Okay, I know that this news was released last week, but I was at the Indianapolis Comic Con over the weekend, so I was a little busy. If any new readers from this weekend are here, then welcome!
Last week at a Disney Shareholder meeting they took that time to announce the first of the Star Wars stand alone films that's going to be produced. It's title? Star Wars Rogue One! If you have been following this blog, then you already know that this was one of the possibilities that had been making the rounds over the web. At the time of my lat posting, though, it was looking more and more as if it was going to feature a Han Solo origins-type story. This, however, is getting me more excited for the their first film that isn't a "chapter" movie! So what can we expect from this new film? The new title already gives us some clues as to what to expect.
First of all, the Rogue Squadron is the elite Rebel Alliance fighter group, and Rogue One is the call sign given to their leader. Two people that have carried this call sign already are Wedge Antillies and Luke Skywalker, according to Comicbook.com. It's been a while since I've seen the originals, but I'm guessing that Wedge was Rogue Leader in Return Of The Jedi? I think Luke had the title at the battle on Hoth in The Empire Strikes Back. I need to go back and re-watch A New Hope to remember who lead the group in the first Death Star battle. But I digress...
Since the title of this film is Rogue One, I'm betting that we are going to be seeing some incredible space battles and aerial shots as we follow these pilots throughout the movie. This is why I'm getting jazzed for this film, I'm reading for some X-Wing action! That little tease in the trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens was enough in it's self, but an entire movie? Come on! It doesn't get any better than that!
The movie is going to be directed by Gareth Edwards, who was the director on Monsters and the most recent Godzilla movie. If you haven't seen Monsters yet, I think it's still on NetFlix, and it's a very well done movie, and is a lot of fun to watch. Since Edwards is going to be directing this film, he's brought over the composer that he worked with on the score for Godzilla, Alexandre Desplat. Desplat recently won an Oscar for his work on The Grand Budapest Hotel and was nominated for one this year for his work on The Imitation Game. This will also be the first film that has not been scored by John Williams. Williams will, however, be composing the music for The Force Awakens. Chris Weitz, who wrote Cinderella, is working on the script, and it's been announced that Felicity Jones, who starred in The Theory Of Everything, is already signed on to the film.
Production on this film should be starting soon. The movie will be released December 16, 2016.
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