{"id":62413,"date":"2016-09-01T01:38:49","date_gmt":"2016-08-31T17:38:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/?p=62413"},"modified":"2016-09-01T01:38:49","modified_gmt":"2016-08-31T17:38:49","slug":"rogue-one-and-star-wars-products-in-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/01\/rogue-one-and-star-wars-products-in-video\/","title":{"rendered":"New \u201cRogue One\u201d and Star Wars products Unveiled in Stop Motion Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Star Wars fans, this is a MUST-READ post. You may get a chance to be invited to Lucasfilm in San Francisco to attend a screening of \u201cRogue One\u201d. But before that, check out the\u00a0new \u201cRogue One\u201dand\u00a0<em>Star Wars\u00a0<\/em>products shown in the stop-motion video below. \u00a0The\u00a0full range of\u00a0toys\u00a0will be available globally starting on 30th September.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/star-wars-gorogue.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"62414\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/01\/rogue-one-and-star-wars-products-in-video\/star-wars-gorogue\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/star-wars-gorogue.jpg?fit=600%2C401&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"600,401\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"star-wars-gorogue\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/star-wars-gorogue.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/star-wars-gorogue.jpg?fit=600%2C401&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-62414\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/star-wars-gorogue.jpg?resize=600%2C401\" alt=\"star-wars-gorogue\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/star-wars-gorogue.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/star-wars-gorogue.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Check out the stop-motion video featuring latest\u00a0Rogue One: A Star Wars Story\u00a0toy line.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FStarWars.SG%2Fvideos%2F690412837790910%2F&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=560\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And here is more about the Go Rogue Contest that were provided to the media.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>The Go Rogue Contest<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>NO PURCHASE NECESSARY.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Enter contest between 9\/30\/16 at 12:00 p.m. PT and 10\/21\/16 at 11:59 p.m. PT.<\/li>\n<li>Open to legal residents of the 50 U.S. &amp; D.C., Canada (excluding Quebec), Australia, New Zealand who are 13+, and to legal residents of Germany, Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam and Mexico who are 18+ at time of entry.<\/li>\n<li>Limit 1 entry per person.<\/li>\n<li>There are 7 Grand Prizes available to be won (ARV: US$7,000 each). <strong>GRAND PRIZE WINNERS MUST TRAVEL ON OR ABOUT DECEMBER 12, 2016.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.starwars.com\/\">www.StarWars.com<\/a> in the U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, <a href=\"http:\/\/de.starwars.com\/\">http:\/\/de.StarWars.com<\/a> in Germany, <a href=\"http:\/\/sea.starwars.com\/\">http:\/\/sea.StarWars.com<\/a> in Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam and <a href=\"http:\/\/latino.starwars.com\/\">http:\/\/latino.StarWars.com<\/a> in Mexico for Official Rules including details on how to enter, eligibility requirements, prize description and limitations. Void in Quebec and where prohibited.<\/li>\n<li>Sponsor: Disney Online, 500 South Buena Vista Street, Burbank, CA 91521-7667.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Press Release<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Star Wars Superfans #GoRogue to Reveal New Toy Line<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>\u201cRogue One: A Star Wars Story\u201d toys unveiled in series of original stop-motion animated shorts debuting online today<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Launch heralds global UGC contest celebrating fan content, creativity and storytelling<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>SINGAPORE (Aug. 31, 2016)<\/strong> \u2013 A team of <em>Star Wars<\/em> superfans today revealed the new toy line for the highly anticipated \u201cRogue One: A<em> Star Wars <\/em>Story\u201d movie via a series of fan-made animated shorts launching on the <em>Star Wars <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/StarWars.SG\/videos\/690412837790910\/\">social channels<\/a>. As part of a competition in collaboration with creative network <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tongal.com\/\">Tongal<\/a>,a team was assembled to write, direct and produce original, fan-made stop-motion shorts starring key toys from the new line to kick off a global UGC contest that asks fans to share their own \u201cRogue Stories.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese fan-created shorts are a tribute to the incredible content that the <em>Star Wars<\/em> community posts online every day,\u201d said Jimmy Pitaro, Chairman, Disney Consumer Products and Interactive Media. \u201cThe Go Rogue campaign was designed with <em>Star Wars<\/em> fans in mind \u2013 we want them to be front and center in the run up to \u2018Rogue One\u2019 by imagining and creating their own Rogue Stories.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>When\u00a0<em>Star Wars<\/em>\u00a0news breaks, many fans worldwide react by sharing their own videos online.\u00a0According to new research[1], fans posted\u00a0over 838,000 pieces of\u00a0<em>Star Wars-<\/em>related<em>\u00a0<\/em>content on YouTube\u00a0in the past year alone, which is more than\u00a02,296 per day and nearly 96 per hour.\u00a0<em>Star Wars<\/em>\u00a0fan-generated content\u00a0is also\u00a0incredibly popular, accruing more\u00a0than\u00a016.3 billion views in the last year\u00a0\u2013 equivalent to everyone in the world viewing at least two\u00a0fan-created videos.