IMAXannounced today that they will be displaying a special theater standee forRogue One: A Star Wars Story, which will debut in select theaters starting on November 3. This standee features a number of hidden messages written in the Aurebesh language, and these standees are also part of a special contest, where you can win a special private screening. While you won’t need to decode these messages as part of the contest, a number of them have already been deciphered.
To enter this contest, all you have to do is find one of these IMAX-exclusive displays, take a picture in front of the display and post it to Twitter with the hashtag #RogueIMAXsweeps. Once you do that, you’re entered to win a trip for two to IMAX’s headquarters in LA for a private screening ofRogue One: A Star Wars Story- in the same theatre where directorGareth Edwardsand the filmmaking team worked on the IMAX version of the movie! You can find the full list of theaters displaying this standee atIMAX.com.
The sweepstakes begins November 3 and you have until November 27 to complete your mission. To increase your chances, enter up to once per day. This week’s episode ofThe Star Wars Showalso featured a brief video whereGareth Edwardshimself was helping assemble one of these massiveRogue Onetheater standees. You can take a look at this segment in the video player below, starting at roughly the 1:41 mark.
As for the hidden messages, a Twitter user dubbed YakFace Killa has already deciphered six of the messages on the standees. On theK-2SO(Alan Tudyk) panel, the message reads K-2SO: “Beat Back the Rebels,” whileChirrut Imwe’s (Donnie Yen) hidden message reads “Join the Empire.” It’s clear these messages are hidden as some sort of Imperial propaganda, with Jyn Erso’s (Felicity Jones) message deciphered as “Submit to our will,” Cassian Andor’s (Diego Luna) reads “All power to the Empire” and Bodhi Rook’s (Riz Ahmed) reads “There will be no one to stop us this time.” Baze Malbus (Wen Jiang) actually has two messages, “Crush the Rebellion in one swift stroke,” and “This station is the ultimate power in the universe.”
It remains unclear how many other hidden messages lie within this standee forRogue One: A Star Wars Story, but we should find out more when these start appearing in theaters one week from tomorrow. LucasFilm will release this firstStar Wars spin-offin theaters nationwide December 16, going up against Warner Bros.‘Collateral Beauty. Take a look at the standee below, along with the video with this week’s full episode ofThe Star Wars Show.
