My favorite fact about this movie is that the writer wanted to do a bolivian army ending (kill all the protagonists) but thought Disney would never let him do it. So his first draft had Jyn and Cassian finding a ship and escaping. Disney came back with “It’s great, but shouldn’t Jyn and Cassian die in the end?” He’s just like, “… 👍 You got it!”
@@ElKamaleon777 Look it up on TV tropes. It’s named after the ending of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, where the protagonists are gunned down by the bolivian army.
And silence. First time view, the whole theater was just silent for like the first 10- 15 seconds. Such a weird experience for everyone to be moved so similarly.
It's a fantastic piece of directing and visual/sound design. After succeeding in making the audience feel so depressed after watching every major character die one by one we are smacked in the face with this horrifying scene. Such good cinema.
I love what this adds to Vader and Leia's interaction at the beginning of Episode IV. Like, they just followed her ship from this battle and Leia's standing there going "I have no idea what you're talking about." right to his face.
Well Leia's ship jumped into hyperdrive after getting the plans so when Vader's ship caught up with her she was in a different system. So while the excuse was kind of weak what else was she supposed to say?
@@jmhaces They did not know Leia was on the ship only that the ship had the plans it makes more sense why they blew up Alderaanian now while they knew she was lying to them they knew for sure the planet was with the rebels
It was never a particularily good excuse, but it can't be just minutes. The ship speeds away and there is no way to track ships through hyperspace. The time between Rogue One and IV is unknown. Could be hours or days.
I'm old enough to have seen Episode IV back in 1977, when it was a little ol' movie called "Star Wars." What I love about "Rogue One" all these years later is how all the details are filled in, of the people whose story deserves to be told and yet never lands on the front pages. After all, the Star Wars saga is complete and satisfying without "Rogue One." So, what gives? This movie reminds us it's all too easy to forget history is written on the back of so much sacrifice, and the story of those sacrifices is worth the telling. People die believing in the cause, unsure their cause will ever come out winning. To me, that is the compounded tragedy; these deaths are deeply sad, but to not know if your death amounts to anything is the further tragedy. This film reminds us how ennobling it is to simply do the right thing, even at the gravest cost. For instance, consider all the Allied soldiers who died on D-Day, June 6, 1944. Within a year, of course, the Allies has won WWII. I grieve their deaths and I think about them every Memorial Day and June 6. But I also grieve that they never got to know that their deaths amounted to defeating a genuine evil in the world; they died not knowing their sacrifice helped win the war. I love "Rogue 1" because it celebrates the spirit of those fallen - those nameless, countless heroes whose story tends to not be told. It is so suitable that the last line in this movie is "hope," because it is what those fallen rebels would have wanted: they died to carry hope forward.
Now watch "Andor" - and see Tony Gilroy's version of Star Wars get due justice; a 12-episode TV masterpiece which has one more season greenlit to show how it ties up with Rogue One. Andor is proper Star Wars taken to the ultimate level. Imagine Rogue One - but with even better acting, set-design, music and real-life Andy Serkis not in a mocap suit ... [and no - he's not Snoke "before he went bad" - just a prisoner in one of the Empire's many penal hard-labour facilities] Intrigued? You should be. ANDOR is AWESOME!
I love that they didn’t have a love story in this. By the end Cassian and Jyn were just two people who liked and respected one another and this was conveyed with a single hug. 🤌🏻 perfect. Not every movie needs a love story
Honestly, it was probably the kindest way to end for the guy. This way the guy avoided prolonged torture. Especially considering the Empire's methods...
"Did he just shoot his friend?" Welcome to the dark side of rebellions. Since he knew the guy would be captured, he did the only thing he could to protect the rebellion..... make it so he can't be tortured and questioned. Because under Imperial torture, he would crack and spill everything he knew about the defector, and his contacts inside the rebellion.
That's why I love this and Andor so much, it's the exact aesthetic and perspective I've wanted from Star Wars since I was like 10 years old, the Jedi were always cool to me but I was just bored of them. Before this, the best I had was the later seasons of the Clone Wars, and I'm so glad I've finally got an equivalent for the OT era. Andor is unironically the best Star Wars entry since Episode 5 imo
So in the current canon of star Wars, among the defenders of Echo Base on Hoth is Rogue Group (often called Rogue Squadron by fans) was commanded by initially Commander Luke Skywalker. They took their name from the group known as Rogue One who made the impossible, possible (and seeing how Rogue Group comprised of survivors of the first Death Star battle and the Battle of Hoth, it seemed fitting. There will be a upcoming movie directed by Patty Jenkins called "Rogue Squadron" and in the pre-disney Era Rogue Squadron under Commander Wedge Antilles made a name for themselves in the books for being the top Rebel fighter squadron.
Really loved the Rogue Squadron book series, hard to pick one but i really enjoyed the direction it went for Wraith Squadron and the two books after which followed those characters.
“Be careful not to choke on your aspirations.” is one of my favorite line in any media. It is a double pun! Both choke and aspirations have double meanings that fit in the sentence. I've always known he was dramatic but damn all that sass.
29:25 on, when George finally "gets it". Yes, this leads IMMEDIATELY into Episode IV. And, yes, both your reactions to Darth Vader's long-awaited scene, where you finally get to see what he can REALLY do, you are so not alone. Everyone reacted the same way.
There's a scene in Rogue One when Bail Organna (Leia's dad) is talking to the leader of the Rebellion (we saw her character back in Return of the Jedi) about his friend "The Jedi..." - that's Obi-Wan and that he'll send his daughter to bring him to the fight. So that's why Leia was going to Tatooine with the plans to get him. I love how this movies goes right into Ep. IV, and the opening crawl of Ep. IV, the first paragraph of it is in fact, this movie... Many fans call this movie Ep. 3.95...
