After all, for decades now, Star Wars novels, comic books, and games have been accomplishing just that: telling stories of bounty hunters, Rebel pilots, and characters who reside in environments and contexts only glimpsed in the films. In theory, I think I agree with Amy: Star Wars is a diverse fictional sandbox, so the kinds of cinematic stories told in those worlds could become even more diverse, not only in scope but in tone. The fact we have the opportunity to get that sort of variety now I think that’s tremendously exciting.” With Rogue One, we get to go with soldiers on the ground. I mean I love the Skywalkers, I love Jedi, the Force but the world is so much bigger than that. Last October, I was on a panel at New York Comic Con (called “The Future of Star Wars”) with the excellent writer and Star Wars expert Amy Ratcliffe where she exposed this exact viewpoint: “I think it’s exciting.
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In short: take advantage of the rich and interesting fictional landscape inherent to the Star Warsuniverse and truly go where no Star Wars movie has gone before. So, why else would someone be excited about Rogue One? The dominant positive angle here is that it will offer something different that a true Star Wars movie has never been able to do: tell a story about people other than the Skywalkers and their constellation of friends, connected families, and direct allies. To put it another way, the feminism angle on Rogue One, is for me, a zero-sum game in forecasting it’s relevancy or “goodness,” since I firmly believe we should expect and demand positive, progressive feminism from all future Star Wars movies, anyway. But, that won’t mean some of those movies aren’t way better than others. To be clear: as far as I’m concerned, the next 500 giant geek movies for the next 500 years could (and maybe should) all have female leads. Obviously, I doubt very much that Rogue One will have the objectification problems of Sucker Punch, but I’m not sure the simple existence of a female lead in a Star Wars movie is quite enough to get me excited.įelicity Jones is an awesome actress and I love Star Wars, so I’m pretty sure I’ll like, or at least appreciate, the attempt in terms of whatever way her character shakes out. But, it’s not like I think the movie Sucker Punch is inherently positive just because it features a heroic “badass” female protagonist (I think Sucker Punch sucks, in fact). Look! It’s another Star Wars movie with a female lead! That’s good, right? Well, superficially, I’d say it is good.
With that in mind, if you’re firmly on Team Rey like me, then Felicity Jones starring in Star Wars: Rogue One should be fairly exciting. Overwhelmingly, this long-awaited sequel to Return of the Jedi coddled Star Wars fans of old, helped heal bad memories of the prequels, and maybe most importantly, brought this historically white male-dominated universe into a whole new realm of representation on both gender and race lines. No matter your personal opinions of The Force Awakens (I loved it, and have crazily argued it should have been nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars), there’s no denying it was a fandom game-changer and largely well-received by the general public.
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Because Rogue One isn’t a sequel to The Force Awakens, does anyone actually care? More specifically, does Rogue One have an identity crisis? Join Amazon Prime – Watch Thousands of Movies & TV Shows Anytime – Start Free Trial Now And yet, while new footage from Star Wars: Rogue One recently leaked online, it didn’t so much as cause a tremor in the Force more of a blink. With the DVD/Blu-Ray release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens upon us, and another geeky crop of summer movies ( X-Men: Apocalypse, Star Trek: Beyond) peeking around the corner, it’s become weirdly easy to forget that the end of 2016 will also give us another new Star Wars film. But you’ve probably all seen it by now, right? This article contains spoilers for Star Wars: The Force Awakens.