Well I thought the trailer for Rogue One we got back in October would be the last one,
but it wasn’t!
A new international trailer just dropped with tons of new footage, so it’s time to break
it down shot by shot.
It all opens up the same way as the October trailer, with the shuttle and a confrontation
between Galen Erso and Krennic.
But this time we get some shots of Jyn’s actual escape from her home and the Death
Troopers.
She is given a necklace by who I assume is her mother and she’s told to trust the Force.
It’s unclear if this is before the escape or some other time.
More importantly, the necklace has a crystal on it.
This is all new to us, and I think it’s more important than it would appear.
I think this movie is going to deal with kyber crystals quite a bit, and that crystal might
be our first live action appearance of one!
I’ve speculated that Galen will be involved in actually finishing the superlaser in some
way, and kyber crystals were used to power the superlaser, so that all ties together
nicely.
The fact that the crystal is colorless makes sense because I assume it hasn’t been bonded
with any Force user, it just exists.
Jyn might not even know what she’s got, and maybe she’ll learn throughout the course
of the film.
Chirrut could teach her and this specific crystal might play into the plot somehow.
Okay I’m talking about this one little detail like a lot so let’s just move onto Yavin
and this is basically a remix of shots we’ve already seen.
Intercepted an Imperial transmission, major weapons test, yadda yadda yadda, but there
is a new shot of Jyn asking why her, and Cassian says the transmission came from her father.
We see the Death Star above Jedha, and Jyn actually says the words Death Star which got
me irrationally excited.
And then it actually fires.
Onto Jedha and that city we’ve seen in so many shots.
And damn if that isn’t a beautiful shot.
I’ve speculated on this on multiple occasions so this isn’t really surprising, but I was
disappointed they actually blatantly showed this in a trailer.
It could have been a huge surprise to people that assumed the Death Star never fired until
Alderaan.
I still think this will be a lower powered beam, not a full fledged planet destroying
shot, because the planet doesn’t straight up explode.
We see Jyn and Cassian escaping with the help of Bodhi Rook and more shots of their U-Wing
flying out of the destruction.
Okay now we’re on Eadu showing Galen and Krennic again, these are the same shots as
the previous trailer.
Back on Yavin, the Rebels gather and they have that discussion on hope.
I think this is a new shot of Cassian offering to help and Jyn says we’ll build a team
while we see shots of the team.
Back on Jedha and the fight we’ll see there, and that shot of the AT-ST is still totally
badass in case you were wondering.
There is an extra shot here of Jyn saving a small child.
Otherwise it’s the same.
K2-SO delivers his odds of failure line and we see the Rebel attack and bombing on Eadu.
Bodhi tells us the title of the movie again from his cargo shuttle, and it’s cut between
reaction shots that clearly take place at a different location.
Baze and Chirrut look pretty upset, so I think it’s likely they’re in hyperspace after
Jedha.
Next are a lot of shots of Scarif we’ve already seen, but this shuttle explosion is
looking bigger and better every time we see it.
It’s been in like every single trailer.
I still say that’s the death of Bodhi Rook.
I think this shot of Scarif is new, and unfortunately we don’t get any more clues as to what structure
the X-Wings are firing on.
Jyn says she’s not used to people sticking around when things go bad.
I think our heroes will surprise her with their loyalty...but I wouldn’t get too attached
if I were her.
I’ve got no confirmation on deaths or anything, I just don’t think most of them are getting
out of this movie alive.
Jyn tells her team they’ll take every chance they get until they win or their chances are
spent.
I guess she means every chance to take down the Death Star.
Aaaaaand a new shot of Darth Vader.
Looks like he’s got his stranglin’ fingers out today.
He’s probably using them on Krennic for crapping on the Force or something.
That brings us to the end of the trailer.
Visually there wasn’t a ton of new stuff but what I found really interesting is that
the line delivery was different in a lot of places, and I would say they sounded a little
better than they have previously.
More serious.
More confident.
And I’m a fan.
I haven’t been one to freak out over the reshoots but they might have just been to
improve some of the delivery.
For example, this shot looks like it could be from the reshoot, because Jyn looks a little
different to me than she does in the rest of this scene.
So maybe the much maligned “I rebel” line will be removed or at least improved.
What did you guys think?
Did I miss anything you want to talk about?
Let me know in the comments!
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