My step-daughter was working for Lucasfilm (on a top secret project that I think was figuring out tech needed for Mandalorian) when this movie was screened to the employees of Lucasfilm. Apparently they introduced it with the introductory crawl from a New Hope, and when it go to the part about a small team stealing the plans it froze there and said "This is their story." I wish they had kept that in the final cut of the movie but probably didn't feel it was an appropriate way to start what is essentially a dark movie. But this is definitely my favorite Star Wars movies. PS: LOVE the tapestry (if that is what it is) of Middle Earth in the background. Where did you get it? My brother and I once had a poster of the original map of Middle Earth from the books. Wish I had salvaged that when he died.
I honestly think it was best this way, because then we the audience do not know for sure if they'll succeed in anything. For all we know, they might all die *and* fail to send the message, so by the end even though they all die we still think "At least we know they didn't die for nothing." because we know how much having that information helped the rebels. But I knew for sure e they would succeed on that, I would only be sad by the end of the movie seeing all of them die and not achieve anything beyond what I was expecting them to.
In addition to using the CGI Tarkin (RIP Peter Cushing) and the CGI de-aged Leia (Carrie was still alive when this was filmed) they also used footage of Red Leader and Gold Leader from the original Star Wars film. One guy in Rogue One who was not in A New Hope: Red Five. When he checked in, you know he is dead meat as his call sign is available to be assigned to Luke.
Oh, and some background: Galen and Krennic were old college buddies and ambitious charismatic Krennic was sort of obsessed with the introverted genius Galen and roped him into his various machinations. Lyra, Jyn's mother, was a geologist researching kyber crystals and a faithful of the Force (and an ex-Jedi in an earlier script draft). Chirrut and Baze were both Guardians of the Whills, holy guardians of the Kyber Temple, but Baze lost his faith when the Empire occupied Jedha and pillaged the temple. Chirrut's demise clearly made him regain some of it. 😪 As for Cassian, his story will be told soon in the form of a Disney+ series 'Andor'.
This is, IMO, the best Star Wars right after Empire Strikes Back. Definitely the most visually gorgeous (I sincerely hope the only reason Greig Fraser didn't get an Oscar nom for his masterful cinematography is because he was nominated for another film that year) and emotionally hard-hitting one -- I'm a life-long SW fan but the only other Star Wars stories I can think of in the same category are in the realm of video games: Knights of the Old Republic II and Jedi: Fallen Order. Also 'Your Father Would Be Proud' on the soundtrack... instant waterworks every time.
That has to be one of the best Star Wars movies ever. It absolutely shows that the rebellion had to sacrifice every resource, their entire fleet and every hero in order to get those plans.
I'll say this on every reactor video I see for this movie: The way they pulled off attaching damning emotional resonance to the stupid Death Star weakness is the most impressive retcon in the history of mainstream cinema. The empire was once again taken down by a parent's love for their children. I still tear up.
I first saw this in the theater, four days after Carrie Fisher died. I was not prepared for that last shot. I was sobbing in the theater. And the model sitting square in the uncanny valley just makes it easier to hate Disney for this.
This movie felt a lot like a classic WW2 movie the Dirty Dozen, great film. you two should watch it, its easy to see its influence on this films structure. When i saw this in theaters i really liked how it actually put the "WAR" in Star Wars, it was more grim and "realistic" in its depiction of warfare. Almost Gundamesque really. i digress. +
I'm so glad you guys got the connection with the original Episode IV, A New Hope. This is my favorite of all the Star Wars franchise because when I saw A New Hope when I was a kid and the rebels received the Death Star plans, they say, "Many died to bring us these plans." They were talking about the entire cast of this film dying to get the Death Star plans out to Princess Leia. I always wondered who that was, this Episode answered that for me. Notice too, that Red 5 X-Wing pilot dies trying to take down the shield in this one... Luke is assigned the Red 5 call sign in A New Hope (that's my favorite reference in this one).
@@seannovack3834 Meh! You're obviously way more versed in the story line than I am. To me, this leads right onto the opening scroll for 'A New Hope' where Leia entrusts the plans into R2D2 to get them off the ship and Luke unknowingly finds the partial message, "Help me Obi Wan Kenobi, your our only hope." I may be wrong but that's where it remains in my week understanding. Thanks for pointing that out tho.
@@wollysammoth, you're absolutely right in that this leads directly into the opening of Episode IV. In fact I remember going home after seeing this in the theater and having to re-watch A New Hope for the thousandth time just to view it through the lens of Rogue One. The first thing I noticed is that at the beginning of the film Darth Vader is PISSED. He really isn't anything but coldly competent or dangerously ironic throughout the remainder of the trilogy, up until the duel in front of the Emperor in The Return of the Jedi. The writers of Rogue One took a single portion of the opening crawl of the first film and turned it into quite possibly the 2nd best Star Wars Movie ever made, in my opinion (Behind only The Empire Strikes Back) The line you are thinking of was spoken by Mon Mothma when the Rebels were getting briefed on the second Death Star in Return of the Jedi. The information that the Rebels managed to obtain from the Bothan spies was the location of the second Death Star, and the fact that the Emperor would actually be going there and when. Many Bothans died to obtain that information. ;-) It's a common mistake. No worries.
The Clone Wars animated Television show does a lot to tie up loose ends and plot holes in the prequels and original Trilogy, much like Rogue One did. Dave Filoni is a genius when it comes to stuff like that.
Rogue One is the best film in the Star Wars Universe. It is a damn near perfect film. Jyn Ors and the Rogue One crew are perhaps the greatest heroes of the rebellion, saving the galaxy with what they all suspected was a suicide mission. Glad you all appreciated its brilliance as much as I did.
I remember watching this and just being like holy shit this is one of the best Star wars movies I've seen outside of the original trilogy. Like even as a kid Darth Vader was cool but he was never overly scary to me. I don't know but this movie, that one scene at the end just makes him this ruthless terrifying monster and I think it's fucking amazing and probably my favorite Darth Vader scene of any film including the original trilogy. I'm not one of the Star wars super fans although I really really loved it for a couple years when I was younger but I still enjoy them immensely and I don't think I will see a Darth Vader scene that I like more than that
Please, Disney, try to remember: DROIDS DON"T DIE. They're machines, they can be repaired. R2-D2 had his friggin head blown off, he's fine now. C-3PO gets blown apart on a regular basis & it never takes him out of action for more than a day or two.
