The first trailer for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story arrived early this morning, and we’ve already followed up with a thorough breakdown of it. We’ll continue to pick apart every detail today, because it’s Star Wars and that’s how we do.
But we weren’t the only ones obsessing over Felicity Jones’ lead character, Ben Mendelsohn’s snazzy cape collection, or Genevieve O’Reilly reprising the role of Mon Mothma. Twitter was all in on this slice of nostalgia about stealing the plans to the Death Star an even longer time ago in a galaxy far far away.
Internet’s got jokes.
The money shot in that #RogueOne trailer pic.twitter.com/k1P6RkY8at
— Erik Davis (@ErikDavis) April 7, 2016
The Rogue One trailer is incredible! There's a depth star, a few eightie-eighties, and so many store troopers!
— notch (@notch) April 7, 2016
Based on careful analysis, I can conclude that Rogue One includes both stars and wars.
— Sam Adams (@SamuelAAdams) April 7, 2016
My reaction to the Rogue One trailer? pic.twitter.com/uU20bCg8sx
— Bradley Dunlap (@ctrl_alt_bd) April 7, 2016
https://twitter.com/scottEweinberg/status/718057955011256320
Side Note : My god this cape #RogueOne pic.twitter.com/f7Zw5TCgSl
— CHUCK(Y ) (@cdulaney85) April 7, 2016
https://twitter.com/VaGentlenerd/status/718060621045055488
#RogueOne passes the Bechdel test in the first 30 seconds of its first trailer. Way to go #StarWars.
— Angie J. Han (@ajhan) April 7, 2016
https://twitter.com/ChuckWendig/status/718053096614707200
https://twitter.com/jmo8295/status/718066403409063937
The only thing that would have made the #RogueOne trailer better was if the villain was Grand Admiral Thrawn. Just sayin'.
— Heather Antos 🔜 Cleveland FanExpo (@HeatherAntos) April 7, 2016
https://twitter.com/nickh_101/status/718060526555828224
https://twitter.com/jayblackcomedy/status/718060442355109889
But somebody had to be that guy, who seems to be forgetting there’s a young Han Solo spin-off coming soon, and there are a ton of male characters throughout all of these movies.
https://twitter.com/jpodhoretz/status/718059227487604736
Morning!
I can already cross "Someone complains that Rogue One's main character is female" from my Star Wars Bingo. pic.twitter.com/UHa2AN7Z7x
— Saga (@sagacyte) April 7, 2016
Last thing I'll say because I have to work. Anyone notice that slight Darth Vader breath at 1:29 in the "Rogue One" trailer? Because damn.
— Mike Drucker (@MikeDrucker) April 7, 2016
https://twitter.com/ChuckWendig/status/718051990333431808
What really excites me about #RogueOne is actual dramatic tension from the good guys not having powers and lightsabers.
— Scott Lee 🎮💻📚 (@scottlee) April 7, 2016
"Rogue One" should be called "Ghost Dog: The Way of The Jedi."
— Mike Drucker (@MikeDrucker) April 7, 2016
The #RogueOne hype train is running at full speed
Not hearing any hate for it so far pic.twitter.com/r470FL9U4E— Daniel C-137 (@WickedD365) April 7, 2016
And then there are the fan theories, because everybody has to be related to somebody in this hillbilly galaxy.
Have we started the "Jyn Erso is Rey's mom" discussion yet?
— Brian Truitt (@briantruitt) April 7, 2016
https://twitter.com/turtletomorrow/status/718070089795313666
Others were cautiously awaiting an endorsement from Neil deGrasse Tyson.
https://twitter.com/frank_spin/status/718071579020771328
And some were too reckless for their own good.
Brain: What are you doing? You're not actually going into a Rogue One teaser comment thread?
Me: They'd be crazy to follow me.
— Anthony Miale (@anferno) April 7, 2016
Many Bothans died that day, arguing about how it’s actually about ethics in Death Star plan thievery.
