Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Plot hole: Revelations in this film create a potential plot hole in Episode IV, in which Vader says Princess Leia is his only link to learning the location of the Rebel base. In this film, Vader captures the Profundity (Raddus' command ship), which is transporting the Tantive IV in its cargo hold. Vader then watches the Tantive IV fly away with the Death Star plans, leading into the beginning of A New Hope in which he captures that ship. So, the first question is, were there no survivors of the Profundity Vader could interrogate to learn of the location of the Rebel base (assuming the navicomputer has been scrubbed). Even if the entire crew were killed, in A New Hope we see several crewmembers of the Tantive IV have been captured. This film shows that the Tantive IV was at Yavin prior to the battle (evidenced by R2-D2 and C-3PO in the hangar). That then raises the question of why Vader couldn't have interrogated those other crewmembers to learn the location of Yavin as the Rebel base.

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Suggested correction: You're forgetting the stakes of the situation. The Death Star plans had just been stolen, and that is Vader's top priority. Even if there were survivors left behind on Raddus' ship, he would not take time to hang back and interrogate them, as he needed to get his forces to immediately chase after the Tantive IV and try to get the plans back before they could be used against the Empire. Then, with the ship captured, Leia is the highest value prisoner to get information from.

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Plot hole: The shuttle in the opening sequence is flying to the farm, over Jyn's head, directly to the farm, but somehow arrives after she's got home and been hidden in the cave. (00:01:15 - 00:03:15)

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Suggested correction: It is common practice for a plane or ship not to immediately land upon first approach to a location, especially in a situation like this with many unknown factors in a possibly hostile environment. The shuttle made its first approach to the home and circled around before finding a place to land some distance away. So yes, it did fly over Jyn's head first, as that was part of it scoping the location before circling around.

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Continuity mistake: When Jyn reunites with her father after the attack on Eadu there are a few strands of hair draped in front of her, with some on the left side of her forehead and some on the right, but a few shots later, the strands of hair are now draped evenly. (01:08:05)

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Trivia: There is a hidden Mickey formed from the smoke of the TIE striker that is blown up on Scariff.

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Question: 3 questions: Was the planet Krennic goes to to talk to Vader supposed to be Mustafar? If so, why would Vader want to go there of all places? Lastly, what was the reason Krennic went to visit Vader?

Answer: Yes, Pablo Hidalgo from the Lucasfilm Story Group confirmed Vader's palace was on Mustafar. Gary Whitta who wrote the story, suggested that he lived there because "he wants to punish himself" for turning to the dark side. Krennic visits Vader because he wants him to arrange a personal audience with the Emperor and cut Tarkin out of the equation.

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