The New International Poster For Rogue One Brings It All Together
By Elaine Tveit
A new international poster for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is here, bringing heroes, villains, and location together for an epic ensemble. Take a gander below.
For a movie which has all the stakes piled against the heroes, the tone the new international poster for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story projects is deceptively light. Take a gander at it below (via Making Star Wars).
Image Credit: Lucasfilm (via Making Star Wars)
Maybe it’s the bright blue of the sky in the background, the lush terrain at the bottom, or the ghost of a smile on Jyn Erso’s face which lightens the mood of this new poster. Danger still lurks, of course. But unlike many posters and promotional images for movie villains, the enemy is not hiding in the shadows. It is out in the open, plainly visible for anyone to see. Director Orson Krennic, looking distinguished in his white uniform, is grouped with the movie’s heroes. The Death Star, white and flanked by fluffy clouds, could almost be mistaken for what Luke Skywalker called it in
Director Orson Krennic, looking distinguished in his white uniform, is grouped with the movie’s heroes. The Death Star, white and flanked by fluffy clouds, could almost be mistaken for what Luke Skywalker called it in A New Hope: a moon. Star Destroyers and TIE fighters, small and gray, hover in the air. Beneath it all, rebel ships soar over the Massassi temples of the base on Yavin IV. All the cards are out in this poster. No one – not the Rebellion, not the Empire – is holding back.
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Perhaps the irony of light in this poster shows the true nature of Rogue One‘s “war story” theme. Unlike in other Star Wars movies, the primary antagonist in Rogue One is not dressed in black, hiding malicious smiles and haunting the heroes from afar. The enemy is not a Sith, mysterious and unknowable. Rather, the rebels’ enemy in this film is the entire Empire. And the Empire is ever-present, stark, unavoidable. It wants to strike fear into the hearts of all who come up against it. It does this not by waiting until the atmosphere is dark and moody, but by attacking in broad daylight when everyone can see them.
Rogue One is trying to present what a real war in the Star Wars universe would be like. Real war doesn’t wait until the mood feels right. It just happens. There is no black and white; there is hope, death, dreams, and reality, all existing in the same space together. And the ability to bring together a confluence of complicated emotions and feelings is what makes Star Wars the perfect medium for this tale.
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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story comes to theaters in the U.S. on December 16th.