Eagle-eyed fans have spotted what appears to be a mock up of a suit-less Vader in a recent behind the scenes featurette. There is speculation on fan sites that the tube-like construct seen in trailers might be the Empire’s version of the Bacta tank used to help Luke Skywalker recover from his injuries at the end of Empire Strikes Back. Reports suggest the studio might have opted to show us more of Vader than we have ever seen before, but only in a literal sense. On the other, we don’t want his presence to overwhelm the new plot, given Anakin Skywalker’s story has already been told. On one hand, we all want to see as much Darth Vader as possible. Pardon me for cross-pollinating with another venerable long-running space saga, but Disney is trapped in the film-making equivalent of Star Trek’s famous Kobayashi Maru scenario – it can’t win – when it comes to the evil Sith Lord, and the debate over how much screen time he ought to be getting in Rogue One. Is Darth Vader’s role more than just a glorified cameo? There are promising hints that the peerless Alan Tudyk was given permission to ad-lib furiously throughout the Rogue One shoot as moody new droid K-2SO, which should help lighten the mood. Without the Kurosawan comic relief of R2-D2 and C-3PO, the original trilogy would have felt very different – though the trick did not work quite so well when George Lucas introduced bumbling Gungan clown Jar Jar Binks for the prequels. Star Wars movies will always be judged on their ability to intelligently balance dark and light motifs, as the saga works best as pulpy, knockabout space adventure rather than brooding sci-fi. And given Disney has spent so much time and energy retooling the film, it would be a shock if the studio had not lightened the tone of the “dark war movie” still being pitched by Edwards. This makes perfect sense, as – hokey religions and ancient weapons aside – these elements are precisely what helped the original 1977 Star Wars movie find so much success.
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