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Cassian Andor almost did something incredible in an alternate ending for Rogue One. All Images: Disney Here’s a hint: it involved carbon freezing. As we all know, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story went through innumerable iterations; some of them you saw in trailers and on the big screen, others never made it that far….
Jyn and Cassian had a different fate in earlier versions of Rogue One. Image: Disney By now, it’s common knowledge that Rogue One does not end happily for any of the main characters. Sure, they accomplish their goal, and that goal makes many major things possible, but they never get to see the fruits of…
A new video just came online that seems to show several Rogue One characters suffering a fate different than the one they have in the film. These are pretty big spoilers so, just in case… Okay, so Making Star Wars noticed that the below ABC News video about the making of K-2SO features on-set footage…
A shot that never made it into Rogue One. And it’ll never be explained. Image: Lucasfilm The instant news of the Rogue One Blu-ray dropped, we all had the same question: would the disc contain some of the many, many scenes from the trailers that aren’t in the movie? The answer is no, and now…
Please note that this post contains ALL OF THE SPOILERS. In fact, I’m so conscientious of spoiling Rogue One that I’m gonna put a shitload of Greek copy between here and the actual beginning of the post. [All work and no force chokes make Vader a dull boy. All work and no force chokes make…
Rogue One is a great addition to the Star Wars universe because it takes a glaringly stupid plot mechanism—the exhaust port vulnerability in the Death Star—and attributes it to an architect’s sabotage. One of the dumbest things about the Star Wars franchise then becomes something sad, poignant, and believable. But Rogue One also raises…
All images: Disney/Lucasfilm It was inevitable that with something as culturally dominant as Star Wars, people would be falling all over themselves to share their thoughts. We’re not immune to takes here, but everything on this list contains something that will melt your face off from the sheer heat of the take, or crack your…
This article includes no major spoilers for Rogue One.The idea that Rogue One is groundbreakingly feminist has always been pretty bizarre. Jyn Erso’s protagonist status is equal to Rey’s in The Force Awakens, and besides: Every other main character is a man. While Rogue One was being promoted (and protested) as a female-led sci-fi blockbuster, its trailers remained…
Screenshot via YouTube Listen. I am not going to try to unpack and critique the bonkers Rogue One review published by the New Yorker’s Richard Brody today. I do not even know where to begin. I am just going to blockquote some portions down below this paragraph, and I invite you to join me in…