This and Empire Strikes Back are the two best Star Wars films by a wide margin. Slight edge to Empire for its two most iconic moments ("I love you" "I know" & Luke meets his dad)
Rogue One is in my opinion the best Star Wars film because it depicts honour, courage, and valour for this ordinary collection of rebel soldiers that are used as canon fodder in the main Star Wars series.
Masterfully done film. Among other things that took me back to childhood - notice they used unused footage of the pilots from the original Star Wars movie during the space battle.
I'll be honest. This video was the first one of yours to be recommended to me and I thought your name was "cringe binge" lol. Loved the reaction. Definitely will come back
Jimmy Smits plays Senator Bail Organa, he was in the prequels and was the man who helped Yoda and Obi-Wan escape the Purge. They also did a very good job on casting lookalikes for several characters, like Mon Mothma.
If there's an opportunity for a SW fan service film in the future, hope they make a Rogue Two that shows the Bothans getting the pans for the second Death Star. Imagine how broke up Mon Mothma must be to have seen so many killed under her watch as the Rebellion went on for five more years after Ep 4.
I'll Pass. Disney will just use it to give backstory for purple haired leadership and fill the rest of the plot in with fixes for the kiddie cartoon plotholes
IMHO, one of the best Star Wars movies -- and probably THE best so far of the Disney era. It was true to the original Star Wars credo: an adventure movie with a ton of heart to it. The performances were great, the characters were totally likeable. The plot was straightforward and moved along nicely. Few or no extraneous elements. Lots of fun, lots of feels. Star Wars at its best.
Never quite got why the Rebels wanted to kill Gaylen. Andor already told them the weapon was ready so what did they expect to accomplish by killing one scientist? It's almost as if they read the script and knew he was super important to the project. And I agree with RLM on the Krenek killing the other scientist move. It was a typical bad empire man kills his men to show how badass he is, with no thought to what could happen if some aspect of the station broke down in the future.
The beginning drags a bit, but they finally got the tone of a movie right, for the first time since Empire. You can still have a few moments of humor but keep it dark. Everyone dying showed they didn’t take the easy way out. And the panicked pace of the finale feels authentic.
Really really good movie, good connection to episode IV, good emotion and good respect of star wars story in this movie. But be careful : the 7 8 9 and solo its a shame a really nightmare
The time lapse between III and IV is about 19 or 20 years. That's how old Luke is at the beginning of A New Hope. Rogue One could be considered to be Episode 3.99.
30:09 - I saw this in the theater shortly after it had come out...more significantly, it was just 2 or 3 days after Carrie Fisher had passed away. When I saw the white robes at the end and realized who it was...and then she turned around revealing young Princess Leia...It was as if Carrie Fisher had come back to life. (I cried.)
I had just watched the reactions for episodes 4, 5, and 6 recently. Happy to see this one out now! Loved the realization of where exactly in the timeline this fell. Proceed to episode 4 and loop.
Remember in episode 4 -- many lives were given up to gain these plans. Rogue One is the story of those many lives. I am glad you liked it. I think Rogue One is underrated.
This was amazing. I saw a screening and everyone was happy to see her recreated because it was so recent. And if you go back and read the original scroll at the beginning of Episode 4, it’s literally the plot of this movie.
The text crawl was taken by Lucas from the old Black & White 1954 Flash Gordon TV Series. Also, even though it's "talked about" there is no mystical force element in this movie.. It's almost a pure gritty grime vibe throughout.
this is the best movie of the star wars franchise, it actually makes you understand the dire situation instead of a paragraph that rolls up in episode 4
legit i lopve how SALS acotor Forrest Whitacor had a Stroke 1 year before this movie. it makes it so much better he was "DAMAGED" in this movie as a GAltic Rebel From the start of the "EMPIRE" in S4 of clone wars they show SAL was a terrost who did anything to hurt the EMPIRE, and the REason Mon MArtha kicked him out of the "REBOULLION"
IMO i love both LEGANDs and CONNON. in EP5, MOn MArthar said lots of bothans died getting the DEATH STAR Plans, but in new disney cannon its 20years of anti empire that got the plans of the DS
Guys you've got to watch Andor now if you haven't yet, it's written by Tony Gilroy who co-wrote this movie & stars Diego Luna among others from this movie.
The Rogue One story happens just about 19 years after Revenge Of The Sith. It's the story of the spies who procured the Death Star to the Rebellion. By the way, George Lucas has said the the last scene with Carrie Fisher was actually a scene that was shot for episode IV A New Hope and was enhanced digitally for this scene to give the viewer a true continuation to the story.
28:20 - The irony of Krennic's own creation being what killed him is only part of what is being conveyed here. What is really being driven home is how fast a bootlicker will be discarded when there is no further use of them. Same in episode III when Darth Vader killed the separatist leaders.
Rogue One is my personal favorite Star Wars outside of the original trilogy. I thought the writing and acting were both top notch and seeing believable CGI characters (rather than the atrocities that were added to the original trilogy) was fun. I'm with George, I got a huge crush on Felicity Jones when seeing this in theaters.
This movie is right up there with the original trilogy for me. It's sad Disney can't realistcally do the upcoming movies with Jyn instead of Rey as the main character. She is so much better written!
I still don't know which line is the most repeated one in Star Wars. "I have a bad feeling about this"? "May the force be with you"? Or "I'm one with the force and the force is with me"?
Amazing reaction! but it's crazy to me how people criticize Tarkin's CGI. To me it is EXTREMELY impressive and I get zero uncanny valley from it. There are sooo many worse CGI recreations out there.
George loves Rogue One AND the sequels 7 and 8 even if they are different to his vision for 7 and 8 and stated in interviews he still learned to appreciate what JJ and Rian did.
