James Earl Jones?

Now give me a Roque Squadron game, dammit!

I don't know how to feel about this. On one hand I think it's wise to avoid trying to develop Obi-Wan or Boba Fett. On the other hand, I've personally never had any desire to learn about X-Wing pilots and how they got to where they are. Maybe TFA will further develop some key characters.

Grace Jones

Please be X-Wing pilots please be X-Wing pilots please be X-Wing pilots

The Rogue Squadron books were AWESOME. It would have made a great TV series but I'll gladly see it on the big screen.

Very interesting news, there were a lot of fun pilot stories in the old EU.

There were a few Rogue Squadron games on the N64 and Gamecube.

Rogue Squadron..bad ass.

Rogue One COULD have a double meaning. It could be both about an X-Wing pilot and about a character himself/herself (as it "he/she's sure a rogue one.")

Who do we know that's sort of rogue...you know, a scoundrel?

This could be decent although I'm not sure how interesting a film based around Rebel pilots will be. I'm sure there's more to it than just that though so I guess we'll see what happens.

The books are basically like Top Gun in space. It's fantastic.

fuck that title. Star Wars: Porkins' Revenge is where it's at.

You probably have a better chance of Disney hiring you to write a draft of this thing than a novelist with no screen credits has.

Perhaps it's not about X-Wing pilots.... perhaps her story takes place earlier and the squad is named after her... just brainstorming.

I meant bring Stackpole back as a novelist. Earlier this week they announced Star Wars: Aftermath - the synopsis:
No author announced yet. I wonder if this could be a Rogue One story.

A Porkins solo movie would be awesome.

Or better yet... A Porkins origin movie.

Judging by the video games...not very fucking interesting.

Or judging by the Rogue Squadron novels written by Michael Stackpole and Aaron Allston, it could be interesting.

People say things like they want a Star Wars movie that doesn't revolve around Skywalker or Jedi/Sith. Now that we are apparently getting a movie like that people are saying it doesn't sound interesting. People are .

I think it'll be fine and I know the Rogue Squadron series of novels were popular with some (I never read any so I can't say one way or the other) just to me reading the description it wasn't what I expected them to do right away I guess and doesn't get me overly excited. I'll see it and who knows it could be awesome I just expected something different to be announced. I guess generally I'm not a big fan of films that are largely based around fighters or take place largely in ships so if the way someone compared it to Top Gun in space is accurate I'm not terribly enthused about it. I'm sure that's not entirely what the film will be though so who knows I could be wrong and enjoy it.

I love this idea.

I never actually read the Rogue Squadron novels either, but I have always seen them mentioned along with the Thrawn trilogy as being the best of the EU.

I do know that the Rogue Squadron novels are set only a couple years after the battle of Endor, so they are chronologically the earliest stories in the "New Republic" era. I know that the EU isn't canon with the new movies, but maybe the movie will be something similar to this. It could act as a bridge between the OT and the ST by explaining some things that have happened in the 30 years between ROTJ and TFA. Maybe we will see Rogue Squadron take back Coruscant after the death of the Emperor or something like that.

Get DJ Qualls to play early Porkins... LOL.

Get it at... Porkins'!

Starring Jack Black.

If it is an origin story, I'll wait for the reboot.

Not me. I'm more excited about this. I think you can actually hear me getting hard.

Wasn't Wedge Rogue Leader in ROTJ? He has been fan favorite for years. Maybe a movie centered on him.

If Felicity Jones is playing Wedge, that would be an interesting twist.