Star Wars Rogue One MASSIVE SPOILERS BY BERKUT

[Habbaku]

I guess we'll see the bothans in Rogue Two

Nah, they'll just modify the story slightly to make it about Manny Bothans, hero of the Rebellion.

[MadImmortalMan]

Re: the characters---The novel Catalyst is supposed to have a boatload about them in it. I might read it since it's Luceno and not Claudia Gray.

[Syt]

Re: the characters---The novel Catalyst is supposed to have a boatload about them in it. I might read it since it's Luceno and not Claudia Gray.

I have it on Audible, but haven't listened to it yet beyond the first chapter. Earlier this year I set up an Audible sub that quietly ticked along, so that I had 10 free audio books. I'm using it for Star Wars audio books, because I find it easier to keep up that way.

[Eddie Teach]

Saw the movie this afternoon, at risk of permanent damage to my hearing. Really fun. I liked the droid. Like threepio with less whining and more snark.

[MadImmortalMan]

Alan Tudyk crashes spaceships and dies. It's kinda his thing.

[celedhring]

As usual, you can trust geeks with too much time in their hands to overscrutinize stuff, so here's an article trying to ascertain what might have changed in the final version of the film after the reshoots, using footage that was in the early trailers but didn't make the final cut.

http://www.slashfilm.com/rogue-one-missing-trailer-footage/2/

Interestingly, the mechanics of how the plans get stolen and transmitted to the Rebellion seem to have changed significantly.

[derspiess]

How appropriate is this movie to take for younger kids (when compared to the other movies)?

If they've seen Episode 3 and 5, they should be fine.  If they can handle that not all the heroes are going to walk away, they'll be fine.

My kids somehow survived watching it.  Didn't even need counseling.

[derspiess]

Also, I'm guessing some people in the theater were drunk as they laughed a little too hard at the laugh lines.

In my theater, though there were drunk people, I think most people who laughed too hard did so out of excess enthusiasm.  Half of them clapped when the movie started

[Eddie Teach]

I don't remember anyone clapping at the beginning, but most of the theater clapped at the end.

[Syt]

Vader kicking Rebel ass in the end - I guess someone at Lucasfilm played the first level of Force Unleashed.

[celedhring]

I love when Americans clap at the end of movies, they are so eager to display their enthusiasm 
No clapping in my aloof Euro cinema

[garbon]

Also, I'm guessing some people in the theater were drunk as they laughed a little too hard at the laugh lines.

In my theater, though there were drunk people, I think most people who laughed too hard did so out of excess enthusiasm.  Half of them clapped when the movie started

Yeah that happened at the beginning and end in my theater too.

[Liep]

I love when Americans clap at the end of movies, they are so eager to display their enthusiasm 
No clapping in my aloof Euro cinema

There was a big group of downs kids when I watched it, much clapping at the end.

[Delirium]

Not that I go to the movies that frequently but enthusiastic clapping was heard during both FA and Rogue One. Not to mention the LotR movies. I didn't think they were Americans or that it was disgusting.

[Legbiter]

I jokingly called it Star Wars: Vietnam on Facebook.  I was only half-joking.

Yeah that's a good descriptor. Overall a better effort than the Force Awakened. Undead Tarkin was a mistake, though, I just hope they're not going to try to do the same to Alec Guinness going forward.