If you watch the clone wars cartoon(takes place between attack of the clones and revenge of the sith) and the rebels cartoon it shows why Saw becomes paranoid in rogue one
I am one with the force and the force is with me... on repeat, got me so bad... this is probably one of the saddest scene in the whole starwars... yet, we barely know those 2 ehehhe
I don’t know who made this movie but I do know he didn’t make any of the other SW movies but they should never use JJ Abrams again and should have let this person make all SW content because he gets it. He gets this franchise and what the fans want because they Darth Vader scene at the end was absolutely stunning and beyond bad ass.
2 things, i think this is the first Disney Cannon apperance of Kyber Crystals, At least in finished edited movies. IIrc. kyber crystals wasnt shown in movies until 2016, and the Sith Red lightsaber wasnt shown to be "Bleeded" until 2018 as well as Death Troopers. who DT where tha main villan with Kyle Katarn Triolgy of games. he couldnt kill the empowere. but random supoer OP Advanced SS troops is easy Hard Villans.
this year or within the "Season" of TV shows, Like rebels and S7 of Clone wars shoed horned Kyber Crystals, but atm Rouge 1 was the first disney show 2 show what kyber crystals are. offically, as the 2005 battlefront 2 game, 3 years before disney bought lucas fims for $Billion$. the OG bF 2 game comfirmed in legends that the Republic Invaded MAGETTO for that RACE "Owned" the Banks like the "JEWS" doo on earth. as well at that was the HOME planet of SIDOUS SITH MASTER, but for them to NAtionlise the banking planet and take it over like illum becase the kyber crystals for the death star mega laser
People often forget that “Technically” while the Rebel alliance were the “Good Guys” they were fighting the dominant power within the galaxy, which would define the Alliance as Terrorists by definition and function seeing as they had multiple Cells working together across the galaxy and almost failed entirely multiple times.
The only falling is a great ending it also rewrites the original Star Wars Radio Play, which had a completely different plot for Leia getting the plans from the Rebel spies.
I don't understand how Disney did such a good job with this movie, yet the others are, let's just say, lacking. I personally liked the Solo movie, it was like a fun little side quest. lol
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My favorite fact about this movie is that the writer wanted to do a bolivian army ending (kill all the protagonists) but thought Disney would never let him do it. So his first draft had Jyn and Cassian finding a ship and escaping. Disney came back with “It’s great, but shouldn’t Jyn and Cassian die in the end?”
He’s just like, “… 👍 You got it!”
Bolivian?
@@ElKamaleon777
Look it up on TV tropes. It’s named after the ending of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, where the protagonists are gunned down by the bolivian army.
War has a cost. Killing them all gives more value to what they did. More poignant and, again, this is the “War” in Star Wars.
And if they had gotten away you would have to explain why Jinn Erso and Cassian Andor weren't fighting with the rebels in the original trilogy.
@@johnjogerst5919 In episode 4, the senator said that many people died to get the Death Star plans
Both of your reactions during the hallway scene was just perfect! Exactly how I was when I saw it in the cinema.
When I sow this movie in the cinema it was so overwhelming to me. It was a few days after Carry Fisher past away.
We finally got see why everyone soils themselves at the sight of Vader.
And silence.
First time view, the whole theater was just silent for like the first 10- 15 seconds. Such a weird experience for everyone to be moved so similarly.
It's a fantastic piece of directing and visual/sound design. After succeeding in making the audience feel so depressed after watching every major character die one by one we are smacked in the face with this horrifying scene. Such good cinema.
I love what this adds to Vader and Leia's interaction at the beginning of Episode IV. Like, they just followed her ship from this battle and Leia's standing there going "I have no idea what you're talking about." right to his face.
Well Leia's ship jumped into hyperdrive after getting the plans so when Vader's ship caught up with her she was in a different system. So while the excuse was kind of weak what else was she supposed to say?
A true father catching his daughter moment.
Kids, am I right
As far as she knows, the Senate is still a thing, so she just has to maintain the lie.
Just like a man's daughter to lie to his helmet like that. /s
Now the start of Episode IV is hilarious.
"We're on a diplomatic mission to Alderan"
"Bitch I just saw you escape from Scaraf like 5min ago"
Leia: "Nuh-uh, wasn't me."
"Er... no, it was the other Alderaanian senator. We have the same model of ship."
"Naw, I'm a computer simulation, that was the real me!"
@@jmhaces They did not know Leia was on the ship only that the ship had the plans it makes more sense why they blew up Alderaanian now while they knew she was lying to them they knew for sure the planet was with the rebels
It was never a particularily good excuse, but it can't be just minutes. The ship speeds away and there is no way to track ships through hyperspace. The time between Rogue One and IV is unknown. Could be hours or days.
I'm old enough to have seen Episode IV back in 1977, when it was a little ol' movie called "Star Wars." What I love about "Rogue One" all these years later is how all the details are filled in, of the people whose story deserves to be told and yet never lands on the front pages. After all, the Star Wars saga is complete and satisfying without "Rogue One." So, what gives?
This movie reminds us it's all too easy to forget history is written on the back of so much sacrifice, and the story of those sacrifices is worth the telling. People die believing in the cause, unsure their cause will ever come out winning. To me, that is the compounded tragedy; these deaths are deeply sad, but to not know if your death amounts to anything is the further tragedy. This film reminds us how ennobling it is to simply do the right thing, even at the gravest cost.
For instance, consider all the Allied soldiers who died on D-Day, June 6, 1944. Within a year, of course, the Allies has won WWII. I grieve their deaths and I think about them every Memorial Day and June 6. But I also grieve that they never got to know that their deaths amounted to defeating a genuine evil in the world; they died not knowing their sacrifice helped win the war. I love "Rogue 1" because it celebrates the spirit of those fallen - those nameless, countless heroes whose story tends to not be told.
It is so suitable that the last line in this movie is "hope," because it is what those fallen rebels would have wanted: they died to carry hope forward.
Well said. I repeat: Well said.
Now watch "Andor" - and see Tony Gilroy's version of Star Wars get due justice; a 12-episode TV masterpiece which has one more season greenlit to show how it ties up with Rogue One.
