Star Wars Rogue One: 10 Major Concerns From Trailer 3
The cheese is strong with this one...
Thanks to the success of The Force Awakens, we get to look forward to much, much more material from the future-but-somehow-set-in-the-past world of ghost Samurai, familial drama and magic. Obviously, next on the slate is Rogue One, whose "final" trailer is now out in the wild.
The potential for these spin-offs and expanded Star Wars universe is huge and hopefully Disney will nail each and every one of them just as they did with Episode VII. But there are some niggling doubts about Rogue One in particular that aren't wholly linked to the whole needless reshoots conversation.
The third teaser specifically brings some of those concerns to the fore-front. It was a little too on-the-nose, a little too clunky, a little too - dare I say it - DISNEY... And that's not all.
In this cynical time one must remain as bitter and critical as ever, so here are 10 major concerns from the most recent Rogue One trailer.
10. K-2SO Still Does Not Look Right
Star Wars has always loved robots and androids just as much as aliens: already we've seen (and fallen for) the lovable R2-D2, the even more lovable BB-8 and the lovably irritating C3-PO. But, ever since the very first images were released from Rogue One there has been concern over the new addition to the mech roster; K-2SO.
There's no other way to put it, he just does not look very Star Wars-y.
There's just something about the whole design, the CGI, even the voice that just isn't clicking with what we have come to know about Star Wars. This isn't even the first instance of a jarring robot in the new films: remember the large droid hanging around outside of Maz Kanata's castle-bar? That had the exact same effect.
They both just look a bit... off.
This particular robot is being played by geek-alumni Alan Tudyk, who interestingly has played a robot before in sub-par Will Smith vehicle I, Robot. That experience might be deemed valuable by some, but it's off-putting, particularly when he appears to be using the same plummy voice.
Maybe it's just because K-2SO isn't adorable like R2-D2 and BB-8? Or maybe he just looks a lot more inhuman than we're used to? He has some convincing to do.