Star Wars: Rogue One Trailer 2 - 14 Major Plot Clues

7. The Tone HASN'T Changed

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Despite all of the concerns about the highly publicised reshoots, it doesn't look like Gareth Edwards has had to compromise on his overall tone.

Even though this second trailer has a more definitively familiar Star Wars feel to it, it is definitely still a traditional war film as well. This is no space opera.

It's no bad thing to see the more traditional elements brought in (fan service goes a long way), but the core story is still going to be ominously over-shadowed by a very tangible sense of doom. And that's precisely what the Imperial March theme sells perfectly.

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