With the Star Wars Celebration taking place in London this week, we will get another look at Rogue One.
This Friday on ABC a one hour special titled “Secrets of the Force Awakens” will air and at some point in that broadcast we will get a look at the next Rogue One trailer.
But what will we see?
Besides the storyline of Resistance efforts to steal the Empire’s plans for the Death Star, there’s very little known on what exactly we can expect.
The first trailer gave us some epic shots of awesomeness and some new characters, but besides that we’re still very much in the dark.
Before I continue I want to first say that Disney is the absolute best at keeping movie details under wraps until the films are released.
For instance, with The Force Awakens we all had no clue what was going to happen.
I would expect the same with RO.
Before you start to think of what will be seen in the next trailer, it’s important to see the parallels with TFA.
The second TFA trailer was released last in April 2015 during the Star Wars celebration in California.
As you can see, the trailer had almost nothing of substance.
Normally I would suggest the same thing will occur with RO’s next trailer but you know what? I don’t think that’s the case.
With the TFA, things were different. We all knew the six Star Wars movies like the back of our hands.
We were searching and craving for any little snippet of picture time that showcased our favorite characters and vigorously searched far and wide for any plot twists.
That’s exactly why the trailers for the movie were so vanilla. They were released knowing that the public would eat up anything Star Wars related.
But as I said earlier with RO, there’s very little known information on what is to come.
That brings me to my next point. Because there’s a real lack of knowledge, I fully expect to see something mind blowing, something that we will be talking about for months to come.
What could that exactly be?Maybe more screen time for the man in the white cape? What about a demonstration of sheer might from the Empire? Or maybe an appearance of Darth Vader!?
All of these possibilities would be pretty epic but the last one is what I’m hoping for.
But on the realistic side of things I’m not sure exactly if that would really happen.
Would it make sense for RO to show their biggest and most popular character in only the second trailer?
Honestly I’m not sure.
With TFA, probably the biggest takeaway was the deformed helmet of Darth Vader and the hearing of Luke’s voice.
Looking back that was pretty major considering Kylo Ren is Luke’s nephew and the second trailer clearly foreshadowed that pretty big nugget with Luke’s line of “The Force is strong in my family.”
It’s almost a sure bet we will see something similar in this trailer with RO considering that Disney is very high on symmetry.
But think about it. What else do you want to see in RO that has not been mentioned before.
I know what I would want and that’s an appearance of the Emperor.
It would definitely make sense. With the amount of resources the Empire sunk into the Death Star and the amount of importance it holds for them, you would expect the top man to be around right?
I do believe Palpatine will be in RO but my one concern is I’m not sure if he will be in the second trailer or even the third.
It might be showing your cards too early and when it comes to Star Wars, rookie mistakes like that are never made.
You ever see a trailer for a movie like a Marvel Comics superhero flick where it feels like it’s 35 minutes long and by the time it’s over you’re almost under the impression that you just saw all the good parts??
Yea well Star Wars doesn’t have that ridiculousness…
Star Wars decision makers do it right and something they are absolutely famous for is not revealing anything too important.
I do believe RO is a different animal because it is so new but I wouldn’t be that surprised if we do see something pretty spectacular in the trailer since I’m sure they’re wanting to build up the buzz.
In the end, what will we see?
Main characters of other previous films? Possibly.
Parts of intense fighting scenes? Probably.
Could their be some hints leading to something major? I fully expect it.
All I know is I’m excited for Friday.
RO will be fantastic and I just can’t wait to learn more.
-Sith Pacify out
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