Andor is proper Star Wars taken to the ultimate level.
Imagine Rogue One - but with even better acting, set-design, music and real-life Andy Serkis not in a mocap suit ... [and no - he's not Snoke "before he went bad" - just a prisoner in one of the Empire's many penal hard-labour facilities]
Intrigued? You should be.
ANDOR is AWESOME!
I love that they didn’t have a love story in this. By the end Cassian and Jyn were just two people who liked and respected one another and this was conveyed with a single hug. 🤌🏻 perfect. Not every movie needs a love story
He killed the other informant because he was too injured to escape with him. Couldn't risk him falling in imperial hands.
Yep. A little cold, but absolutely pragmatic.
I don't think it was about the guy being injured, but he being too loud and apparently incapable of discretion, at that point.
Honestly, it was probably the kindest way to end for the guy. This way the guy avoided prolonged torture. Especially considering the Empire's methods...
not to mention, dying by a surprise blast in the back would have been a lot better than what the Imperials had in store for him.
@@ShadowsintheEyes And the empire would've killed him after interrogating and torturing him, so he was actually giving him some mercy.
Rogue One is one of my favorite star wars movies, and certainly the best of the current crop made recently.
Easily the best of all the new films IMO
"Did he just shoot his friend?"
Welcome to the dark side of rebellions. Since he knew the guy would be captured, he did the only thing he could to protect the rebellion..... make it so he can't be tortured and questioned. Because under Imperial torture, he would crack and spill everything he knew about the defector, and his contacts inside the rebellion.
He was a spy for the rebellion; you don't let a talkitive sort survive if he would be interigated
Swag money
Members of the British Resistance were going to kill their recruiter if Britain was invaded because he could identify them if captured.
Even better reply after Andor because we get to see his background before he shot that guy.
That's why I love this and Andor so much, it's the exact aesthetic and perspective I've wanted from Star Wars since I was like 10 years old, the Jedi were always cool to me but I was just bored of them. Before this, the best I had was the later seasons of the Clone Wars, and I'm so glad I've finally got an equivalent for the OT era. Andor is unironically the best Star Wars entry since Episode 5 imo
So in the current canon of star Wars, among the defenders of Echo Base on Hoth is Rogue Group (often called Rogue Squadron by fans) was commanded by initially Commander Luke Skywalker. They took their name from the group known as Rogue One who made the impossible, possible (and seeing how Rogue Group comprised of survivors of the first Death Star battle and the Battle of Hoth, it seemed fitting. There will be a upcoming movie directed by Patty Jenkins called "Rogue Squadron" and in the pre-disney Era Rogue Squadron under Commander Wedge Antilles made a name for themselves in the books for being the top Rebel fighter squadron.
The first 4 of that book series was pretty good. Never finished it after I got into Wheel of Time and Dune.
@@bobbybobbatunday9959 That's too bad, you stopped right before it got good.
@@bobbybobbatunday9959 The spin off series, Wraith Squadron, by Aaron Allston, was better, I think. You might want to check it out.
Really loved the Rogue Squadron book series, hard to pick one but i really enjoyed the direction it went for Wraith Squadron and the two books after which followed those characters.
“Be careful not to choke on your aspirations.” is one of my favorite line in any media. It is a double pun! Both choke and aspirations have double meanings that fit in the sentence. I've always known he was dramatic but damn all that sass.
Honestly it kinda is like a James Bond pun.
@@embran8486 It was a dad joke. Vader is a father after all.
@@hanng1242 Obviously. I'm just saying the line could very well be from a Bond movie.
No time to point out how terrible the pun is when Vader is about to crush your windpipe.
I agree. I love that they didn't shy away from giving him a bit of a dry humor here. :D
One more vote for ANDOR . Do it, guys. For real.
Donnie Yen is not a Jedi, he was a guard of the Jedi Temple who were forced sensitive but not enough to become Jedi. Love yalls reactions
Chirrut was part of the same group (guardian of the whills) that the priest Kylo Ren killed in The Force Awakens
He survived the Betrayal, but it may have cost him his eyesight
29:25 on, when George finally "gets it". Yes, this leads IMMEDIATELY into Episode IV. And, yes, both your reactions to Darth Vader's long-awaited scene, where you finally get to see what he can REALLY do, you are so not alone. Everyone reacted the same way.
Some of the footage of the rebel pilots are unused shots from A New Hope. Amazing way to connect the two
There's a scene in Rogue One when Bail Organna (Leia's dad) is talking to the leader of the Rebellion (we saw her character back in Return of the Jedi) about his friend "The Jedi..." - that's Obi-Wan and that he'll send his daughter to bring him to the fight. So that's why Leia was going to Tatooine with the plans to get him. I love how this movies goes right into Ep. IV, and the opening crawl of Ep. IV, the first paragraph of it is in fact, this movie... Many fans call this movie Ep. 3.95...
He talks about obiwan AND Leia with Mon Mothma asking about Obiwan the jedi then Bail says he trusts HER with his life, meaning his daughter Leia.
My step-daughter was working for Lucasfilm (on a top secret project that I think was figuring out tech needed for Mandalorian) when this movie was screened to the employees of Lucasfilm. Apparently they introduced it with the introductory crawl from a New Hope, and when it go to the part about a small team stealing the plans it froze there and said "This is their story." I wish they had kept that in the final cut of the movie but probably didn't feel it was an appropriate way to start what is essentially a dark movie. But this is definitely my favorite Star Wars movies.
PS: LOVE the tapestry (if that is what it is) of Middle Earth in the background. Where did you get it? My brother and I once had a poster of the original map of Middle Earth from the books. Wish I had salvaged that when he died.
I honestly think it was best this way, because then we the audience do not know for sure if they'll succeed in anything. For all we know, they might all die *and* fail to send the message, so by the end even though they all die we still think "At least we know they didn't die for nothing." because we know how much having that information helped the rebels. But I knew for sure e they would succeed on that, I would only be sad by the end of the movie seeing all of them die and not achieve anything beyond what I was expecting them to.
