Exclusive: The Force Awakens Post Credit Scene To Introduce Rogue One

By: Cannon Adams

If we all have learned one thing from Disney Marvel movies, is that you always stay in your seats until the very end of the movie to catch all the end credits. Well it seems like Disney and LucasFilm are doing the same exact thing for Star Wars The Force Awakens to introduce Star Wars Anthology: Rogue One. 

The rumor originated from Schmoesknow that there will be a post scene to of course introduce the first Anthology film. This is very common for Disney movies with the current Marvel movies with either one scene or two scenes post and after credits. If the rumor is to be 100% true, how will they introduce Rogue One when The Force Awakens is way after Rogue One? That is a big question to think about but knowing Disney and LucasFilm, they will find a way to add it in.

Currently Rogue One is being filmed right now so of course there is not a trailer just yet in order for LucasFilm to incorporate a scene or a trailer into The Force Awakens post credits. 

Star Wars The Force Awakens premiers on December 18, 2015 and Star Wars Anthology Rogue One premiers December 16, 2016.

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Rogue One Exclusive: Bringing Peter Cushing Back To Life As Grand Moff Tarkin

By: Cannon Adams

"You sure the homing beacon is secure aboard their ship? I'm taking an awful risk Vader.                                                     This have better work"

It is confirmed that one of the famous villains in the original Star Wars is returning to the big screen, Peter Cushing's Grand Moff Tarkin. According to TheGuardian, there will be a lot of CGI to be done in order to bring Peter Cushing back from the dead for Tarkin for next year's first spin off Rogue One. The Guardian states this:

“This is one of the most complex and costly CGI re-creations ever. Cushing is a pivotal plot line as he was the one to create Darth Vader and there’s a whole back story that will come out.”

When we first heard a little while back that Darth Vader was going to be returning for Rogue One, it was quite obvious that we will also be seeing Tarkin as well. In the new canon novel Star Wars Tarkin, showed the relationship growth between both Vader and Tarkin before Lord Sidious appointed Tarkin to be Grand Moff and have him command the Death Star.

The one thing that is going to be hard for the directors and everyone working on Rogue One is the CGI. They are currently looking into tons of footage's other than Star Wars A New Hope to know every angle of his body, walk, basically Peter Cushing.

 “They are going through hours and hours of old footage from the horror movies to recreate his legs and feet to produce realistic movements. It is eerie to see someone who has been dead for so long come to life on a screen.”

But this makes so much sense for Tarkin to return as well as Vader. Without them would not make sense because by the looks of the trailer back at Celebration 7 in Anaheim California, the Death Star is completed outside of a planet. By that time, Tarkin will take the helm as captain of the Death Star along side with Vader. Right now there is no confirmation on who will be playing Vader and if James Earl Jones will be returning for that iconic voice we all come to love over the years.

Once they figure out and complete the CGI for Tarkin, everything should go swiftly easy. The movie is currently filming at Pinewood Studios where The Force Awakens also was being filmed. George Lucas and LucasFilm had a Australian actor named Wayne Pygram play the younger version of Tarkin for that little scene when Sidious and Vader was watching the Death Star being constructed. Will they be using Wayne Pygram again to helm the role as Tarkin or will they choose another actor?

Above is the first picture that we get to see so far for Rogue One. Rogue One takes place between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope showing the struggle it took to steal the Death Star plans that we see the Empire chasing down Tantive IV at the beginning of A New Hope to retrieve the plans back. This movie is confirmed that it will be the darkest Star Wars movie because of the struggle. Star Wars The Force Awakens releases on December 18th and a year later will be the release of Rogue One. 

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Announcement: Rogue One Cast & Crew Revealed

By: Justin Marsh

With all the news of the upcoming film as well as the latest announcements of EA, I think it's time to jump in more deeply into the latest within the Star Wars saga. Today LucasFilm announced that their first film in the new anthology Star Wars stories series titled Rogue One, has begun to get underway after it's first announcement back in April, during the yearly major Star Wars convention, Celebration. Gareth Edwards will be directing Rogue One, which tells the story of resistance fighters who have united to steal plans to the dreaded Death Star. The film is produced by Kathleen Kennedy and is set to release for a December 16, 2016 date.

This is what LucasFilm holder, Kathleen Kennedy had to share with us about the new film:

"Rogue One takes place before the events of Star Wars: A New Hope and will be a departure from the saga films but have elements that are familiar to the Star Wars universe,” says Kathleen Kennedy. “It goes into new territory, exploring the galactic struggle from a ground-war perspective while maintaining that essential Star Wars feel that fans have come to know. Gareth is such an innovative director and I’m so excited to be working with him and the extraordinary ensemble cast he’s selected for ‘Rogue One."

LucasFilm assembled a stellar cast, including Felicity Jones, nominated for an Academy Award for her leading role in The Theory of Everything; Diego Luna, who was featured in 2008’s Oscar-winning Milk and the critically acclaimed Killing Them Softly; Ben Mendelsohn, recently nominated for an Emmy for his leading role in Bloodline and co-starring in the upcoming Mississippi Grind; Donnie Yen, Hong Kong action star and martial artist who starred in Ip Man and Blade II; Jiang Wen, who co-wrote, produced , directed and starred in the award-winning Let the Bullets Fly and Devils on the Doorstep; Forest Whitaker, recently featured in the critically-acclaimed Lee Daniels’ The Butler and winner of an Academy Award for his leading role in 2006’s The Last King of Scotland; Mads Mikkelsen, who starred in The Hunt and was the memorable villain from 2006’s Casino Royale; Alan Tudyk, who plays a performance-capture character in Rogue One, stars in the soon-to-be-released Con Man series and Trumbo, which releases this November; and Riz Ahmed, who was recently featured in Nightcrawler and starred in the BAFTA-winning film Four Lions.

According to the article the official Star Wars website gave us, to create the lived-in, realistic feel of Rogue One, Edwards chose Greig Fraser (Zero Dark Thirty, Foxcatcher) to be his director of photography and Neil Corbould (Black Hawk Down, Gladiator, Saving Private Ryan) to be his special effects supervisor. Star Wars and Lucasfilm veteran Doug Chiang (Star Wars: Episodes I-II, Forrest Gump) and Neil Lamont (supervising art director for the Harry Potter series, Edge of Tomorrow) will be the production designers. Additional crew members will include stunt coordinator Rob Inch (World War Z, Marvel’s Captain America: The First Avenger), creature effects supervisor Neal Scanlan (Prometheus) and co-costume designers Dave Crossman (costume supervisor for the Harry Potter series, Saving Private Ryan) and Glyn Dillon (costume concept artist for Kingsman: The Secret Service, Jupiter Ascending)

I have great faith in this up coming film, but how about yourself? How do you feel about LucasFilms choices on the cast and crew? Give us your comments below, or head on over to Nerds Of The Force and shoot us your comments!