty bad. I actually thought Carrie Fisher did a good job in the OT.
Not sure if I want to think about Padme at all.
I actually thought Felicity Jones did a fine job. Her character was not amazing, but I think she did ok with what she had. Rey is a more interesting character, but Daisy Ridley is actually pretty bad. I actually thought Carrie Fisher did a good job in the OT.
Not sure if I want to think about Padme at all.
He really sold me on the character, great work with the roughly dozen lines he got
Goddamnit, there is.
Shit wait, someone make an Imperial Senate/DNC twitter account
Plus the good guys only killed it because Han invented some magical new, never-before-seen, theoretically suicidal maneuver. It's hard to develop countermeasures against attack vectors that don't even exist yet.
Sho_Nuff82
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Yes, the Droid was the best side character introduced in a long time in the franchise.
This is the first film that has shown the Rebel alliance as something other than paragons of virtue, and the first film to show any kind of collateral damage for their conflicts with the empire. It makes the SW universe actually feel like a place, rather than just a series of CGI backdrops.
Killer Queen
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Padme is gutter trash so let's get that out of the way.
Jyn was good I think, not perfect but I liked her.
Rey has this weird thing where her actual actions and emotions are great but her delivery isn't super strong
Leia is kinda the opposite.
Sheev and Trump aren't anything alike though. Trump's an idiot who appealed to idiots. Sheev is a devious and manipulative high class politician.
If they were similar, Palpatine wouldn't have had to conceal his plan. He'd have just said HEY GUYS I HATE ALIENS and the Senate would've made him emperor!
Carrie is way better than all of them
Yup I also wish he were in it more. His character was great.
Haloid1177
Banned
Yet.
She is about as much as a healthy portion introduced in Rogue One.
Killer Queen
Banned
I've got her Funkopop sitting on my ps4 (the first and only one I bought until I ordered Kylo last week)
But yeah Phasma did about as much as Boba Fett so far. Meaning stand around and job.
harriet the spy
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I'd agree. I think mine would be
Leia>Jyn>Rey>>>>Padme.
Portman is a good actress, too, which says a lot about the prequels writing and direction.
Rebels complaining about building another Death Star but they're the ones who blew up the first one anyway. Sad! #crookedmothma
Sho_Nuff82
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I don't think anyone got irrationally hyped about the casting of red-shirt #12 in Rogue One.
Why was this something we needed to see? I mean it makes sense that Red/Gold leaders were part of the space battle, it makes sense Mon Mothma is there, it makes sense that Bail Organa is there, it makes sense that Tarkin is there, and even if I thought it was a little unnecessary, it makes sense that Leia was included.
There is no reason that these two guys show up here, bumping into two incredibly important Star Wars characters, only to meet two more incredibly important Star Wars characters a week later. And both groups' missions are focused around the Death Star plans. It's shit like this, like Chewie knowing Yoda or like Anakin building C-3PO that makes the galaxy feel small.
Killer Queen
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Literally GOP line of thinking.
brandonh83
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Hot take I think Leia will die and cause Kylo to reconsider assholism.
Considering he never really spoke about her in TFA, I wonder if his hatred is reserved for Han.
I marked out when I saw them!
Outside of K-2SO, there really wasn't anyone to latch on to.
Killer Queen
Banned
I don't think he gives a shit about either of his parents considering he just killed his own father.
But yeah I don't see him staying evil. Which is why we need another true Darth Vader esque figure, especially after what Edwards delivered in Rogue One.
Trigonometrize.
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I assumed this as well. Even dark siders would want Leia as their mom.
Why though? Does every main character need daddy issues?
If Leia goes out, I want her to go out in the most badass way possible. Like pushing up on the throttle and ramming her cruiser through an enemy ship or something.
Killer Queen
Banned
Everything EU got thrown out aside from a small handful of things and all the new EU. Dont think any EU Skywalker is canon right now.
brandonh83
Banned
Nah god no, it'll be like Yoda's if it happens. ROTJ remake and all
Ether_Snake
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He presumably already fully embraced it at the end of VII. Doing that again would be really stretching it. It's also a way to justify making him stronger than Vader eventually; Vader still had some good in him, Kylo can do more now that he has none left. No point in delaying that to IX.
But if he hated Han, then killing him should've been easy. His dad reaching out to him is what was causing him to be "tempted by the light". It's the opposite from the norm - he views his love for his father as his weakness.
You know what the Rogue One score needs more of?
Xylophones.
He both loved and hated Han at the same time.
Xylophones.
He both loved and hated Han at the same time.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
It was the most on the nose definitely
Thinking about it, considering it needed the force in the end it wasn't actually that much of a weakness in the first place.
All they really needed to do was have a backup thingy or in general to split the load among multiple smaller thingies.
While starkiller base was shielded the garrison's reaction was much slower and worse guarded.
Killer Queen
Banned
I hope Kylo is the only Skywalker in the ST. Having Rey be one too is pushing it.
brandonh83
Banned
Yep. Han tried to save him and he knew it. If Leia shows the same kind of affection or effort maybe he'll try to straighten up.
firehawk12
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Going out doing coke while wearing that gold bikini?
bigboss370
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the droid quips could have been...fewer
Hell no.
While kissing a wookie
[KoRp]Jazzman
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Going to wait for a re-watch at home, but i think Rogue One is now my favorite in the series with Episode 4/5 both a close second. Got choked up for K2 and Yen's death scene's which surprised me as that doesn't normally happen. The whole Scarif sequence had me super enthralled all around as well.
The movie had some issues early on (weird pacing stuff jumping from planet to planet) but damn if it didn't deliver when everyone knew the outcome before it started.
The movie had some issues early on (weird pacing stuff jumping from planet to planet) but damn if it didn't deliver when everyone knew the outcome before it started.
Theslammer
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Just realized the woman who played Mon Mothma in this movie also played her in the deleted scenes in Revenge of the Sith. That gives a cool bit of continuity, even if they did delete all rebellion scenes.
Bobby Roberts
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I actually heard this post in my head with K-2SO's voice
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