The new full-length trailer for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is finally here! We break it down into screenshots below.
The new full-length trailer for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story premiered during the Olympics on NBC tonight, and wow, was it worth the wait. We got a closer look at the main characters and their motivations, more shots of the Empire being utterly awesome, and, of course, a glimpse of a certain villain we’ve been waiting for ever since it was confirmed he would have a cameo in the standalone film.
In case you missed it: Darth Vader is in Rogue One. We don’t expect his screentime to be long, just long enough for him to say a few lines and maybe destroy a few rebels. Because if you put Vader in a film for longer than a few minutes, he’s going to take over the whole story, and I think Lucasfilm wants us to focus on the new characters Rogue One introduces.
What’s great about this new trailer is it gives us a healthy mix of the old and the new. The old manifests itself in things like stormtroopers, classic original trilogy vehicles, costumes, and weapons, and Darth Vader. The new is in the new characters, the new vehicles like the U-wing and the AT-ACT, the new planets, and the fresh aesthetic of a movie directed by a newcomer to the Star Wars universe.
Let’s analyze all of these elements with a screenshot breakdown.
First, we have a large city set up on a plateau, with Imperial ships rising from it. The planet shown here, and in several of the shots from the trailer, is likely Jedha, which has been described as a frozen desert (via Star Wars Databank).
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Next we have a shot of Jyn Erso and then a shot of Saw Gerrera saying, “The world is coming undone.”
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Next: 2. A Mountain Fortress & A Mission For Jyn
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Next we have an incredible shot of a mountain, which looks like to be doubling as a fortress, above which a Star Destroyer is hovering.
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The next handful of shots are from the same scene we first glimpsed in the first teaser trailer from last spring, just highlighting frames we haven’t seen before.
The officer below asks Jyn, “Can you be trusted without your shackles?”
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Captain Cassian Andor removes Jyn’s “shackles,” and the young female rebel replies to the first officer, “Let’s get this over with, shall we?”
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Then Mon Mothma proceeds to tell Jyn about the mission to steal the Death Star plans.
Next: 3. The Death Star and Takeoff
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Next we have a new shot of the Star Destroyer hovering around the Death Star.
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Next, we’re back at the base on Yavin IV. Andor tells Jyn he wants in on her mission. She agrees, and they are seen piloting a ship together (possibly the U-wing seen a frame before).
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Next: 4. Baze Malgus and Chirrut Imwe
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The next few shots are a smattering of different views, the first being what is likely Jyn and Andor’s ship flying through a canyon of towering rock formations at night.
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Next is a nighttime shot of Baze Malgus lining up a shot.
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Then there’s another shot of what looks like the U-wing flying across the planet where the Star Destroyer was hovering earlier.
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Next, a shot of Chirrut Imwe, Baze’s friend, as he declares to the stormtroopers he’s about to face, “I fear nothing. All is as the Force wills it”
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Next: 5. The Empire
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Next, Jyn meets K-2SO, a former Imperial security droid who is now Andor’s friend and protector.
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Next are some amazing shots of the Death Star over Jedha, an eclipse, and the view of Jedha from an Imperial station, with Krennic looking on broodingly.
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Next: 6. Beach Scenery
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The next few shots are scenes of battle from the beaches of Scarif, the world above which the Death Star is being constructed.
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K-2SO then gives the Rogue One crew some encouragement by telling them they have about a 96% chance of failure. Andor follows this up with, “He means well.” Bodhi Rook, the technician on the crew, looks bewildered.
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Next: 7. Hope in the Face of Destruction
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Next, we have some X-wings flying through darkness.
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In the next shot, Jyn is saying, presumably to Saw Gerrera who is in the frame after hers, “This is our chance to make a real difference.”
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The next shot is one of untold destruction. It looks like the Death Star laser may be undergoing some preliminary testing.
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Jyn looks to be caught on a ship in the middle of the explosive storm in the next frame.
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Next: 8. Are You With Me?
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The next few frames of the trailer show Jyn facing down a TIE fighter, limping but ready for battle.
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The next sequence is Jyn asking, “Are you with me?” Andor responds, “All the way,” and we get a group shot of the team whose mission is to steal the Death Star.
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Jyn looks on them with a small smile.
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Next: 9. The Dark Lord Of The Sith
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The last shot we see of the new Rogue One trailer is the back of a familiar and sinister figure. The unmistakable sound of his breathing marks the last second of footage.
And that’s our screenshot breakdown of the first full length trailer for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. What did you think of it? Are you even more excited for the film? We certainly are! So many gorgeous shots!
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Keep checking back here to Dork Side, because the analysis of the trailer doesn’t end here. We’ll have lots more pieces to come picking apart everything we learned about Rogue One and its characters.