<\/p>\n<p>The global contest, which kicks off September 30, invites fans to share their own short stories or skits set in a galaxy far, far away\u2026 Winning entries from around the globe will be chosen by a panel including \u201cRogue One: A <em>Star Wars <\/em>Story\u201d director Gareth Edwards. Beginning September 30, fans 18 and older can enter the Go Rogue contest on <a href=\"http:\/\/sea.starwars.com\/go-rogue-contest\">StarWars.com\/GoRogue<\/a>. Winners will be invited to Lucasfilm in San Francisco to attend a screening of \u201cRogue One,\u201d and see their short story on the big screen.<\/p>\n<p>The fan-created shorts showcasing the new line of \u201cRogue One\u201d toys for the first time launches on the <em>Star Wars<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/StarWars.SG\/videos\/690412837790910\/\">social channels<\/a> today, with new installments rolling out through September. The team was lead by James DeJulio at Tongal, and the series was written by Kevin Ulrich and brought to life by stop-motion animators and directors Dan MacKenzie and Tucker Barrie. The stories follow the adventures of \u201cRogue One\u201d toys from Hasbro, LEGO, FUNKO, JAKKS Pacific, Mattel and Disney Store as they try to track down the building instructions to the LEGO Star Wars Death Star set which have been misplaced by the Empire.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been a <em>Star Wars<\/em> fan my whole life so this is a dream project,\u201d says James DeJulio, co-founder of Tongal. \u201cIt\u2019s been amazing to see what an inspiration <em>Star Wars<\/em> has been to so many members of our creative community, whether that\u2019s coming up with their own <em>Star Wars <\/em>storylines, or playing out scenes with <em>Star Wars<\/em> toys at home with their kids. I\u2019m excited to share this first \u2018Rogue Story\u2019 with the world and hope it inspires other fans to share theirs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The full range of new \u201cRogue One\u201dand <em>Star Wars <\/em>products will be available globally starting on September 30. Join the global #GoRogue conversation on social.<\/p>\n<p><em>Tongal\u2019s creative network includes 120,000 writers, directors and animators across 150 countries. For more information, go to <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tongal.com\/\"><em>www.tongal.com<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>#\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 #\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 #<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Lucasfilm Ltd.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lucasfilm Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, is a global leader in film, television and digital entertainment production. In addition to its motion-picture and television production, the company&#8217;s activities include visual effects and audio post-production, cutting-edge digital animation, interactive entertainment software, and the management of the global merchandising activities for its entertainment properties including the legendary<em> STAR WARS <\/em>and <em>INDIANA JONES<\/em> franchises. Lucasfilm Ltd. is headquartered in northern California.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Disney Consumer Products and Interactive Media <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Disney Consumer Products and Interactive Media (DCPI) is the business segment of The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) that brings our Company&#8217;s stories and characters to life through innovative and engaging physical products and digital experiences across more than 100 categories, from toys and t-shirts, to apps, books and console games. DCPI comprises two main lines of business: Disney Consumer Products (DCP), and Disney Interactive (DI). The combined segment is home to world class teams of app and game developers, licensing and retail experts, a leading retail business (Disney Store), artists and storytellers, and technologists who inspire imaginations around the world.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About \u201cRogue One: A <em>Star Wars<\/em> Story\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>From Lucasfilm comes the first of the <em>Star Wars<\/em> standalone films,\u00a0\u201cRogue\u00a0One: A\u00a0<em>Star Wars\u00a0<\/em>Story,\u201d\u00a0an all-new epic adventure. In a time of conflict, a group of unlikely heroes band together on a mission to steal the plans to the Death Star, the Empire\u2019s ultimate weapon of destruction. This key event in the <em>Star Wars<\/em> timeline brings together ordinary people who choose to do extraordinary things, and in doing so, become part of something greater than themselves.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRogue One: A <em>Star Wars<\/em> Story\u201d is directed by Gareth Edwards and stars Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Donnie Yen, Mads Mikkelsen, Alan Tudyk, Riz Ahmed, with Jiang Wen and Forest Whitaker. Kathleen Kennedy, Allison Shearmur and Simon Emanuel\u00a0are producing, with John Knoll and Jason McGatlin\u00a0serving as executive producers. \u201cRogue One: A <em>Star Wars<\/em> Story\u201d\u00a0opens in U.S. theaters on December 16, 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Lucasfilm, the Lucasfilm logo, <em>STAR WARS <\/em>and related properties are trademarks and\/or copyrights, in the United States and other countries, of Lucasfilm Ltd. and\/or its affiliates.\u00a0\u00a9 &amp; TM Lucasfilm Ltd.<\/p>\n<p>[1] <em>ZEFR online content report, August 2016\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>[ad#img]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Star Wars fans, this is a MUST-READ post. You may get a chance to be invited to Lucasfilm in San Francisco to attend a screening of \u201cRogue One\u201d. 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