How They Shot The First-Person X-wing Battle In Rogue One

Via Ew.com:

The goal was to make the space battles in Rogue One feel like roller coasters, so director Gareth Edwards came up with a unique way to shoot them:

Literally turn them into an amusement park ride.

“When we were filming the X-wing footage in the film, we had the X-wing [cockpit] mounted to a gimbal so it could move around, like it was really flying,” Edwards says. “Then all around were the screens, in 180 degrees, that were projecting space and this pre-animated flight path as the X-wing was moving around, like it was really flying.”

The first Star Wars standalone movie comes out in just over a week, with a lot of talk about the Godzilla filmmaker’s visceral, handheld approach to showing the soldier’s perspective of galactic conflict.

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Star Wars: Rogue One – Limited Edition Fandango Gift Cards & Giveaway #1 LIVE!

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Fandango has two limited edition Rogue One Gift cards available right now.  Choose your side (or get both like we did) and you’ll not only have an awesome limited edition collectible, but you can use it to See Rogue One or any other movie!  You can get them for $15, $25, $35, $50, $75 or $100.  These are physical cards!

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They also make a great gift idea or holiday stocking stuffer for a friend or family member who is a Star Wars fan!  Click here or below to order now, once they sell out (and they indeed are limited) – they are gone.

Limited Edition Rogue One Gift Cards

We have FOUR $25 Gift cards to giveaway to our readers from our friends at Fandango!

Email us at YodasnewsGiveaway@gmail.com starting at 11:30pm EST on 12/9/2016 with the Subject GO ROGUE FANDANGO and you will be entered to win, and then be sure to follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to see when we will giveaway the second one this weekend and the final two will be on Monday! Winners will be selected at random from all eligible entries and gift cards will be mailed out on or around 12/14/16.

End of the Year Sale at EntertainArt.com – Get 20% off site-wide!

Entertain Art  has some amazing new Rogue One items to the site. There are 20 new items to choose from.  The Rogue One AT-ST 22X28 Printed Canvas for just $34.99 (just $28 if you use code  FORCE20 for 20% off) is a beautiful piece to add to your collection.

They have an extensive collection of authentic Star Wars wall art featuring all of your favorite characters and tech, and they are very reasonably priced. A special note for fans of the Star Wars card trader app, many of the awesome card designs you see in the game are available at EntertainArt.com!

Don’t forgot to use the code FORCE20 for 20% off for anything site-wide! The code works on Star Wars, Marvel, Disney and DC and more!

Click Here or below to shop now for Star Wars Art! Sale ends on 12/18.

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