"How many years were between episodes 3 & 4?" Luke & Leia were born at the end of 3 and are about 18-20 at beginning of 4.
19, to be exact, since Episdoes 3 and 4 are exactly 19 years apart.
In addition to using the CGI Tarkin (RIP Peter Cushing) and the CGI de-aged Leia (Carrie was still alive when this was filmed) they also used footage of Red Leader and Gold Leader from the original Star Wars film. One guy in Rogue One who was not in A New Hope: Red Five. When he checked in, you know he is dead meat as his call sign is available to be assigned to Luke.
Oh, and some background: Galen and Krennic were old college buddies and ambitious charismatic Krennic was sort of obsessed with the introverted genius Galen and roped him into his various machinations. Lyra, Jyn's mother, was a geologist researching kyber crystals and a faithful of the Force (and an ex-Jedi in an earlier script draft). Chirrut and Baze were both Guardians of the Whills, holy guardians of the Kyber Temple, but Baze lost his faith when the Empire occupied Jedha and pillaged the temple. Chirrut's demise clearly made him regain some of it. 😪
As for Cassian, his story will be told soon in the form of a Disney+ series 'Andor'.
Now that Andor is playing out, the whole "I've been a part of this fight since I was six years old" seems a bit of an exaggeration.
This is, IMO, the best Star Wars right after Empire Strikes Back. Definitely the most visually gorgeous (I sincerely hope the only reason Greig Fraser didn't get an Oscar nom for his masterful cinematography is because he was nominated for another film that year) and emotionally hard-hitting one -- I'm a life-long SW fan but the only other Star Wars stories I can think of in the same category are in the realm of video games: Knights of the Old Republic II and Jedi: Fallen Order.
Also 'Your Father Would Be Proud' on the soundtrack... instant waterworks every time.
yup. Couldn't agree more.
@@Mr.Ekshin thought solo was actually pretty good
Agreed.
I'm more of a fan of ROTS.
For me it's
1. ROTS
2. TESB
3. R1
1. TESB
2a. R1
2b.RotS
3. ROTJ
4. AOTC
The rest are decent (Anh,pm,solo and the last one), or complete crap.
That has to be one of the best Star Wars movies ever. It absolutely shows that the rebellion had to sacrifice every resource, their entire fleet and every hero in order to get those plans.
I'll say this on every reactor video I see for this movie:
The way they pulled off attaching damning emotional resonance to the stupid Death Star weakness is the most impressive retcon in the history of mainstream cinema. The empire was once again taken down by a parent's love for their children. I still tear up.
I first saw this in the theater, four days after Carrie Fisher died. I was not prepared for that last shot. I was sobbing in the theater. And the model sitting square in the uncanny valley just makes it easier to hate Disney for this.
It's been 19 years between ROTS and ANH
@@rickardroach9075 Not as badly as Vader though. He's only early-mid 40's in return of the jedi.
@@rickardroach9075 Sunscreen > The Force
This movie felt a lot like a classic WW2 movie the Dirty Dozen, great film. you two should watch it, its easy to see its influence on this films structure. When i saw this in theaters i really liked how it actually put the "WAR" in Star Wars, it was more grim and "realistic" in its depiction of warfare. Almost Gundamesque really. i digress.
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More reactors should delve further into the classics and Dirty Dozen is a great place to Start.
I'm so glad you guys got the connection with the original Episode IV, A New Hope. This is my favorite of all the Star Wars franchise because when I saw A New Hope when I was a kid and the rebels received the Death Star plans, they say, "Many died to bring us these plans." They were talking about the entire cast of this film dying to get the Death Star plans out to Princess Leia. I always wondered who that was, this Episode answered that for me. Notice too, that Red 5 X-Wing pilot dies trying to take down the shield in this one... Luke is assigned the Red 5 call sign in A New Hope (that's my favorite reference in this one).
You're thinking of "Return of the Jedi" when she says "Many Bothens died to bring us this information." - Wrong Death Star, wrong plans, wrong spies
@@seannovack3834 Meh! You're obviously way more versed in the story line than I am. To me, this leads right onto the opening scroll for 'A New Hope' where Leia entrusts the plans into R2D2 to get them off the ship and Luke unknowingly finds the partial message, "Help me Obi Wan Kenobi, your our only hope." I may be wrong but that's where it remains in my week understanding. Thanks for pointing that out tho.
@@wollysammoth, you're absolutely right in that this leads directly into the opening of Episode IV. In fact I remember going home after seeing this in the theater and having to re-watch A New Hope for the thousandth time just to view it through the lens of Rogue One. The first thing I noticed is that at the beginning of the film Darth Vader is PISSED. He really isn't anything but coldly competent or dangerously ironic throughout the remainder of the trilogy, up until the duel in front of the Emperor in The Return of the Jedi. The writers of Rogue One took a single portion of the opening crawl of the first film and turned it into quite possibly the 2nd best Star Wars Movie ever made, in my opinion (Behind only The Empire Strikes Back)
The line you are thinking of was spoken by Mon Mothma when the Rebels were getting briefed on the second Death Star in Return of the Jedi. The information that the Rebels managed to obtain from the Bothan spies was the location of the second Death Star, and the fact that the Emperor would actually be going there and when. Many Bothans died to obtain that information. ;-)
It's a common mistake. No worries.
The Clone Wars animated Television show does a lot to tie up loose ends and plot holes in the prequels and original Trilogy, much like Rogue One did. Dave Filoni is a genius when it comes to stuff like that.
As well as The Bad Batch
So glad yall jumped on this early before other SW films. It's really a good one.
Rogue One is the best film in the Star Wars Universe. It is a damn near perfect film. Jyn Ors and the Rogue One crew are perhaps the greatest heroes of the rebellion, saving the galaxy with what they all suspected was a suicide mission. Glad you all appreciated its brilliance as much as I did.
