Yesterday was May the Fourth. So we all had a day of peace and order for the Jedi. Though we were focused on saying “May the Fourth be with you, always” and watching all the classics and the new shows, let us not forget what we have to look forwards to this December. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. With a trailer already released, and the fan base already hyped, my goal today is to give you a glimpse at what you might, or might not, see (like John Williams as a composer).

The first thing I want to do is answer the question that has riddled my mind for the last, oh 3 weeks or so. Is it a prequel or a sequel? This movie is set between movies three and four. Which unfortunately leaves us in the middle. Except for one small detail. The Force Awakens brings balance back to the otherwise turmoil stricken universe! It shifts Rogue One from the center point into the prequel era, though it takes place closer to movie four. So, with that realization, it is now a prequel. Which means it’s going to be really bad, right? Not necessarily, George only gets to help with the characters on this one, no more plots for him. Maybe this can give the prequels a chance at least at getting a slightly less terrible rap sheet…

With that out of the way, there is one group of people mentioned in Star Wars we never actually see. Mon Mothma gives us the line of “Many Bothans died to bring us this information,” but we never actually see a Bothan in the entirety of the series! Rogue One is all about how they get the Death Star plans. So we had best see some Bothans show up, and a whole lot of them had best be dead by the end of this movie. Bothans have a unique natural ability to turn invisible to the naked eye. This ability would prove rather useful when trying to infiltrate a giant floating ball of death and getting its intel unnoticed. Right? Wrong. Everything written in italics is wrong. Bothans stole plans for Death Star two, not the first one. Rogue One stole the plans for that.

A Stormtrooper or Clonetrooper (it is unclear which it will be at this point) better hit something, and something important! I’m tired of seeing the largest military in the galaxy be unable to hit anything except in flying battles. Seriously, even the lame yellow battle droids could hit a few clones every now and then.

Droids, and lots of them. They might (I said might!) just be the biggest selling point of why everyone loves Star Wars. They add the witty humor of irritated beeps from R2 or the thumbs up with a cutting torch by BB-8. We need to see the droids advance in characterization. They need to keep up with the jokes but you can’t keep the same droid set forever. You need your serious 3P0’s and sarcastic and adventurous R2’s. We need to see either the original dynamic duo (though, that wouldn’t make much sense) or a new duo which can play off each other well.

Yoda, where did he go? Dagobah. Why Dagobah? Because it is secluded, swampy, and has a convenient dark force tunnel for Luke to go into to learn the ways and powers of the force. How did he get there though? The last place we saw him, he was teaching Obi-Wan how to use the force to communicate with Qui-Gon. Did he pull a Captain America and just jump out without a parachute and land on the planet? We know that giant cruiser couldn’t have landed on Dagobah.

In the trailer we get a glimpse at the awesomeness that is to come: Shadowtroopers. These are the troopers that other troopers go to bed dreaming they could be. They get cool cloaking armor, electric rifles, and jet packs. These guys are just pure awesomeness. Also, At-At’s, but with bigger guns.

As previously mentioned this is the only cannon Star Wars movie not scored by John Williams. Why that is, it’s hard to say. Best guess that I could come up with is that they didn’t want to spend money on the big man himself. Besides, he’s probably already composing for movie eight.

MY PREDICTION FOR THE MOVIE PLOT, IN TRUE STAR WARS FASHION

A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away…

The rebellion needs some tactical data so they send in a true rebel. The one person who started as an imperial, jumps ship after a trial finds her to be a bad person. She joins the rebellion as a form of revenge. She meets up with a crew of awesome people. They train together to become the best squad in the rebellion. They are sent undercover into the imperials to find out about the imminent weapons test. The Yavin 4 base is attacked and the team, along with only a few others manage to escape. The team hides among the imperials in the uniforms of a few downed troopers. They sneak onto the command shuttle and make their way to the death star. They find the tactical data, lose a few of their friends on the way. Are about to leave the Death Star when the imperial march kicks up. The breathing of a compressed air tank can be heard. It is none other than Darth Vader himself. He quickly incapacitates most of the team while the main character or one of her friends is being force chocked by Vader. They drop the drive containing the intel. Dramatically they fall to the ground. Vader reaches out to the drive with the force, only to realize he’s been duped and that the drive he just grabbed will either explode or E.M.P. his suit. Either way the team escapes with the real drive. They deliver it to Mon Mothma and the rebellion council. The meeting where the intel is displayed to the group in movie four is referenced, if not directly viewed. Circle fade to center. Then the cobalt blue end credits roll to an epic soundtrack. THE END