History Funny / RogueOne

* The Rebels' initial attack is to set off timed bombs at the far end of the Imperial installation. Krennic is in the control room when they see a wide view out the window of one explosion after another going off in the distance. All conversation stops as everyone stares like it's a fireworks show, Krennic turning to face them all.

--->'''Vader:''' ''[after emerging from his chambers in blinding light]'' You seem unsettled.\\

** While infiltrating Scarif, K-2SO watches the vault door when stormtroopers find and confront him.

*** [[FunnyAneurysmMoment Becomes considerably less hilarious in context]] considering what ultimately happens [[KilledOffForReal to the members of Rogue One]].

* Chirrut continues the unintentional running gag in Star Wars that stormtrooper armor is completely worthless. He knocked out multiple stormtroopers by hitting them in their helmets... with a stick. Sure he hits them pretty hard but... it's a freaking stick. What is even the point of their helmets? Granted, it only stopped direct impact, but the point remains that he defeated an entire squad armed with rifles with just a SimpleStaff.

* [[https://twitter.com/HonestK2SO K-2SO gets his own Twitter account!]] (Cassian said he had to.)

** Who else was a senator from Naboo? That's right, Krennic might be thinking disdainfully of ''the Emperor''. TooDumbToLive, much?

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* Before the film was released, a couple of online hate-groups declared that they would boycott the film for having a cast with a female lead and rebels played by non-white actors. The film earned the then-second highest North American December opening on record... and the members of these groups are actually declaring the film [[BlatantLies a failure]] [[SpringtimeForHitler due to their online complaining]] [[InsaneTrollLogic just because it isn't the most financially successful film in history]], and that it didn't make as much money as ''The Force Awakens''. Never mind the fact that the producers totally expected the film to do less than ''TFA'' due to its different nature.[[note]]Just for comparison, ''The Force Awakens'' earned $247.9m in its domestic opening weekend. ''Rogue One'', a relatively untested property whose characters were not meant to return and didn't benefit of a marketing effort as gigantic as ''The Force Awakens'' (aka "Star Wars is back!"), earned $155m. While this may look like a decline, 2016 featured movies such as ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'' and ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'', which earned $179.1m and $166.1m respectively. These movies featured the most popular comic book heroes and boasted {{All Star Cast}}s, and ''Rogue One'', with its less-famous cast and non-white male leads had the ''third largest debut'' for 2016.[[/note]]
* Alan Tudyk tells of a meeting with Anthony Daniels who, upon being informed that Tudyk's role was motion capture when Daniels has always been screwed into a tight and uncomfortable suit, called him "you shit." At the premiere after the film Tudyk wanted to know if Daniels had any notes for him and was told "Fuck you," which he considers the highest praise possible.

* [[https://web.archive.org/web/20170313213733/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/sxsw-how-a-coffee-cup-mix-up-lead-a-new-star-wars-planet-name-985610 A barista messes up Gareth Edwards' first name on his coffee cup, and a Star Wars planet is born...]]
* In the making of features, Alan Tudyk expressing disgust [[http://i2.wp.com/www.slashfilm.com/wp/wp-content/images/rogueone-setphoto-garethedwards-alantudyk-beach.jpg?resize=366%2C244 at the paper K-2 face affixed above his head for]] [[ScullyBox height reference]].. followed by him and Diego Luna mocking the thing on-set ("It's like we were doing a science fiction movie done in primary school." "I have no respect [while] wearing this thing!")
* The shield over Scarif got more than a few fans thinking about ''{{Film/Spaceballs}}''.
* [[https://kanjiklubs.tumblr.com/post/159840913218 It's Vader, bitch.]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HRiRy-gooo In a publicity video from WIRED]], some of the cast members answer questions about the film from the most popular Google searches.
** Creator/DiegoLuna and Creator/DonnieYen learn that [[NamesTheSame there is a Felicity Jones out there who is a nudist]].
--->'''Diego''': "And it's not you?"
--->'''Felicity''': "And it's not me."
--->'''Diego''': (not entirely mock-disappointed) "Awwww."
** One question goes, "Where is the Death Star?", read by Creator/BenMendelsohn (Director Krennic). Creator/RizAhmed and Creator/AlanTudyk jump on it.
--->'''Alan''': "Where'd you park it?
--->'''Riz''': "Yeah. Where'd you leave it, bro?"
** When they get to "Does Rogue One die?", Riz Ahmed (Bodhi) ''bursts into uproarious laughter'' at the question, knowing full well that they do. ''All of them.''
* In an appearance on ''Series/{{Conan}}'', Creator/DiegoLuna talks about when he found out he'd been cast. He was filming something else in Budapest and got a call at 2 AM local time from a UK phone number. Luna didn't pick up because he assumed it was just his cousins in the UK drunk-dialing him, but as soon as his phone stopped ringing, he remembered that Gareth Edwards is based in the UK and called him back in a panic. Edwards warned him that he had to keep it a secret, of course, so when he arrived in the makeup trailer for his Budapest project the next morning smiling ear-to-ear, the makeup artist asked him what he was so happy about, and he said that he got laid. And proceeded to start describing how good this (hypothetical) lay was.
* Everything that happened in ''Rogue One'' [[CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot could have been avoided or prevented]] if [[WeAreStrugglingTogether Krennic and Tarkin]] could just put aside their [[EvilIsPetty differences]] and [[TeethClenchedTeamwork work together]]. The Empire got screwed over because two of their highest ranking officers were [[ItsAllAboutMe too self-absorbed]] and cared more about their pride then about getting things done efficiently.

*** Medically, to "aspirate" can mean "to inhale something other than air". Aspiration, to a doctor, is the ''cause'' of choking.

** The levels of audacity shown by Leia here is ridiculous, but it's even better from Vader's point of view. From his point of view, he watches the assault on Scarif, watches the plans transfer onto the Tantive IV, watches as the ship ''fires at him'' and then gets attacked the second he walks onboard. Leia, knowing ''all'' of this, attempts to boldfacedly lie to him. It makes Vader's uncharacteristic anger come off as complete disbelief somebody would lie to him ''this badly.''

* At the end we see Princess Leia escaping from Vader and Scarif with the Death Star plans, [[Film/ANewHope making her whole "Plans, what plans? I'm just on a diplomatic mission!" gambit]] [[HilariousInHindsight and Vader refusing to have any of her shit at the beginning of A New Hope HILARIOUS.]]

** K-2SO tries saying [[OnceAnEpisode "I have a bad feeling about this"]] [[CatchPhraseInterruptus only to get cut off]].

** Funnier in the film itself, where his line is changed to an interrupted "[[MythologyGag I have a bad]] [[RunningGag feeling about this.]]"

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* In an appearance on ''Series/{{Conan}}'', Creator/DiegoLuna talks about when he found out he'd been cast. He was filming something else in Budapest and got a call at 2 AM local time from a UK phone number. Luna didn't pick up because he assumed it was just his cousins in the UK drunk-dialing him, but as soon as his phone stopped ringing, he remembered that Gareth Edwards is based in the UK and called him back in a panic. Edwards warned him that he had to keep it a secret, of course, so when he arrived in the makeup trailer for his Budapest project the next morning, he was smiling ear-to-ear, and the makeup artist asked him what he was so happy about. After some stammering, he said that he got laid. And proceeded to start describing how good this (hypothetical) lay was.