"These are prisoners. [...] I am taking them...to imprison them...in prison." 🙈
I remember watching this and just being like holy shit this is one of the best Star wars movies I've seen outside of the original trilogy. Like even as a kid Darth Vader was cool but he was never overly scary to me. I don't know but this movie, that one scene at the end just makes him this ruthless terrifying monster and I think it's fucking amazing and probably my favorite Darth Vader scene of any film including the original trilogy. I'm not one of the Star wars super fans although I really really loved it for a couple years when I was younger but I still enjoy them immensely and I don't think I will see a Darth Vader scene that I like more than that
Please, Disney, try to remember: DROIDS DON"T DIE. They're machines, they can be repaired. R2-D2 had his friggin head blown off, he's fine now. C-3PO gets blown apart on a regular basis & it never takes him out of action for more than a day or two.
This and Empire Strikes Back are the two best Star Wars films by a wide margin. Slight edge to Empire for its two most iconic moments ("I love you" "I know" & Luke meets his dad)
It's fascinating that now we know the story behind that very first Star Wars movie opening crawl!
Rogue One is in my opinion the best Star Wars film because it depicts honour, courage, and valour for this ordinary collection of rebel soldiers that are used as canon fodder in the main Star Wars series.
Masterfully done film. Among other things that took me back to childhood - notice they used unused footage of the pilots from the original Star Wars movie during the space battle.
The woman y-wing pilot is also supposed to be the one y-wing pilot who survived the battle of Yavin
I'll be honest. This video was the first one of yours to be recommended to me and I thought your name was "cringe binge" lol.
Loved the reaction. Definitely will come back
Jimmy Smits plays Senator Bail Organa, he was in the prequels and was the man who helped Yoda and Obi-Wan escape the Purge. They also did a very good job on casting lookalikes for several characters, like Mon Mothma.
If there's an opportunity for a SW fan service film in the future, hope they make a Rogue Two that shows the Bothans getting the pans for the second Death Star. Imagine how broke up Mon Mothma must be to have seen so many killed under her watch as the Rebellion went on for five more years after Ep 4.
Imperials keep making weapons with design flaws.
I'll Pass. Disney will just use it to give backstory for purple haired leadership and fill the rest of the plot in with fixes for the kiddie cartoon plotholes
@@bobbybobbatunday9959 show me on the doll where the bad mouse touched you.
@@1stCainite Besides Bobby being spot on, your comment made me laugh so hard... 🤣😁😂👍
@@ReadersOfTheApocalypse :D
IMHO, one of the best Star Wars movies -- and probably THE best so far of the Disney era. It was true to the original Star Wars credo: an adventure movie with a ton of heart to it. The performances were great, the characters were totally likeable. The plot was straightforward and moved along nicely. Few or no extraneous elements. Lots of fun, lots of feels. Star Wars at its best.
I know this is late - PLEASE watch ANDOR
Yall gotta watch Andor. takes place 5 yrs before this. One of the best Star wars series out.
Mandalorian will blow your mind! Best Star Wars since empire
Never quite got why the Rebels wanted to kill Gaylen. Andor already told them the weapon was ready so what did they expect to accomplish by killing one scientist? It's almost as if they read the script and knew he was super important to the project. And I agree with RLM on the Krenek killing the other scientist move. It was a typical bad empire man kills his men to show how badass he is, with no thought to what could happen if some aspect of the station broke down in the future.
The beginning drags a bit, but they finally got the tone of a movie right, for the first time since Empire. You can still have a few moments of humor but keep it dark. Everyone dying showed they didn’t take the easy way out. And the panicked pace of the finale feels authentic.
This, there's humour but done with an excellent amount of restraint at just the right times.
Really really good movie, good connection to episode IV, good emotion and good respect of star wars story in this movie.
But be careful : the 7 8 9 and solo its a shame a really nightmare
@@Mr.Ekshin blah blah blah
@@Mr.Ekshin it's just nobody cares what you think but you felt like you had to put that out there. It's just amusing, that's all
Too bad that he is right, though Solo is underrated. The rest are junk.
I loved Solo.
There's no text crawl because this is the visualization of the text crawl for A New Hope.
The Voice of K2SO is basically a reprise of Sonny (I-Robot) for Tudyk.
Just with more manacing lines^^
29:34 I just love the polar opposite reactions happening there
The time lapse between III and IV is about 19 or 20 years. That's how old Luke is at the beginning of A New Hope. Rogue One could be considered to be Episode 3.99.
I love the moment when it HITS that it’s right before the original Star Wars movie
30:09 - I saw this in the theater shortly after it had come out...more significantly, it was just 2 or 3 days after Carrie Fisher had passed away. When I saw the white robes at the end and realized who it was...and then she turned around revealing young Princess Leia...It was as if Carrie Fisher had come back to life. (I cried.)
I had this exact experience as well.
for me this is the only good star wars movie since the original trilogy
I would add Solo and Revenge of the Sith.
@Crow Crow yeah man. It was fun, Alden Ehrenreich did a fantastic job as Han, and the action sequences were very well done.
I had just watched the reactions for episodes 4, 5, and 6 recently. Happy to see this one out now!
Loved the realization of where exactly in the timeline this fell. Proceed to episode 4 and loop.
Remember in episode 4 -- many lives were given up to gain these plans. Rogue One is the story of those many lives.
I am glad you liked it. I think Rogue One is underrated.
you sure that wasnt said in ep 6
not by me I love this movie the only one I that Disney has made that I love the others I could throw away but this movie is amazing
@@wolf99000 What's not by you?
Without a doubt the best modern Star Wars film that evokes the same feelings as the original trilogy.
This was amazing. I saw a screening and everyone was happy to see her recreated because it was so recent.
And if you go back and read the original scroll at the beginning of Episode 4, it’s literally the plot of this movie.
The text crawl was taken by Lucas from the old Black & White 1954 Flash Gordon TV Series. Also, even though it's "talked about" there is no mystical force element in this movie.. It's almost a pure gritty grime vibe throughout.
This is the best Star Wars film since the original trilogy imo.
