Rogue One: Recon - A Star Wars 360 Experience

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Description: A short online video showing two rebel x-wings discovering a secret Imperial project. And attempting to transmit their findings to the rebel base on Yavin IV.

Notes: Can be watched online in 2D or 3D.

Speculation: I assume this was to serve as an online prequel to the original cut of Rogue One where the rebel alliance already knew about the Death Star as seen in the early trailers where Mon Mothma tells Jyn about the death star rather than in the finished film where Jyn has to go on a mission to find out about the death star.

Notes: From Wookieepedia - Rogue One: Recon - A Star Wars 360 Experience is a 360-degree experience created by ILMxLAB and released in Verizon stores and on YouTube. It acts as a prequel to the 2016 anthology film Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. It was released on November 10, 2016. The experience was concepted, written, and directed by John Knoll.

Notes: From starwars.com - ILMxLAB's Mark Miller on Rogue One: Recon and Putting Fans in X-wings.

Mark Miller: Spoiler alert! This mission is a one-way ticket. We actually talked quite a bit about the ending. John Knoll and the Lucasfilm Story Group were adamant that, if our mission preceded the Rogue One timeframe and we saw the Death Star, we could not make it out alive. There was a bit of worry about how the viewer would react as we put the whole thing together. When we started showing people, the overwhelming response of going down in flames at the end was "Cool!" I think people like it because they don't expect it. There's enough engagement with the character and the situation that most of us figure, "We'll find a way out," so, it's a bit of a surprise when we don't. I think that also makes it more believable. What's nice is when you get to that moment, you get the surprise, and then you just hit re-start and do the whole thing again -- looking at it from different angle this time, getting a different perspective. But, with the same, inevitable ending. The story doesn’t change but there’s a ton to discover from every angle and that makes it awesome to watch over and over again.