Does Rogue One reference A New Hope in the way the Death Star's firing is depicted?
I just saw Rogue One and have a question about a possible reference, if it is one.
The Death Star is used twice in RO, just as in A New Hope (it is destroyed before firing the second time in ANH).
In ANH, they used the same footage for the preparation of the blast. In RO I think that I noticed that they also use the same footage (not the footage from ANH but from RO) twice.
Might this be a reference or is it just my imagination?
Best Answer
Based on the similarities between the shots of the firing sequence, it is surely a tribute to A New Hope.
But the shots are not exactly the same. There are slight differences.
There's a cool side-by-side video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvrCjfnS5SM
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