Star Wars: Rogue One

[Strat]

I know I've said it elsewhere, but I still think Jyn and Cassian's death was unrealistic. They would have burned alive before the blast wave hit them.

yea flying through space at the speed of light and jedi's who can jump around and force choke other people and lightsabers and dogs that talk. ugh. NOTHING IS REALISTIC IN THIS SHIT UNIVERSE BAN STAR WARS 4LIFE

[E.H. Ruddock]

Plus, how do we know it was nuclear-based? maybe they scienced some stuff so it is like a cool ion blast. You never know, that Galen Erso was a smart dude.

[LoathedVermin72]

I know I've said it elsewhere, but I still think Jyn and Cassian's death was unrealistic. They would have burned alive before the blast wave hit them.

oh wow good call, this movie sucks

[Let's all laugh at Rangers]

I actually love the film. I'm thinking more the fact that that blast wave is on fire, rather than what caused it.

[dimejinky99]

I actually love the film. I'm thinking more the fact that that blast wave is on fire, rather than what caused it.

Yeah cos the way the blast landed on water and there'd be all this burning stuff flying at them.

[bune]

Here's the book description of the firing sequence:

Eight separate beam generators came online in the Death Star's heard. Here the process became too much for Krennic to observe in its entirety - a dozen officers on the overbridge alone chattered into their comms, relaying information through a dozen more teams responsible for monitoring and controlling the primary weapon's final ignition. Krennic turned from the technicians to the monitor screens, saw reading gently crest as the eight beams reached minimum conherency.

From the focusing dish on the station's outer shell, the beam of light and charged particles poured into a single vertex controlled and suspended by the kyber fields. The overbridge's main display blazed with green fire set against the void of space, and krennic stepped forward, staring in awe at the conflagration. The radiance of the display splashed over his white uniform, over the black helmets of the technicians, over Tarkin's grave face, and rendered the room in carved emerald.

For a moment, the blazing nexus of energy hung in the void. Krennic tensed involuntarily. This was the moment where so many tests and computer simulations had failed him. He had seen the nexus sputter and die, or expand and consume the station itself. He has seen calculations collapse under their own weight as predictions gave way to haphazard guesswork. He had seen successes, too, but they gave him no confidence now.

Then the last stage was triggered: From the center of the focusing dish came another particle beam, invisible to the human eye. It carved through the nexus and tunneled a path for the energy's release, funneled the conflagration away from the battle station and toward the rust-brown sphere of the Jedha moon.

The atmosphere seemed to flare where the beam struck. Krennic tried to imagine the incineration of the Holy City and the ensuing shock wave. He found his mind failed him.

[LoathedVermin72]

glad we're talking about the important stuff

[dimejinky99]

It's funny.

The new canon books are good to fuking awesome. The novelisations though?

It's like there's a handbook out there for writing a book adaptation for a film. They're all so tepid and creeping to extrapolate but fail utterly.

Thats all films and books of films not just Star Wars. I mean that lord of the rings book?
They were long films. Sure. But the book goes on FOR YEARS!!!
guy took the piss and started making up shit not in the films.

[dimejinky99]

Wondering how many men of RM are buying Rogue One just to zoom in and see chopper ?

[dimejinky99]

I know I've said it elsewhere, but I still think Jyn and Cassian's death was unrealistic. They would have burned alive before the blast wave hit them.

oh wow good call, this movie sucks

For once. We agree.

[epilogue]

I know I've said it elsewhere, but I still think Jyn and Cassian's death was unrealistic. They would have burned alive before the blast wave hit them.

oh wow good call, this movie sucks

For once. We agree.

He was being sarcastic, dime.

[Strat]

I really wish i could go home and fire this movie up .

[epilogue]

Me too. Wife's even working tonight. So it'd be a perfect time to get lost in a galaxy far, far away.

[Rangi Guy]

Pre ordered the Blu ray a few weeks back, can't wait to watch this again

[epilogue]

Pre ordered the Blu ray a few weeks back, can't wait to watch this again

I think this time, I'm gonna wait until the "Ultimate" version (or whatever) comes out later this year.

[Strat]

oooo just a little over 2 weeks till Itunes !!

[epilogue]

What a good looking post!

[bune]

Finished the book. Spoiler: It's awful. Takes everything strong in the movie and makes it week. Jyn, relationships, motivations. Ugh.

[epilogue]

Finished the book. Spoiler: It's awful.

But fill me in on the Bodhi stuff, though.

[dimejinky99]

With TFA the DVD / blu ray announcement had all the details outlining that there would be a super deluxe version out in October. Did the R1 blurb say anything about a similar release later this year?