Rogueing

Well, just saw a news report about Star Wars: Rogue One. I have to say it looks fantastic. It looks like a return to the world of Star Wars. That is, think back to 1977. Star Wars was dark. That word was dingy, tired rundown, kind of like everything else in 1977. Just look at the TV shows of the time.

Here's one in NYC:

Here's Chicago:

Star Wars really captured that. Buildings are old. Ships looks cobbled together. Helmets are all dinged up. The old non-ass-clown George Lucas had a touch for these sort of things. Also he was a gear head, so he knew how to make the ships look real. Everything about that world, except the Death Star of Course, looked old and tired and worn out.

If they've recreated this look in Rogue One then bravo.