(Puts on nerd glasses)
Actually the Death Star started as a republic weapon in response to officials thinking that the Separatists were building there own and construction started shortly after the battle of Geonosis.
The timing of the construction has changed slightly in canon after publication of the novel 'Catalyst: A Rogue One Novel'. A book I highly recommend as is really fleshes out the Erso's and Orson Krennic.
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If I don't see it in a movie, it's not canon
And even then, if I don't like the particular movie I might choose to ignore it. For example, in my mind Jar Jar Binks is just a fairy tale monster told to scare little children on Tatooine.
Just got home from seeing Rogue One -- loved it!!! Did anyone else catch the reference by Bail Organa (Leia's stepfather) to Ahsoka Tano? I'm going from memory here, but it was an exchange between Bail Organa and one of the rebel leaders on Yavin. Bail said he had to return home to Alderaan, and the rebel leader said something like, "We sure could use some help from that Jedi friend of yours." To which Bail Organa replied, "She served me well during the Clone Wars...I'll summon her." (emphasis added) In the animated series "The Clone Wars", as well as "Star Wars: Rebels", Ahsoka Tano is shown alongside Bail Organa in several episodes, so I don't know what other female Jedi he could have been referring to. So now I'm wondering if Disney is planning to make a Star Wars movie with Ahsoka in it. I'm a big Ahsoka fan, so I would love that.
Beyond that, it was cool to see Vader kicking ass on the Alliance cruiser. To answer the question earlier in this thread about why Vader didn't just "grab the plans" from the fleeing solders, he had his hands pretty full deflecting all those blaster bolts and carving up the 20 rebel solders in his way. Sith are not all-powerful and can't just Force-grab 20 people all at once while simultaneously deflecting multiple blaster bolts. Plus Vader was probably out of practice from sitting on his cushy Star Destroyer binge-watching HBO for weeks at a time.
He may as well have been this guy.
- When the Rebel pilots were leaving to help Rogue One get the Death Star plans offworld, a guy says "may the Force be with you" over the loudspeaker. Am I wrong, or is that not a thing until after the Battle of Yavin?
Did anyone else catch the reference by Bail Organa (Leia's stepfather) to Ahsoka Tano?
I'm a big Ahsoka fan, so I would love that.
Unfortunately, it definitely seems that Mon Mothma and Bail are talking about Obi Wan, and the "her" in "I would trust her with my life" is referring to using Leia as the messenger to get to Obi Wan.Just got home from seeing Rogue One -- loved it!!! Did anyone else catch the reference by Bail Organa (Leia's stepfather) to Ahsoka Tano? I'm going from memory here, but it was an exchange between Bail Organa and one of the rebel leaders on Yavin. Bail said he had to return home to Alderaan, and the rebel leader said something like, "We sure could use some help from that Jedi friend of yours." To which Bail Organa replied, "She served me well during the Clone Wars...I'll summon her." (emphasis added) In the animated series "The Clone Wars", as well as "Star Wars: Rebels", Ahsoka Tano is shown alongside Bail Organa in several episodes, so I don't know what other female Jedi he could have been referring to. So now I'm wondering if Disney is planning to make a Star Wars movie with Ahsoka in it. I'm a big Ahsoka fan, so I would love that.