28: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story – Show Notes

First Segment

• George Lucas’ History Inspirations 
  • The Empire and Nazi Germany
• What is Espionage?
• The Timeline of Espionage
• Nancy Wake
  • The White Mouse
• Early Life
• Career in Journalism
  • Witnessed the rise of Nazism
• Married Henri Fiocca
• Drove an Ambulance
• Beiginnings With the Resistance 
  • Escorted refugees towards the Pyrenees
  • Noticed by the Gestapo
• Escaped to Spain Then England
• Trained by the SRE
• Parachuted in France in April 1944
  • Helped build up the French Resistance 

Second Segment

• Disney: Saturn the Devourer of IP
  • Disney Acquires “Lucasfilm” in 2012
    • 4 billion  
    • Stock increase 
  • Disney’s History of Acquisitions 
    • Pixar for 9 billion 
    • Marvel for 4 billion 
  • Disney’s Success From Acquisitions
    • Had four 1 billion dollar movies last fiscal year
      • “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” (Lucasfilm) 
      • “Captain America: Civil War” (Marvel)
      • “Finding Dory” (Pixar)
      • “Zootopia” (Disney)
• Gareth Edwards
  • Previous feature films 
    • “Monsters” 2010

• “Godzilla” 2014

• Favorite Directors
  • George Lucas
  • Steven Spielberg
  • Quentin Tarantino
• Inspiration for “Rogue One” Aesthetic
  • Old WWII, Vietnam, and Middle East war photos
  • “The Battle of Algiers” 1966
• Used multiple camera angles for “gritty feel”
• Reshoots were a product of so many camera angles
• Facts and Figures 
  • 200 million estimated Budget
  • Projected to make 150 million over opening weekend
  • 84% Critic Score on Rotten Tomatoes 
  • 90% Audience Score

Third Segment 

• Overall enjoyed it
• Best Space Battles I’ve seen in awhile
• Hated the CGI characters
• Life After the First Trilogy
• Emotionally Manipulative