The black armored stormtroopers are imperial special forces they're called deathtroopers
this is the best movie of the star wars franchise, it actually makes you understand the dire situation instead of a paragraph that rolls up in episode 4
Yet still a bad movie.
legit i lopve how SALS acotor Forrest Whitacor had a Stroke 1 year before this movie. it makes it so much better he was "DAMAGED" in this movie as a GAltic Rebel From the start of the "EMPIRE" in S4 of clone wars they show SAL was a terrost who did anything to hurt the EMPIRE, and the REason Mon MArtha kicked him out of the "REBOULLION"
IMO i love both LEGANDs and CONNON. in EP5, MOn MArthar said lots of bothans died getting the DEATH STAR Plans, but in new disney cannon its 20years of anti empire that got the plans of the DS
Guys you've got to watch Andor now if you haven't yet, it's written by Tony Gilroy who co-wrote this movie & stars Diego Luna among others from this movie.
The Rogue One story happens just about 19 years after Revenge Of The Sith. It's the story of the spies who procured the Death Star to the Rebellion. By the way, George Lucas has said the the last scene with Carrie Fisher was actually a scene that was shot for episode IV A New Hope and was enhanced digitally for this scene to give the viewer a true continuation to the story.
RebelA: We're out of time!
RebelB: Pulls out disk too soon.
FILE CORRUPTED
RebelB: FUUUUUUUUUUUU
28:20 - The irony of Krennic's own creation being what killed him is only part of what is being conveyed here. What is really being driven home is how fast a bootlicker will be discarded when there is no further use of them. Same in episode III when Darth Vader killed the separatist leaders.
Rogue One is my personal favorite Star Wars outside of the original trilogy. I thought the writing and acting were both top notch and seeing believable CGI characters (rather than the atrocities that were added to the original trilogy) was fun. I'm with George, I got a huge crush on Felicity Jones when seeing this in theaters.
Time between Episode 3 and Episode 4 = Luke's age.
There are more exact answers, but for the casual viewer, that's all you really need.
This movie is right up there with the original trilogy for me. It's sad Disney can't realistcally do the upcoming movies with Jyn instead of Rey as the main character. She is so much better written!
I still don't know which line is the most repeated one in Star Wars. "I have a bad feeling about this"? "May the force be with you"? Or "I'm one with the force and the force is with me"?
Amazing reaction! but it's crazy to me how people criticize Tarkin's CGI. To me it is EXTREMELY impressive and I get zero uncanny valley from it. There are sooo many worse CGI recreations out there.
George loves Rogue One AND the sequels 7 and 8 even if they are different to his vision for 7 and 8 and stated in interviews he still learned to appreciate what JJ and Rian did.
the time between episode 3 and episode 4 equals Luke's age at the start of episode 4: around 17 years.
The final scene with Jyn and Cassian gives me vibes of 'On the Beach'. Check out that movie reference.
Watch Andor! It’s A+
If you watch the clone wars cartoon(takes place between attack of the clones and revenge of the sith) and the rebels cartoon it shows why Saw becomes paranoid in rogue one
I enjoyed watching you figure out where it fitted into the Star Wars chronology. It's definitely one of my favorite Star Wars movies.
Dark Vader had more fight screen time here than in entire franchise
At 13:10...but did he have to include that ear bloodening sound bite of THAT Gungan whose name shall not be mentioned?🤭
Donny yen’s character is a force adept. He’s force sensitive but has not had Jedi training
also i love how many charters or robots and behicles are legit just toys from the 75s.
I am one with the force and the force is with me... on repeat, got me so bad... this is probably one of the saddest scene in the whole starwars... yet, we barely know those 2 ehehhe
I think Simone could cosplay princess Leia any time :)
Sry cant watch with the blur all the time...wish you would handle it a diff way...
Not a popular take: this is my favorite Star Wars film!!
Obviously, you guys gotta check out Andor now
I don’t know who made this movie but I do know he didn’t make any of the other SW movies but they should never use JJ Abrams again and should have let this person make all SW content because he gets it. He gets this franchise and what the fans want because they Darth Vader scene at the end was absolutely stunning and beyond bad ass.
2 things, i think this is the first Disney Cannon apperance of Kyber Crystals, At least in finished edited movies. IIrc. kyber crystals wasnt shown in movies until 2016, and the Sith Red lightsaber wasnt shown to be "Bleeded" until 2018 as well as Death Troopers. who DT where tha main villan with Kyle Katarn Triolgy of games. he couldnt kill the empowere. but random supoer OP Advanced SS troops is easy Hard Villans.
this year or within the "Season" of TV shows, Like rebels and S7 of Clone wars shoed horned Kyber Crystals, but atm Rouge 1 was the first disney show 2 show what kyber crystals are. offically, as the 2005 battlefront 2 game, 3 years before disney bought lucas fims for $Billion$. the OG bF 2 game comfirmed in legends that the Republic Invaded MAGETTO for that RACE "Owned" the Banks like the "JEWS" doo on earth. as well at that was the HOME planet of SIDOUS SITH MASTER, but for them to NAtionlise the banking planet and take it over like illum becase the kyber crystals for the death star mega laser
God after RoS I forgot how good a star wars film could be. This was such a good time cinematically
I really hope you guys react to ANDOR...
The greatest of the Disney Star Wars films and right up there with the OT overall.
Definitely a beautiful & tragic movie. Caspian is getting his own prequel show on Disney+ as well.
It was the best comedy in the Star Wars universe.
i think y'all would enjoy Andor ✌🏼~
People often forget that “Technically” while the Rebel alliance were the “Good Guys” they were fighting the dominant power within the galaxy, which would define the Alliance as Terrorists by definition and function seeing as they had multiple Cells working together across the galaxy and almost failed entirely multiple times.
that is the only part that i hate about this movie. Felicity Jones die in it.
The only falling is a great ending it also rewrites the original Star Wars Radio Play, which had a completely different plot for Leia getting the plans from the Rebel spies.
I don't understand how Disney did such a good job with this movie, yet the others are, let's just say, lacking. I personally liked the Solo movie, it was like a fun little side quest. lol
Not sure where the good job is.